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Yesterday afternoon I watched a BBC1 programme called 'The TV That Made Me'.
A well known person recalls the TV programmes they used to watch in past years and ones that were part of their growing up or earlier life.


In yesterday's programme the personality was Linford Christie.

One of the programmes he listed as loved by his family when he was a young lad in the UK was,

' Love Thy Neighbour'


For anyone who does not know this programme have a look at the short Wiki page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Thy_Neighbour

The host of the programme is Brian Conley. I found it amusing that he was quite embarrassed by the choice and kept saying the programme was not right, but Linford Christie just said that he and his family really liked it, thought it funny and enjoyed the jokes and were not bothered by the language in the programme. He also said that if it was shown again today his Dad would watch it again.



Dave
 
I used to think it was great ;)
And of course it wasn't racist, if anything it was "reversed racist"
as Eddie always came off the worst.
 
Cobra said:
I used to think it was great ;)
And of course it wasn't racist, if anything it was "reversed racist"
as Eddie always came off the worst.
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That's very true.
 
The fact that Eddie, over the course of each episode, came off worse was mentioned in the programme.

However, political correctness would not allow the programme to be aired again now, even though at least one black guy, for whom the PC brigade might think they were 'protecting', thought it was funny.

I taught in a secondary school in east London in the 1970s and 80s and the kids used names that would cause outrage now, but none of the givers or takers got too fussed.

Dave
 
Tringa said:
I taught in a secondary school in east London in the 1970s and 80s and the kids used names that would cause outrage now,
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And that's the point, isn't it? things move on, and not always for the better at times.

Its a bit like patting someone on the arse at work in that era, today it would be a sexual assault.
then it was harmless fun, done by both sexes to either sex ;)
 
There was a programme on C4 not long ago called "It was alright in the 70's", which was about the same subject.

Some of the prigrammes shown then would give the PC brigade a stroke these days.
 
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viv1969 said:
"It was alright in the 70's which was about the same subject.
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I'm sure I saw that, it certainly rings a bell and yes a real stroke initiator :D
 
Cobra said:
Its a bit like patting someone on the arse at work in that era, today it would be a sexual assault.
then it was harmless fun, done by both sexes to either sex ;)
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Someone did that too me a couple of months ago. Unfortunately it didn't register with me, so imagine my surprise when she came up to me and apologised for it. Apparently someone else noticed it and reported it. I was well gutted as I didn't recall the "incident", I asked her to do it again :evil:
 
will those heady days return ,i would say a most definite yes ,once things follow the course of history it will go full circle again always happens .

on another point does anyone else remember (again in the 70's) women going bra-less to start with usually in low cut tank tops ,then that moved on to bra-less with see through chiffon blouses ,and somewhere in-between quarter cup bra's featured .if you missed them days you missed a lot of fun times :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: and for anyone that didn't live through them times it was quiet amusing to walk down your local high street on a saturday afternoon trying not to stare ,probably why they invented ray-bans
 
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the black fox said:
will those heady days return ,i would say a most definite yes ,once things follow the course of history it will go full circle again always happens .

on another point does anyone else remember (again in the 70's) women going bra-less to start with usually in low cut tank tops ,then that moved on to bra-less with see through chiffon blouses ,and somewhere in-between quarter cup bra's featured .if you missed them days you missed a lot of fun times :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: and for anyone that didn't live through them times it was quiet amusing to walk down your local high street on a saturday afternoon trying not to stare ,probably why they invented ray-bans
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Although in those day I was likely more thinking, hmmm food then anything else....I do recall working for a company where the dress code explicitly excluded such garments.
 
dejongj said:
Someone did that too me a couple of months ago. Unfortunately it didn't register with me, so imagine my surprise when she came up to me and apologised for it. Apparently someone else noticed it and reported it. I was well gutted as I didn't recall the "incident", I asked her to do it again :evil:
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Probably another female member of staff , my wife has worked in offices for 30 years , she says most of the women are bitchy behind each other's backs
 
wack61 said:
Probably another female member of staff , my wife has worked in offices for 30 years , she says most of the women are bitchy behind each other's backs
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No I know who did it, it was a bloke. But yes, that is what my wife tells me as well. I've heard some horror stories. People have been so indoctrinated in thinking and behaving in certain ways, there is no freedom or personal responsibility at all. I mean why would anyone report it straight away instead of just having a conversation if he thought any party involved was distressed about it. I could have been having an affair which then had to come out (I haven't though), or something sad has happened and God forbid we had some human interaction, or then again I can totally understand it when anyone wants to touch my muscular small bum.

