Looking back with a smile

[R33F]

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and even early 80's probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no child-proof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pots and pans.

When we rode our bikes we wore no helmets, just thongs and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same... strange how water tastes just like ....well ...water!

We ate chips, on bread and butter and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.

Your mother MADE ice blocks out of dilutable orange drinks.

We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no one actually died from this..

We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we had forgotton the brakes.

After running into stinging nettles a few times we learned to solve the problem (dock leaves).

We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded.

We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all.
No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs and no Internet chat rooms.

We had friends - we went outside and found them.

We played football in winter , and cricket every summer.

We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no lawsuits.

We had full on fistfights but no prosecution followed from other parents.

We played knock-on-the-door-and-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.

We WALKED, yes walked to friends' homes.

We also believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school - which was just round the corner

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law.

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

And you're one of them Congratulations! (Well done living this long).

Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.

For those of you who aren't old enough thought you might like to read about us.

This, my friends, is surprisingly frightening and it might put a smile on your face: The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986.
They are called youth.

Check this out!
They have never heard of "We are the World", "We are the children", and the Uptown Girl they know is by West life not Billy Joel.

Black Betty has only been sung by SpiderBait.

For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam.

AIDS has existed since they were born.

CD's have existed since they were born.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.

They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are only movies.

They can never imagine life before computers.

They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, or the Famous Five

They'll never have applied to be on "Romper Room"

They can't believe a black and white television ever existed And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.

Now let's check if we're getting old.

1 You understand what was written above and you smile.
2 You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out.
3 You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers.
4 When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.
5 You remember watching MASH the first time round.
6 You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together.
7 Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too.

And finally, remember - you are not old - just fortunate!

[scottmeister]

Nice stereotypical childhood.

Oh, I've never heard and/or liked any song/band that was made before I was born :rolleyes:

[dilemma]

Born 1981... oh how the time flies...


When we rode our bikes we wore no helmets, just thongs and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels YES

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same... strange how water tastes just like ....well ...water! YES

We ate chips, on bread and butter and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. YES

Your mother MADE ice blocks out of dilutable orange drinks. YES

We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no one actually died from this.. YES

After running into stinging nettles a few times we learned to solve the problem (dock leaves). YES

We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded. YES

We had friends - we went outside and found them. YES

We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no lawsuits. YES

We WALKED, yes walked to friends' homes. YES

We also believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school - which was just round the corner YES

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls YES


They'll never have pretended to be the Famous Five

"We are the famous five... Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the do-o-og..."

I was always Anne.

[Dicky]

yeah, I got that email too - from dad, the day after I finished school.

they should bring back 'accidents'. Anyone remember those?

edit: The Famous Five rocks.

I also have the theme from The Trap Door as an mp3 for nostalgic purposes.
(Drut backwards is Turd.... haha....)

[Grip]

Brilliant... the ABSOLUTE first post I've ever FULLY related to here on Farkin.

[johnny]

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same... strange how water tastes just like ....well ...water! Are you for real :eek: The hose tasted like SHIT!! Didn't kill us though.....

We ate chips, on bread and butter and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. I was as fat as fk when I was a kid because I ate this stuff, I also played league and rode a bike, walked to school etc. I am not fat anymore because I don't eat like that and I do far less sport these days.....usually due to injury tho :o

Your mother MADE ice blocks out of dilutable orange drinks. How good were they!



The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law. That's something I wish were different back then!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. As it has been for almost every generation since the industrial revolution.

They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, or the Famous Five Hey! I may have been a kid, but I still had taste!

Whilst this is funny and in many ways relevent, it's that way for every generation. Everything is new at some point, and seen as an anomalie or even with disdain by the older more self-righteously nostalgic generation.

Aristotle (or was it Socrates..... :confused: ) famously complained of the lack of discipline and respect in youth..........

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday."

[naz]

i had a deprived chilhood, now im all fucked up.

[-DAvo]

what do you mean as children??? i still i still do some of that stuff... ;)

and i only feel old when i see kids nearly half my age pulling crazy long manuals... and kids that fall off their bikes but seem to bounce off the ground... *sigh*

[FR Drew]

Wow, I was already in grade 4 before Dilemma was even born!

So she never saw Masters of the Universe, Star Blazers, Machine Men, Thundercats, The Greatest American Hero, Mork and Mindy (Nanoo, Nanoo, Shuzbut), never wanted a cabbage patch kid or a care bear, doesn't remember us ever winning the Americas Cup, never saw Countdown...

