"Alek" wrote in message
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Ian is being left out people......Can we have Ian back in please....???


Methinks Ian is sitting back enjoying this
Dave G

"Dashe" wrote in message
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Methinks Ian is sitting back enjoying this

I'm here and I'm sort-of enjoying it. ;-)

The thing is, I *know* the kind of people I have to put up with. I live in
an area of south London that is very much up and coming, but we have an odd
mix of young City-types and chavs living here. My friends locally include a
doctor, a journalist (like me), a dustman, a lawyer, a truck driver and two
accountants.

Interestingly, Mrs. Redboots (Annabel) lives about two miles from me, so we
have pretty much the same things to contend with. I can only put her
twisting of my words and/or misunderstanding of my reasoning down to the
typically blinkered approach to life that the new-agers have - everybody
must love everyone else, all life is beautiful, smile, big hugggggggs, and
we'll all live happily ever after.

Sadly, as we know, that just ain't true. Still, I'm happy the way I am.

Ian

Ian F. wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 2 Jul 2005:

terestingly, Mrs. Redboots (Annabel) lives about two miles from me, so we
have pretty much the same things to contend with. I can only put her
twisting of my words and/or misunderstanding of my reasoning down to the
typically blinkered approach to life that the new-agers have - everybody
must love everyone else, all life is beautiful, smile, big hugggggggs, and
we'll all live happily ever after.

Do feel free to explain how you come to class me as a "New Ager"? Or
since when love was either (a) voluntary or (b) anything to do with
smiles and hugs? Surely tolerance for one's fellow-beings, whether on a
bus or anywhere else, is rather more to the point?
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 23 May 2005

Tell it like it is Ian...U The MAAAN...!
I personally feel that the term "17 Year Old Chav Slapper" has a certain
cachet .......a rough earthy reasonance with almost imperceptible hints of
exotic substances coupled with the essential level of professional social
ignorance which endears the 17 YOCS to Social Science graduates the world
over.
This endearment coupled with it`s associated financial and material
assistance is at least providing the 17YOCS with the ability to graduate to
18,19,20 and onwards until Maturity.
The entire thrust of the "Support Structures" put in place by official
bodies such as the DSS and others is to defer the onset of the
"Responsibilty Threshold" which tends,in modern society,to arrive only with
the onset of old age or infirmity if at all.
The great thing about being a Busdriver and to some extent a Passenger is
how one gets to observe at very close range just how totally self-orientated
and confident the 17 YOCS already is.
This self- confidence and orientation is often visible in those at the
opposite end of the social spectrum also,such likes as Sir John Harvey
Jones,Richard Branson,NIgella Lawson or Lady Thatcher.
Its a fascinating experience to watch...although the proud young 17 YOCS
should really carry a safety warning embossed upon their personages to the
effect of "Gets Mean When Challenged".
Back to Ian in the studio........!