Changes worth celebrating, that have happened in my lifetime

[slowmotion]

The TGV.
Digital cameras.

 

[burntoutbanger]

Thatcher!


Somebody had to say it...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Thatcher!


Somebody had to say it...

I take it you jumped in rather than reading from the beginning?

 

[Gunk]

Decathlon stores... a world of wonder and excitement!

We have one within walking distance, our house should really be worth 20% more!

 

[burntoutbanger]

I take it you jumped in rather than reading from the beginning?

I've speed read this thread and couldn't find Thatcher mentioned once yet she makes several appearances in the 'Changes for the worse' thread. A balance I thought needed redressing?

 

[Blue Hills]

I've speed read this thread and couldn't find Thatcher mentioned once yet she makes several appearances in the 'Changes for the worse' thread. A balance I thought needed redressing?

From your avatar i assume you have an unhealthy interest in her she may not have welcomed. . I remember you from the italian job.

 

[Saluki]

Really good duvets.
Digital cameras.
Smart phones.
900 watt blenders.

 

[Blue Hills]

Really good duvets.

Only half a vote - am constantly surprised that human ingenuity hasn't after all these years found a simple system for changing the covers.
A full vote for the general secularisation of britain.
And the vapourisation of so much crap dogma about sex.
The two perhaps not unconnected.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I've speed read this thread and couldn't find Thatcher mentioned once yet she makes several appearances in the 'Changes for the worse' thread. A balance I thought needed redressing?

Oops although you last sentence wasn't required

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Unfortunately, i haven't yet upgraded to the lit screen ones.

Though you were going to say “Haven’t got a WC”

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Public transport zoning in London.
Oyster cards.
Online financial services.
Reasonably priced reading glasses.
The Electoral Reform Society. (See discussion below with Phaeton and srw.)

 

[Deleted member 26715]

The Electoral Reform Society.

Is there one, they aren't doing a lot recently are they

 

[Gunk]

What is worth celebrating are the huge advances in cancer treatment.

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Is there one, they aren't doing a lot recently are they

Read all about it here:
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/
…a highly regarded group that is well worth supporting by anyone who prefers positive cooperation to destructive confrontation.

 

[srw]

Read all about it here:
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/
…a highly regarded group that is well worth supporting by anyone who prefers positive cooperation to destructive confrontation.

You're 136 years old? Congratulations.

(Yes, a worthwhile cause, but not really in the spirit of the thread. )