Born before 1986? Read this...

[BuFfY]

I think the defining memory in NZ would be - do you remember steam trains? And for Aucklanders,do you remember the trams?

I remember steam trains,shit they were big black hissing smoking scary things! I don't remember trams,although I went on them,but remember the tram tracks,it was a long time before they were pulled up.

When I was younger I got to go on the Crunchie train!! It used to go from Dunedin to Invercargil so for a field trip we got to go for a ride on it!

And yeh I was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention Havoc and Newsboy!!

[Colapop]

Didn't you like that reminder of home?

[BuFfY]

Loved it... thats why ya got a hug!!

[Colapop]

I was fishing for a sympathy hug (I shoulda read the prev. page - Doh!)

[Edbear]

Wasnt a packet 10c too?
Oh the joy of being given FIFTY cents on Saturdays and cycling to the dairy to buy a huge bag of 1c lollies. (Remember 1c coins? Cant say I remeber shillings and pence though sorry).
Dairy owners were so patient too...
"I'll have one of those, and 5 of those, 5 of those and one of those. How much do I have left? One of those, 10 of those. How much now???"

You got 50c???!!! I had to mow 6 lawns when I was 11 to earn 50c per lawn, though by the time I was 13 I was getting $1 a lawn! Didn't get my first pushbike til I was 14 and that was an old Rudge. I loved it though and was a bit disappointed when I sold it to buy my first new bike. Paid that off at $1.50 per week, helped by my old man. Cost $60! I did put a 3-speed hub on the new one though, and boy could I really fly then!!! Yeah, nostalgia ain't what it used to be! Can't remember ever being bored, though, funny that! And fish&chips was 10c. Can remember being rather confused by the switch to decimal currency, too.

[Ixion]

Slide rules. That's pretty definative. How many here have ever used one? Or still possess one (Still got mine, but buggered if I can remember how to drive it - I used to be a whiz , too)

[Motu]

do you remember the windmill ? .

I don't remember the windmill,but then maybe I never went past it? But all through my childhood and into my teens two paintings hung in my grandmothers dining room,the focal point of the house,they were painted by some inlaw relation,and although ownership could be contested possesion is 9/10 the law.One was of the windmill,and I can see it now...30 years of seeing it almost every day means it can't be taken away.

The other was taken from the viewpoint of almost the exact location of the dining room,which was on The Parade of Bucklands Beach.It was painted on soft board,unframed....and was the view from Bucklands Beach looking towards Point England and Mt Wellington - all green,not a house to be seen,I guess it was painted in the late 40s,early 50s.

[Colapop]

How about walking to the local baths in the summer? We used to go to the baths in Kandalah and catch the crawlies that got into the pool from the stream that fed it. The attendant used to pay us a whole ice block - each! What riches.

[Ixion]

I don't remember the windmill,but then maybe I never went past it? But all through my childhood and into my teens two paintings hung in my grandmothers dining room,.....One was of the windmill,and I can see it now...30 years of seeing it almost every day means it can't be taken away.
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Now all the young 'uns willl be saying "Windmill? Windmill?? Wot windmill? Woz 'e on about? Wot are those geriatic old gits raving about now?"

[Skyryder]

Seen it before. Very true. So is this

The worst case sceniaro of a one night stand was a dose of the clap.

Now ........a one night stand can kill you.

Skyryder

[SPORK]

Ridiculous. Making fun of the younger generation for growing up in a world you created. If we're screwed up you shouldn't be blaming us

Ex-fucking-actly.

[Motu]

Now all the young 'uns willl be saying "Windmill? Windmill?? Wot windmill? Woz 'e on about? Wot are those geriatic old gits raving about now?"

Heh,heh - Windmill Rd...The Bullock Track,road names from a different Auckland.One day the young guys of today will be telling tall tales about when there used to be a speedway track in the middle of the city - racing every saturday night of the week over summer.Silly old fools...

[FROSTY:Me]

OYYY YOU LOT --I want none of yas talking to baby bikie.
forts in the back yard -riding his pushbike -swimming and walking to school--NOONE has told him its not normal for a modern kid.

[SPORK]

OYYY YOU LOT --I want none of yas talking to baby bikie.
forts in the back yard -riding his pushbike -swimming and walking to school--NOONE has told him its not normal for a modern kid.

It's things like that which rile me up. Do you guys think you're superior because you lived in a different time period? What's it got to do with us? Sure things are different, but through no fault of our own. It's you guys that are changing things, but then you decide to gloat about living in a time where you were smoking the 420 while driving a car through a farm or something. It's ridiculous.

[scumdog]

You got 50c???!!! I had to mow 6 lawns when I was 11 to earn 50c per lawn, though by the time I was 13 I was getting $1 a lawn! Didn't get my first pushbike til I was 14 and that was an old Rudge. I loved it though and was a bit disappointed when I sold it to buy my first new bike. Paid that off at $1.50 per week, helped by my old man. Cost $60! I did put a 3-speed hub on the new one though, and boy could I really fly then!!! Yeah, nostalgia ain't what it used to be! Can't remember ever being bored, though, funny that! And fish&chips was 10c. Can remember being rather confused by the switch to decimal currency, too.

Worked for the Catchment Board (remember them?) for 54 cents an hour - AND was taxed on it too!

12 pennies was equal to 10 cents, used to get a seat at the movies (the flics) for 9 pennies (7.5 cents)
Petrol cost 3/6 (about 35 cents) a GALLON = 4.54 litres.