You know you're old when:

**Grubber** · 7th March 2011, 10:03

Originally Posted by scumdog

When TV didn't start until 5pm

And was black and white.

WNTV1 DNTV2 etc were the TV stations...Town & Around with Peter Read, Man from UNCLE etc were playing then...

And my 1st half doz of Bavarian Bitter cost $1:97. (BIG bottles mind!)

Ahhhhh...Bavarian Bitter. Every young mans beer (cause it was so cheap)
Used to fight over who was going into the bottle store to buy (we were only 16 at the time).In the end it never mattered cause they were always going to sell it to you anyway.

**MSTRS:Me** · 7th March 2011, 10:07

Originally Posted by Grubber

Ahhhhh...Bavarian Bitter. Every young mans beer (cause it was so cheap)
Used to fight over who was going into the bottle store to buy (we were only 16 at the time).In the end it never mattered cause they were always going to sell it to you anyway.

In our crowd, the one who bought it was not the one who snuck round the back to pinch the empty crates. Which then got taken in for the refund.
Strangest thing was the refund always matched the amount being purchased.

**Grubber** · 7th March 2011, 10:10

Originally Posted by MSTRS

In our crowd, the one who bought it was not the one who snuck round the back to pinch the empty crates. Which then got taken in for the refund.
Strangest thing was the refund always matched the amount being purchased.

Hahahaha..oh shit i forgot that bit. Yea the refund was worth it's weight for sure.
Jeez this is fuckin scary....i can remember all the stuff in this thread. Didn't think i was that old!

**ellipsis** · 7th March 2011, 10:19

...two cents back on your bottles from the local shop...and the milk money was left in the bottle at the gate for the milkman at the end of the week...

**Bald Eagle** · 7th March 2011, 10:21

and the world wide web wasn't coloured in ( text only

)

**Maha** · 7th March 2011, 10:39

Originally Posted by CAMSec

...two cents back on your bottles from the local shop...and the milk money was left in the bottle at the gate for the milkman at the end of the week...

And those coloured tags you put around the neck of said milk bottles so the milkman knew what kind of milk you wanted...4c a bottle is the cheapest I remember.

**oneofsix** · 7th March 2011, 10:41

Originally Posted by Maha

And those coloured tags you put around the neck of said milk bottles so the milkman knew what kind of milk you wanted...4c a bottle is the cheapest I remember.

Milk came in quarts and pints and was delivered via horse drawn cart

**steve_t** · 7th March 2011, 10:42

Originally Posted by CAMSec

...two cents back on your bottles from the local shop...and the milk money was left in the bottle at the gate for the milkman at the end of the week...

Yeah! I remember leaving coins in the bottles in a white wire cage by the letterbox and I remember the old silver top milk that had a layer of cream on the top

**Maha** · 7th March 2011, 10:43

Originally Posted by Bald Eagle

and the world wide web wasn't coloured in ( text only

)

Any talk of a World Wide Web in the 70's would have seen many an arachniphobic drop dead on the spot.

**slofox** · 7th March 2011, 10:51

When it's your mothers birthday and she turns 100 (or would have if she wasn't dead). Happened to me yesterday...

When someone says "What bike do YOU ride then?" (obviously expecting you to say "Charley Fergusson".)

You reply "GSX-R600"

And they go "What REEEEALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY?" and look all shocked.

And deep inside, you mutter to yourself "Fuck off sonny"

**MSTRS:Me** · 7th March 2011, 11:01

Originally Posted by steve_t

Yeah! ...I remember the old silver top milk that had a layer of cream on the top

And the 1/2 pint bottles at school...where there was a gap (shall we say) between the foil top and bottle. Cream expansion due to sitting in the sun for 5 hours

**trumpy** · 7th March 2011, 11:34

My staff in the workshop have had Solid Gold playing on the radio all morning (just to wind up the newbie...) which is fine except I know all the words..........