Don's post explains how people of our generation worked hard, expected little and often received less.

My old man was a docker, mum was a seamstress in a factory, six children and never a policeman at our front door. We all did well in life, worked hard and never scrounged off the state. We had our morals and our pride. My wife and I still work, part-time these days as we still have bills to pay.

Sadly today the world revolves around youth, if you are over 40, you are a "wrinkly." I live in a semi detached house which is my own, I am surrounded by loafers of young people who don't work, live in rented houses owned by absentee landlords, all they seem to do all day is drink, fuck and throw their kids out on the street to get peace.

I have a couple of nieces who collect children to a selection of non-existent fathers, they told me openly that "the fucking government can keep us". One referred to the bastards wrecking London recently as, "fucking cool" and added "they are right to take what they want of these rich bastards" that is the attitude of the youth today.

So stop your slow violin playing and blaming everyone for their problems and where they live. Many of us got it tight growing up, but we didn't blame other people for it.