tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028043752084657759.post7509369613547099769..comments2023-04-13T09:10:30.746+01:00Comments on The Brinkster - Another Worcester Park Blog: I have seen the futureThe Brinksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199341837798023699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028043752084657759.post-74942715639126288462008-12-10T03:03:00.000+00:002008-12-10T03:03:00.000+00:00quite agree brinketer,these whitehall wallys are s...quite agree brinketer,these whitehall wallys are sailing this country down the riand this was done because so ver.now if they had said no more slot machine arcades or kebab shops with fruit machine or video games in them,then i would understand,but no,theres no money in it for them so now kids will be used.the reason i say this ,is because my daughters have informed me that they have been fingerprinted at school their school;in apparent attempt to stop children truanting or being bullied or discriminated against,which in turn brought up an old memory that to this day has apparently not changed.but hopefully now they possibly could. it is the free dinner system and how you are supposed to aqquire the so-called token. i remember and i had it sporadically in the 70s that there was a real stigma attached to receiveing this meal ticket..to the point that sometimes i would not get the token at all{you know how spitefull some kids can be}not to mention you only had a ten minute slot to attain this ticket with all the other so-called tramps..my daughters tell me a near iddenticle systen is still in place today with maybe not so much stigma attached,but if by chance this new system of fingerprinting with a top up card,to monitor what is spent and possibly eaten,then it could be a good idea.apparently its being done to stop kids bringing money to school which i think is laughable.i mean how are you gonna play penny up the wall,odds and evens,or cards,or buy a fag.because these things happened then and still happen now..not to mention the stampedes for the tuck-shop and after school ice pole. st phillip alleyerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com