Those were the days

[scumdog]

Ah, the old 'sticking' allowance, never got one of them........

[roadracingoldfart]

Refunds on bottles that meant you didnt have to get money from mum ,
running aftre the fire engine when it was going to a fire and not being left behind cause it was so slow,
Never loosing the bike keys cause they were in the bike,
Out running the council cops cause they had slow cars,
Bread and milk was affordable ,
People made stuff they wanted instead of going to the Big Red Shed,
Mowing a quarter acre section at 8 years old with a handmower,
The thrill of buying my Line 7 one piece suit (i still have) and feeling like i was bulletproof,
Those were some of those days.

[SPman]

Those were some of those days.

And the rest of the time it sucked....aaahh, those were the days

[Mom]

Refunds on bottles that meant you didnt have to get money from mum

I remember stealing bottles from a guy that lived a bit down the road from us, not just me mind a bunch of us kids. Cashed them in for lollies and walked out of the dairy. The sudden clap of hand on my back is something I will never forget, that and the fact he took the lollies off me. Then a few days later he turned up at my house and played cards with my old man. Scard the bejesus out of me, but stood true to his word and never told on us, just made sure we knew that he could at any time

Those were the days.

[peasea]

I remember stealing bottles from a guy that lived a bit down the road from us, not just me mind a bunch of us kids. Cashed them in for lollies and walked out of the dairy. The sudden clap of hand on my back is something I will never forget, that and the fact he took the lollies off me. Then a few days later he turned up at my house and played cards with my old man. Scard the bejesus out of me, but stood true to his word and never told on us, just made sure we knew that he could at any time

Those were the days.

What tha? No CYF's, no counselling, no family conference, no diversion?

How did you survive?

[MIXONE]

We used to get the empty bottles out of the crates at the back of the dairy and take them in to collect our deposit and spend it on lollies.
He never did catch on.

[Toaster]

Life before video games was shite.

But less fattening!!

[Toaster]

What tha? No CYF's, no counselling, no family conference, no diversion?

How did you survive?

Ah yes, terms that warm the heart of every police officer and victim of crime...... not!

[roogazza]

Refunds on bottles that meant you didnt have to get money from mum ,
running aftre the fire engine when it was going to a fire and not being left behind cause it was so slow,
Never loosing the bike keys cause they were in the bike,
Out running the council cops cause they had slow cars,
Bread and milk was affordable ,
People made stuff they wanted instead of going to the Big Red Shed,
Mowing a quarter acre section at 8 years old with a handmower,
The thrill of buying my Line 7 one piece suit (i still have) and feeling like i was bulletproof,
Those were some of those days.

LOL I can remember petrol at 25 cents a gallon in the sixties ! But what really shit me was in 72 a tankfull in a Mach4 was $4 ! $1 per gallon. A tankful got me from Stokes Valley via Rimutukas to Featherston and back on a Sunday morning fang. Oh for the road of those days, no cops, no traffic and the Kaitokis as well, you can't even imagine. G.

[Bald Eagle]

LOL I can remember petrol at 25 cents a gallon in the sixties ! But what really shit me was in 72 a tankfull in a Mach4 was $4 ! $1 per gallon. A tankful got me from Stokes Valley via Rimutukas to Featherston and back on a Sunday morning fang. Oh for the road of those days, no cops, no traffic and the Kaitokis as well, you can't even imagine. G.

and a lot of use remember a world before decimal currency

[roadracingoldfart]

LOL I can remember petrol at 25 cents a gallon in the sixties ! But what really shit me was in 72 a tankfull in a Mach4 was $4 ! $1 per gallon. A tankful got me from Stokes Valley via Rimutukas to Featherston and back on a Sunday morning fang. Oh for the road of those days, no cops, no traffic and the Kaitokis as well, you can't even imagine. G.

I remember the Kaitokis well , better than the Tuckas on a good day lol.
Potato fritters at 4cents each , coke for 12 cents a bottle , Lollies at 5 for a cent , My first ful face helmet was $35.00 and it took me 2 months to layby it from the Harrises in the Hutt . I was only earning $42.00 a week.
Outrunning the cops with $14.00 of fish and chips (that was a hell of a parcel) up my jacket after the Lyall Bay races one year on the racebike Hahaha , that was fun.
250cc stickers on the 400and the cops say "i estimated your speed at 150kmh in a 70 zone ". What on a 250 mate , never possible its not that fast , ok he would say ill get you for 100 in a 70 zone , ok mate , fair cop lol.

[roogazza]

and a lot of use remember a world before decimal currency

There has to be one ! four and a half litres to a gallon.... can you make the intricate calculation ? FFS

[wysper]

I remember milk in glass bottles with aluminum caps and a thick layer of cream
I remember bread wrapped in blue wax paper
I remember walking home from school in bare feet popping tar bubbles with my toe
I remember my brother doubling me on his motorbike with no helmet at the beach
I remember when a big ben pie at school was the height of culinary delight
I remember milk biscuits at school
I remember dental nurses and their slow drills at the murder house!

I hope I am making memories for my kids so that they can wax lyrical about the good old days too.

[Spyke]

This alll sounds like you guys liked it better then than now? Your generation are still running the country and have all the money why don't you guys change it back a bit ae? why did you all go gay and ruin my time cheers!

on a brighter note i know it wasn't you here in the forum as your whining about it, but your accountant mate and feminist friend, you should have bucked their ideas up when they started going down those roads.

[Ixion]

I remember milk in glass bottles with aluminum caps and a thick layer of cream
I remember bread wrapped in blue wax paper
I remember walking home from school in bare feet popping tar bubbles with my toe
I remember my brother doubling me on his motorbike with no helmet at the beach
I remember when a big ben pie at school was the height of culinary delight
I remember milk biscuits at school
I remember dental nurses and their slow drills at the murder house!

I hope I am making memories for my kids so that they can wax lyrical about the good old days too.

You are young.

I remember milk ladled from the churn on the milkman's cart direct into my billy.
I remember bread that never got wrapped, just popped into Grans' basket, fresh from the oven
I remember walking home from school in bare feet wading through the ditches. No sealed roads then
I remember riding my motorbike with no helmet at the road. Totally legal
I remember when bread and dripping, distributed at school by the teachers, because poor children couldn't afford lunch, was the height of culinary delight
I remember free school milk. Quite vile unless you were a milk monitor and got it whilst it was still cold
I remember dental nurses and their slow drills at the murder house! Ditto. And school medical inspections.

It is easy to look back through rose tinted glasses. Times are MUCH better now. Back then, they were hard. Folk scrimped and eked, and still didn't have enough for food. I'll warrant that not many can remember a time when children regularly actually went hungry, because their parents didn't have money for food, despite being sober and hardworking. No-one now goes hungry. Praise God for that (and Mr Savage and the real Labour Party)