Cripes, last year we had a work experience student in who we were talking about war to (I work for the War Memorial). The first war he could remember was the war with Iraq, no, not the first one, this one! Still, the first war I can remember was the Falklands so I guess what goes around comes around...

On the whole Schapelle Corby issue, if I said "Barlow and Chambers"...

Or try this:
"Bobby Sands is free!"
"Yeah, well so was the food."

Who out there when they hear the word "Solidarity" think it should be spelled ending in "nsc"?

Do you remember "Beyond 2000"?
Do you remember "Towards 2000"????

As for never having heard music made before you were born that you liked, I'll just have to shake my head and tutt tutt off into the distance muttering about "youth these days..."

[Reptileman]

I remember every point of that and love it all. Thanks for the reminiscing and smile that you put on my face R33F.

I know you didnt actually write it, but to post it up for all to see is good enough in my books!!!!

Thats Gold!

[R33F]

I know you didnt actually write it, but to post it up for all to see is good enough in my books!!!!

Correct... and i would never take credit for megatrons work....

But, was told to pass it on for all to have a giggle at.

Glad it put a smile on some faces !

(even if slightly grey and starting to wrinkle ) :D

[dilemma]

Wow, I was already in grade 4 before Dilemma was even born!

So she never wanted a cabbage patch kid or a care bear, doesn't remember us ever winning the Americas Cup,




Hang on, hang on!

Cabbage Patch Kids and Care Bears were in the height of desirability when I was a wee lass (must have been circa 1985) :p

I had 2 Cabbage patch kids & my best friend had one called Ferdinand Sylvester.

I also LOVED my sunshine Care Bear, and my aunty took me to the movies to see it (my first memory of going to the movies!) I would have been about 4.

Rainbow Bright? STrawberry Shortcake? Yep, had 'em, my best friend also had Buddy Blue and Strawberry's friend (yellow hair?).

And we had an America's Cup boxing kangaroo commemorative towel or something like that. I DO remember! :D

My little pony? Smurfs?

Peter Russell Clark on ABC at 5:55pm before the news and after Inspector Gadget (I think?)

"Come and get it, come and get it, with Peter (got it!) Russell (got it!) Claaaaaark!!! (got it!)"

[dj jedijunglesnow]

"Come and get it, come and get it, with Peter (got it!) Russell (got it!) Claaaaaark!!! (got it!)"

Actaully it ended with "Peter Russell Claaaaaaark! (see ya later)."

[dilemma]

Are you for real :eek: The hose tasted like SHIT!! Didn't kill us though.....

Ha ha, yeh, that funny dirt taste. But it meant that you didn't have to take your shoes off to go inside, and you could keep playing!

(Re: Famous Five) Hey! I may have been a kid, but I still had taste!



What? Famous Five bad taste? I held Enid Blyton on the pedestal of literary brilliance in the adventure genre! (And still do? :rolleyes: )

Famous Five, yeh they were cool, but the Adventurous Four were better. Secret Seven, the girls were too annoying and the guys too self righteous.

[FR Drew]

Wow! sharp memories for a little tacker Dilemma!

So who's the first Doctor Who you can remember then?
I'm pretty sure I only ever saw John Pertwee on re-runs, it's Tom Baker for me. And how funny was it when Tristan from All Creatures Great and Small got the gig?

No risers to the Bobby Sands gag?

[scblack]

So who's the first Doctor Who you can remember then?
I'm pretty sure I only ever saw John Pertwee on re-runs, it's Tom Baker for me. And how funny was it when Tristan from All Creatures Great and Small got the gig?

Er, it's Jon Pertwee, and he's the first I remember, but my favourite by far is Tom Baker (with Leela).

[dilemma]

Wow! sharp memories for a little tacker Dilemma!

So who's the first Doctor Who you can remember then?


Ha ha thanks Drew. It hasn't started getting grey and hazy yet, so I've still got some years left in me!

