THE DIFFERENCE 30 YEARS MAKE!
1975: Long hair
2005: Longing for hair
1975: Acid rock
2005: Acid reflux
1975: Moving to Brisbane because it's cool
2005: Moving to Brisbane because it's warm
1975: Trying to look like Liz Taylor
2005: Trying NOT to look like Liz Taylor
1975: Seeds and stems
2005: Roughage
1975: Going to a new, hip joint
2005: Receiving a new hip joint
1975: Rolling Stones
2005: Kidney Stones
1975: Passing the drivers' test
2005: Passing the vision test
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things:
- The people who are starting university in February across the nation were born in 1987.
- They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
- Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
- Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
- The CD was introduced the year they were born.
- They have always had an answering machine.
- They have always had Foxtel.
- They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
- Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
- They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
- They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
- They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Do you feel old yet?
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The difference 30 yrs can make!
Sex God
I've felt old fer years mate - but she's stopped complaining now!
Sex God
OMG - I was still at school in 1987, yeah, that has made me feel old.
Thanks for that
:shock:
Thanks for that
:shock:
Casanova
Quote by bluexxx
OMG - I was still at school in 1987, yeah, that has made me feel old.
Thanks for that
:shock:
That makes me feel even older, casue I had been married a year in 1987
and as for 1975, Mr Tigs had just been born
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Sex God
Quote by MrFC
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things:
- The people who are starting university in February across the nation were born in 1987.
- They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
- The CD was introduced the year they were born.
- They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
Do you feel old yet?
The thought of these 4 even made me feel old !!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
Roger the Dragon
(Still 20 something just! ) 
Sex God
Ah the good old days eh?
No colour television
No video recorders
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology
Letters instead of emails
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic
Daily shopping with no super markets.
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing.
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.
The paraffin man
The rag and bone man
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules.
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket.
No power tools.
Coal fires in the lounge
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms.
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.
Cars that wouldn't start.
Cars that wouldn't stop.
yep the good old days
No colour television
No video recorders
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology
Letters instead of emails
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic
Daily shopping with no super markets.
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing.
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.
The paraffin man
The rag and bone man
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules.
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket.
No power tools.
Coal fires in the lounge
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms.
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.
Cars that wouldn't start.
Cars that wouldn't stop.
yep the good old days
Sex God
And the first Tesco carrier bags I can remember were made of paper, with handles made of string!
Quote by davej
Ah the good old days eh?
No colour television
No video recorders
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology
Letters instead of emails
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic
Daily shopping with no super markets.
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing.
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.
The paraffin man
The rag and bone man
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules.
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket.
No power tools.
Coal fires in the lounge
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms.
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.
Cars that wouldn't start.
Cars that wouldn't stop.
yep the good old days
And the net curtains froze to the bedroom windows. If you yanked them off the ice, they ripped.
But we had sheets and blankets. And hot water bottles with no covers.
A shower was a luxury item that was made of rubber tubing and failed miserably to go on your taps.
Children were told off for reading too much as it would ruin their eyes.
Your washing froze on the line.
TV had 3 channels and was not on all day. The test card commanded audiences.
Sex God
Quote by Vix
Ah the good old days eh?
No colour television
No video recorders
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology
Letters instead of emails
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic
Daily shopping with no super markets.
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing.
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.
The paraffin man
The rag and bone man
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules.
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket.
No power tools.
Coal fires in the lounge
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms.
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.
Cars that wouldn't start.
Cars that wouldn't stop.
yep the good old days
And the net curtains froze to the bedroom windows. If you yanked them off the ice, they ripped.
But we had sheets and blankets. And hot water bottles with no covers.
A shower was a luxury item that was made of rubber tubing and failed miserably to go on your taps.
Children were told off for reading too much as it would ruin their eyes.
Your washing froze on the line.
TV had 3 channels and was not on all day. The test card commanded audiences.
stop it stop it stop it! you're all making me feel really old and stuff!
