Quote Originally Posted by Tawi2 View Post
Good one Dave I always give my kid hassle,he is a spoilt little git to be honest,but when he wants a new X-box or mobile phone or he is in one of his moaning moods and I think of those kids dodging traffick in Manilas streets selling single ciggarettes or bottles of water or newspapers,and I remember their dirty clothes faded and soiled from exhaust fumes running through traffick in the heat of the sun to earn their mum a few pesos,little tinderas who should really have a happy childhood,smiling and playing with their mates it makes you realise the massive inequalities in this world,and how fortunate we are,albeit by accident of birthplace to be where we are with what we have It could have been a shedload worse for all of us,thats why I never moan about the UK.


i have 2 sons one of 15 his mother is english [i want this dad i want that

my youngest son [philipina mother ] who has been in the phils many times funny he never asks for nothing and always wants to help me with work about the house WHEN HE STAYS WITH ME ---today he helped paint all the fences around the house afterwards we had to go to town so i asked him if he wanted the latest chelsea shirt or a pair of new trainers his reply NO THANKS DAD