Never did me any harm . . .

[DebsyDoo]

Anyone else watching it ?

What a pair of absolutely obnoxious, spoiled brats !!!

Mind you, I do think they're pushing it a bit far . . . I mean, I did part of my "growing up" in the Seventies & I don't remember it being that basic - I think they're doing it a bit more like the Sixties really - what do any of you who are from that same time zone think ?

[joggerjayne]

The 70's took me from 4-14 ...

... and it was fab and idyllic.

Hot summers, carefree existence, the beach, picnics, bicycle rides, playing sports ...

... and letting someone else do all the worrying.

I'm not watching this programme, whatever it is, but I remember the 70's as being very jolly.

[madmaggot]

But what a vast improvement in their characters though. Having ever material thing they want but no rules is not good for anyone, least of all kids but applies to pets as well! lol

[DebsyDoo]

Hi JJ !
Yeah, I went from the ages 13 - 23 & I certainly don't remember "everyone eating tinned food" as they've just said !!
(It's on more4+1 at the mo)

[DebsyDoo]

Yeah MM - there's a lot of scope for improvement in their attitudes, that's for sure !
(especially as they obviously knew they were going on this programme !)

[joggerjayne]

Got a CD on at the mo, Debsy ... but I think I get the gist.

It sounds like over egging things to try to make a telly programme out of not much material.

[DebsyDoo]

True, true !!

[ummmm]

Well I certainly didn't eat tinned food.

[madmaggot]

I did my 'growing up' in the 60's and the only tinned food I saw was baked beans or garden peas! We always had good, home cooked, economically sourced food; my mum was a briliant cook who could produce a meal from nothing (or so it seemed).
We had a joint of beef on a Sunday (about 3lbs) and it fed us for 3 days; roast on Sunday, cottage pie on Monday and pasties on Tuesday, there were 5 of us!!

[annie0000]

jayne you and I must be the same age - I do remember tinned food - it was a bit of a novelty, but we used to get campbells meatballs in gravy and some awful looking burgers. I used to like tinned tapioca.

Not watching the programme but I also remember it being the era of the vesta curry.

God I wish I could get those days back again, when all you had to worry about was making sure you got back from your adventures before the street lights went on - that was our signal to be home.

[DebsyDoo]

Having a bit of a giggle to some of the things that're being "said" - we didn't have any more tinned food than I eat now - tin of fruit salad maybe, or Heinz soup !!
As for being out & having to get back by a certain time, I used to have to be in at !!pm when I was 16 !!
I must admit, I do miss those long - gone days of no worries !

[lankeela]

Vesta Chow Mein! That takes me back, it was the first time I had experienced 'foreign food' - my dad used to have it and I pinched the crispy noodles.

[lankeela]

Tinned fruit and evaporated milk for pudding on Sundays.
Playing out in the street or round the park. Being called in as it was getting dark.

[DebsyDoo]

Yeah, & no one worried that you'd be abducted !

I can remember taking my little brother up the shops in his pram & getting half way home before realising that I'd left him outside the shop ( as you used to be able to do ) !!!

[slinkycat]

Remember our family feeling very adventurous the first time my mum cooked dried spaghetti rather than the tinned variety!

[DebsyDoo]

Yeah, I remember the first time I cooked my Dad spaghetti bolognaise - he said "it's OK, but not as nice as the proper stuff" (he meant the one in a tin !!) Oh well . . . !

[joggerjayne]

annie ... I was 42 last September.

[slinkycat]

Also remember wanting the floor to swallow me when a group of parents and pupils were being shown round my new middle school by the headmistress, "we cook our food from frozen in our canteen,just like you do at home" she said proudly. "not in our house, we have fresh food" said my Dad in his best loud voice!

[DebsyDoo]

Talking about the Seventies, Staying Alive is on the TV & it looks so dated (I thought it was made in the Seventies, but it was made in 1983 !!) John Travolta looks so young !!

[annie0000]

Hi jayne - that's a good way to put it - I was going to say that I will be 43 on Saturday, but I think I will now say that I was 42 last June - sounds a lot better!