Bob, at 08:35 on May 29 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> The violence of 40 years ago is nothing like the violence of today.

BL> Every heard of a razor gang? They call them skinheads now.

BG> Yeah, but the difference is that the current breed of
BG> anti-socials turds don't discriminate at all when selecting
BG> victims. Old ladies, cripples, you name it, they're all fair
BG> game now. Evil little cunts, they are... 

BL> That's true. Kids don't have any respect. 

And most of them can't even spell the word.

BL> My mother is 90, and she's had to stop travelling after 3 when the school 
BL> kids are loose... they won't give her a seat in the bus or the train.

A quick thrashing with her walking stick should solve that problem.  :)

BL> The little shits need a good kicking.

Presumably you mean as the victims...

BG> That's sure changed. My brother not long ago sold his restored
BG> terrace in Wilson Street, for around $450k. I'd be lucky to get
BG> $80k for my 3 bedroom home on a ¬ acre block right now (should
BG> have pissed off 5 years ago, when it was worth $100k or so).
BG> Talk about negative gearing! 

BL> Yair... the poofters moved in.

It's true!  The couple who bought Alan's place were indeed poofs.

BL> It were just beginning 22 years ago when we moved out. The old terrace at 
BL> Newtown was $24K compared to the $29K here. Now a big terrace like that is 
BL> $400K+ as you say, and this one is $300K.

It's mainly the proximity to the city, uni, hospital, etc which has caused
that.  I remember one time before Jack refurbished his place at Pearl (must
have been around 1987), a valuer came around and told Jack that his place
was worth $180k.  He then asked what just the land was worth, and got
precisely the same answer.  :)

BL> In Campbelltown I can get away with it because no one sees or
BL> if they do, they don't know me.

BG> Or simply don't care. That's the attitude I can feel around here.

BL> You could be right. If we get a hoon chucking wheelies I'm usually
BL> the one who goes out and yells at him.

Jeeze, you're keen.  If you did that here, you'd come home to a trashed
house the next night.  The fellow next door has confronted quite a few
hoons, and has since had his VP Commodore stolen 3 times, and trashed
twice.  I prefer to adopt a slightly lower profile myself.  :)

Regards, Bill
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