So what is better nowadays?

[unapalomablanca]

Well, most of us talk about 'the good old days' and how much better things were. I often think this but wonder how much nostalgia clouds the facts. Anyway lets all put down ONE thing that we think IS better today. I will start the ball rolling with the undoubted improvement in.......

 

THE MOTOR CAR

 

Regards. una.

[onefulham]

Medical improvements , think of all the illnesses that were death sentences even within the last 20 years.

[Gutty Boots]

Waterproof clothing. It actually works without weighing so much or being as restrictive.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Pubs without smokers!

[THE AD]

phones radios tv's and record players.

[955i]

Entertainment. I remember the days before Playstation when having a game meant Scrabble or Mastermind (actually still quite like these two games)

[ST3V3]

Pubs without smokers!

 

Pubs without customers

 

oh thats not better

[sako751sg]

The abundance of readily available porn thanks to tinternet.End thread.

Edited March 4, 2013 by sako751sg

[Bluebarrels]

Lap dancers at least they trim these days On the other hand though, big bushes make good hides BB

Edited March 4, 2013 by Bluebarrels

[The Essex Hunter]

Mum and a neighbour bleat on about the good old days…..I mentioned the cinder bog at the end of the garden, no hot water only from a copper boiler, my Gran having to walk home from Chelmsford as the buses were not running because they were trying to bomb the Hoffman bearing factory….

Oh the good old days….they soon shut up lol

 

 

 

TEH

[halight]

I would say the internet.

You can find out any info that you need or wont to know, (And much ya don't)

You can go on forums like this, Ask advice, swap ideas,Make new friends.

Shop when you like, without all the walking around and people getting In your way.

[Paddy Galore!]

hmmmm, i'd disagree with cars and tv being better, older cars are easier and cheaper to fix, my plasma telly doesn't have as good a quality picture as my old crt telly, although it is bigger, there's still beggar all worth watching

[scobydog]

Technology, more brain power in a smartphone than Concorde.

[Blackpowder]

More varied diet, not saying the food tastes any better mind you. Central heating from one who can remember frost flowers on the inside of bedroom windows. In general we have a better standard of living today then 50 years ago. Indoor toilets.

 

Blackpowder

[unapalomablanca]

hmmmm, i'd disagree with cars and tv being better, older cars are easier and cheaper to fix, my plasma telly doesn't have as good a quality picture as my old crt telly, although it is bigger, there's still beggar all worth watching

Really, i remember going out in a car as a hit or miss affair. How can you seriously think that a car is less reliable than yesteryear? As for your t.v. gag, have you heard of LG or Sony. Crystal clear.

[Paddy Galore!]

Really, i remember going out in a car as a hit or miss affair. How can you seriously think that a car is less reliable than yesteryear? As for your t.v. gag, have you heard of LG or Sony. Crystal clear.

yes, really. i don't know what car you're used to so can't comment, but i could do a head gasket on an old car in a day easy, they were built with repairs in mind instead of just binning and replacing the whole engine.

the telly in question is a panasonic, so not cheap.

[pimpkiller]

murderers, they are really coming on leaps and bounds these days. In the olden days you just had to wear a top-hat and stab a few prostitutes to get in the paper nowa-day you arnt anybody unless you score a century armed with nothing but a spoon and a mankini

Edited March 4, 2013 by pimpkiller

[unapalomablanca]

yes, really. i don't know what car you're used to so can't comment, but i could do a head gasket on an old car in a day easy, they were built with repairs in mind instead of just binning and replacing the whole engine.

the telly in question is a panasonic, so not cheap.

ok. you have to admit electronic ignition was a massive improvement.

[TJ91]

Mountain bikes..

I am only young but looking at pictures of my old feller when he went biking at my age.. I am glad of suspension, light frames, huge choice of tyres, self sealing innertubes, quick release wheels/seats etc etc...

[digger]

Pigeon magnet.

[Paddy Galore!]

ok. you have to admit electronic ignition was a massive improvement.

well i am only thinking back to the 70's/80's, i just remember pulling an old vw engine apart and putting it back together in a weekend, wouldn't dare with the wife's car now, i'd balls up all the sensors

[pimpkiller]

after having a good serious think, I can only come up with Books which is an old fashioned thing strangely.

[Paddy Galore!]

if i have to pick one thing, the mobile phone.

erm, ok 2 things, indoor toilets and soft soft soft toilet paper!

[figgy]

Health&safety in the work place. Gets on your nerves sometimes but there are a lot less deaths and serious injuries.

 

Communications, being able to talk and look at someone on the screen the other side of the world in realtime cheaply.

 

Figgy

[Mk1 Man]

Change isn't always good.....

 

Cars...as already mentioned designed to be repaired by specially trained "Technicians" now rather than the owners.

I used to have a Triumph 2000 TC... could do a clutch change on one of them in 2Hrs flat. Try doing the same job on a modern car in that time.

 

also...remember when we had factories filled with people who had things called jobs....these people made things that had a special badge that said MADE IN ENGLAND for other people to buy.......nowadays these factories are gone...usually moved abroad and made by foreign workers being paid a pittance or are made by robots, so no one has jobs any more.....unless you are one of them people that work in the call centres where all the other people ring up to complain about the rubbish products that are cheaply made.

Worse still is that those foreigners are now over here in droves taking away from us what little work is available by driving down rates and wage levels 'cos they'll work for peanuts.

 

Privatization....Yeah that's good too....NOT.....Fantastic how these big companies announce Millions in profit every year, yet we still end up paying more and more for stuff....the only winners are the shareholders because they come first.