Older Than Dirt

[RETIRED]

I believe that it was Tenzing Norgay that climbed Mt. Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary. (I've seen Tenzing spelled Tensing also but the majority seem to be with the "z".)

And yes, I do remember the event. In Brooklyn's public schools it was a rather significant event. The teachers made a very big deal out of it.

Tenzing was a sherpa.

[Ashore]

How about before the floor mounted dimmer switch

And why did we ever get rid of them

The rent man coming around with his rent roll to collect the rent every week.

Not the rent man but the lay away man fron dickens and carie
The Baker who delivered on a horse and cart where you used Store Tokens for a loaf or 1/2 loaf and got into trouble if you came in with the small half
The Store , on the Newcastle Coalfields, where you could book things up by just quoting your number , you couldn't use anyone elses number cause the girl on the checkout knew your family,
Getting tuppence returne on a bottle , for which you could get a pkt of juicy fruit chewing gum

yep older than dirt.

[AlexS]

IIRC, at the time, all the reports referred to him simply as sherpa Tensing. More recently, his full name is used. Tensing or Tenzing, it's just an anglicisation of his Nepalese name anyway.

[Gra]

And why did we ever get rid of them

They became the dimmer switch. Also people found it easier to just turn a key, instead of turn a key, then press a button. The poms held onto that whole process longer as usual, and it looks like its comming back again..

[jow104]

They became the dimmer switch. Also people found it easier to just turn a key, instead of turn a key, then press a button. The poms held onto that whole process longer as usual, and it looks like its comming back again..

Purchased a new one myself last week here in pommey land and it now combines a push on at any position plus the wind knob if you want to adjust the dimmer position.

Silly me, I jumped to the conclusion you were referring to a wall dimmer switch.

[Ashore]

They became the dimmer switch. Also people found it easier to just turn a key, instead of turn a key, then press a button. The poms held onto that whole process longer as usual, and it looks like its comming back again..

No Gra i wasnt talking about the starter but the dimmer being in the floor, didnt express my self too well I guess, I liked the dimmer on the floor and would be happy to have one now,

[Gra]

No Gra i wasnt talking about the starter but the dimmer being in the floor, didnt express my self too well I guess, I liked the dimmer on the floor and would be happy to have one now,

I preferred the starter. Confuses the hell out of anyone who doesn't know these things

nothing stopping you fitting one. Just get a new switch from a parts store and hook it into the wiring

[rrich]

IIRC, at the time, all the reports referred to him simply as sherpa Tensing. More recently, his full name is used. Tensing or Tenzing, it's just an anglicisation of his Nepalese name anyway.

And performed one of the most amazing feats or mountaineering of the time with Hillary!

Thanks, I wasn't aware of the anglicisation of his name.

[wheelinround]

I must be older than dirt also.

What about.

Leyland Double Decker Buses.

Still around know as Historical Vehicles Barry o


Air raid shelters in all the public schools.
Known as Teachers Staff rooms these days

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[woodbe]

What about Cobbers?

On the way home from school (yes, we used to walk) we used to visit the local store. If we wanted lollies, they had a large glass counter with all sorts of sweets inside, they came in bulk and for threepence you could just about make yourself sick. Once selected, your lollies would be handed over in a brown paper bag. Cobbers were my favorite. They were a hard caramel toffee with chocolate outside. Haven't seen them for years.

Arnotts biscuits came in large tins about a foot cube. It was normal to buy them in bags from the shop. Of course, they always had broken biscuits. When we got sick of lollies, we'd buy 3d worth of broken biscuits. More than you could eat.

The milko used his voice and whistle to control the horse when he was doing his rounds. That way he could get the horse moving while he was busy putting milk bottles in people's crates. Remember them? They were heavy wire affairs with a handle that made it easy to carry 6 pints in and out the house. Anyway, we learnt the milko's whistle and had fun getting the horse moving when he was supposed to be stopped.

At school, we had these little 1/3 pint milk bottles delivered free for the kids. Someone's job every morning was to be milk monitor and go down and collect the milk for class. They had foil caps too. If you were good, you could get the foil cap off without damaging it, and fly it around by flicking it by the rim between your first and second fingers.

I think I must be old as dirt too

woodbe.

[wheelinround]

Licking the cream off the lids of milk
Milk monitors and other kids throwing up when it had gone off from being in a hot truck or to long in the sun.

Cobbers some stores still have them 20c would by you maybe 2

At age 15 I did a 3 day stint with one of the last horse n cart drawn milk runs in Lakemba back in the late 60's put the milk bottle in to those wire crates to quick on a cold frosty morning and would end up with a broken bottle. Blo*7 Cats would scare the life out of you sleeping in shadows stand on their tails and wake the whole street up.

[nine fingers]

I must be old, attended a counry school in Victoria during the 2nd world war .We had trenches dug about 50 yards from the building ,randomily the air siren would go off,everyone ran like hell to get into a trench ,packed in like sardines. On the wall inside there were silhouettes of all know aircraft ,so we could identify any plane flying over our school. Bike tubes were no existant then, Dad stuffed the tyres with straw for a 5 mile ride to school. If you didn't ride your bike to school, it was a 3 mile run across the paddocks. Now days Mum drives the kids 500 metres in the Landcruiser.
older than dirt nine fingers.

[aussiecolector]

[quote=Ashore;646399]And why did we ever get rid of them



Because as I found out with my first car, if you have your foot on the clutch you can't dip the headlights.

[Allan at Wallan]

Come to think of it ... I think I must be as old
as dirt as this thread has brought back some memories.
* Fish and chips were wrapped in newspapers and had
a delightful smell from the newsprint.
* We saved our clean newspapers and sold them to the
fish and chip proprietor for wrappings.
* We looked forward to reading the Truth, Argus and
of course the Sporting Globe newspapers.
* Food ration coupons were valuable and I received a
two shilling tip for finding our next door neighbour's
butter coupons near her home.
* Remember the "Bottle 'oh" as he called along the street
to buy empty beer bottles etc.
* Tram conductors who followed you down the tram
for a fare.
* Wooden tennis racquets with cat gut strings.
* Radio and T.V. licences.
* Listening on the radio to Jimmy Carruthers' fights.
* Having a hot iron wrapped in a towel to keep our
toes warm in bed.
* Our delight in getting a "Tilley's Lantern" to replace our
outmoded candles in the kitchen.
* Cranking the car with a handle to get the motor going.

..... and many others if I really tried to remember them.

Allan

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One good turn requires a quality piece of wood.

[Ashore]

Having a quiet drink last night and mentioning this thread I remembered the petrol pumps you hand pumped , last one I remember was at the petrol station at the top end of Leuar's main street , you set the leaver to a quart , a gallon or two gallons hand pumped the petrol to the top chamber then run it via the hose to the car