Never got into Doctor Who... I think I was scared? :o My uncle used to watch it and I would hide my eyes behind a pillow... now I'm really embarrassed! :o :o

[scblack]

Never got into Doctor Who... I think I was scared? :o My uncle used to watch it and I would hide my eyes behind a pillow... now I'm really embarrassed! :o :o

Is it a girl thing? - getting scared of Dr.Who? - I just recently found out that my sister was always scared shitless watching Dr.Who as well. :)

I just loved it, and would be glued in front of the TV for The Goodies and Dr.Who from 6-7pm. :cool:

[dilemma]

Ha ha well at least I wasn't the only one! That makes me feel a bit better, thanks Scblack!

[RCOH]

Ha ha thanks Drew. It hasn't started getting grey and hazy yet, so I've still got some years left in me!

Never got into Doctor Who... I think I was scared? :o My uncle used to watch it and I would hide my eyes behind a pillow... now I'm really embarrassed! :o :o


I used to hide behind my dad's armchair when he watched Dr Who, daleks freaked me out!! :o

[RCOH]

I held Enid Blyton on the pedestal of literary brilliance in the adventure genre! (And still do? :rolleyes: )


I preferred the Magic Faraway Tree, with moonface & the slippery slide & the lollies that would fill up your mouth before exploding into nothing & the lands that came to the top of the tree, but be careful if you got trapped in a bad one!!!

[FR Drew]

I used to hide behind my dad's armchair when he watched Dr Who, daleks freaked me out!! :o

As science has advanced we've discovered that the best method to combat Daleks is stairs.

Ahh, the Famous Five, now there was a TV series.

Not as good as Catweasel though :-)

[R33F]

what was the name of that sherbet stuff... that use to come in a dodgey little paper packet with a little black spoon...

wizz-fizz ??????

and do they still make bubble O bills ???

[FR Drew]

"Funny Feet, (ha ha ha)
They're new from Streets (ha ha ha)"

Bubble O Bill is still alive and kicking. Not so with the Funny Feet sadly :-(

[donthucktoflat]

what was the name of that sherbet stuff... that use to come in a dodgey little paper packet with a little black spoon...

wizz-fizz ??????

and do they still make bubble O bills ???

wizz fizz still kickin it as well

[R33F]

"Funny Feet, (ha ha ha)
They're new from Streets (ha ha ha)
now thats GOLD !!!! :D :D :D :D

[johnny]

I preferred the Magic Faraway Tree, with moonface & the slippery slide & the lollies that would fill up your mouth before exploding into nothing & the lands that came to the top of the tree, but be careful if you got trapped in a bad one!!!

I used to pretend we were on the far away tree with my sister. Enid Blyton is a god, no doubt.

Dilemma, I was actually refering to the A-team.

Cool sharks
Pop Rocks
Night Rider
The Goodies
The Goonies
Mr PinkWhistle
"Trust British Paitns, sure can".
Automan
Bubble Yum
(the real) Star Wars
Hawaii 50
The Professionals
Boggle
Eight is enough
CHiPs
Dukes of HAzard
Donkey Kong
Game and Watch
The Harry and Ralph Show (with Moira)
The Curiosity Show
Simon Townsends Wonderworld (with Woodrow)
Sounds
Shirl's Neighbourhood
Sherbet (the band)
Roller desert boots
Bata Scouts
getting the cane at school
Tiger bags
Zooper Doopers
Strawberry pops (strawberry version of coco pops)
Roger Ram Jet
And so on :)

[FR Drew]

"Joni Loves Chachi"

Johnny, you're officially the only person I've ever met who remembers Strawberry Pops. Congratulations, you take the "Obscure Relic" award!

No doubt I'll be back to this thread this evening but I just can't resist:

"It's Goodnight from me."
"And it's Goodnight from him."
"Goodnight."

[donthucktoflat]

WHAT ABOUT THE GOONS?? (the goon shows) fuck they are awesome!

[FR Drew]

...eeeeees fallen in da waterrrrrrr...

...enters stage right... ...waits for audience applause... ...not a sausage...

"you naughty man, you've dedded me again"

'ello jim???

I say Min...
Yes Henry...

We could go on like this for years, really we could.

D.H.T.F. how bloody old are you? I blame my father for me knowing this stuff, but I had a freak upbringing as the result of being born late to two mid 30's school teachers. what's your excuse??

[R33F]

johnny,

you forgot young talent time ?!

and countdown :cool:

[FR Drew]

I already put Countdown in.

