Child safeguarding issue, or not?

[gremlin]

I can remember being left in the car in a pub carpark. It was OK because I had pop and crisps.

The Dover Patrol pub car park, c. mid-70's, was me and my sister's playground on many a Saturday afternoon, as my dad sank several pints whilst watching the racing.

The real skill was making sure you didn't make the end of the paper straw go so soggy that it collapsed on itself and thus become useless. And cheese and onion crisps were in a GREEN bag!

[MrLongbeard]

I remember when all this was fields, jumpers for goal posts, uphill to school and back home, we left 35173 alone in the car in a pub car park back in the 2000's, the more things change the more they stay the same.

I don't ever remember being left alone in a car back in the 70's, but I did regularly get dragged into the working men's club for a packet of salt n shake and a cold Vimto.

[Cousin Jack]

I can remember being left in the car in a pub carpark. It was OK because I had pop and crisps.

The Dover Patrol pub car park, c. mid-70's, was me and my sister's playground on many a Saturday afternoon, as my dad sank several pints whilst watching the racing.

The real skill was making sure you didn't make the end of the paper straw go so soggy that it collapsed on itself and thus become useless. And cheese and onion crisps were in a GREEN bag!

In my day crisps only came in 2 flavours, plain ones with a blue packet of salt, and the rare Oxo crisps. Yum!

[Pirahna]

And cheese and onion crisps were in a GREEN bag!

I might have seen Walkers cheese and onion crisps in a green bag this afternoon, I'll check later this week.

[Mussels]

And cheese and onion crisps were in a GREEN bag!

I might have seen Walkers cheese and onion crisps in a green bag this afternoon, I'll check later this week.

I keep seeing claims that it's the Mandela effect and Walkers never produced a blue salt and vinegar bag. Whilst that's true* it's misleading and those articles never mention Walkers was late to the game and the standard colour up until then was blue.

* Mostly but there was a printing error so blue Walkers bags do exist.

[Docca]

Have we exhausted all the ‘back in my day’ stuff that isn’t really relatable?

I was homeless at 16. At 12 I spent 4 nights of the week wondering around the streets of Harrogate all night. Etc


My 18 yo has just done training around Europe. I think there is a big difference between 18 and 15 though.

I also agree with Skub’s earlier view that not all kids are at the same maturity, so age is used as the leveller. Not perfect, but need something.

I’ve five kids. I’d feel ok with 2 of them doing this at 15, I think 3 would be miles off.

So I guess my answer as a dad is I’d feel uncomfortable. There is also the law.

Plus, Kirstie is a twat.

[Mussels]

Have we exhausted all the ‘back in my day’ stuff that isn’t really relatable?

I was homeless at 16. At 12 I spent 4 nights of the week wondering around the streets of Harrogate all night. Etc


My 18 yo has just done training around Europe. I think there is a big difference between 18 and 15 though.

I also agree with Skub’s earlier view that not all kids are at the same maturity, so age is used as the leveller. Not perfect, but need something.

I’ve five kids. I’d feel ok with 2 of them doing this at 15, I think 3 would be miles off.

So I guess my answer as a dad is I’d feel uncomfortable. There is also the law.

Plus, Kirstie is a twat.

Your 'back in my day' story is still relevant, if that child was a couple of months older and homeless then the authorities wouldn't care at all about him.

[gremlin]

And cheese and onion crisps were in a GREEN bag!

I might have seen Walkers cheese and onion crisps in a green bag this afternoon, I'll check later this week.

I keep seeing claims that it's the Mandela effect and Walkers never produced a blue salt and vinegar bag. Whilst that's true* it's misleading and those articles never mention Walkers was late to the game and the standard colour up until then was blue.

* Mostly but there was a printing error so blue Walkers bags do exist.

Although the green/blue thing does cause me anxiety, my biggest hang up from childhood is never getting to see the bird's norks on the cardboard KP Nuts display that got tantalisingly closer to being revealed with every bag sold...

[Pirahna]

my biggest hang up from childhood is never getting to see the bird's norks on the cardboard KP Nuts display that got tantalisingly closer to being revealed with every bag sold...

A quick Google suggests it was Big D nuts, not KP.

[Docca]

Have we exhausted all the ‘back in my day’ stuff that isn’t really relatable?

I was homeless at 16. At 12 I spent 4 nights of the week wondering around the streets of Harrogate all night. Etc


My 18 yo has just done training around Europe. I think there is a big difference between 18 and 15 though.

I also agree with Skub’s earlier view that not all kids are at the same maturity, so age is used as the leveller. Not perfect, but need something.

I’ve five kids. I’d feel ok with 2 of them doing this at 15, I think 3 would be miles off.

So I guess my answer as a dad is I’d feel uncomfortable. There is also the law.

Plus, Kirstie is a twat.

Your 'back in my day' story is still relevant, if that child was a couple of months older and homeless then the authorities wouldn't care at all about him.

If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike

Etc