The good old days , my arse

[Mick-Talbot]

Once upon a time I would have to have been the boss of BP to have internet in the car .

Do you miss the 'good old days?'

[rowanwitch]

As I now spend my day in front of a PC screen I miss the more humanside of work... I used to be all over the place....going to talk to people when today an e mail takes its place... I don't miss the noise though

[jno]

most poor blighters would have had to travel in their cars totally cut off from the internet, unable to do business by phone, and generally forced to relax for a few minutes. Life was hell.

[samak]

I miss the days before mobile phones, when you could sit in public transport without being subjected to other peoples' banal drivel for the entire journey.

[samak]

* people's

[rowanwitch]

It was wonderful to sit on a train with a book, knowing no one could bother you with banalities and you wouldn't be contacted on your day off with work related stuff... I think its sad when I see peope on their mobiles/blackberries and laptops when they are obviously meant to be on holiday The worls won't stop if they do...

[Mick-Talbot]

hang on , Rowan.... i'll answer that after i overtake this lorry ...

[sandyRoe]

In the good old days who had a car? It was the bus, the bike, or Shanks mare. If you wanted to make a phone call you went to the shop on the street corner.

[WuTang]

Has it changed then,in Sandy Row

I know it as Shanks" Pony?

[sandyRoe]

Pony for lightweights, a mare for us 16 st peeps.

[Dee Sa]

I agree with samak about noisy mobile calls on buses , recently a young lady was discussing her personal life at the top of her voice and sitting next to me, as she got up to get off she apologised and I said to her- thats okay if you want everyone on the bus to know all about your love life, I shall have much to talk to your mum about next time I see her - the look of horror on her face ! and I dont even know her mum !

[Bobbisox]

people having respect for their elders and each other but I suppose that come with how you have been raised

[Quizmonster]

There's no doubt but that for a housewife, for example, having a washing-machine beats the heck out of having to get up at 4 AM to fill the copper and light a fire under it to create the hot water needed for the family laundry on a Monday morning! That was followed by transferring the water to barrels, then using washboards, dollies, mangles and so forth just so that clean clothes, bedding etc were available. A day's work all told.
(I wonder how many people reading the above will have a clue what I am talking about. The point is that that was precisely what MY mother had to do when I was a kid.)
However, it is only in such external circumstances...cars, telephones, TVs, health-care etc etc...that things are "better" in my opinion. Socially, I believe we were much better off back then, as Bobbisox wrote above, in terms of respect for others, behaviour that encompassed duties as well as rights and so on.

[Bobbisox]

sorry that should of been "that came"
QM, Yes I remember all of those things and I agree, we have moved on for the better with the gadgets you mention but I stick to my guns on the disrespectful attitude of a lot of people,

[RATTER15]

Technology aside, I miss seeing fields full of buttercups and daisies and being able to walk in these fields without being prosecuted for trespass. I miss being able to ride a push bike down the road without taking your life in your hands.

I miss Woman and girls behaving like such without all the effing and blinding and being drunk and being sick in the gutter.

I miss the towns and roads being deserted on a Sunday.

I miss having a few coins in my pocket and being able to buy something with them.

I miss having Dinner with my Mum and my siblings :-(

I love technology and I thrive on most of it, I still miss the good old days though :-(

[Count-A-Strong]

Makes me laugh when people say 'I remember when you could leave your door unlocked in safety'. Only because people had nowt worth nicking!

[RATTER15]

I never locked my doors in 14 years, not even when going on holiday, in my front room we had hifi, PC, large TV etc so not quite true Count and im only going back a few years.

[Count-A-Strong]

Yes but you do live miles from anywhere ratter.

[RATTER15]

Just a small village :-)

[lozzer50]

i remember when i was little if mum wanted to make a phone call she went to 'aunties' a few doors away, she was posh in my eyes lol my mum and dad didnt get a telly till i was at least 6 how did we manage lol.
playing out in the street was good fun used to play thunderbirds stingray or what ever was in vogue at the time. kids today have too many psp nintendos etc its taking away their imagination. So the answer is yes i do miss the old days

[DEN53]

I agree with Dee Sa - I miss when everybody kept their personal lives as just personal and not made an assult on my ears in every public place with living out on their mobile phones. Mr. Den travels into London everyday and said there is now a 'quiet' carriage on the train where mobiles are not allowed.