[johnny]

Bullens Animal World
African Lion Safari
The MAgick Kingdom
Paradise Gardens
The ghost train at Luna Park
Pickleberry
Bubble Gum flavour Paddle Pops
Choose your own adventure
Trixie Beldon (for Dilemma)
Knocking off dad's Penthouse mags (for the boys)
Speedwell
Reflex skateboards
C-Time
Tang
Playing flicks with footy cards.
Flick outs, pancakes and skids
Agadoo
Micronauts
Hey hey it's Saturday (in the morning)
Starstruck the movie


I'm sitting in front of the computer all day today writing about deliberative democracies. Not the most awe inspiring stuff, so I'm sure there will be a few more of these over the next few hours........

[R33F]

the Alniters -- montego bay
the cockroachers -- now the wiggles
the Drop Bears -- ?? -- mental blank
Paul Lekakis -- Boom Boom Boom
the Hoodoo Gurus -- the mighty Gurus
the Rads -- Fess's song
the Angels -- the best band live when i was under age
I'm Talking -- Kate Ceberano's early days

and Mrs R33F wants me to get rid of all my old vinyl :(

[Dicky]

...eeeeees fallen in da waterrrrrrr...

...enters stage right... ...waits for audience applause... ...not a sausage...

"you naughty man, you've dedded me again"

'ello jim???


Neddy, how's the pudding?
delicious!
Neddy! you scoundrel!

here, have a picture of Queen Victoria.
No thanks, I'm, er, trying to give them up.



SuperTed
The Trap Door (still gets played occasionally)
Count Duckula - and the fat one that would always crash through the wall next to the door
Victor and Hugo (bunglers in criiime....)
Bangers and Mash
Fat Tulip's Garden
Reboot (one of the first computer animated cartoons I believe)
Ghostwriter
The Dreamstone - with the floating yellow Dogfish
Plasmo
Fireman Sam
Bananaman
Raggy Dolls
Tugs - a boating equivalent to Thomas the Tank Engine. Same creators.
The Ferals - Rattice / Modigliana / Mixy / Derran, when they lived in a backyard, and when there were still human cast members. Feral TV came later.

Vidiot
Video Hits - when it was worth watching
A*Mazing - having to run through a maze, collecting letters from the word game you just completed. Competing on Super Nintendos. Final run was the key run - you won a Gameboy with the Bonus Key.
Saturday Disney
Aggro's Cartoon Connection


for those of you that also grew up on 486s and Pentium 1s:

having VGA / EGA / CGA options.
8MB of RAM, and most of your games worked.
Multiplayer was 3 people on the same keyboard.

Catacomb - before Catacomb Abyss.
Wolfenstein 3D / Spear of Destiny
Blake Stone - Aliens of Gold
Rise of the Triad
Heretic
Commander Keen. (My avatar.)
Raptor - Call of the Shadows
Descent
Terminal Velocity
Moraff's World / Blast / Escape / Entrap
Duke Nukem 1
Jazz Jackrabbit
BioMenace
Solar Winds
Kiloblaster
Castle of the Winds
Stunts (you could build your own tracks. The Indycar had a glitch - if you landed off a jump at full throttle, it would stick at 300mph and you'd go flying across the landscape - until you hit a building. Landing nose first would sometimes catapult you a few hundred feet in the air, straight up.)
Race Drivin'
Death Rally
Wacky Wheels

[dilemma]

Does anyone remember the Australian kids show called 'Secret Valley'? It was an adventure show where the kids were at this place, like a camp/ranch.

I think the theme went something like "My secret valley, my secret valley..." to the tune of Waltzing Matilda.

Trixie Beldon (for Dilemma)

Haha yep, but Enid Blyton was just sooooo much better.
What about the Hardy Boys?
MacGuiver?


SuperTed
The Trap Door (still gets played occasionally)
Count Duckula - and the fat one that would always crash through the wall next to the door
Victor and Hugo (bunglers in criiime....)
Bangers and Mash

And of course Astroboy & Transformers, but there's a whole thread just there! ;)

How about the Raggidolls? ("We're the raggidolls, raggidolls, dolls like you and me. Raggidolls, raggidolls, made imperfectly. So if you've got a bump on your nose or a lump on your toes do not despair. Be like the raggidolls, and say you just don't care! We're the raggidolls, raggidolls, doooolllllls like yoooouuu and meeeeee!")

