Crime as was

[j.sabourn]

One thing that can be said for the older generation when looking back on our own lifetimes is the rapid advancement of crime in all its splendour. In days of yore about the biggest crime wave one saw was breaking open the gas or electric meter box to extact money for survival. Today just go into a bank and threaten the cashier with a hyperdermic needle. Murder is almost a daily occurrence today, robbery with violence very common. Where did it all go wrong? Incidentally do you still have the old gas and electric meters in the house, may get a bit short next time over. Cheers JS

[gray_marian]

No coin meters John, but I think there are card meters which I believe you can top up and then insert card into meter when needed.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Think it is just news, media and communication etc that has advanced: One time little was known outside the village, much was happening all over. Now it is shown ever day in your living room. At least if you had friends years ago like the Krays you were looked after. Tellies were fairly new then, hence it was necessary to be able to read and the daily papers to know more. My theory anyway. K

[j.sabourn]

It was years after the war when we got our first radio Keith, so your statement bears a lot of credibility. Discounting of course the old Cristal set or cats whiskers. Coming on here and seeing so many variables on the way some of us think, beats going into an old persons home, and throwing bread buns at each other. The pace that the modern world advances however is too fast for some nations, and as there is no way they are going to slow down and wait for the rest which would probably be centurys, there are always going to be conflicts of interest, which unfortuanetly are allowed to develop further into aggression. The world has developed from families to tribes to nations. Here is the time to wait for the rest if necessary and not carry on advancing Nations into blocs of the same with dissimilar reasoning to others. Cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

We had a radio that had a wet battery which had to be taken to the store to be recharged. Then we got a device which did the job so no more trips. Now you can get a radio on your watch, how the world has changed.

[John Pruden]

think of 200 years ago a message to new Zealand would have taken months now Skype and internet we all talk here on this site . what will it be like in another 200 years time for future generations sickness will be a thing of the past and age will too?{I think} jp

[j.sabourn]

#6... JP the person who invents an indestructible liver will certainly add to the worlds population. In our time took a letter 6 weeks to get home maybe perhaps. No free correspondence then, was about a months salary for 3 minutes radio telephone call. An SLT was slightly cheaper ( ships letter telegram). Remember sending flowers to various girlfriends used to cost a bomb, no wonder everyone wanted overtime. Jack and his money were soon parted. Good days though, money was never the begin and end all to life. Cheers hope your health still holding up. JS

[John Pruden]

thanks john not to well as late but its a fight you cant afford to loose? jp

[Keith at Tregenna]

The British Government sent a letter to America during WW2, apparently that took years ?

K.

[John Albert Evans]

JP,

It might be a lot nearer than we think. I saw on TV a few days ago a young girl who was holding a model in her hand which was an exact replica of her own heart which was made on a copier. It was made because she was dying of a heart malfunction that could not be operable because of the position so they made a a copy in order that the surgeon could seee what he had to do before the child underwent the operation. She is now alive and well because of a copier machine. I see nothing wrong with that at all. There was a lady proffesser commenting on the operation and she stated that in 20 to 30 years time they will be able of make organs instead if having to reply on organ donors. I just thought i would share that it of good use of science and technology.
Getting back to the thread of the crime aspect, everything has a downside as the ame copier can also make guns that are capable of being fired

JAE.