The boy was completely unphased and obviously the driver was freaked out, he ran out the gate saw our car across the road and bolted behind a parked van. Completely in shock and felt sick but today very grateful.
Daft ****s that canny look after their weans . The driver had every right to shout abuse at you ya brammer . It's a good slap yer needing .
The guy was about 60 so ironically he could have been the fatality if he attempted to slap me. I will be giving the kids a thorough road safety lesson later today.
Good for you . Thankfully you get the chance to do that eh ! Mibbe be an idea to have a word wea yerself too . Oh and fix the gate so your toddler can't open it .
Whislt you're at it SN get Aldo the super parent to come and show you how it's done properly. Jesus ****ing wept
It`s a metal gate to the flat with a door release button from the inside, i was with all 3 and they have walked out with me hundreds of times.. I feel terrible but it`s impossible to take all the danger out of life especially in a big city.
Aye, I'll put it right next to my Bobby Sands canvas That's lefty talk - next thing you'll be telling me beauty is on the inside. I know there is more to life than money, but unfortunately like almost everyone else bills and wives and children require me to spend 9-10 hours of my day trying to make it, so it will naturally preoccupy a lot of casual conversation.
Does taking drugs and getting pissed for years on end not feel very empty though Toby? I know it can be fun, I've done plenty of it in the past. But there's only so long you can do it till hedonism starts to become depressing. And there's nothing more tragic than the Fonzie-esque loser, nearer 40 than 20 but still trying to be cool. You've scoffed at settled family men like myself on here, but there's nothing in life that compares to building a family. Your stoner mates will have all disappeared in a few years. Mine and Mick's "ugly kids" (quite why you feel the need to insult the offspring of anonymous people on the internet is another matter) will be around us for a lot longer.
I can't speak for Toby of course but perhaps he objects to some people asserting that their being married and having kids somehow makes them better than people who don't. What makes me laugh the most is there are a few on here constanty slating the public sector and complaining about having to pay for it but I very much doubt they send their kids to private schools, use private health care or send back the child benefit every fortnight.
I would guess the reason for his aggression was fear. He too got the fright of his life and anger is a natural reaction to a fright.
I don't think being married and having kids makes someone intrinsically better Dan. If you're happy then fair play to you. But you don't tend to mock the likes of Mick and I, nor do you try to claim that your life is more fulfilling. As for benefitting from state help, I never complain about the taxes or national insurance I pay. I reckon I've more than broken even over the last few years.
This genuinely wasn't aimed at you Jip but I can see exactly why you would have thought that so please accept my apologies. It is something i've been wanting to say on here for a while now and your post seemed a perfect hook
I think I've slated certain aspects of the public sector before, but I do believe that the public sector is hugely important. If you've ever had a child lying in a hospital bed under a threat of death you'd give absolutely everything you own to save them - taking 10% of my wage off me directly and indirectly every month to pay for a service like this is highly agreeable to me (I think the UK spends more like 8% of GDP on health). I tend to criticise scenarios such as having working family tax credits propping up lower middle class lifestyles at the literal expense of things which are actually important to human happiness, like health and education.