I can't believe I just wrote that :o

[johnny]

koo de ta [sic]
The electric pandas
Kids in the Kitchen
Psuedo Echo
Spy vs Spy (the band....and they seriously rocked! Saw them and the Angels with noiseworks at the "howling at the Horden concert for $13!!. Money well spent)
The Dynamic Hypnotics
Beatbox (music show on ABC, saturday mornings....or was it Sunday?)
Night moves (late night music show on Channel 7)
The Church (unguarded moment)
Radio Birdman (Australia was alternative before anyone else!)
The Saints (Australia was punk before anyone else)
Willessee
Sons and Daughters
Prisoner
Cop Shop
Bluey
The Sweeney
The Wombles
Electric train sets
Slot car racing
Scratch and sniff
Scented hula hoops
Those little trading card sets you used to get in Weet Bix
Choo Choo Bars


Back to the study.....

[Grip]

Old? Pfffft, you lot aren't old!

Who remembers the Tarax Show, Joffa Boy, Princess Panda?

Old... pffft.... snore.....

[johnny]

Are you trying to say that they had TV around when you were a kid??!! :eek:

Come on mate, we may be younger than you, but we're not completely naive! :p

Poppy, can you tell us what it was like back in the boer war? :p :p

[scblack]

Kimba the White Lion
The Hardy Boys
Asterix books
Tintin books
Ovalteenies
Those drinks that were in triangle/pyramid shaped containers
Lego
Lego Technical
Matchbox cars
Airfix planes
Skippy
Aurora AFX slot cars (fastest scale speed of all toys)
Carob buds
PK Ripper bmx bike
Hutch bmx gear (I had the Hutch bike & pedals which were DEADLY)

[R33F]

Those drinks that were in triangle/pyramid shaped containers


where they not an ice-block ??

sunny _ _ _ _

i was an Ovalteen junky :o

[Dicky]

Milk delivered to your door - a glass bottle with a red foil seal that would pop when you opened it. And cream on top.

Riding around the neighbourhood on 16" BMXs with pint sized full face helmets on. (a mate raced Peewee 50s.)

Pen licenses.

Walking half a K to school was a big deal.

Monstrous lollybags for 50c from the shops.

Going to a friend's house after school to play.


Old? Pfffft, you lot aren't old!

Who remembers the Tarax Show, Joffa Boy, Princess Panda?

Old... pffft.... snore.....

Newsreels and standing for the National Anthem before a movie?

Tarax? Sounds like a cleaning product. :p






Sunny Boy iceblocks are still available....

[dilemma]

Ovalteenies YUUUUM!

Those drinks that were in triangle/pyramid shaped containers


^^Sunnyboys "He doesn't get beat, he gets licked!"

Edit: beat me to it, Dicky!

[scblack]

Sunny Boy iceblocks are still available....

Sunnyboys! I think we could get as an ice block OR a drink (I forgot the iceblocks).

And I remember they cost 10c. :eek:

[naz]

Back in my day....

jesus christ this thread sounds like a fucking retirement village.

"oh i remember when i was young coke cost 10c"

;)

[Grip]

Back in my day....

jesus christ this thread sounds like a fucking retirement village.

"oh i remember when i was young coke cost 10c"

;)

Piss off, boy ;) The sooner you youngens realize that simple truth that everything you've ever experienced was old to us before you first spotted your momma's teat, then the better the world will be.

Oh, and on a related subject... who's been watching Grumpy Old Men? Bloody marvelous,eh?

Sits back and waits for someone to ante up with some comment about the Walter Matthau movie

.

[FR Drew]

Sits back and waits for someone to ante up with some comment about the Walter Matthau movie

.

What, Charade?

Ok, I'll come clean, that was before my time too.

Dilemma, there's a one film you gotta add to your list.
BTW, bollocks to Niki Gudex, woman don't get any better than Audrey Hepburn.

I'm absolutely loving Grump Old Men, Grip. I had tears streaming down my face last night.

[naz]

Piss off, boy ;) The sooner you youngens realize that simple truth that everything you've ever experienced was old to us before you first spotted your momma's teat, then the better the world will be.

Oh, and on a related subject... who's been watching Grumpy Old Men? Bloody marvelous,eh?[/size]

.

you killed someone too? :p

[toodles]

Did anyone mention Fraggle Rock yet? That was the shit.

Oh and the Sooty and Sweep show. He he he he...

[FR Drew]

Shirls Neighbourhood!

