tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post2077520428684680683..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: That Definition Of ‘Children’ Slips Again…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-8013878212890804312011-04-22T09:16:39.010+01:002011-04-22T09:16:39.010+01:00'why should anyone not expect 'adult behav...<i>'why should anyone not expect 'adult behaviour' from teens? '</i><br /><br />JuliaM, not only is your point about working-class hygiene standards spot-on, the writer of that dig at the 'well to do middle class' might like to consider that it's not so many years since the luxury of an extended childhood was the exclusive preserve of the affluent.<br /><br />My uncle joined the Merchant Navy at 14 and became a much-needed breadwinner for the family, while his cousins went to work in local factories and offices at 16.<br /><br />I don't know what you'd call that if it's not adult behaviour.<br /><br />w/v patio - where I'm heading now for breakfastMacheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-11154207842247013052011-04-22T06:46:09.008+01:002011-04-22T06:46:09.008+01:00"Surely a minimum price/extra tax/total ban o...<i>"Surely a minimum price/extra tax/total ban on alcohol would solve that problem - well according to this load of tax-sucking alarmists anyway"</i> <br /><br />When are people going to wake up to the real danger?<br /><br /><i>"My house would be like that in a day or two if I didn't keep the pressure on my teenage stepson to pull his weight."</i> <br /><br />Heh!<br /><br /><i>"Spoken like well to do middle class. So you were so sophisticated at 15 and had such a sound upbringing that you can expect adult behaviour from these teens."</i> <br /><br />'Well to do middle class'..? <br /><br />My working-class, born-within-the-sound-of-Bow-Bells grandmother would happily box your ears for the suggestion that cleanliness is the preserve of her 'betters'. <br /><br />In fact, it was a societal shame in many solidly-working class areas if your home was not spotlessly clean (with fewer possessions, it probably didn't take long!) and your door step not freshly scrubbed each day...<br /><br />And why should anyone not expect 'adult behaviour' from teens? Aren't they 'in training' to be adults?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59421519040368400892011-04-22T00:25:49.600+01:002011-04-22T00:25:49.600+01:00Spoken like well to do middle class. So you were s...Spoken like well to do middle class. So you were so sophisticated at 15 and had such a sound upbringing that you can expect adult behaviour from these teens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16188341472535849192011-04-21T19:12:13.905+01:002011-04-21T19:12:13.905+01:00"Won't someone think of the feral youths!..."Won't someone think of the feral youths!!!" doesn't have quite the same ring I guess.Jiksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24227315005931601222011-04-21T16:52:32.244+01:002011-04-21T16:52:32.244+01:00My house would be like that in a day or two if I d...My house would be like that in a day or two if I didn't keep the pressure on my teenage stepson to pull his weight.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-37235299038192006462011-04-21T13:16:13.420+01:002011-04-21T13:16:13.420+01:00"the house was full of mouldy saucepans conta..."the house was full of mouldy saucepans containing rotten food, half full wine bottles, animal excrement, rotting mattresses stained with animal urine and torn wallpaper" ...<br /><br />Sounds a bloody sight more up-market than some of the places I've been obliged to live in, whilst on "Ops" ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-85743311933852747952011-04-21T10:42:37.682+01:002011-04-21T10:42:37.682+01:00" . . there was a suggestion that she had bee..." . . there was a suggestion that she had been drinking a lot."<br /><br />Surely a minimum price/extra tax/total ban on alcohol would solve that problem - well according to this load of <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/health/alcohol/forum/forum_details/index_en.htm#fragment3" rel="nofollow">tax-sucking alarmists</a> anywayUmbongonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-2551750100873660152011-04-21T10:35:30.176+01:002011-04-21T10:35:30.176+01:00Sounds like normal everyday student digs to me.Sounds like normal everyday student digs to me.Smoking Hothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534745989363293923noreply@blogger.com