mattydski 560 Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I also think nowadays a lot of the older generation carnt be arsed to converse with the younger generation due to the lack of respect from the younger generation. probably true as well..... I can't be arsed to converse with most of the younger generation and I'm only 35 still a youngster..... lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,532 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I also think nowadays a lot of the older generation carnt be arsed to converse with the younger generation due to the lack of respect from the younger generation. probably true as well..... I can't be arsed to converse with most of the younger generation and I'm only 35 still a youngster..... lol Stuck in the middle mate, don't get the youth but not yet drinking ale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,470 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I also think nowadays a lot of the older generation carnt be arsed to converse with the younger generation due to the lack of respect from the younger generation. Aint that the sad truth.......and can you blame them..... Myself and a few pals often take the ol boys down the Hammers we are all big strong chaps yet these olduns feel much safer with us than having to walk along next to some bunch of spotty kids puffing their chests out thinking their tough if they barge a few year old pensioners !......the crazy thing is when we walk in their eyes light up and they are so grateful,when in reality its them doing us the favour merely by sharing the last bit of their lives with us. The older generation are without doubt the most undervalued and neglected members of our societies. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 12,711 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I also think nowadays a lot of the older generation carnt be arsed to converse with the younger generation due to the lack of respect from the younger generation. Aint that the sad truth.......and can you blame them..... Myself and a few pals often take the ol boys down the Hammers we are all big strong chaps yet these olduns feel much safer with us than having to walk along next to some bunch of spotty kids puffing their chests out thinking their tough if they barge a few year old pensioners !......the crazy thing is when we walk in their eyes light up and they are so grateful,when in reality its them doing us the favour merely by sharing the last bit of their lives with us. The older generation are without doubt the most undervalued and neglected members of our societies. Im fillin up here after reading those last few lines. thank you keith born in an anderson shelter 1944, im off now to soak my teeth, and tend my piles 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,532 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I also think nowadays a lot of the older generation carnt be arsed to converse with the younger generation due to the lack of respect from the younger generation. Aint that the sad truth.......and can you blame them..... Myself and a few pals often take the ol boys down the Hammers we are all big strong chaps yet these olduns feel much safer with us than having to walk along next to some bunch of spotty kids puffing their chests out thinking their tough if they barge a few year old pensioners !......the crazy thing is when we walk in their eyes light up and they are so grateful,when in reality its them doing us the favour merely by sharing the last bit of their lives with us. The older generation are without doubt the most undervalued and neglected members of our societies. That I'm afraid is the way this country has gone, when we were kids we called all the old boys on our estate by their surnames, Mr Cook, Mr Bingham ect if my old man had ever heard I was rude to one of them I would have been battered. Now the older generation are scared of the youngsters, and these youngsters who mug and beat the elderly would have got a beating off of us as youngsters but the respect has gone. My kids will have respect for the older generation I'll make sure of that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hob&Jill 258 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I am a gardener and have a few customers in thier 70's-90's and I am easily say they are my favourite people to work for. Polite, friendly, know how to speak to people in general. One old boy I work for is a right old charicter. He was 95 the first time I met him and the week later he was 93.....I think he has lost track but he's in his 90's lol. Well the first time I met him I pulled up to his drive to see him on the top run of a step ladder painting his shed roof! I spoke to him about it and he says the trouble with these newly retired 'kids' is once they hit 65 all they want to do is sit around all day! He was a engineer in the RAF in his younger days and then became a car mechanic after leaving the forces. He really is an amazing man. I go there for a few hours every couple of weeks and he is always out working with me. I will cut the hedges, he will be behind raking up etc. I got there last week and he said "Right Josh, we are going to clean out the gutters today"...."if your not happy going up the ladder, I will, and you can foot it"....He ment it too! He loves a piss take too....tried to convince me he helped build stone henge! I recently mentioned to him I was thinking of doing my motorbike licence. Turns out he has had them for years. He went inside and brought out an old photo album of his bikes. He showed me a photo of his first and favourite bike, a Vincent 'blackbird?' 1000cc that he had built a 'side car' for out of scrap. Side car is stretching it, it was more of an open top trailer! He used to take his 4 kids to school on. Told me they used to go camping with it too, Only problem being, the camping gear went in the sidecar so he then had a couple of kids perched on top of the gear! I have to be honest, before I started gardening and working a lot with the elderly I did have stupid pre-conceptions. I never really knew my grand parents so I didnt really know any. I am so pleased to have met people like him and many others and have learnt they they really arent any different to anyone else. I can have a laugh with him like any of my mates, he takes the piss and I give it back! In my experience its not out and out respect that they want its just to be treated normally. atb, HJ. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,532 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I am a gardener and have a few customers in thier 70's-90's and I am easily say they are my favourite people to work for. Polite, friendly, know how to speak to people in general. One old boy I work for is a right old charicter. He was 95 the first time I met him and the week later he was 93.....I think he has lost track but he's in his 90's lol. Well the first time I met him I pulled up to his drive to see him on the top run of a step ladder painting his shed roof! I spoke to him about it and he says the trouble with these newly retired 'kids' is once they hit 65 all they want to do is sit around all day! He was a engineer in the RAF in his younger days and then became a car mechanic after leaving the forces. He really is an amazing man. I go there for a few hours every couple of weeks and he is always out working with me. I will cut the hedges, he will be behind raking up etc. I got there last week and he said "Right Josh, we are going to clean out the gutters today"...."if your not happy going up the ladder, I will, and you can foot it"....He ment it too! He loves a piss take too....tried to convince me he helped build stone henge! I recently mentioned to him I was thinking of doing my motorbike licence. Turns out he has had them for years. He went inside and brought out an old photo album of his bikes. He showed me a photo of his first and favourite bike, a Vincent 'blackbird?' 1000cc that he had built a 'side car' for out of scrap. Side car is stretching it, it was more of an open top trailer! He used to take his 4 kids to school on. Told me they used to go camping with it too, Only problem being, the camping gear went in the sidecar so he then had a couple of kids perched on top of the gear! I have to be honest, before I started gardening and working a lot with the elderly I did have stupid pre-conceptions. I never really knew my grand parents so I didnt really know any. I am so pleased to have met people like him and many others and have learnt they they really arent any different to anyone else. I can have a laugh with him like any of my mates, he takes the piss and I give it back! In my experience its not out and out respect that they want its just to be treated normally. atb, HJ. well said mate, the old man sounds a star Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,776 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 often talk to the old boys on the allotment. some real characters. it is a eye opener to hear of how little they had as kids growing up, im 47 but had it real easy compared to some of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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