:( :( we still had a coal hole in the wall, coal fire in the kitchen, candlewick bedspreads, a toilet that would freeze over in winter, a garden was somewhere to grow veggies not flowers, and a barn owl lived in our shed. duvets and central heating came in sometime in 1974, along with a rat infestation when they pulled up the old railway sidings that ran down to the pit. happy days! 
neil x x x ;)
No colour television ..( i vaugly remember those
No video recorders..(remember beta max once :shock:
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology..(red pill boxes smelling of piss :cry:
Letters instead of emails..(why does my mail turn up at nowadays grrrr
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic...(a friends kitten nearly drowned in one
Daily shopping with no super markets... (still do that , but yea joy tescos
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing...( was a pain in the arse
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.( i got skeggy or scarborough
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.( my pop my had aids ..yea lemonaids strawberryaids he had everything, ten p back too woo hoo
The paraffin man..( the who :shock:
The rag and bone man..( now called pikeys
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules...( bleugh
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket...( spending money from gran
No power tools...( :shock:
Coal fires in the lounge..( vaugly remember
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms....( i had that in my old flat about 4 yrs ago brrrrr
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.
Cars that wouldn't start...( a friends dads daff 33
Cars that wouldn't stop....( a friends dads daff 33
and brasso for the chrome legs of my mums tacky glass dinning table
No video recorders..(remember beta max once :shock:
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology..(red pill boxes smelling of piss :cry:
Letters instead of emails..(why does my mail turn up at nowadays grrrr
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic...(a friends kitten nearly drowned in one
Daily shopping with no super markets... (still do that , but yea joy tescos
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing...( was a pain in the arse
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.( i got skeggy or scarborough
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.( my pop my had aids ..yea lemonaids strawberryaids he had everything, ten p back too woo hoo
The paraffin man..( the who :shock:
The rag and bone man..( now called pikeys
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules...( bleugh
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket...( spending money from gran
No power tools...( :shock:
Coal fires in the lounge..( vaugly remember
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms....( i had that in my old flat about 4 yrs ago brrrrr
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.
Cars that wouldn't start...( a friends dads daff 33
Cars that wouldn't stop....( a friends dads daff 33
and brasso for the chrome legs of my mums tacky glass dinning table
Orgasminator
Quote by davej
Ah the good old days eh?
No colour television
No video recorders
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology
Letters instead of emails
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic
Daily shopping with no super markets.
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing.
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.
The paraffin man
The rag and bone man
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules.
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket.
No power tools.
Coal fires in the lounge
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms.
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.
Cars that wouldn't start.
Cars that wouldn't stop.
yep the good old days
No traffic jams and not being able to see another car on the M1.
The choice of 2 or 4 star petrol.
Writing a letter to your gran.
That TV tennis game with a bat that just went up & down and the 'bip, bop' sound effects.
Slade on Top Of The Pops.
Sugar sandwiches.
Power cuts.
Playing football in the streets.
Spud guns.
Raleigh choppers.
And in 1987 I'd been working for 6 years and was just finishing my BTEC HNC in Telecommunications. 5 years of day release & night school in the South East London Technical College in Lewisham. Lovely place!!!
Sex God
Right what's Foxtel???? 
I was still in school in 1987
I was still in school in 1987
Quote by davej
Ah the good old days eh?
No colour television>> What was Television ?
No video recorders>> What is Video ?
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology>> Press Button B and get your money back
Letters instead of emails>> One Penny Black
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic>> Dolly Pegs and Tub
Daily shopping with no super markets.>> Just a Market (All second hand clothes)
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing.>> Sunday School
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.>> Holiday !!!! What Holiday ?
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.>> Remember them well
The paraffin man>> Was It Pink parrafin or from the Esso Blue Bleeder ? Nah B4 that.
The rag and bone man >> He was my Wardrobe.
