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Being able to vote at 16/17 is nice enough, but at that age I'd rather be able to travel and work in Europe, have some genuine career opportunities ( whatever social background I came from) and perhaps the chance to own a house before I'm 50. Would all be nice
I did it with 2 mates, and apart from having to get up on a Sunday morning in the middle of the rave period it was quite good craic. Though there was a group of teenagers who were just robbing everything. I'd never seen anything like it. They should never have been let anywhere near old people's gardens. Would just throw stuff into the bushes and come back for it later. They eventually got their comeuppance when they stole petty cash and punch bags from boxing club.. Justice
I to had a misspent youth and did a bit of community service. Like you say was a bit of a joke. Spent a few Sunday mornings tidying some old folks gardens, bit of painting of Haverhill boxing club, an old folks home etc.
Use to last 3-4 hours but counted as 8 hours off yer total .
The highlight for me was 1 Sunday afternoon as the probation bloke was driving us home we drove past 2 well dressed ( for Haverhill ) ladies fighting in the street. He instantly stopped the van and reversed up to the fighting ladies. I expected he was gonna attempt to separate um, but instead he just pulled van up alongside um so all the retribates inside could get a good view of the action. The 2 ladies then united in their dusgust of the driver and started shouting and threatening him. At which point he drove off scared, much to the amusement of the 2 fighting ladies and everyone in the back of the mini bus.
It's a difficult 1 really. I'm not sure how fitting a custodial sentence is but a few hours community service on a Sunday morning is really no deterrent.
Your right that our cultural heritage as to have a value beyond 'it's just a tree' or 'just a boat'. I guess the question then is how entwined with the nations cultural identity is the sycamore gap tree?
I have to confess to barely being aware if it til this controversy. Its hard to argue that it's at the same level of importance as Stonehenge or the other examples you give. But I'm sure to many it's loss will be felt just as strongly.
The other slight issue for me is how many 100 plus year old trees are removed for large infrastructure projects like the HS2 etc. I know a motorway or high-speed railway is not about to pass through the sycamore gap, but if this tree was in the planned route of such a project, it would have been instantly removed and its cultural importance downplayed.
Sorry neighbour, I can assure you it's nothing personal. I usually have no issue with the naked human body.
It's just whatever that tiny disfigured thing is thats sporadically peeking out from under yer large sunburnt stomach, it's slightly putting me off my avocado an walnut brunch.
Interesting tattoo on yer left arse cheek by the way. Is that Delia?
20 odd years ago I saw a group of late iron age skeletons from Norfolk and they had the correct amount of fingers and toes. Lead me to the conclusion that the extra Norfolk didgets were the result of intense inbreeding in post iron age Norfolk communities.
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