This kind of social conditioning really disappoints me, and I see it in all areas. Even in proposals from suppliers, everything in it is about the risks, the dependencies on us, the exclusions. To such a degree it doesn't even contain their proposal of what it actually is what we are going to get. People creative thinking is getting so conditioned, the amount of people repeating silly pseudo psychological terms like they are some therapist, whilst actually they heard something on Jeremy Kyle and are merely repeating it. And also on here people wading into a conversation with some prejudice and then aren't even honest about it that it is a prejudice....

Grrr, good thing my coffee is ready now :)
 
The PC brigade would fall into a dead faint after a couple of hours in our office :lol:
 
viv1969 said:
The PC brigade would fall into a dead faint after a couple of hours in our office :LOL:
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Sounds a great place to work :)

Health and safety is another one. Visiting another country a while ago with a senior UK official, the look on his face when he saw the local officers (G4 supplied) climbing lampposts, jumping into lorry trailers without step ladders and all sorts. Yup no, many in the UK wouldn't be fit enough to do that, and secondly the culture is such that they'll do a health and safety assessment first, wait on a step ladder, wait on a third person to hold it and so on and on and on...We are sleep walking into a nation can't do, shouldn't do, and find 1,000 more reasons why not to do it....

Damn I need more coffee, then again that does leave great opportunities for migrant workers :)
 
dejongj said:
God forbid we had some human interaction,
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Humans by nature are a gregarious species, from the early days of hunting / gathering food in packs.
So most of today's "standards" goes against our natural behaviour, you could call it evolution, but but I'm not so sure that its for the best ;)

One customer from years ago, used to make medical "rubber products" ;)
And staffed almost exclusively by women.
The guy that used to service their contract, mid 30's thought he was jack the lad,
They used to rib him terribly ( he wasn't a bad looking lad TBH)
Eventually he refused to go there, so I took over, I used to look forward to it, it was a right laugh.
Some people of both sexes, just can't handle it. ;)
 
dejongj said:
Damn I need more coffee, then again that does leave great opportunities for migrant workers :)
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Sod the coffee I'm off to get the pop corn :D
 
wack61 said:
All this started with the free lawyers , business is terrified of being prosecuted for anything
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And judges who follow the letter of the law rather than use their judgement and some common sense in some of the outdated laws.
 
dejongj said:
Sounds a great place to work :)

Health and safety is another one. Visiting another country a while ago with a senior UK official, the look on his face when he saw the local officers (G4 supplied) climbing lampposts, jumping into lorry trailers without step ladders and all sorts. Yup no, many in the UK wouldn't be fit enough to do that, and secondly the culture is such that they'll do a health and safety assessment first, wait on a step ladder, wait on a third person to hold it and so on and on and on
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Was watching one of the later episodes of Time Team recently. They're in an open field, with no trenches at that point - and wearing hard hats. People have even been allowed to die* who could have been rescued due to 'H&S' considerations!
* Not on Time Team, I hasten to add. **To my knowledge.
 
