The thread to REMINISCE

[my third 256]

going to school with a kit bag then progressed to a satchel

[macca]

I was talking to my wifes grandad in the mid 80's, he was alive when the Wright brothers first flew, and at that time NASA was using the space shuttle.
Often wondered what change would happen in my lifetime....
When our youngest was born I had all the phone numbers of the customers I would be working for that day by the phone so my wife could track me down when she went into labour.
Then we used a pager, a brick that stayed in the car and who knows how many mobiles, was looking at a smart phone yesterday so I can have internet access on the job, what next?

[gruntlet]

We used to knock on the front door, not sit in the car and text our friends to come out.

[AB]

My olds bought their property back in 1975 for $8000. Dad earn't a decent wage back then with computer engineering roughly $250 a week. They moved to France for work for a year and had the property paid off in just over a year to build their mudbrick house when they returned.

Now, in my generation I would like to see anyone buy a block of land and pay it off in one year...LMAO

If expenses and wages are supposed to incline together then I would go buy a block for around $200,000-$400,000 and pay it off in one year I would need to be on around $450,000....LMAO

[gruntlet]

ice blocks 3 cents, paddle pops 5, bags of mixed lollies for a few cents - and all at the school tuck shop :-)

A box of matches- 2 cents.

[AB]

2011 = Ice blocks $4, Paddle Pops $2.50, bag of mixed lollies = $1.50 (you get about 5 lollies not a "bag"

Box of matches = 80 cents...

Loving it!

[gruntlet]

One that MOST of you won't remember.....decimal currency...1966 !!!!

[Bob]

One that MOST of you won't remember.....decimal currency...1966 !!!!

1 Pound = $2

10 Shillings = $1

5 Shillings = 50c

Six Pence = 5 c


I can remember when we had Kero Lamps (No Electricity)
Black & White Cigarettes 10 Pennies for a packet of 10
Beer 10 Pence (10c a Glass)
My first Mobile Phone the size of a small Briefcase
Tax Returns were 4 Pages
No Television (Listened to Radio) Dad & Dave was a great serial

My first Wage was 13 Pounds a fortnight ( That is $26)

God i am old

[AB]

10cents a beer...lol

I went to RSL last night $4 a pot...You beauty!!!!

[gruntlet]

Our treat for the week was a roast on Sundays