ChatterBank0 min ago
The good old days
Seeing as how so many people here seem to believe that the country is falling apart and that we are now in an absolutely pitiful state of affairs, I was just wondering which decade of the 20th century you'd prefer to rewind to, given that things were so much better in the "good old days". Which ones WERE the good old days?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.YAY - someone else to join the happy minority! :-) Libertie that is EXACTLY the answer I was hoping someone would give!!! (Although I expect, and welcome different views!) That we all whinge now and then, but that on reflection, we're mainly happy, healthy and reasonably wealthy (relative to other people in other countries).
I'm glad to see that not everyone has lost touch with reality! :-) 3 stars! :-) :-p
Oh dear a Labour party love fest.
No Jan bug dont get your hackles up.
I would rather be transported to a time (you tell me what decade that would be) when there was proper punishment for a crime, when children could be disciplined at home and school, when there was respect for teachers/education and elders, when politicians did not think they ruled the world and when winters were proper winters.
have to agree with libertie. Im glad I live here too for much the same reasons.
I have to say jan-bug when i first read the question my first thought was "when i was 16!" But they were only good old days because I was young, carefree and didnt care what state the country was in!
Dom Tuk, no disprespect, but take off your rose tinted glasses! We'd all like to live in a perfect world! lol
qapmoc I remember that thread about the vanishing BC, but can it really be true that things are to be dated by how long ago they were right now? It would mean updating every sign in every museum every year. In most cases I think they just label things 'BCE' - before the common era, or something similar.
Am still a little baffled by Dom Tuk's complaints that politicians think they rule the world. Um, isn't that what we elect them to do?
In the 1800's, Britain was the strongest, most powerful nation on earth.
Britain today is overrun by illegal immigrants, which has nothing to do with racism, and everything to do with this country's ability to cope with an influx the size of Manchester every six years.
The majority of Britain's cities are dirty and full of litter. In most German cities, there is no graffiti, no litter, and the air is quite breathable.
Tony Blair sinks billions of pounds into stealing Iraq's oil, on the basis of looking for WMD's. Of which there never were any.
There is nothing "great" about Britain any more. Apart from music and advertising, we have no enviable industries. That wasn't the case 200 years ago.
I imagine that beer was probably cheaper as well.
So yeah, the 1800's definitely.
The 60's were my golden days,footloose and fancy free and you could walk in and out of jobs .It was all quite liberating !
I am quite content with my lot but do feel that many people are discontented and the more they have the more they want.It is a rat race these days.I think people should wake up and smell the coffee,stop moaning and enjoy what they have.After all most of us know where our next meal is coming from. You will never have the ideal society so you have to make the best of it.
Well actually JNO I thought we elected politicians to run our countries and their institutions etc.... as we would do it ourselves, we only elect a few individuals because we can't really be bothered to do it ourselves and anyway who would make the coffee if everybody was the boss.
The problem is that the politicians confuse civil servants in theory with civil masters in reality.
mmmwaaaaahhhh hahahahahahahah :-)
They are ALL good old days if you drink enough ;-D
Although now is pretty good for me, k I'm not a millionaire or drop dead gorgeous but life is ok .... gorgeous OH and good relationship, fantastic dog and cat :-) good job, ok money, not in debt, what more could a girl ask for?? I'm happy with my lot as it is ta JB ;-)