Quote from: muddy on Today at 09:59:17 PMMups the world seems to be such a sad place at the moment I really don't know what to say.
Everything seems to be going wrong .

Yes,  and sometimes you can't help but wonder where,  or how,   it will all end.

Prices shoot up over the years,  but in some ways we have perhaps got used to it.
We have to accept it anyway because we either cough up - or go without.

I have just seen this almost unbelievable list of prices we paid back in 1966.
See if you remember any of these -


1. Average wage was £20.30s a week.    (Today £749)  - It didn't say what job this was!

2. Cinema tickets - 15p  -   (£9.50)

3. A pint of Beer - 10p  -  (Today £5.50)

4. Fish & Chips - 10p  (Today - £9.50)

5. Flight to Spain  (return charter) - £31

6. Men's haircut - 15p   - (Today £20.)

7. Packet of 20 Cigarettes - 20p  (Today - £13.)

8. Loaf of Bread - 5p -  (Today £1.60)

9. Pint of Milk - 4p  - (Today £1.)


Astonishing what we have come to expect now,  isn't it.

Mups the world seems to be such a sad place at the moment I really don't know what to say.
Everything seems to be going wrong .

Did anyone else read about this in the Sunday paper yesterday?

Apparently,  the police had to write off thousands    of crimes last year because the young culprits were under 10 yrs old!   
We are not talking about nicking an ice cream,  we are talking about drug offences, violent assaults, attacks on police officers,  and even rape!!   

It says figures showed that there were 11,031 offences last year alone, where no action could be taken because the suspects were under 10 yrs old.
I find this really hard to imagine.   Kids that age committing such serious crimes?

So what are our government going to do about this do you think?
Well,  they are supposed to be  'looking at increasing the cut-off age to 12, instead of 10 yrs old'.
This seems quite obvious to even me,  that this would even more youngsters than ever to commit crimes without fear of punishment as long as they are under 12 now.

One retired detective is supposed to have said - "Criminalising under 10's is not the answer in my view.  However, we do need to take action because I believe it relates to bad parenting."
He went on to say he thought in the most serious of cases the child could be removed from their environment and placed into Care.

I certainly think something urgently  needs to be done,  because if they are doing crimes equivalent to adult crimes  e.g. rape,  assaulting Cops, and doing drugs,  before they are even 10 yrs old,  they are surely paving the way to be hardened criminals by the time they are in their teens!

I found this quite alarming,  but also,  don't  you think there is a very sad side to it as well?

She is taking things easy tonight (in my armchair),  but asked me to thank the good folks here for their love and best wishes.  Bought a tear to her eye it did.   x

23 so he will be 44 when he's out still time to have a life .
Not so that poor boy he killed .

Quote from: GrannyMac on Today at 05:25:53 PMA Sikh who stabbed and killed an 18 year old student, Henry Nowak was found guilty of murder. He was sentenced to life, with a minimum of 21 years.  Not enough IMO.

The police, who arrested and handcuffed the dying victim, are being investigated.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c794g7y3338t

How old was the Sikh?  Assuming he is in his twenties, he'll be out in his forties, ready to murder again.
Once again, my opinion of bringing back hanging is reinforced yet again.

Mups, it's lovely to read some good news. Give her a hug from me.

Showers here today and the temperature is down to 17 °

So sad, how many more young people will lose their life in "modern Britain" - as Sadiq loves to call it.