Is Aus more "ageist" than uk?
Dec 11th 2011, 12:36 am
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Re: Is Aus more "ageist" than uk?
Wendy Richard, Keith Richards.
I am easily riled
Dec 11th 2011, 12:41 am
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Re: Is Aus more "ageist" than uk?
Do you think one day, we will look at those little 2-wheeled shopping trolleys that old people take for walks, the ones with Tartan fabric, and think - 'That's a good idea'
Dec 11th 2011, 12:46 am
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Dec 11th 2011, 12:48 am
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Re: Is Aus more "ageist" than uk?
Would you even think to go into an aged community at 50? WTF is anyone thinking going into one of these places where everyone knows your business and bingo is the most exciting thing on the agenda. One advert even had an old biddy saying she felt safe, really, really safe - like we live in Sarf Ifrika or somefink
Yeh UK aint perfect not by a long chalk but at least you're not over the bleedin hill at 50 mate
Yeh UK aint perfect not by a long chalk but at least you're not over the bleedin hill at 50 mate
Dec 11th 2011, 12:51 am
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Re: Is Aus more "ageist" than uk?
I called it 'doggage' and I believe on a related thread I mulled over the idea of people genetically desposed to having shorter legs having a separate lane in city centers to ease pedestrian traffic flow.
As I recall this resulted in me being called a racist.
With hilarious consequences.
Dec 11th 2011, 12:55 am
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Re: Is Aus more "ageist" than uk?
Dec 11th 2011, 12:59 am
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Re: Is Aus more "ageist" than uk?
I was mulling that a few years ago when wheeled luggage somehow broke out of the confines of the airport into the mainstream.
I called it 'doggage' and I believe on a related thread I mulled over the idea of people genetically desposed to having shorter legs having a separate lane in city centers to ease pedestrian traffic flow.
As I recall this resulted in me being called a racist.
With hilarious consequences.
I called it 'doggage' and I believe on a related thread I mulled over the idea of people genetically desposed to having shorter legs having a separate lane in city centers to ease pedestrian traffic flow.
As I recall this resulted in me being called a racist.
With hilarious consequences.
The separate lane idea is sound. We should definitely have slow lanes for old people, wide lanes for Americans, narrow lanes for mincing and fast lanes for muggers.
