General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

If t was just limited to Americanisms in the language I could go along with it.

But we now have 'Trick or Treat' on Hallowean, when at one time it was kids running home scared out of their minds! They would not venture through the door. Now we have knocks on the door demanding a treat.. or a trick. American!

We now have 'Valentines Day', full of sexy knickers, oils and various vibrating appliances, when once it was just a gesture of love. Commercialism!

We have funny filled balloons on birthdays... when once a simple card would suffice. We have houses lit up like a Belicia beacon over Christmas, we have people telling us not to say bald, but follicley challenged. Oh this is PC for sure, but it all comes from over the Atlantic.

The words I can handle, the culture I cannot.

When I left school we had a dance, we turned up in our best jeans and shirt, the lasses in pretty frocks. Now we have 'A Prom'... dress cost a bloody fortune, the suit cost as bomb.

Irene, you have started me off!