From the comments:

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1qmPlNt20
Interesting photos though. I can remember both my grandmothers who were alive in the 1870s.

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Very interesting. Also that newspaper websites are now taking over the old rôle of the illustrated papers with photo-essays and spreads like this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... urore.html


Oh FGS. British tastes have moved on shock horror fury. And nearly 500 people have bothered to comment. How hard is it to get your head round the concept that if you don't like something, find an alternative that you do like from the wide range of available substitutes? Saves so much time and angst, I find. And helps the blood pressure.

And in other news: butter isn't as yellow as it used to be, it isn't always snowy at Christmas and sunny from May to August and chicken isn't as delicious as it was when people only ate it occasionally. O tempora, o mores.

Eurghh. The pointlessness.

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Last edited by Carlos The Badger on Thu Feb 31, 2021 18:60 am, edited 666 times in total.

"Internet furore" = non-story. Twenty years ago it would have been "man in pub gets annoyed about something trivial; the next morning nobody can quite remember what it was".

There you go, proof that the olden days was indeed better. None of that twitting nonsense.

The great thing about a good 'internet furore' is that it's proof to the faithful that the Internet is a big waste of time* used exclusively by feckless youths who all vote labour anyway and have no idea about anything and grr arrgh down the coal mines bring back borstal.

Of course, it never occurs to them that one aspect of the internet is the relative anonymity it grants, if one so wishes. The people complaining about whatever may well be (shock horror!) people just like you. They may be people you'd not suspect at first sight of having such opinions. They may be feigning 'outrage' for a bit of a laugh. There's another Mailite bugbear there - people acting spontaneously**. And seeming to enjoy themselves.

*Mailite classic - Anything I don't understand = waste of time.

**As opposed to venting their spleens on cue, through identified channels, as and when the Editor orders it.

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Twenty seconds... you give up and turn off the Jeremy Vine show.

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Predictable comments are... predictable.

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Last edited by Carlos The Badger on Thu Feb 31, 2021 18:60 am, edited 666 times in total.

Apparently Elf and Safety is bad because fewer children are breaking their arms.

Do these people consider themselves the cutting edge of comedy?
I see only idiots who fail elementary logic.



Aside, Wicksteed park is/was a great place for a day out.
I used to go there when visiting Grandparents.

There were a few "Pay to go" rides including an excellent train, rowing boats, water chute that seemed to derail almost every turn and canoes in small ponds.
My favourite bit was a huge area full of swings, slides and climbing frames.
This was the Wicksteed company showpiece where potential buyers could watch the gear in action.

They also rolled out their newest stuff there.
It was great when a new plaything turned up in the local park, and you could tell your friends that you'd been on the prototype 2 years ago.

Being the early '70s space rocket climbing frames were much in vogue.
My favourite was tipped up and 45 degrees and had delta wings that functioned as slides.

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It's amazing how people can see with their own eyes that H&S isn't quite as bad as it's made out to be, and yet still believe it is...

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There's a family who enjoy the recreation area in our local park.
They always fit the 2 children with full-face BMX helmets before allowing them on the equipment.
I think it a little odd, and probably excessive.
However I don't mouth off about it like Joe, because I don't know whether the kids might have some condition that makes them more likely to fall, or more susceptible to injury.

I heard a bit of a programme on Radio 4 a fortnight ago which was discussing cycle-helmets. Apparently the government have been investigating the possibility of making them compulsory. The programme presented evidence that only children would benefit as only they fall off bikes. Adults get knocked off by cars where a helmet wouldn't make any difference.
Australia which has had compulsory cycle helmets for awhile is apparently considering repealing the law as it has made cycling so un-cool with kids. They are balancing a small risk of increased head injuries against a far greater risk of childhood obesity.

Edit The programme was Inside Health
Listen again http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01f5mn6 - the segment in question is about halfway through I think.

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What the blue fuck is so bad about this post that it's been red arrowed?