Comments on: A view to a kill

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:40:59 +0000

John Schembri Saturday, 26 July 1236hrs
Daph, I wish I was seventeen at sixth form , but in 2008.

Amanda Mallia Sunday, 27 July 0134hrs
John Schembri – X’ghandu x’jaqsam?

Albert Farrugia Saturday, 26 July 2244hrs
Oh come on you moaners. I am 44 and I have a raving time in the 80s, in my teens and twenties. And I wasnt even a real party animal ……

Amanda Mallia Sunday, 27 July 1721hrs
And anyway, Albert Farrugia – X’ghandu x’jaqsam ma’ Duran Duran? Any excuse for an anti-PN gripe, I suppose.

Daphne Caruana Galizia Monday, 28 July 1843hrs
Yes, there is some nostalgia, but mostly I wish we had what’s available now. Come on, you really can’t compare the life of an 18-year-old now with the life of an 18-year-old then……..

No one wrote “x’ghandu x’jaqsam?”

@ Corrine : sorry for addressing you as “Amanda” (probably it was a Freudian slip).
Parents are there to encourage their children, among other things, even if they are 18 year olds. Some young people do need quite a lot.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:40:51 +0000

Come off it, Albert Farrugia. You and I are the exact same age. The difference between us (I am assuming, since it wasn’t usual for men to have kids three years out of school, and still isn’t) is that I have three sons who are in their early 20s. The true test of whether they are better off now than we were then is this:

would I want them to live the life I lived when I was 18, rather than the life they have now?

And the answer is a loud, resounding NO NO NO and NO again.

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:06:33 +0000

John Schembri: My name is not Amanda. Some people have a clear-eyed view on their time being better than that of the previous generation. They usually don’t need any encouragement.

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:01:10 +0000

Amanda my logic works one way , I experienced those times, I know what today’s 18 year olds are facing and what opportunities they have . They did not experience the 80’s, Some of my work mates are young,( and I have children that age) and they tell us in ‘real time’ their experiences. What we tell them about the 80’s could sound unbelievable, People my age are the ones who encourage them to grab the opportunities we never dreamt we could have.

By: chris 1

chris 1 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:50:11 +0000

Re: Albert Farrugia,
Did i imagine it or did we have to sign a form saying we woudl not give anyone the sack if we bought a computer? Even if it was a simple Acorn???

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:54:15 +0000

Albert Farrugia: My brother used to put several one cent copper coins as a heat sink unde the ZX Sectrum.

By: Darren Gatt

Darren Gatt — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:53:02 +0000

Amanda, filling up import forms wasn’t just for computers, it was for bloody everything!!!! And anything wireless was considered a taboo.

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:42:20 +0000

John Schembri: Your ‘logic’ works both ways. Middle-aged people are not young today so how can they know what it’s like? Some people do wish they’d been around in their parents’ or their grandparents’ generation. Are their wishes baseless too?

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:36:38 +0000

Darren (not David): Of course an 18-year old can compare being young now to being young a generation ago. I feel no regret that I was not young in the 1900s, and I certainly wasn’t around then.

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:43:14 +0000

Albert Farrugia – Stupid was the fact that many people – if they were lucky enough to be able to get a computer in the first place – had to complete several forms prior to importing one.

And yes, we were deprived of computers in the EARLY 1980s. You can’t deny that fact.