snowychap Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: This over the sats, things might have changed since I was a kid but sats in year 2 was a thing where I spent Monday and Tuesday finger painting, Wednesday I got a piece of paper stuck in front of me, Thursday and Friday I made stuff out of sand, my main concern the entire week was playing transformers at dinner time From the reports I've seen/heard, times have a'changed. As for the 'test of the teachers' bit - why don't they concentrate on testing the teachers rather than putting the pressure on the kids as proxies for the teachers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 6, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 6, 2016 14 hours ago, tonyh29 said: ....Dunno what it is with children though but they seem to like me ....... Same thing happens to me with cats as well , who also seem to like me ... Doesn't work with girls in nightclubs sadly Maybe it's the way you dress, T? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 The Welsh, the bloody welsh. I blame an entire nation for voting Neil Hamilton into a position of power. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 On 14/02/2011 at 11:39, wiggyrichard said: The media on Fernando Torres. Just because he hasnt scored in 120 minutes of football for Chelsea he is passed it and not good enough. Horse shit! Well they were right to be fair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 On 5 May 2016 at 08:35, Seat68 said: there are some examples of passable TV, as there are passable albums, but broadly it was dreadful, never understood Reflex, why the hell would I want to go and be reminded of the 80's???? The talking heads programmes where someone who was 5 in 1987 will tell me that it was a great time to be alive, politics, music, telly, however by this very post I am carrying out the very thing that pisses me off, 80's nostalgia. There was some amazing music in the 80s. The Smiths, Michael Jackson (especially Beat It), Prince at his best, Joy Division, Kate Bush etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I am a rare person that finds the entire recorded output of jackson to be the most intolerable shit known to man. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Prince, only became good once he died. Could you be, the most beautiful girl in the world? Okay then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I am a rare person that finds the entire recorded output of jackson to be the most intolerable shit known to man. There are more of us than you realise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 On 05/05/2016 at 17:58, villakram said: old people going all "back when I was young...", e.g., about music. This. Props to the old folk who are willing to listen to new music and try new things, but a lot just refuse to out of stubbornness or blind loyalty to 'their time' and it's pretty pathetic and sad. Times change, tastes change, things change. However, there's always good stuff being made. Actually this applies to a lot of things and not just music. Things weren't better back in the old days. People were racist and intolerable as ****, illnesses that are easily curable today were potentially lethal back then, and most everyone was pretty much just uninformed about a lot of things. And now the youth of today have to deal with the consequences of the preceding generations that didn't give a **** about consumption or sustainability, or take one minute to think about the impact it would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Incurable illness and uninformed people etc etc.How far back are you going ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Phumfeinz said: This. Props to the old folk who are willing to listen to new music and try new things, but a lot just refuse to out of stubbornness or blind loyalty to 'their time' and it's pretty pathetic and sad. Times change, tastes change, things change. However, there's always good stuff being made. Actually this applies to a lot of things and not just music. Things weren't better back in the old days. People were racist and intolerable as ****, illnesses that are easily curable today were potentially lethal back then, and most everyone was pretty much just uninformed about a lot of things. And now the youth of today have to deal with the consequences of the preceding generations that didn't give a **** about consumption or sustainability, or take one minute to think about the impact it would have. Nostalgia is not a bad thing. A lot of people like music/films/football etc from the era they were younger because it brings back great memories of perhaps the happiest times of their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted May 8, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2016 Nostalgia's not what it used to be back in my day. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 22 minutes ago, Xela said: Nostalgia is not a bad thing. A lot of people like music/films/football etc from the era they were younger because it brings back great memories of perhaps the happiest times of their lives. Nah of course not, I have lots of nostalgia for things from my youth as does everybody. But when you're nostalgic to the point of dismissing anything made after a certain date then it's a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Every single shite variation of the football chant sang to the tune of Achy Breaky Heart. Please make it stop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 8, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2016 Climbing and then descending a mountain, at the same time as constantly trying to not shit yourself, is not fun. That pissed me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 8, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2016 23 hours ago, Risso said: There was some amazing music in the 80s. The Smiths, Michael Jackson (especially Beat It), Prince at his best, Joy Division, Kate Bush etc. I genuinely don't like any of those. I can see that they have merit, but I really dislike their music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Climbing and then descending a mountain, at the same time as constantly trying to not shit yourself, is not fun. That pissed me off. Surely the perfect place to have a crafty tom tit behind a rock or a bush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 8, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2016 24 minutes ago, Xela said: Surely the perfect place to have a crafty tom tit behind a rock or a bush? There were no trees and no rocks big enough. Believe me, the state I was in I would have risked any sort of hiding place, but there's nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) After all the balloons going on the pitch yesterday, commentators and the media have been referencing the infamous Bent goal against Liverpool that was assisted by a balloon. Except, what pisses me off, is that goal had absolutely nothing to do with that balloon. Glenn Johnson kicked out, knocking the balloon sideways while the ball bounced up off his foot and past the Liverpool goalkeeper. Edited May 8, 2016 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 8, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) 16 minutes ago, a m ole said: After all the balloons going on the pitch yesterday, commentators and the media have been referencing the infamous Bent goal against Liverpool that was assisted by a balloon. Except, what pisses me off, is that goal had absolutely nothing to do with that balloon. Glenn Johnson kicked out, knocking the balloon sideways while the ball bounced up off his foot and past the Liverpool goalkeeper. I really don't think that's what happened. It clearly hits the beach ball. And even if it didn't hit it, the goal clearly did have something to do with the beachball! Edited May 8, 2016 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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