...now that I will have to pay £25 to drive into the smokey congestion area in London - if we charged the people who live in that area £50 to travel into our less congested cleaner air part of the country?  You have to laugh at these ideas don't you - if the congestion which is causing unhealthy conditions in London was taken seriously, traffic would be banned - but as it is it's Ok to polute the area if you're prepared to pay a tax on it.  Wonder what's next - a license to be a binge drinker - or maybe a burglar would be prepared to pay a special tax - maybe if joyriders got themselves licensed it would raise quite a bit of revenue for the government.  One thing you can be sure of, none of it would be allocated to OAP.s - I know we get free bus travel but for a lot of people without any extra private income that just means that they can be hungry on a bus as easily as at home.  Just in case anyone hasn't spotted it - I'm a bit fed up with the way pensioners are treated...

Cheers All,

Ian

This country is MAD !!!!    ......as a hatter

No ! not without giving with one hand and taking with the other !

my son has a company car...........pleasure of giving
but he cant use it in london........give with one hand take with the other
so the wife uses it for shopping lol

These are the good old days to the young of today.
Too much doom and gloom on this forum at the moment, we cant expect to attract new members until we stop living in the past. it is now up to the younger generation to alter things.We can talk and dream of the past but as fat as I am concerned, live for the present and make the most of it.

Have to agree with Mac here. I am pleased this Forum is just for the over 50s. To 'listen' to their stories and experiances of life. -- The younger generation just don't want to be on the same 'wavelength' and we can't blame them.-- They are or should be, responcible for their own lives and the way they chose to live??  Possibly they will also have Their over 50s Forum, in years to come?? --
 When they relinguish, Drink and Sex --- or whatever else they think about  -- Do They Want To Be Guided, would they accept any advice 

Yes I do William and the Teddy boys but nothing like today

here is a thought........
do you think the kids of today behave badly for attention..
attention they dont get at home..............
food for thought.
maybe thats why our kids and grandkids are ok ?

I agree that 90% of the problems with young today is, lacl of parental control.Is the answer then to punish the parents. Maybe if the punishment was harsh enough, they might, just might pay more attention to them.