Scarbados

[Geek]

Big shame wheb they demolished the, South bay pool....

Interesting to watch that. Noticable that nobody looked overweight.

 

[mistericeman]

Interesting to watch that. Noticable that nobody looked overweight.

Less take aways
Less processed food
Less money
Less central heating
More manual Labour
Less sugar (both visible and hidden)
Less additives
Less sedentary lifestyles
Etc etc etc

 

[mistericeman]

Less take aways
Less processed food
Less money
Less central heating
More manual Labour
Less sugar (both visible and hidden)
Less additives
Less sedentary lifestyles
Etc etc etc

Same with waste.....

I was born 1966 (I look more like it was 1866 Apparantly)

BUT there was next to no litter/rubbish blowing around....

Most stuff was wrapped in paper and got burned to start the open fires

Bottles were returned
Tuns were rare
And plastic was almost unheard of.....

And folks were keen to keep whatever they had smart and presentable even when they had sod all

Now it seems like so many want respect and pride to be someone else's issue and responsibility..... Etc

 

[Robmac]

Same with waste.....

I was born 1966 (I look more like it was 1866 Apparantly)

BUT there was next to no litter/rubbish blowing around....

Most stuff was wrapped in paper and got burned to start the open fires

Bottles were returned
Tuns were rare
And plastic was almost unheard of.....

And folks were keen to keep whatever they had smart and presentable even when they had sod all

Now it seems like so many want respect and pride to be someone else's issue and responsibility..... Etc

You could even use Dog poo if you ran out of chalk!

I remember in our street (and every other) that the ladies made a ritual out of scrubbing the front door step in the morning - I can't imagine that happening now somehow.

 

[barryd]

You could even use Dog poo if you ran out of chalk!

I remember in our street (and every other) that the ladies made a ritual out of scrubbing the front door step in the morning - I can't imagine that happening now somehow.

Probably because there is no more dog eggs all over the place. Do you remember the white ones? WTF were they all about?

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Better diet?

 

[Pudsey Bear]

why did dog turds go white in the 60s?






+10

Dog turds went white in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s because of commercial dog food formulas. Manufacturers heavily used meat and bone meal as inexpensive fillers, which packed the food with excess calcium. Dogs couldn't digest all the minerals, and as their poop sat outside, the sun dried out the organic matter, leaving behind a hard, crumbly, and chalky white calcium shell. [1, 2, 3]
The chalky white feces largely disappeared in the 1990s as the pet food industry shifted toward better regulations and more nutritionally balanced, easily digestible diets. [1, 2]
Key contributing factors include:

• Dietary Changes: Modern commercial kibble contains far less bone meal filler, balancing calcium and phosphorus to appropriate, healthy levels for canines. [1, 2]
• Picking up Waste: Decades ago, dog owners frequently let their pets roam free and rarely picked up after them, giving the droppings the time needed to sit out and turn white. Today, social and legal standards dictate cleaning up waste quickly, making it less likely for dog waste to sit outside and oxidize. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Modern Habits: If a dog eats a diet heavily composed of raw bones, their poop can still turn pale, chalky, and white when left out to bake in the sun. [1, 2]

You can explore more about this nostalgic, mummified lawn phenomenon through these deep dives from Mental Floss or IFLScience. [1, 2, 3]

 

[mistericeman]

You could even use Dog poo if you ran out of chalk!

I remember in our street (and every other) that the ladies made a ritual out of scrubbing the front door step in the morning - I can't imagine that happening now somehow.

5 minutes walk around the corner from me in Ashton Under Lyne is Donkey stone Wharf on the canal...
Where Eli Walley had his 'Donkey stone' manufacturary....

Often swapped for stuff with the rag and bone man.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I didn't know I wanted to know that.

 

[Robmac]

Probably because there is no more dog eggs all over the place. Do you remember the white ones? WTF were they all about?

Swot I meant Barry, they turned to powder if you trud on one!

They don't now - there's blimmin progress for you!

 

[mistericeman]

Shame there's no sound in this.... But many happy times up at Oliver's mount watching the racing....
We could easily hear it from Castlegate

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Been there many many times.