CK wrote:
Oh, for the good old days, when the forecast was at 5 minutes to the
hour,
prompt.

The format was a sensible span across the country in logical steps,
was
concise (and usually accurate), and lasted about 4 minutes. At the
end of
this time, your particular area had been included, and you had a
pretty good
idea of what to expect. There were no ridiculously overkilled
warnings, no
silly comments, and no trails for sporting events. We weren't
treated as
educationally sub-normal beings, nor were we told to "wrap up warm"
or drive
carefully. It was obviously considered that we were well able to
make those
judgements for ourselves, without any assistance from the BBC.

We aren't encouraged to think for ourselves any more.

So sad.

CK

I agree absolutely and remember those days, which now seem like a
Golden Age. But we have become a hysterical infantilised country in so
many ways and this is just a symptom. I feel in some senses we are
witnessing a decline of our culture, despite the many changes for the
good. Better stop there.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.