this is something me and my girlfriend are constantly going on about. well i am ,she sort of understands todays kids cos she works in a school.she has two teenagers herself snd when i go to her house they are hidden upstsirs in their rooms talking to there mates on phones.they come down for tea,grunt a bit then go back upstairs.they dont even seem to talk to eachother.they are hardly ever out of the house,hardly ever go walking around at night or actually phisically see their friends face to face.i am totally amazed and saddened by this but she tells me its perfectly normal ,all other kids are the same and that i cant expect kids to be like i was at their age. ! . why the hell not i say to her!why do no kids now of any age (within reason)go out on their bikes,play in the woods,put tarzan swings up,jump across the beck,go to their mates,go around town on saturday.it amazes me but yeah i must be just a grumpy old git but surely other people feel the same. when i was 13 or so me and my mates were playing about with old cars in fields trying to get them to run,and seeing who had the loudest and best steroe system at home etc etc. where are tommorows engineers,mechanical ,or otherwise.logical fault finders etc cos they dont seem to have any actual interest in doing anything physical at all or understanding how stuff works .ok. thats enough !