Things That Gladden The Heart

[Red devil]

Not gonna lie, it’s been one of the best weekends in years. Had 8 Italian friends over from Thursday til this morning when I dropped them off at East Midlands airport. It has been an amazing time.
Friday, a day in York. We spent and hour and a half in the oldest pub in York and they just didn’t want to leave. They were blown away with York. Friday evening missis Tash made 2 massive lasagnas and 12 of us demolished it. They loved it. I was driving. The rest of them polished off two Barolo, a Amarone, and a 2015 Chianti. Apparently it was gorgeous. I had saved it for me pal Pino and I never had a sip. The limoncello and 1664’s went down well. We never stopped laughing and talking from 6.30 - 11.30.
Saturday they started at 12.00 in a pub near the Mansfield town football ground and we watched the game v Luton. It was a fantastic time.both my grown kids caught up with them as they first met them as kids 24 years ago. God how they have all grown. When the Italian kids football team came over in 2002 ish. After the evening presentation there was an absolute massive food fight between both teams. The room which was upstairs was covered with food all over the walls and roof etc. we never found out who or what started it. Well we did on Saturday and god how I laughed. Last night was spent having a meal in a local pub. It was 2 hours of laughter. Oh ah 4 of them had steaks and they were all medium rare. Me and missis T ordered drinks and I said “ Pino”( me pals name). And the waiter said “ large or small”. I looked at him and said “ Pardon”. He said “do you want a large or small Pinot”. He thought I was on about Pinot Grigio.
Gutted to see them go.

Whereabouts in Italy are they from?

 

[irip]

Whereabouts in Italy are they from?

Knowing Tashy, they will be from Paris

 

[Doon frae Troon]

We went to see Simon and Garfunkle [Through the Years] last week
Packed theatre and a wonderful night's entertainment
Speaking about it at the weekend and neither of the G'kids [17 and 20] had heard of them or their songs.
Elder one had heard of Paul Simon and Gracelands.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

We went to see Simon and Garfunkle [Through the Years] last week
Packed theatre and a wonderful night's entertainment
Speaking about it at the weekend and neither of the G'kids [17 and 20] had heard of them or their songs.
Elder one had heard of Paul Simon and Gracelands.

I was talking about this with a woman at work this morning. There is a generation now who know nothing about historical entertainment, music, tv, films. Mine, 24 and 26, no nothing from before the mid 80's. They don't consume entertainment in the same way and so are not exposed to it in the way that we were. It is sad, they are not the better for it.

 

[irip]

I was talking about this with a woman at work this morning. There is a generation now who know nothing about historical entertainment, music, tv, films. Mine, 24 and 26, no nothing from before the mid 80's. They don't consume entertainment in the same way and so are not exposed to it in the way that we were. It is sad, they are not the better for it.

I have tried to get my kids to watch what I call classic films from the 80s.
They all think they are terrible.
Apparently back to the future is one of the worst films ever made and includes several inappropriate scenes .

I did tell them I was going to wash their mouths out with soap but was told if they have to watch it again can I wash their eyes with soap as well

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I have tried to get my kids to watch what I call classic films from the 80s.
They all think they are terrible.
Apparently back to the future is one of the worst films ever made and includes several inappropriate scenes .

I did tell them I was going to wash their mouths out with soap but was told if they have to watch it again can I wash their eyes with soap as well

Very similar. I've tried a host of 'classic' 70's and 80's films and they generally either leave the room after 20 minutes or start looking at their phones for something else. Jaws was the most heart breaking one. They just laughed at it. Terminator was the same, Beetlejuice got me absolute scorn . I think the only one that passed the test was the Indianna Jones film, any of them. The rest, nope.

 

[irip]

Very similar. I've tried a host of 'classic' 70's and 80's films and they generally either leave the room after 20 minutes or start looking at their phones for something else. Jaws was the most heart breaking one. They just laughed at it. Terminator was the same, Beetlejuice got me absolute scorn . I think the only one that passed the test was the Indianna Jones film, any of them. The rest, nope.

