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Guinness · 21-07-2006, 22:38

Kids don't have values, it dont matter how well brought up they are, how many times the parents take them to the park etc...

They dont care that you have just spent 15 grand on your car, to them it's a piece of metal opposite the lampost thats just perfect for a goalpost, that geranium that you have spent hours lovingly watering for the last 3 months is just something no more important than a dandelion to be hacked at looking for a tennis ball,

When I was young Accrington cemetery used to be one of my playgrounds..(and I am eternally ashamed of this)...we used to have what we called 'sorry missus' graves...the graves with marble chippings we used to swipe handfuls for our catapults whilst saying 'sorry missus'..as a child you just dont think

Also, when I was younger, one old guy, (probably younger than I am now :P) used to shoo us away from his prize Austin 1100, (so we did it all the more) until one day he asked us into his house and showed us his electric train set , whistles, bells, papier mache painted hills and tunnels, etc, etc, etc. After that we used to knock at his door asking if we could come and watch 'Uncle Jim' (aint it amazing everyone was your uncle in those days) playing with his trains. Most of the time we were rebuffed, 'he's working', he's in the bath' (thinking back he so obviously wasn't) but occasionally he let us in to turn that transformer dial from 0 to 50.....wonder what todays anti-pervert, obsessed social workers, parents looking for a front page headline and a few quid would make of Uncle Jim.

Then again if i broke a window, I'd get a clout of the bloke whose window I broke (no such thing as ring childline and claims'r'us), then I'd get a clout of my dad, who would go round immediately and come to an arrangement about paying for the window.

So same situation today..we got an old pervert who plays with trains (must be weird) and invites young boys into his home and we got parents who scream 'weren't you young once' when little Tarquin breaks down your lovingly tendered sunflower.

Bottom line, as long as you as a responsible parent are willing to make good on any damage caused, I got no no problem with Tarquin, Kylie, Fifi Trixibelle. The problem isn't with the kids...ITS WITH THE PARENTS!..Those parents who at the slightest provocation scream...'you were young once!'.......and as an answer I say.'yes we were..and our parents had values..something many parents nowadays (I hasten to add not all) do not!.

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Guinness Senior Member Texas Holdem Poker Champion! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,134 Liked: 929 times Rep Power: 79785	Re: Your kids were young once, weren't they Kids don't have values, it dont matter how well brought up they are, how many times the parents take them to the park etc... They dont care that you have just spent 15 grand on your car, to them it's a piece of metal opposite the lampost thats just perfect for a goalpost, that geranium that you have spent hours lovingly watering for the last 3 months is just something no more important than a dandelion to be hacked at looking for a tennis ball, When I was young Accrington cemetery used to be one of my playgrounds..(and I am eternally ashamed of this)...we used to have what we called 'sorry missus' graves...the graves with marble chippings we used to swipe handfuls for our catapults whilst saying 'sorry missus'..as a child you just dont think Also, when I was younger, one old guy, (probably younger than I am now :P) used to shoo us away from his prize Austin 1100, (so we did it all the more) until one day he asked us into his house and showed us his electric train set , whistles, bells, papier mache painted hills and tunnels, etc, etc, etc. After that we used to knock at his door asking if we could come and watch 'Uncle Jim' (aint it amazing everyone was your uncle in those days) playing with his trains. Most of the time we were rebuffed, 'he's working', he's in the bath' (thinking back he so obviously wasn't) but occasionally he let us in to turn that transformer dial from 0 to 50.....wonder what todays anti-pervert, obsessed social workers, parents looking for a front page headline and a few quid would make of Uncle Jim. Then again if i broke a window, I'd get a clout of the bloke whose window I broke (no such thing as ring childline and claims'r'us), then I'd get a clout of my dad, who would go round immediately and come to an arrangement about paying for the window. So same situation today..we got an old pervert who plays with trains (must be weird) and invites young boys into his home and we got parents who scream 'weren't you young once' when little Tarquin breaks down your lovingly tendered sunflower. Bottom line, as long as you as a responsible parent are willing to make good on any damage caused, I got no no problem with Tarquin, Kylie, Fifi Trixibelle. The problem isn't with the kids...ITS WITH THE PARENTS!..Those parents who at the slightest provocation scream...'you were young once!'.......and as an answer I say.'yes we were..and our parents had values..something many parents nowadays (I hasten to add not all) do not!. __________________ The only problem drinker is the one that doesn't stand his round Last edited by Guinness; 21-07-2006 at 22:42.