Re: Whatever has happened to manners

Originally Posted by
Alan H
I am working hard on this old man thing. I bet I'll get it right in another ten years or so....

This age thing was brought home to me when my 16 year old step daughter-----bless her------thought that our 30 year old postman was old. She must think that I am Methuselah's elder brother!
I think it is quite understandable that each generation finds it own set of standards of behaviour, in spite of my parents dire predictions my generation did, my sons' generation has, and there is no doubt that my step children are doing so, but in the end I do think that most of them---not all by any means----end up being fairly civil to others, eventually!
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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