To be fair I was probably the same when my dad tried to make me watch films from his era.
Nightmare on elm street they thought was a comedy.
Scared me to death as a kid.
They thought Indiana Jones was one of the better ones as well.
Weird generation. I don’t think the human race is going to make it.

 

[Tashyboy]

Knowing Tashy, they will be from Paris

Er Brussels

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed

The "landmark" legislation aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking to create a smoke-free generation.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tashyboy]

Whereabouts in Italy are they from?

Predominately they are from Ceriano Lagnetto, east of Saronno, west of Monza, north of Milan. The weekend was that good, one of the guys we took to Italy when he was 12 and played football out there. His dad has 4 x air B and B in Edwinstowe. He has told the Italians next time they come, they can use one of them which has 4 bedrooms.
One of the guys who came, he said we can use his Air B and B in Milan. Which is mint coz I have just booked for a week from July 31st and august 7th. Me, my lad and the 2 grandkids.
We will do the usual things, Milan, Como, Lago Maggiore. Possibly Venice, but might be too far for the kids. Most of all I am looking forward to catching up hing up with everyone and seeing the kids eat properly Pizza and pasta.
Oh as a bonus, City have just announced that they play Internet Milan on August 1st so May well watch that in Blue moon bar Milan.

 

[The Squirrel]

I was talking about this with a woman at work this morning. There is a generation now who know nothing about historical entertainment, music, tv, films. Mine, 24 and 26, no nothing from before the mid 80's. They don't consume entertainment in the same way and so are not exposed to it in the way that we were. It is sad, they are not the better for it.

You realise the 80s IS historic entertainment.

I grew up in the 80s. I was exposed to lots of stuff from 60s and 70s, even a bit from the 50s (e.g. Elvis) but didn't know or see anything much about pre-war entertainment. The earliest film I'm likely to have encountered would be The Wizard Of Oz or Gone With The Wind - so less than 45 years prior to that point in time, and not pre-war. I don't see any difference between that and what you describe - their cultural timeline starts roughly 20 years before they were born with only the odd generational behomoth penetrating beyond 30 years, and nothing of popular culture at all beyond 50 years pre-birth.

In contrast my oldest teenager is quite into music and enjoys (amongst others) the Beatles and Pink Floyd. Let's remember that this stuff is basically classical music from history now: closer in time to the start of World War 1 than it is to today! (despite the fact that McCartney and Gimour are, very happily, still with us and still performing).

My wife occasionally attempts to feed them classic kids or teen movies from her yoof. Goonies; Lost Boys etc. Yes they think they are all terrible . To be fair - watch a well known, even revered, movie from that period but one that you don't have any fond reminiscence or nostalgia for - maybe never even saw; objectively and by today's standard a lot of them really aren't great

 

[Hobbit]

I started watching some well known black & white movies around 6 months, a year ago. There’s some great classics out there, in my opinion. Mrs H won’t entertain any black & white movie. Similarly, she’ll criticise poor special effects in colour movies - she howls with laughter at the ‘plastic’ shark in Jaws.

Each to their own.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

You realise the 80s IS historic entertainment.

I grew up in the 80s. I was exposed to lots of stuff from 60s and 70s, even a bit from the 50s (e.g. Elvis) but didn't know or see anything much about pre-war entertainment. The earliest film I'm likely to have encountered would be The Wizard Of Oz or Gone With The Wind - so less than 45 years prior to that point in time, and not pre-war. I don't see any difference between that and what you describe - their cultural timeline starts roughly 20 years before they were born with only the odd generational behomoth penetrating beyond 30 years, and nothing of popular culture at all beyond 50 years pre-birth.

In contrast my oldest teenager is quite into music and enjoys (amongst others) the Beatles and Pink Floyd. Let's remember that this stuff is basically classical music from history now: closer in time to the start of World War 1 than it is to today! (despite the fact that McCartney and Gimour are, very happily, still with us and still performing).

