When I was a lot younger

[Smoky bandit]

Geez you blokes must be old :Y: :Y:

 

[goody2shoes]

Remember mum bathing us in the kitchen sink, because we did not have a bath tub,

She would boil water up over the fire,

Mum would take us fishing and shooting,

Make kites from sticks and butcher paper, or use the paper that the chips was cooked in,

Make the glue from flour and water, it did the trick..

 

[Manpa]

Geez you blokes must be old :Y: :Y:

And getting older every day!

 

[cairnspom]

Middy was 10 cents

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Hang on, Does any one know what an inch is without googling it. O

2.54 cm.....but I just measured some wheels I bought, thinking they were the wrong size ( 2 were, they were 15inch not 16!) and read the tape measure as 15 inch...1 and 5....but it should have been 1foot 5inches! Doh!

 

[MegsyB007]

Thank you Smokey Bandit - but I prefer to call it 'aged well'...

 

[Jaros]

Backyard dunnies serviced by the the most powerful trucks ever built-possibly 80-100 cylinders.
No Dynamic Lifter, just freshly gathered manure for the veggie garden from across the road who had horses and milk cows-fresh milk as well.
House heating and cooking from wood fired stove and fireplace in the lounge. My father was a carpenter/joiner and got all the wood for free.
The dry ice was for our "fridge".
We eventually had home delivered milk-not today.

 

[goody2shoes]

Omg when we moved in to a house that had a bath and a indoor toilet, and bedrooms with walls, lol

Like a kid in a Candy shop,

We kept going and flushing that dam toilet, asking mum where did the water go to mum?

The good old days,

 

[Sweeper]

My father was the iceman
Heating rocks in the open fire then wrapped in newspaper was a hand warmer for the 3 mile walk to school on a winters day.

 

[Goldfreak]

Geez you blokes must be old :Y: :Y:

I am almost 40 but some of these things I remember too, especially getting real full fat non homoised or parsturised real deal milk from a little farm and dairy by dipping a bucket in the vat. Its all vinyard now. The little dairys cant survive. For me a dollar would fill a brown paper bag with mixed lollies, milk drops 1c, red skins and milkos 5c, choc wedge ice cream 50c.

 

[Mackka]

My Dad delivered milk in Scotland in the early hours of the morn.
No trousers, just shorts and then walked 5 mile to school.
Tough, you bet ya.
Mackka

 

[RockRat]

Spot on, over to you :money:

 

[Trash]

My first full time job in 1983 I got $105 a week

:argh: :argh: :argh:

 

[7.62marksman]

My first full time job in 1983 I got $105 a week

:argh: :argh: :argh:

i had been work for 8yrs that makes you only a pup still wet behind the ears :lol: :lol: sorry had to say it
My first job was 0730 until 1730 5 days a week for a total of $70

 

[Jaros]

In 1966 I entered an 5yr apprenticeship Tech in Training with the PMG Dept. I think I took home approx $14 a fortnight. Take out train fares cos I was too young to own a car and some board to my parents and it didn't leave too much left to play with. I was always broke after the 1st week.

 

[Dave79]

I bet you blokes used to walk 15 miles to school, barefoot in the snow and the blazing sun, uphill both ways! Just like the old man used to tell me! I certainly agree that kids these days have got a lot of things easy but they sure miss out on a lot of stuff too.

 

[Smoky bandit]

Geez you blokes must be old :Y: :Y:

I am almost 40 but some of these things I remember too, especially getting real full fat non homoised or parsturised real deal milk from a little farm and dairy by dipping a bucket in the vat. Its all vinyard now. The little dairys cant survive. For me a dollar would fill a brown paper bag with mixed lollies, milk drops 1c, red skins and milkos 5c, choc wedge ice cream 50c.

I'm 47 but dont remember much of the last 30yrs...Especially the 80s

 

[Jaros]

I know my father rode a bike to work approx 30 miles each way 6 days a week. Then bought a FC Holden Special followed by a HR Holden X2 Premier.
I walked to Dandenong to a state school from Noble Park and rode my bike of sorts to Dandenong High School. Great for the legs and keeping fit. ower:

 

[Dave79]

Bet not many unemployed people today would take a job if they had to ride 30 miles to get there. We're certainly getting softer.

 

[Tathradj]

Believe it or not,
Not all that old smokey. ower:

 

[stoyve]

In primary school , my lunch order was a salad roll, a coffee scroll and a cream bun once a week.
Mum would give me 20 cents and out of that l would get 4 cents change.
That bought me a big bag of lollies.
Also loved being on furnace duty.
All tbe bins would be brought to you to through in the fire and when you were finished, later in the day when it cooled down you had to scrape out all the cans asnd bottles and if you were lucky, you would find some coins.
Happy days :Y: