tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post3250104933344718975..comments2024-03-29T06:21:29.439+00:00Comments on Finding life hard?: The joy of ... Radio 4Liz Hindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-77729675418470867832015-07-27T15:42:27.029+01:002015-07-27T15:42:27.029+01:00I think things were simpler when you went to the g...I think things were simpler when you went to the grocer and asked for what you wanted. We weren't tempted into buying all kinds of things that aren't good for us, either! Ours didn't stock much in the processed food line until Christmas, when you could buy all kinds of good things from him: crystallised fruits, chocolates, puddings and cakes ... and if our parents bought us a rare bottle of 'pop', it was expected to last the week! Do you remember Corona? The lime one was my favourite.<br /><br />Radicalisation is scary, but - without having heard your play - I imagine it's similar to the dark magic that Hitler wove on the population. He was, apparently, so charismatic that people <i>wanted</i> to believe what he was saying and didn't question it. We really need to keep our wits about us, and for goodness' sake, bring our children up to question, question, and question what they hear, then make their own decisions. Only then will we have a population strong enough to resist such blandishments.Jay, Sparking Synapsehttp://www.sparkingsynapse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-37381802781562031262015-07-14T19:30:36.869+01:002015-07-14T19:30:36.869+01:00The strange thing is that although we do more and ...The strange thing is that although we do more and more for ourselves, the services we're accessing keep going up in price. Someone somewhere must be coining it.<br /><br />I'd be interested to know what are the flaws in the £3,600 per head statistic. It sounds convincing enough to me. The cost of manually processing something the customer could be processing online must be considerable.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com