Single Chat: HECKLER
Carol Layton believes her generation would rather watch The Bill than have sex. Years ago I used to laugh at my octogenarian grandmother vowing she’d never go into a nursing home because “they were full of old people”, but I’m beginning to get her drift.I’m a baby boomer, in my 50s, and when I look at my fellow boomers I see a group of people who, on the whole, do not smoke, drink in moderation and exercise regularly; at 55, some…
Single Chat: THE CYBER SODA SHOP
Our younger son is hanging out after school with his friends — Emily and Michael and Julie and Kenny Mac and the rest of his random sample from the class of ’99. They’re rehashing the day’s events, plotting social gatherings, swapping intelligence, making tart observations about absentees. The chatting goes on for a couple of hours, amid arrivals and departures — until everybody signs off.The Internet has become the malt shop for the millennium. All…
Single Chat: The Sunday People: BUSHELL ON THE BOX: The Showdown
SKY’s much-hyped darts match The Showdown was more like The Letdown with just 30,000 viewers paying to watch – they needed twice that number to break even.The heart bleeds for Barry Hearn, the PDC and cocky Phil Taylor. “Saint” Phil claims he is “bigger than Beckham.” Sure he is, around the head and waist.RANDOM irritations: the new Band Aid single. Chat shows having other chat show hosts as guests. How about having fewer…
Single Chat: The Mirror: M Relationships: Girlie holidays: the facts
A survey of Brits aged between 18 and 30 who went to the Greek resorts of Malia, Faliraki and Kavos last year revealed…- One in five girls had sex in the toilet on holiday. – 96 per cent of girls claimed getting laid in Greece is as easy as blinking.- 39 per cent of girls had sex on the beach, 11 per cent had sex in public and five per cent did it in a bar or club.- 50 per cent of girls drank so much they suffered from memory loss.- 14 per cent of girls slept with a travel…
Single Chat: As Summer Break Starts, Parents Advised to Monitor Teens’ Internet Use
Jun. 1 For every sexual predator caught using the Internet to prey on youths, 20 more get away, police estimate. With school out for the summer and Internet chat rooms abuzz with tales of adolescent life, police and prosecutors are warning parents to brace for a dramatic increase in attempts to lure children from the safety of their homes.”Honestly, I think kids are more vulnerable to the mental seductions from perpetrators online than in person,” said Dallas police…