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[ians]

This may not work as you want, if they go into further education they will not have the money but will need the transport. More to the point will you want to run them around all the time.

What a load of rubbish....I went through higher ed without a car, I used, trains, buses, pushbike and walked......with pushbike and walking as the main transport.

And it was a 3 mile walk to uni.

It was a 2 mile walk everyday to secondary school.

Me likewise.  Got around on push bike and train for longer journeys.

and I don't see why kids have to have mobile phones either.   I'm not against progress but I had a hour journey back home from school which I managed without a mobi.

[Andy B]

......and I don't see why kids have to have mobile phones either.   I'm not against progress but I had a hour journey back home from school which I managed without a mobi.

We didn't 'ave no tellies or shoes or bedclothes.  We med us own fun in them days.  Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into t'town, buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots, go an' see George Formby at t'Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, 'ave some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas an' three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing.

We'd lots o' things in them days they 'aven't got today - rickets, diptheria, Hitler and my, we did look well goin' to school wi' no backside in us trousers an' all us little 'eads painted purple because we 'ad ringworm.

They don't know they're born today!!!  

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[albitz]

......and I don't see why kids have to have mobile phones either.   I'm not against progress but I had a hour journey back home from school which I managed without a mobi.

We didn't 'ave no tellies or shoes or bedclothes.  We med us own fun in them days.  Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into t'town, buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots, go an' see George Formby at t'Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, 'ave some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas an' three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing.

We'd lots o' things in them days they 'aven't got today - rickets, diptheria, Hitler and my, we did look well goin' to school wi' no backside in us trousers an' all us little 'eads painted purple because we 'ad ringworm.

They don't know they're born today!!!  

Captsick Comes Home

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[HolyCount]

You ad RINGWORM  Us ? We couldn't afford ringworm !! No room for em anyhow, in the paper bag we lived in by the side o t'road .... aaah luxury !

[bob.dent]

You ad RINGWORM  Us ? We couldn't afford ringworm !! No room for em anyhow, in the paper bag we lived in by the side o t'road .... aaah luxury !

 

Bl00dy luxury!!........When I were a lad we used to live in shoe box at bottom of t'lake. We would get up 24 hours before we went t'bed and lick lake clean then father used to beat us with t'stick 'til we were black and blue. You try tellin that to kids of t'day!!

[HolyCount]

Aye ... and all fer three 'apence ev'ry 5 year .... kids today ...........

[106rallye]

i love how you's all blame the "kids", when who is it that buys them the expensive stuff? if you can get something just by asking why would you want to work for it? lol

When i was 16 all my (older) mates parents were getting them cars, bikes etc but mine wouldnt allow it. so in order to get what i wanted i got a part time job, saved up my wages and bought a spares or repair car. When i bought it i thought it would be on the road in plenty of time for me passing my test, 4 years later, a lot of sweat, blood and tears and i managed to get the car on the road and because i done most of the work myself, i got the best sence of acheivement ive ever had! Through-out the process of repairing it, i learned so many personality building things that if my parents gave into my constant winging and moaning i wouldnt of had, not to mention that i also learned how a car works and how to fix them. overall at the time i thought my parents we evil and didnt care for not giving me the same as everyone else, but now i cant thank them enough!

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[Richie London]

ive just come back from shopping with my x and my kids. thank god its over. hes got his laptop, shes bought loads of crap and im a lot lighter in the pocket.

richie

[cem_devecioglu]

Let having a car for transport ,

very hardly I get a pair of Converse all star basketball shoes..

as they were import..

And whole my life I use busses (which smell very nice) to go school..sometimes the road took more than an hour because of traffic...And in winter some days the busses dont work..And I walk 4-5 km uphill under snow..

Now I hate busses ..And never will get in again


ps: metro  is ok..

[Marie]

When i was a kid my mother used to ask what i was saving my pockect money for. and if it was an expensive item she would offer to match the amount i save pound for pound. but this only happened once.

i got my first mobile phone at 17 1/2 when i joined the royal navy.

I brought and paid for my own car and lessons. my old dears have never really brought me anything big. even now they dont give us anything big i have always had to work for what i have got.

this is how i am with my son. if he wants something he has to really want it and even then he has to contribute ( feww little jobs for me) and be good. Hes only 3 and i have just made him wait 1 month for a toy that hes been going on about for the last 2mths but he has earnt it. bless him now for the next challenge with him. mmmmmmmm havent decided what yet but im sure he will understand when hes older why i am like i am.

I would love to give him everything he wants but unfortunatly i dont seem to be able to get the tree outside to grow money.   and it wouldnt teach him anything.

Last week he was in tears because he broke something (think it was a toy) but i told him i couldnt replace it cos i had no money too. so he promptly ran upstairs and grabbed his money box. and gave it to me to pay for a new one. he knows things cost money just has no concept of how meny pennies he needs.

[amigov6]

One post said their 15yr old needed "another" lappie as the old one was broken. What age did they get the first one? 12/13? Do kids that age really need that stuff @ £3/400 a go?
    No offence meant but i must be older than i thought!