Finnegan Posted 27 May 2012 Share Posted 27 May 2012 Everything good about this country has gone to shit in the past 50 years! says the teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acooling08 Posted 27 May 2012 Share Posted 27 May 2012 says the teenager. Just because I'm young doesn't mean I don't know what happened before I was born! Britain used to be the biggest superpower in the world (economic & military), now we're a run of the mill European country. We used to have fantastic industry in hoisery etc, car manaufacture, now we are just the service sector and way too much public sector. The NHS used to be something to be truly proud of, now it's a disorganised mess. We used to have a good football team, now it's shit! The social and moral decline in the past 50-60 years has been huge (say my parents and grandparents anyway). (Although this is happening in most places, not just the UK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st Century Fox Posted 27 May 2012 Share Posted 27 May 2012 Just because I'm young doesn't mean I don't know what happened before I was born! Britain used to be the biggest superpower in the world (economic & military), now we're a run of the mill European country. We used to have fantastic industry in hoisery etc, car manaufacture, now we are just the service sector and way too much public sector. The NHS used to be something to be truly proud of, now it's a disorganised mess. We used to have a good football team, now it's shit! The social and moral decline in the past 50-60 years has been huge (say my parents and grandparents anyway). (Although this is happening in most places, not just the UK) http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Rise-Fall-Great-Powers/dp/0679720197 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 27 May 2012 Share Posted 27 May 2012 http://www.amazon.co...s/dp/0679720197 Yeah, like that's going to happen - but bless you for trying 21CFox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st Century Fox Posted 27 May 2012 Share Posted 27 May 2012 Yeah, like that's going to happen - but bless you for trying 21CFox. It is a fantastic read if anyone's interested. It's all inevitable, The U.S. is next, start brushing up on your Mandarin or Hindi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 28 May 2012 Share Posted 28 May 2012 Can't be bothered to read about the conversation above but wanted to give a shout out to a fellow mechanical engineer and one of this countries forgotten pioneers Charles Babbage, the "father of the computer". BABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stourbridgefox Posted 28 May 2012 Share Posted 28 May 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSi13 Posted 28 May 2012 Share Posted 28 May 2012 He has a building named after him at Plymouth Uni, and yes, there are a lot of computers in it. Charles would be so proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 28 May 2012 Share Posted 28 May 2012 Everything good about this country has gone to shit in the past 50 years! Whilst a lot of it has gone to shit there are still some magnificent places in the country. Just do what i do and spend as little time in major cities as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Bleu Posted 29 May 2012 Share Posted 29 May 2012 Everything good about this country has gone to shit in the past 50 years! Not quite everything, just people, their attitudes and their actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieTodger Posted 29 May 2012 Share Posted 29 May 2012 "At least we didn't come last". In all seriousness, I don't give a shit but I do feel for the ones that get so excited (god knows why) for Eurovision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Ron Posted 29 May 2012 Share Posted 29 May 2012 Just because I'm young doesn't mean I don't know what happened before I was born! Britain used to be the biggest superpower in the world (economic & military), now we're a run of the mill European country. We used to have fantastic industry in hoisery etc, car manaufacture, now we are just the service sector and way too much public sector. The NHS used to be something to be truly proud of, now it's a disorganised mess. We used to have a good football team, now it's shit! The social and moral decline in the past 50-60 years has been huge (say my parents and grandparents anyway). (Although this is happening in most places, not just the UK) As was Italy and Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stourbridgefox Posted 29 May 2012 Share Posted 29 May 2012 Lordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 29 May 2012 Share Posted 29 May 2012 Just because I'm young doesn't mean I don't know what happened before I was born! Britain used to be the biggest superpower in the world (economic & military), now we're a run of the mill European country. Empires come and go. As Rocket Ron said so were Italy and Greece, plus you can add Germany, France, Holland, Spain and Portugal in even more recent times. What goes around comes around. In 200 years the US won't be the world superpower - probably a lot sooner. We used to have fantastic industry in hoisery etc, car manaufacture, now we are just the service sector and way too much public sector. Powered by people working for a pittance. The rich don't like to pay their workforce much, but the British workforce said "we're not going to stand for that!" So now they employ people in foreign countries. The NHS used to be something to be truly proud of, now it's a disorganised mess. It's not great, but people are surviving operations and diseases that would have had a very high chance of killing them 50 years ago We used to have a good football team, now it's shit! We fluked a World Cup once when we played at home? The social and moral decline in the past 50-60 years has been huge (say my parents and grandparents anyway). Although( this is happening in most places, not just the UK) The one sensible comment in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 29 May 2012 Share Posted 29 May 2012 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UG8Bro1e5DM/T0O2bdjV_vI/AAAAAAAABI8/LGVzo6woGBE/s1600/THE-GREAT-ESCAPE-006.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BoneDog Posted 30 May 2012 Share Posted 30 May 2012 In 200 years the US won't be the world superpower - probably a lot sooner. 10 years max! (I must add that I feel for the American people regarding how their country is being destroyed from within, and take no pleasure from their downfall) It is a fantastic read if anyone's interested. It's all inevitable, The U.S. is next, start brushing up on your Mandarin or Hindi. Nah, definitely Hebrew! The book looks decent btw, I'll maybe get a copy soon. Edit : This kind of talk belongs in the WW3 thread and I won't tarnish this mighty thread with more of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raj Posted 31 May 2012 Share Posted 31 May 2012 Have a go heros... Top man... http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Street-attack-victim-Daphne-reunited-hero-tackled/story-16238926-detail/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 1 June 2012 Share Posted 1 June 2012 Have a go heros... Top man... http://www.thisislei...tail/story.html Thats brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaspa Posted 1 June 2012 Share Posted 1 June 2012 Have a go heros... Top man... http://www.thisislei...tail/story.html That guy deserves some honour If I were him tho, and Id have caught the guy after seeing what he'd done. I wouldn't just pin him up against a wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 1 June 2012 Share Posted 1 June 2012 Have a go heros... Top man... http://www.thisislei...tail/story.html quick someone, that black man has grabbed a pensioner...quick, phone the police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 1 June 2012 Share Posted 1 June 2012 Middle-class shoplifting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zingari Posted 1 June 2012 Share Posted 1 June 2012 Middle-class shoplifting Lady Isobel Barnett wouldn't have liked the middle classes stepping into her territory . She'd have a brace of pheasant salted out of her local butcher's shop, tucked inside here Burberry without anyone suspecting a thing . It was more of a challenge to her than actually wanting to avoid paying though. I suppose she was a sort of Leicestershire "Raffles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzFox Posted 2 June 2012 Share Posted 2 June 2012 Lady Isobel Barnett wouldn't have liked the middle classes stepping into her territory . She'd have a brace of pheasant salted out of her local butcher's shop, tucked inside here Burberry without anyone suspecting a thing . It was more of a challenge to her than actually wanting to avoid paying though. I suppose she was a sort of Leicestershire "Raffles" I used to love "Raffles". Anthony Valentine wasn't it? Not averse to a spot of shoplifting either. If it's good enough for Winona, it's good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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