Comments by "Daisy Chain" (@daisychain3007) on "Drought 1976: archive pictures of the driest summer" video.

  1. Michelle Rice I was a teenager in the 1970's and I am afraid that I have to disagree with you. For a start, people were more aggressive and would hit you for no reason. Sexism and prejudice were a lot more acceptable then. Pictures of naked or near-naked women hung on the walls of almost every garage and discrimination and dirty jokes existed in almost every workplace. There were also continuous strikes and tax was 98%. We also suffered regular attacks from the IRA. Sure, there are problems now, but, at least, the country seems more stable now.
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  2. Ugh! I was around in 1976 and I can tell you that many people were more aggressive, took offence more easily and were a lot more prejudiced than they are now.
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  3. All the people who complain that life was better then are the same people who, in forty years' time, will say that life was better now. They are never satisfied.
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  4. Ugh, Marc, corporal punishment was administered like water and it was not always justified. By all means, slap them if it is necessary, but it is not always necessary.
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  5. ThirdFocus At that time, we had long-haired gits.
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  6.  @danw1374  You are lucky to have technology dictating your life. In some countries, it is religious fundamentalists and that is far worse.
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  7. I bet that most of them are dead now.
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  8.  @ThirdFocusMusic  At that time, we had scummy hippies.
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  9. He must have e been dressed like a beggar, if you confused him with one, fluchter. The people at that time did dress like beggars: long-haired men and filthy denim clothes.
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