OT: Times change

Jan 28, 2019 Last reply: 7 years ago 99 Replies

Stepdad. Not the biological dad to any of them. He has just shagged/lived with 3 of their mothers after the real dad had f***ed off.

There is probably a rota arranged for those single mothers.

You need to teach him how to shave eyebrows.

But just half of each eyebrow is much funnier than a full eyebrow.

I am sure her at no 58 "my street" uses a broomstick as a mode of transport.

When I was a kid lots of people didn't bother locking their houses. Obviously that seldom happens now.

NT

<shudder> What a terrible experience. Britain badly needs sorting out and cleaning up. Hopefully that worthy goal can at least become feasible after we get out of the EU.

My parents never minded me visiting the local witch. They thought it was nice the old dear had someone to talk to.

Owain

For all the arguments over practicality etc, this does at least mean they get time to enjoy some time together each week, which is likely beneficial for both sides in a number of ways.

ISTR at our children's junior school, they usually wanted to see them collected by a known adult... and that applied right up to year 6. If you wanted someone else to collect them then you had to pre-arrange it with the school.

When I was a kid we went away on holiday for a week and accidentally left the front door ajar. Bit worrying when we returned to find it ajar but nothing stolen or any intruders. Street of 1930's semi's.

So baby sit until parent arrives?

Nothing to do with that.

Now then, now then, would you like me to fix it for you... Ahhhh The authorities never caught up with him until after his death.

No we haven't and that is the problem.

You need a DBS (CRB) check to look after kids now.

I think most schools require parents to sign contracts before admittance nowadays, and to sign up to a scheme such as parentpay. If they fall behind on payments, the child doesn't get lunch or other expensive activities.

on 30/01/2019, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com supposed :

Now we have lots of easily transportable high value items and most have the means to move such, back then we had not so much worth taking and not so many had cars so less easy to get far.

That's not why. It just wasn't an area with any significant crime. Anyone that showed up would be seen & challenged by multiple nighbours.

NT

And far fewer drug addicts funding their habits by looting our houses.

Would that be black, white or brown racists you are enquiring about?

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