Oh, and one I remembered last night:
Yogi Bear Chocolates: "Start at the knees, please"

"Tarino, (with fruit you can see)"

[Blas4me]

Do you remember "Beyond 2000"?
Do you remember "Towards 2000"????

Those shows rocked!
What about 'Sale of the Century' with Tony Barber?
...or Croc Dundee with hair?
...I'd better stop before I get to the really bad stuff!

[johnny]

Did anyone mention Fraggle Rock yet? That was the shit.



YES!! I loved the doozers and Uncle Travelling Mac!

Tab cola
The Dark Crystal
your very first cassette walkman
Mobile phones with a battery the size of a house
Ghetto blasters
Electric Boogaloo
Kajagoogoo
Adam and the Ants
Atomic ant
fearless fly
puting things "under your desk" at school
Picking up papers at lunchtime
the Young Ones
Cliff richard....wired for sound..."AM/FM I feel so eccstatic now that I'm wired for sound"
Cracker night
Throw downs
Catherine wheels
Evil Kenieval (sp)
Dale Buggens (RIP)
Sample bags (not bloody "show bags" :rolleyes: )


Has anyone noticed how utterly tasteless fruit and veges are these days? I had an apple the other day that seriously tasted like crunchy water! I only noticed this decline when my old Italian neighbour gave me some of his tomatoes, it was like a trip back to childhhod they had so much flavour. I spoke to the parents about this (60 years old) and Mum swears that apples lost their flavour when they started puting stickers on them.

Anyone else experienced this?

[naz]

not doing homework, then spending more time thinkin of a excuse than it would have to complete the work.
detentions
first kiss
first root
thinkin school was so hard, then gettin a fulltime job.
swapping food at lunch
forgetting your calculator for maths exam
forgettting your locka key
pretending your sick for a class because u didnt do the homework
doing your homework but leaving at home, and trying to explain it to the teacher
setting things on fire
blowing things up

[FR Drew]

Playing "Pong" on a friends Atari. Cool! Hight tech computer games. No joystick, just "paddles".

[dilemma]

Playing "Pong" on a friends Atari. Cool! Hight tech computer games. No joystick, just "paddles".


OR, that same game (the one with a ball, and you have to hit it when it bounces off the wall) on a console that plugs into your black and white tv (or if you're lucky, a colour one but it just comes out black and green)


("meeck... meeck... meeck... meeck... mock")

[johnny]

Space invaders
Pacman
Galaxian
Galaga
Moon Cresta
Moon buggy
Pole position
Asteroids
Summer Olympics
Dragon's Lair
Commando
(goddamnit, what 's that car game where you drive around picking up flags whilst avoiding the red cars, you also have a smoke screen. It was kind of like pacman but in a car instead....?)
Xeviuos
Defender
The haunted house (very first split level pinball machine)

Matchbox
Hotwheels
Tonka
Construction straws
Ludo
Snakes and ladders
Chinese checkers
Star Wars action figures (I had three Han Solo's :cool: but my dog ate my only Chewbacca :( )
Smash up derby (.....are fun)

[FR Drew]

"Choose Life" T Shirts
"Ghostbusters" T Shirts
Fluro ankle socks

Wacky Races (now there was a cartoon!)
The Onedin Line
Fags, the lolly ciggies (before they became "Fads")

The rumor that if you buckled "tuffs" (the 5 spoked plastic bmx wheels) you could put them in the freezer and they'd go straight again.

On a related note "Shrinkie Dinks" Samboy chips and twisties packets shrunk down in the oven.

Chemical volcano's made in science class. (don't know what the stuff was, it got banned cos of the fumes eventually but they'd get a little mound of orange stuff about 4cm high, light it and it'd end up as a huge cone of black ash.

Rulex Truline wooden rulers.

unit cubes (little wooden cubes just under 10mm on a side)

"Phonics" class in grade 1

Adidas Romes (only the really cool kids ever got them)

Speaking of Adidas, remember the footy boots jingle?
"Adidas three stripes, for the dry and the wet,
Adidas three stripes, the best boots yet,
Adidas three stripes will take him far,
Give him Adidas boots, and make him a star"

"Up there Kazaly"

"Willy the wall walker" (walks down walls)

Couldn't you, couldn't you, go a chicko roll?

Who says men smoke Drum?

