Lies that went on too longWhen you lie you often have to keep lying. Share your pain. When I was 15 I pretended to be 16 to help get a summer job. Then had to spend a summer with this nice shopkeeper asking me everyday if I was excited about getting my GCSE results. I felt like an utter shit. Thanks to MerseyMal for the suggestion.
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rob, Thu 8 Mar 2012, 21:57)
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Here's an idea.Spend your working week cycling everywhere on a pushbike and only having a bath once a week, and see how long it is before the people who shower daily start to avoid you and your boss pulls you in for a little chat about acceptable standards of personal hygiene at work.
Some social norms have to be matched to what's going on around you now, rather than a wistful imagineering of a bygone era that somehow misses out all the shit bits.
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Batsgirl, Fri 9 Mar 2012, 12:40,
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I wasn't suggesting people should bath once a week.I was pointing out why a higher percentage of disposable income is spent on essentials today than sixty years ago.
As for wistful imagining, have you read the whole thread, or do you just have no reading comprehension skills? My point was people can't afford houses now because they spend their money on better lifestyles. The only thing I would change is a return to local shops.
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The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Fri 9 Mar 2012, 15:38,
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