how old are you?

[Big Dave]

Does Mrs BigDave give you shit about this too?

Last week he walks into the lounge room: basketball boots, shorts, singlet, cap on backwards, iPod blaring, - (just been down the outdoor court having a game with/dunking on the Asians.)
She says 'You are such a boy.'
'Why...thank you dear.'

[onearmedbandit]

29 going on 30, though the wife says I act like a kid yet look like I'm 35. Shit.

[Wolf]

Like some guy said once.

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional

And:

You're only young once - but you can be immature indefinitely

[hXc]

Exactly. Look forward to meeting you tomorrow

[Indiana_Jones]

Cool! So you were born in 1973? Damn, you do look fine for a 32 year old!! I'd even go as far as to say that you've got the body of a 16-17 year old! Ummm... how was growing up as a teen through the 1980s? Like, was it fully rad??

THE 80'S WOULD OF ROCKED!

-Indy

[MSTRS:Me]

THE 80'S WOULD OF ROCKED!

-Indy

They might have - if they'd actually existed

[NotaGoth]

There was a time when *some* of us didn't mind being trapped in part of an 18 year old's body

i don't think i wanna know!!!!!! :O

[NotaGoth]

Cool! So you were born in 1973? Damn, you do look fine for a 32 year old!! I'd even go as far as to say that you've got the body of a 16-17 year old! Ummm... how was growing up as a teen through the 1980s? Like, was it fully rad??

one day you can play with my wrinkles and my 5 year old like boobs

i'll just give you a few first so you think i have jugs

woo me

[Motu]

My memory is different MSTRS,I was a teenager when the Wahine went down,
Mk4 Zephyrs were around then (MOT had them)
Cop cars were grey with a single blue light on the roof.
10 cents could get you a piece of fish and some chips
A pie was 25 cents.
Petrol was 36 cents a gallon (under 9 cents a litre).
3rd party insurance was part of your rego fee.
I protested against raising the level of Lake Manapouri.
1/2 dozen BIG bottles of beer was $1:97
Cars needed a valve-grind every 40,000 miles (70,00km) or so the gargres said.

Sigh....

There was a Motorway,the very first one,and we used to cross it like any road....to get to the other side I suppose.But you had to be carefull because it was wide (4 lanes) and cars went faster than normal....and we had to look out for Cop cars - they were MkI Zephyrs and painted turquoise - I'll take disbelief as being proof the poster was not there.....

[Ixion]

All this nostalgia....Mark1 Zephyr's were still almost new, I watched the Wahine go down, and as a young Republican I registered my complaint with the Monarchy by refusing to stand for the anthem at the 'flicks'.

Harrumph. Well if someone gave you a good clip over the ear for disrespect, 'twas probably me.

Used to annoy me that did.

Ford Zephyr was good, but not as good as the Ford Pilot I reckoned. [ now, listen to em, "whats a Ford Pilot ?". Wonder if anyone remembers them. And that damn distributor]

[Motu]

The Pilot was a joke - I'd sure be laughing if I had one now.They disapeared off the face of the earth pretty quick.The V8 60 was a sweet motor.....the Cop ones were black,very sinister......

[Ixion]

Sigh....

There was a Motorway,the very first one,and we used to cross it like any road....to get to the other side I suppose.But you had to be carefull because it was wide (4 lanes) and cars went faster than normal....and we had to look out for Cop cars - they were MkI Zephyrs and painted turquoise - I'll take disbelief as being proof the poster was not there.....

'Twas not *A* motorway, 'twas *The* motorway.

And we used to go and drive down it, not to go anywhere, but just to say "we drove on The Motorway last night". I remember those turquoise Zephyrs. I knew someone had a Mk I Zephyr with TARTAN PLASTIC SEATCOVERS. The very height of sophistication, how we envied him.

[Motu]

Oh,and who remembers trains? REAL trains.....black,belching smoke and steam,hissing at the station.Lying in bed at night and hearing the WHOOOOOOOO,HOOOOOOO in the distance.........

[MikeL]

And the only ticket I ever got until last year was dished out by a MOT cop in one of those black and white Mk IV Zephyrs. He got me to sit in the passenger seat while he wrote out the ticket and I can still remember looking out over this huge expanse of bonnet. Mightily impressed I was.
Of course I wouldn't have been so impressed if I'd known about all the troubles they had with this model. Overheating for a start. Apparently in the British Ford HQ for many years "Mark IV" was a swear word.

But even I'm not old enough to remember cops in Mk I Zephyrs...

[Ixion]

Oh,and who remembers trains? REAL trains.....black,belching smoke and steam,hissing at the station.Lying in bed at night and hearing the WHOOOOOOOO,HOOOOOOO in the distance.........

I still hear that (and see the smoke) every so often. A very nice sound it is.