Lots of Boomers seem to be remembering the summer of 1976 with rose tinted spectacles, & think that they ‘just got in with it’
Let’s have a look at what the newspapers of the day had to say in 1976….
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Anyone else remember when Special K created their own diet and it was basically just eating two bowls of Special K every day and everyone accepted that as medically sound?
Being in your early 40s is weird, man. People around your age are in every stage of life. You have people who are grandparents. You have people who have newborns. You have people dating 25-year-olds. You have people celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. Some of them look 60, and some of them look 30. All the bases are covered when you are in your early 40s.
Another one of our mainstream swear words needs to be upgraded. Look at the way we elevated "shit" to "shite". It was an absolute game changer being able to call something "fucking shite". The extra "e" added so much vitriol.
People will gladly eat the same breakfast and lunch 5-6 days out of the week. Suggest the same evening meal 2 nights in a row however, and you're looked at like you've escaped from an asylum.
I know Henry VIII had 6 wives - There was Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr but I can't for the life of me remember the surname of the one called Jane....See More