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Thread: I Remember.....
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20th May 2015, 10:58 AM #1
I Remember.....
I remember carbon paper.
I remember the smell of the mimeograph.
I remember the fading "dot"=C2=9D when you turned off the television.
I remember illegally copying music by holding a tape recorder up to an AM radio. (and that you
used to have to push the "record" and "play" buttons at the same time to get it to record).
I remember opening a can of Spam with a key (and tuna fish too).
I remember when milk was delivered to your door in pint & quart sized glass bottles.
I remember opening a bank account with one dollar.
I remember some relatives not having an indoor toilet.
I remember leaded gasoline.
You could only get watermelon in the summer.
I remember adjusting roller skates with a skate key.
I remember phone booths.
I remember when you returned empty soda bottles,
they sent them back to the factory to be cleaned
and refilled; and you got your deposit back.Androgens Order
Forgive your enemies, but never, ever forget their names.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but never forget.
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20th May 2015, 11:28 AM #2
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20th May 2015, 12:21 PM #3
I remember when it was 28 cents a litre for fuel.
I remember driving a 5.4lt v8 Torona a the age of 17
I remember buying 6 pack of underwear for less than two dollars "needed for the above"
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20th May 2015, 01:23 PM #4
I remember using a Mortine spray pump.
Chris
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Life isn't always fair
....................but it's better than the alternative.
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20th May 2015, 01:29 PM #5
I remember as a kid collecting beer bottles and getting half a penny each from the marine merchant. Maybe. about 1945. 46 John.
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20th May 2015, 02:10 PM #6
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I remember collecting newspapers to sell to the local Butcher, Greengrocer or Fish and Chip Shop depending on who was giving the best price..
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20th May 2015, 03:43 PM #7
Carbon Paper
I have a pack of carbon paper on a shelf above my computer. I use it for precision fitting parts, like "blueprinting" in the mechanical arts, in which ink (not necessarily blue) is smeared on the part to be mated, then transferred (or "printed") onto the new part; scrape off the "print" for mating. Repeat as needed.
Cheers,
JoeOf course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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20th May 2015, 05:20 PM #8
I remember getting a clip around the ears if I spoke back.
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20th May 2015, 06:04 PM #9
I remember:
* Ink and blotter paper at school.
* Having to add up values without the aid of a calculator.
* Spending hours hitting a tennis ball against the garage door.
* Listening to "Blue Hills" on radio before the advent of television.
* Meeting friends face to face instead of via mobile phones etc.
* Listening to music on the gramaphone before they invented CDs etc.
* Watching the Queen and Prince Phillip travel through Yarra Junction by train.
* Having candles and kerosene lamps to read by before electricity came to our area.
* My parents only being able to purchase certain goods with ration tickets after WW2.
* Vaccinations at school with needles that seemed the size of crowbars.
* Practising my billy cart with trailer skills reversing between the gum trees.
* Only getting "the strap" once at school - for laughing in class.
* Amusing myself by skimming flat stones across ponds.
* Learning at a very early age to respect others.
I could go on - the list is endless.
AllanLife is short ... smile while you still have teeth.
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20th May 2015, 06:21 PM #10
Hands up all who have spent a farthing. (I know Alan has
)
Chris
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20th May 2015, 06:27 PM #11
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20th May 2015, 06:38 PM #12
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I can remember my first brand new bike,
I can remember petrol at 2 shillings a gallon,
I can remember going to the picture theatre with 2 shillings, for admission, getting a coke and lollies.
I can remember my first wage packet, $12.60 a week, and costing $8.00 for fuel to get to work 20 mile round trip each day,(6 day week), board $2.00, the rest for keeping the car running, a Morris Oxford series MO. A red one with lay down seats, but no girlfriend.
Kryn
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20th May 2015, 08:50 PM #13The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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20th May 2015, 11:33 PM #14Cheers Fred
The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with the light on.
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20th May 2015, 11:35 PM #15Cheers Fred
The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with the light on.
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