My wife still sometimes leaves the keys in the ignition overnight (including the house keys)
Changes for the worse that have happened in my lifetime
- Thread starter Drago
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My wife still sometimes leaves the keys in the ignition overnight (including the house keys)
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Bit of a theme here, @Phaeton ! 😄
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
That hasn't changed. Only difference now is you can lock it up and it is still fair game, thanks to the wonderful new battery powered angle grinders.
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
I was at school in the 1950s and 60s and only a fool left his bike unlocked. I come from a large town where poverty was never very far away.
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
We were banned from taking bikes to school because so many had been stolen.
But that was in the 80's, so it will have been Thatcher's fault.
But that was in the 80's, so it will have been Thatcher's fault.
Especially Olde English!
Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
Drive Through anythings.
Edge of, or out of-town shopping centres
Those giant, ugly concrete, multi storey car parks that always smell of fags and piss. The ones you just know have replaced something much more interesting and valuable or are in place of something that could have been.
The fetishisation of the motor car as some kind of object deemed worthy of aspiration.
O dear- bit of a theme there. Basically, the whole British f*cked up transport policy since about 1945.
Edge of, or out of-town shopping centres
Those giant, ugly concrete, multi storey car parks that always smell of fags and piss. The ones you just know have replaced something much more interesting and valuable or are in place of something that could have been.
The fetishisation of the motor car as some kind of object deemed worthy of aspiration.
O dear- bit of a theme there. Basically, the whole British f*cked up transport policy since about 1945.
'social' media - where the publisher has no responsibility for content
cars that are sold with 'autopilot' when it is clearly nothing of the sort
aircraft that are sold with 'advanced control systems' when it is clearly nothing of the sort and has never been tested properly
cars that are sold with 'autopilot' when it is clearly nothing of the sort
aircraft that are sold with 'advanced control systems' when it is clearly nothing of the sort and has never been tested properly
matticus
Guru
Call centres
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
You are older than Thatacher?😱
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
The more than trebling of motorised traffic. The concentration of jobs and wealth in London and associated house price madness.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
This rise of obesity and the sedentary life style.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
The price of beer and the mass closing of many village pubs.
