"Just wondering if the Covid pandemic had struck when you were 18 years old. Knowing what you were like then, would you have kept to the Government lockdown restrictions?"
Yes I would have, as would my peer group. Without Internet, xbox, Cod, mobile phones and only 4 TV channels which finished at midnight ish... No deliveroo. No Sunday or 24 hour shopping... No Kay burley whining every morning.. |
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"Just wondering if the Covid pandemic had struck when you were 18 years old. Knowing what you were like then, would you have kept to the Government lockdown restrictions?
Yes I would have, as would my peer group. Without Internet, xbox, Cod, mobile phones and only 4 TV channels which finished at midnight ish... No deliveroo. No Sunday or 24 hour shopping... No Kay burley whining every morning.. "
Also back then there was a lot more respect for people in authority and our elders |
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Not a chance that I would have followed advice when I was 18.
And now I am in the tut tut age range it's easy to forget what it's like to be young. I talk to my kids and it usually starts with "Back in my day" or "My da would have kicked my ass for doing that"
But I still dehaved like an idiot.
We do stupid things when young and it still goes on.
Only difference now is no slap around the ear for doing it.
So the wee barstewarts think they are invincible |
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"Just wondering if the Covid pandemic had struck when you were 18 years old. Knowing what you were like then, would you have kept to the Government lockdown restrictions?
Yes I would have, as would my peer group. Without Internet, xbox, Cod, mobile phones and only 4 TV channels which finished at midnight ish... No deliveroo. No Sunday or 24 hour shopping... No Kay burley whining every morning..
Also back then there was a lot more respect for people in authority and our elders "
I think you're right... I'd have hated it but also as I was under my parents roof, what they said went...and they were war generation so new about privation, rationing and proper lockdown. Being asked to sit on a couch isn't the worst. |
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I reckon that it would have been easier one way- no social media so you could hear ‘Karen from Wherevertown’ coming up with her superior knowledge on 5G and how it spreads the virus! Lol
Plus I think I was that blootered at the time I don’t think I would be able to remember it  |
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I'm not sure I would have. I was 18 in 1979. The year of The winter of discontent. Thatcher elected as Prime Minster. Punk still around. Respect for authority was low.
Ps Was the craze of CB radio back then. Not that I got into it. |
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This is not entirely hypothetical for me. If SARS had been more transmissible... I was 16-17 and living in the Asia Pacific (Australia) when it was raging. It never got closer to me than the news, but it scared the shit out of me. |
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"I was already in the armed forces at 18 so used to discipline so yes I'd have followed government instructions.  "
Ditto..
Had I not been I don't really know tbh, was a bit daft before I got a kick up the arse by my training Nco's.. |
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"Just wondering if the Covid pandemic had struck when you were 18 years old. Knowing what you were like then, would you have kept to the Government lockdown restrictions?
Yes I would have, as would my peer group. Without Internet, xbox, Cod, mobile phones and only 4 TV channels which finished at midnight ish... No deliveroo. No Sunday or 24 hour shopping... No Kay burley whining every morning..
Also back then there was a lot more respect for people in authority and our elders "
Good point about respect for authority! |
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"This is not entirely hypothetical for me. If SARS had been more transmissible... I was 16-17 and living in the Asia Pacific (Australia) when it was raging. It never got closer to me than the news, but it scared the shit out of me."
Ah, now the reason for the toilet roll shortage. |
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"This is not entirely hypothetical for me. If SARS had been more transmissible... I was 16-17 and living in the Asia Pacific (Australia) when it was raging. It never got closer to me than the news, but it scared the shit out of me.
Ah, now the reason for the toilet roll shortage. "
Well played  |
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Not a cat in hell's chance.
18 year old me was a totally invincible eeejit. Thankfully not the same now.
Back in the day it was _estivals, raves, parties, shagging around everywhere.....not sure would have given that up? |
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