(actually, ciggie adverts being in magazines at all)

datacassette

5 and a 1/4 inch disks

Programming in LOGO with TURTLE. (on an Apple II)

[Dicky]

The Hardy Boys
Asterix books
Tintin booksStill got em.
The library at school had a stack of Asterix books. Year 12 study periods were spent wisely. (When we weren't playing Elastomania or networked Tank Wars.)Lego
Lego TechnicStill got a massive tub of it.
Mates and I built a working dual suspension bike after a night out at the pub. You could pedal it too.Airfix planesStill got a big pile of unbuilt planes in a cupboard.Aurora AFX slot cars (fastest scale speed of all toys)These now live in the den at my Scout hall - myself and the other Rovers get them out every year or so for the hell of it. 40m ish of track from a few sets put together.

[FR Drew]

Tamiya Subaru Brat and Wild Willy
(shortly followed by The Grasshopper, The Hornet and The Fox)

Red Devil, Blue Devil and Yellow Devil BMX's

"In the Wild" with Harry Butler

The Good Life
To The Manor Born
Rumpole
Porridge
Rush

Mr Hooper the Grocer on Sesame Street.

The James Bond underwater Lotus as a current release matchbox car.

Mitsubishi (no more Chrysler!!??)

Silly Putty

Slime

Blue Fin and Storm Boy (whatever happened to Greg Rowe anyway?)

[johnny]

Alan Ssssseale (said with a wistle)
Slinky
The Rubix Cube
Speed Burners

"Cruncie will change the colour of your day"

"Mars will help you work rest and play"

"Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame sead bun"

"Football meat pies kangaroos and holden cars"

Mrs Marsh "It does get in" "foooligarde"

Rita the eta eater.

Bucky beaver "Brusha brusha brusha"

Playing "brandings" with a tennis ball at "playlunch"
The Dismissal
"No child will live in poverty"
The Australia card
"10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" The Oils.
Darling Harbour union disputes
The Hilton bombing by the Ananda Marga (Australia has had terrorism before)


There were two newsreaders on Chanel 10 news Gordon Elliot and Katrina ______?

[FR Drew]

You Shitting me Johnny? You seriously remember the Dismissal? Seen it on telly a billion times but have no memory if it actually happening. Fraser is the first PM I can actually recall, and that's circa 1981.

Oooh! Mishka the Bear crying when the Moscow Olympics finished.

[scblack]

Doesn't it make you feel good when you find others loved the same things you did?

Especially the non-commercial kind of shows? At least I wasn't the only kid watching ABC :cool:

[johnny]

You Shitting me Johnny? You seriously remember the Dismissal? Seen it on telly a billion times but have no memory if it actually happening. Fraser is the first PM I can actually recall, and that's circa 1981.

Oooh! Mishka the Bear crying when the Moscow Olympics finished.

I don't actually remember Gough as PM or anything truly lucid. But I have a distinct memory of my parents getting all worked up (one votes labor while the other liberal) and I remember seeing pictures of some grey haired old man standing on stairs with people all around him speaking in some pompous tone that was played ad nauseum on the radio. They are hazy at best though.


Moscow, Moscow blah blabbalbablab blah bla blah........

Or alternatively: Moscow, Moscow, must go to the dunny can........


Yeah, as mentioned before, the Two Ronnies, Porrige, open all hours. Deadset genious! Are Mr Barker and Corbett still alive?

[FR Drew]

Dunno about the Ronnies.

Of course, there's the Dave Allen Show and Kenny Everet.

[scblack]

I think one of the Ronnies died - a bit hazy on that, but I think one did. :confused:

[Misplaced]

Are Mr Barker and Corbett still alive?

Barkers dead, Corbetts still going, or is it the other way around? anyway, the big one dead and the short ass is still kicking around, he's writing a lot for current BBC comedies (mainly BBC2)

Yes Minister, anyone? (I actually had the computer game on my C64 too)

[johnny]

I also remember having to watch some variety show at my Grandparents house that had the "Black and White Minstrals". Extremely politicaly incorrect by todays standards.

And of course, the Muppets!
Lamb Chop.
Mr Squiggle (blackboard, Gus the snail, Steamshovel and Mrs Jane)
The magick round-a-bout (I don't actually remember this myself but all my friends do)
Flashdance and the whole Jazz Ballet thing.
Cerola Museli...."who wants a crunch? ME!"

[Misplaced]

Wombles
Moomins (Used to freak me out)
Willow the wisp