Admin Mk2Jo Posted March 6, 2008 Admin Report Posted March 6, 2008 Firstly, please do not answer this question if you think it may lead to your car being stolen. Remember answering this or any other question is NOT COMPULSORY So .... If you had the choice ... would you stay in the present day with all the technology we have, the www, mp3's, mobile phones, long work hours, comprehensive road system, or go back to yesteryear when things were more simple and all families only had one car, no contact with long distance friends other than letters (phone calls were too expensive and not everyone had a phone), trips to the seaside were a special treat in the summer etc?? I know there is pro's and con's for both so let's hear your views peeps
RFChris Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 What classes as yesteryear? If it we're talking 50's/60's/70's then hells yeah. But not before that. Not a hope.
Burns Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 modern day without a shadow of a doubt. i couldn't live without the internet and 300 channels on the telly
Admin Mk2Jo Posted March 6, 2008 Author Admin Report Posted March 6, 2008 What classes as yesteryear? If it we're talking 50's/60's/70's then hells yeah. Well, I sort of was thinking 60's/70's/80's really because I think that in the 80's, technology started to kick in and brought us to where we are now. As a kid in the 70's (I know, before your time lol) we only went to the seaside (30 miles) as a special treat and these days we think nothing of travelling 200 miles for a day to a show
FredTransit Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 OOOO, that's a toughy, they both have their merits! If it was a time travel/knowing what I know now thing a la Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes (yes I know they are supposed to be 'in somebody's head') then I would go back, buy a few choice soon-to-be-classic cars and lock em in a warehous, maybe in a bit of run down docklands . If it's a straight choice between then and now, it would have to be now, but can I choose to live without rust??
MightySprocket Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 hell yes id go back, summers were longer and it actually snowed during winter! The tunes were better, football was proper football. Kids played games in the road and there were NO CHAVS!
SmokeEm Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 Got to be present day for me couoldn't live without Sky TV, Internet, PS3, surround sound, HD TV, Air Conditioning, Fosters, Curry & Mobile phones!
Josh_gsy Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 What classes as yesteryear? If it we're talking 50's/60's/70's then hells yeah. Well, I sort of was thinking 60's/70's/80's really because I think that in the 80's, technology started to kick in and brought us to where we are now. As a kid in the 70's (I know, before your time lol) we only went to the seaside (30 miles) as a special treat and these days we think nothing of travelling 200 miles for a day to a show 30 miles!!! i can walk to most the beaches over here! Present day for sure all the toys of the past and present!
Admin Mk2Jo Posted March 6, 2008 Author Admin Report Posted March 6, 2008 Maybe I thought life was simpler because I was a kid and you didn't have the worries of the adult world then but I'm not sure I could live without my mobile and the net
Admin Vista Posted March 6, 2008 Admin Report Posted March 6, 2008 I like having memories of yesteryear around (cars & music for instance) but do think that we all have a way of remembering the past through rose tinted glasses. Who'd want the type of sexism and racism that was accepted as the norm in the 70's back again now? Winter of discontent ring any bells with anyone? Car industry, firemen, hell even the binmen were on strike Nope definitely happy with my centrally heated house, satellite TV, pornterweb, comfy modern car that starts come rain or shine (with an engine that isn't clapped out after 60'000 miles like they used to be). I don't even want to go back to the kind of diet that the average british kid had in the 70's. Think about how much more diverse the choices of food available today are.
FredTransit Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 .....comfy modern car that starts come rain or shine (with an engine that isn't clapped out after 60'000 miles like they used to be). ... Er, are you on the right site mate?? Late last year I blew up an 80s engine with an estimated 500,000 on it. No microchips or stupid oxy sensors on it. Have another in another van that starts first time, every time
lotusless Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 got to be the old days for me, buying mk1 escorts for £50 cheap petrol (had to pay for road tax though) sharp radio cassett players, proper summers + heat waves!. racing about at night with no cameras either, loads of osf's with boy racers in NOT FOOKIN CORSA'S schools that taught english not urdu!! kids that had respect for the police + were scared of them not like todays little scrotes. and being able to let your kids play outside without standing over them with a shotgun like today. britain with some british people in it it was just happier times in the 60's 70's + even 80's the whole country is fooked now + its sad..
Copey Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 i would love to live in the 70's for the music, as most modern bands are crappy now (bar a select few good rock bands) but i would still rather live in these times
X-pack-Glyn Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 got to be the old days for me, buying mk1 escorts for £50cheap petrol (had to pay for road tax though) sharp radio cassett players, proper summers + heat waves!. racing about at night with no cameras either, loads of osf's with boy racers in NOT FOOKIN CORSA'S schools that taught english not urdu!! kids that had respect for the police + were scared of them not like todays little scrotes. and being able to let your kids play outside without standing over them with a shotgun like today. britain with some british people in it it was just happier times in the 60's 70's + even 80's the whole country is fooked now + its sad.. Amen to that....and you didnt have ebay then iether!!!
Pipster007 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 Olden times :- Mobile phone I could live without, because I would be able to remember 50 different phone nos and then go to a phone box and make a call and you could go on holiday without any work related probs being asked. Playstation etc I could live without, because I would have to use my imagination to go out and play some physical activity with all my mates rather than sit on my arse and play online with them. Music was better because all bands and singers would write and play their own instruments rather than use a pc or plagerise someone else's music. Modern times :- No OSF website so no like minded M8's........................But in the older times OSF's were common place, like a Focus or Corsa today Battery tools are dead handy No more tins of Watney's Party 7 Allnight shopping at Tesco etc
jed Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 oh how i would of loved to have lived through the 50s and 60s it was just such a different world then...
Jimbob-Squarepants © Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 I like having memories of yesteryear around (cars & music for instance) but do think that we all have a way of remembering the past through rose tinted glasses. Who'd want the type of sexism and racism that was accepted as the norm in the 70's back again now? Winter of discontent ring any bells with anyone? Car industry, firemen, hell even the binmen were on strike Nope definitely happy with my centrally heated house, satellite TV, pornterweb, comfy modern car that starts come rain or shine (with an engine that isn't clapped out after 60'000 miles like they used to be), and sandals are alot smarter now than they used to be... especially with my decent socks. I don't even want to go back to the kind of diet that the average british kid had in the 70's. Think about how much more diverse the choices of food available today are.
Pye Man Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 Ive always fancied the 70s. Much easier and simpler
lead foot Posted March 9, 2008 Report Posted March 9, 2008 I WOULD LIKE TO BE BACK IN THE EIGHTIES !!! (LOTS OF FUN)
Toby Posted March 10, 2008 Report Posted March 10, 2008 I like having memories of yesteryear around (cars & music for instance) but do think that we all have a way of remembering the past through rose tinted glasses. Who'd want the type of sexism and racism that was accepted as the norm in the 70's back again now? Winter of discontent ring any bells with anyone? Car industry, firemen, hell even the binmen were on strike Nope definitely happy with my centrally heated house, satellite TV, pornterweb, comfy modern car that starts come rain or shine (with an engine that isn't clapped out after 60'000 miles like they used to be), and sandals are alot smarter now than they used to be... especially with my decent socks. I don't even want to go back to the kind of diet that the average british kid had in the 70's. Think about how much more diverse the choices of food available today are. I think someone has tampered with Vista And these modern times have ruined the blues!
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