Well, my next gambit would have been to argue that William III, as a grandson of Charles I, was indeed a legitimate Stuart king.
But I suppose I don't need to bother now.
Nothing like a good hobby. I've lived through many end of the world dates apparently. Unless of course the world has ended and nobody could be arsed telling me.No! I really enjoy it.
I love arguing with people who try to tell me the apocalypse is coming. It's a hobby.
I'm afraid the world ended back in the 1970s. We're just running on fumes now.
I thought as much. Would explain a lot.I'm afraid the world ended back in the 1970s. We're just running on fumes now.
I often think that when people say the world is now a much more dangerous place, have they forgotten about the Second World War? Not only was there fighting on just about every continent , massacres of civillians,mass rape and genocide but two atomic bombs were dropped!I even think of the cities I have lived in and think they are safer now with the invention of CCTV.Mass media has increased mass hysteria.
Being born in the 70s, growing up in the 80s I definately think we experienced really tough times.Unemployment, racism, crime{including knife crime which was as much a thing then} sex crimes/murders, mass shootings{Hungerford} Regular IRA bombs {or threats}etc etc I suppose my point is all the stuff we go on about now, has been about since decades but highlighted more with constant media coverage.I suspect they are old enough to compare to the late 50's when a lot of them grew up. For about 7 or 8 years there the US and UK did have a pretty peaceful time, probably seeming more so after the chaos of WW2. For me in the UK things started to go wrong with the rampant inflation in the 70's.
Being born in the 70s, growing up in the 80s I definately think we experienced really tough times.Unemployment, racism, crime{including knife crime which was as much a thing then} sex crimes/murders, mass shootings{Hungerford} Regular IRA bombs {or threats}etc etc I suppose my point is all the stuff we go on about now, has been about since decades but highlighted more with constant media coverage.
Yes I agree,travelling much more limited now.Cochise,
When everything began to become out of the reach of folk with simple low pay jobs.
And the 'buy to rent' racket was just showing signs of starting. It really got under way in the eighties.
Lizard King,
It is definitely more dangerous for the world traveler. No one used to bother someone who was just 'passing through'.
Cochise,
In the case I mention above, it took another turn.
Last year the council decided that one of their block was going to cost too much to renovate. So they compulsorily moved everyone out into vacant flats in other blocks (there are six blocks). Once everyone was out, A Miracle! A housing developer bought the block (no one says for how much) and converted the flats into luxury apartments for the (relatively) well heeled.
Which was probably the plan all along.
INT21.
Yes... I made that mistake with the first house I bought.There is a saying,'don't apply for a house in an area until you have visited it in the evening'. They look ok in the daytime. but when the sun goes down it is very different.
I get what you are saying, but this is just me relaying my friend's story. He didn't refer to these people as scabs, it was just his observation of when he noticed a major shift in the society he lived in. I would have been 11 or 12 at the time so wasn't really aware. I have come to understand since and can see both points of view.But yes best avoided!Lizard King,
Re 292 above.
Rather political. Best avoided.
I will only say I disagree.
INT21
I feel extremely privileged to have been born in the 50's. Escaped ww2 rationing and conscription, born to middle class parents stay at home mother and father who worked for the same bank for 45 years. We weren't rich but free schooling and University and plenty of jobs to come out to. House prices very affordable( First house cost £4k) and money washing about in the 80's. Totally immune from industrial and worldwide unrest as well. Of course all started to fall apart a bit in the mid 90's but 40 good years. Yes very privileged indeed, and I don't forget it.I suspect they are old enough to compare to the late 50's when a lot of them grew up. For about 7 or 8 years there the US and UK did have a pretty peaceful time, probably seeming more so after the chaos of WW2. For me in the UK things started to go wrong with the rampant inflation in the 70's.
Reading your post and reminiscences of a similar path!...feel extremely privileged to have been born in the 50's.
...Yes very privileged indeed, and I don't forget it.
You are very right. Even reasonably pleasant places in the day can be terrible at night (in Britain) and yes it's the same where I live concerning the new-builds as well, or certainly some of them.You got it
I don't know if it is the same where you are, but around here we have a couple of larger housing developers who build lots of 'new builds'. And they are quite nice.
Then they sell them to housing associations who immediately fill them with the problem families that have been moved out of other areas for bad behaviour. And, lots of people with East European accents. Russian is becoming a second language in places.
There is a saying,'don't apply for a house in an area until you have visited it in the evening'. They look ok in the daytime. but when the sun goes down it is very different.
A bit like Beirut on a Saturday night.