What ever happened to bumpers ? During the sixties and seventies all cars were fitted with a nice chromed tin bumper (fender) that was there to protect a cars bodywork. Nobody lost any sleep when you got a dent in it, after all, that was it's purpose.

Today cars don't have bumpers, they have colour matched lower body work. It is actually cheaper to prang a door of a car than it's bumper.

I touched one in a car park yesterday and the guy was near in tears. He wanted it professionally assessed in case their was internal fractures !

We live in a society in which professional footballers roll around the pitch as if they had just been shot after a tackle, cracked street pavement stones are the source of a free holiday once your solicitor has finished with the local council. People won't eat food if it is hours out of a sell by date and kids can f*ck you off in the street without fear of a cuff around the lug.

Oh I miss the sixties.