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Was watching one of the later episodes of Time Team recently. They're in an open field, with no trenches at that point - and wearing hard hats. People have even been allowed to die* who could have been rescued due to 'H&S' considerations!
* Not on Time Team, I hasten to add. **To my knowledge.
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Just the other week, 7 yes 7 police officers were reported to stood by and watch a boy drown. Ok I know it is easy to say that when you aren't there, but still the fact that such orders exist is disgusting in my opinion. It should be left to the the individual to assess the information and situation.
 
dejongj said:
Just the other week, 7 yes 7 police officers were reported to stood by and watch a boy drown. Ok I know it is easy to say that when you aren't there, but still the fact that such orders exist is disgusting in my opinion. It should be left to the the individual to assess the information and situation.
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Yes, I was thinking of that, and it's not the only instance. I'm sure the emergency services, or public, would be perfectly willing to go in to help (they definitely did in the past) if allowed to. It's clueless, unimaginative idiots further up, who may well have not come up through the ranks and have no idea of the realities - even less, common sense - who are forbidding, on pain of serious disciplinary action or dismissal, any such action on their own part, or allowing bystanders to take matters into their own hands.
 
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Not quite as serious as that (and its bloody disgusting IMO)
An ex copper mate of mine had a house breaker banged to rights, as they say, but he just had to stand there and watch him vault a 4 foot fence as he wasn't allowed to follow.
In case he collapsed the fence,
hurt himself
damaged property
I'm sure there were more H&S reasons, but that's the ones I remember :(
 
Tringa said:
And also police not persuing people on motorbikes or scooters who take their helmets off, in case the person has an accident!

Link -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32904622

Dave
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State interference with natural selection. Perhaps those people should be given a choice between being chased, or not being chased but once they are caught they'll have to be subjected to chemical castration.
 
dejongj said:
State interference with natural selection. Perhaps those people should be given a choice between being chased, or not being chased but once they are caught they'll have to be subjected to chemical castration.
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Perhaps the police ought to be able to fire tranquillising darts,
they don't work instantly and would give the perpetrator a chance to slow down and stop.
if they don't they fall off and hurt themselves, their choice ;)
 
Cobra said:
Perhaps the police ought to be able to fire tranquillising darts,
they don't work instantly and would give the perpetrator a chance to slow down and stop.
if they don't they fall off and hurt themselves, their choice ;)
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Nah, just shoot to kill. Much more efficient and cheaper in the long run. :p
 
dejongj said:
Nah, just shoot to kill. Much more efficient and cheaper in the long run. :p
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You obviously don't fully understand the implications!
Let me try and help you with that ...

Question:
How do you tell the difference between a British Police Officer,
an Australian Police Officer and an American Police Officer?

Answer: Pose the following question:


You're on duty by yourself walking down a deserted street.
Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and charges at you.
You are carrying a Glock .40, and you are an expert shot.
You have mere seconds before he reaches you. What do you do?

British Officers Answer:
Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
There is the Human Rights Act to consider!
Does the man look poor or oppressed?
Is he newly arrived in this country and does not yet understand the law?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Am I dressed provocatively?
Could I run away?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
What does the law say about this situation?
Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold on, would he still want to stab and kill me?
If I raise my gun and he turns and runs away, do I get blamed if he falls over, knocks his head and kills himself? .
If I shoot and wound him, and lose the subsequent court case, does he have the opportunity to sue me, cost me my job, my credibility and the loss of my family home?

Australian Officers Answer:
Bang!

American Officers Answer:
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sergeant at scene later: 'Nice grouping!
 
Mine would be bang. And then just one more to make certain.
 
Tringa said:
And also police not persuing people on motorbikes or scooters who take their helmets off, in case the person has an accident!

Link -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32904622

Dave
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Never needed chasing for no helmet, just pulled over and taken the ticket. Have to say that riding slowly over the moor lidless is fabulous - you can hear what's going on, your sight isn't restricted, your head doesn't weigh and extra few pounds, people can see your face (oddly, research has shown that a visible face is better at stopping people pulling out on bikes than a headlight being on. Can't remember the source or the face recognition reflex's name). Wouldn't hurtle up the motorway lidless though, I do have some sense of self preservation! Not sure how much the ticket is these days - used to be about £20 IIRC.
 
viv1969 said:
The PC brigade would fall into a dead faint after a couple of hours in our office :LOL:
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Same in mine, we were only saying that the other day :LOL:
 
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