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules.>> and The Orange Juice for afters
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket.>> Cart Wheel Pennies
No power tools.>> Nails and an Egyptian screwdriver (hammer)
Coal fires in the lounge>> If you could afford the coal for one room only
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms. >>> agree on this one lol
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.>>Rugs made of old Rags. (yes they were)
Cars that wouldn't start. >>>>>> What is a car ?
Cars that wouldn't stop.>> as above but we used a "Handcart"
yep the good old days
Now those where the days
Fred
Orgasminator
Quote by davej
Ah the good old days eh?
No colour television
No video recorders
No telephones in the house let alone mobile technology
Letters instead of emails
Washing with a twin tub instead of an automatic
Daily shopping with no super markets.
No Sunday trading. plus half day closing.
One weeks holiday in Bognor if you were lucky.
Being sent out with a crate full of empties to the Corona man for some more pop and the refund on the bottles.
The paraffin man
The rag and bone man
Cod liver oil by the tablespoon instead of capsules.
Coins as big as dinner plates in yer pocket.
No power tools.
Coal fires in the lounge
Frost on the inside of the windows in all the other rooms.
Lino round the edge of the room to polish.
Cars that wouldn't start.
Cars that wouldn't stop.
yep the good old days
I miss the frosted windows. They used to be an outlet for my creativity. My mom kept chasing me with a cloth to wipe off fingermarks.
Where I grew up we used to have frequent power cuts. So the whole family gathered round the fireplace and told stories or sang songs till we were tired enough to turn in.
My aunt had an ice block wooden refrigerator. They had to get a new block of ice every day in the summer.
Some of my earlier memories include the utility room that smelled of powder soap and olive oil (stored in great clay jars the height of a child's body). Grandma used to treat clothes with a strange blue dye to make them white.
Those days we used to eat eggs raw as there was no risk of poisoning. Grandma used to feed me an egg yolk a day, sometimes beaten with sugar and cocoa powder, sometimes beaten with sugar and brandy - yum!
And we used to bathe in mud pools (trenches dug out and filled with water) and not catch any nasty diseases.
I do long for the good old days even if they were not full of today's conveniences!
Are there many others here who remember where they were when JFK was assassinated ?
Or who had to use a crankhandle to start the car ?
And who used farthings as legal tender?
And there was no such thing as self-service shops? And you could buy 3 loose eggs wrapped in newspaper by the shopkeeper ?
And there were no buildings over five or six stories high ?
Or who had to use a crankhandle to start the car ?
And who used farthings as legal tender?
And there was no such thing as self-service shops? And you could buy 3 loose eggs wrapped in newspaper by the shopkeeper ?
And there were no buildings over five or six stories high ?
Wagon wheels (proper sized- like as big as your head)
Jubblies? Kind of triangular ice-pop thingy...
The Humphreys... (watch out they're about)
The Silver Jubilee... (with ppl actually liking the Royals!)
Punks - being new and slightly scary.
Pubs closing in the afternoons... (i was to young I didnt care!)
Being left to look after your younger brothers and sisters, when aged 7, witout the fear of the Social Services hounding your parents... it was normal then.
Radio One actually playing music most people listened to.
Taping the "hit parade" on a sunday evening on a poxy casio tape recorder (sometimes with that tiny white bit of string in your ear, that was supposed to be "headphones")
Blakes 7
Fingerbobs
Saturday Swap Shop.
Jubblies? Kind of triangular ice-pop thingy...
The Humphreys... (watch out they're about)
The Silver Jubilee... (with ppl actually liking the Royals!)
Punks - being new and slightly scary.
Pubs closing in the afternoons... (i was to young I didnt care!)
Being left to look after your younger brothers and sisters, when aged 7, witout the fear of the Social Services hounding your parents... it was normal then.
Radio One actually playing music most people listened to.
Taping the "hit parade" on a sunday evening on a poxy casio tape recorder (sometimes with that tiny white bit of string in your ear, that was supposed to be "headphones")
Blakes 7
Fingerbobs
Saturday Swap Shop.
