There was a stark class divide between houses that had ‘the channels’ — BBC1/2, ITV and Channel 4 — and ones that only had RTE 1 and 2. Every now and then some kid in the playground would turn out to be bullshitting about having them. We got them when I was about eight.
I guess that’s not really ‘the height of class’, though, which would be these fellas:
Preppy stuff: Levi’s corduroys, Sperry Topsiders, various brands of ski jackets (and skiing itself), Izod shirts, etc. Having an account at the drugstore, and therefore being able to charge stuff. Definitely the winter vacation to someplace warm (“Oh, Epcot Center is sooo cool!”)
No pocket TVs but still a decent day in France. Francois Fillon, ex Prime Minister and very likely current President if not for this coming out during the campaign, got 5 years (3 suspended) for paying his wife a cool million from public funds for doing nothing.
He’s not in jail as they immediately appealed, and I suspect he will never go, but nice to dream. He’s a right wing politician, obviously.
It’s one of those things where it only costs a couple hundred dollars to do, but multiple thousands to do it right. Still pretty fun playing as the adult with a kids starter set of clubs though.
Was rumors of reddit mass-banning “hate” subreddits, and it looks like it actually happened. So far I see r/The_Donald, r/Chapotraphouse, r/cumtown, probably a bunch more