My wife occasionally attempts to feed them classic kids movies from her yoof. Goonies; Lost Boys etc. Yes they think they are all terrible . To be fair - watch a well known, even revered, movie from that period but one that you don't have any fond reminiscence or nostalgia for - maybe never even saw; objectively and by today's standard a lot of them really aren't great

I clearly watched a lot more tv than you in my youth . Did you not watch black and white films when you were younger? Not see black and white morning tv shows from days gone by? Old westerns, gangster films, musicals etc. We watched them because of the channel restrictions, 3 then 4. Nothing else available. In terms of music, I was aware of the big band scene, swing then rock and roll from the 50's. I didn't know all about it but I had an awareness. It was on tv on one of the channels somewhere and you had a 1 in 3/4 chance of catching some of it.

I'm not criticising younger people now, how they consume things is different now and they are not exposed to it. The same applies to me. I have no idea about modern music, it's easy not to watch Stranger Things, Euphoria etc, the big tv shows for younger people. In effect, we are all impacted and I don't think it is necessarily a good thing.

 

[cliveb]

To be fair - watch a well known, even revered, movie from that period but one that you don't have any fond reminiscence or nostalgia for - maybe never even saw; objectively and by today's standard a lot of them really aren't great

Agreed. A lot of TV from the 60s and 70s that we thought was wonderful at the time seems pretty dire if you watch it now.
Even some national treasures have not worn well: while there are some magnificent moments, a lot of Morecambe and Wise is dross.

 

[The Squirrel]

Agreed. A lot of TV from the 60s and 70s that we thought was wonderful at the time seems pretty dire if you watch it now.
Even some national treasures have not worn well: while there are some magnificent moments, a lot of Morecambe and Wise is dross.

True. Even Python is actually wildly inconsistent. Despite it being before my times (although I would have seen one of the many repeats), I still think Fawlty and the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch is the pinnacle of timeless British comedy - and 4Y proves it by even having my teens laughing!

 

[Orikoru]

I have tried to get my kids to watch what I call classic films from the 80s.
They all think they are terrible.
Apparently back to the future is one of the worst films ever made and includes several inappropriate scenes .

I did tell them I was going to wash their mouths out with soap but was told if they have to watch it again can I wash their eyes with soap as well

Some films from that era look dated now, but the Back to Future Trilogy are all-time classic comedies! Superb films. (Maybe less so the third one, but the first two definitely.)

 

[irip]

Some films from that era look dated now, but the Back to Future Trilogy are all-time classic comedies! Superb films. (Maybe less so the third one, but the first two definitely.)

Yeah they are dated the same as some tv.
They don’t really get Fawlty towers or Fools and Horses either.
I definitely look through them with rose tinted glasses.
It’s a feeling I get rather than the quality of the film.
The weird thing is they still make their kids watch stuff like the wizard of Oz at Xmas because of the feeling it gives them from their Xmas as kids.

 

[Voyager EMH]

True. Even Python is actually wildly inconsistent. Despite it being before my times (although I would have seen one of the many repeats), I still think Fawlty and the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch is the pinnacle of timeless British comedy - and 4Y proves it by even having my teens laughing!

The 4 Yorkshiremen sketch first appeared on TV in 1967 on The 1948 Show. The original characters were played by John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Marty Feldman and Graham Chapman.

 

[Tashyboy]

Loved old style tvs. I got my 10,000 steps a day in getting up and “ turning the telly over” for me mum and dad who were to lazy to get off there backsides.
Edit to say for the whippersnappers, “Turning the telly over” is another term for changing channels on the tv.

 

[irip]

Loved old style tvs. I got my 10,000 steps a day in getting up and “ turning the telly over” for me mum and dad who were to lazy to get off there backsides.
Edit to say for the whippersnappers, “Turning the telly over” is another term for changing channels on the tv.

Rented from Rumbelows
My kids don’t believe me when I say we rented our telly. And a bloke used to come round in a van every week and we rented videos off him.