I Remember when I was a Boy

[threedogs]

Conputers who had computers,,, just having a calculator could get you expelled

[Haji]

I remember when I was a boy..".........., I cud cry when my dad live home and I don't even wanna see him....

[bazzaboy]

I remember ............. pan toilets, the "fruit-o man", eating lots of rabbits, sixpence would buy you lots of lollies, cracker night, ink pots at school, being great friends with a young Greek kid ( bloody wog ), mum actually talking to the bank manager, floating "stick boats" down flooded gutters etc ........ simple, better days.

[threedogs]

I remember ............. pan toilets, the "fruit-o man", eating lots of rabbits, sixpence would buy you lots of lollies, cracker night, ink pots at school, being great friends with a young Greek kid ( bloody wog ), mum actually talking to the bank manager, floating "stick boats" down flooded gutters etc ........ simple, better days.

must be the same vintage as I too did all that, first pay was $12.85 boy was I rich back then LOL

[bazzaboy]

must be the same vintage as I too did all that, first pay was $12.85 boy was I rich back then LOL

I must have had a better job than you. I got $17.50 putting the handles on aluminum fry-pans. I lasted 2 weeks. I knew that there had to be something better than that. Joined the PMG. Delivered telegrams on a push-bike and then became one of Sydney's first "modern motorcycle" postmen.

[threedogs]

I much have had a better job than you. I got $17.50 putting the handles on aluminum fry-pans. I lasted 2 weeks. I knew that there had to be something better than that. Joined the PMG. Delivered telegrams on a push-bike and then became one of Sydney's first "modern motorcycle" postmen.

Started work @ 15 as a sewing machine mechanic as it was known then.after 2 yrs I was the highest paid
for my age in Vic. That was working for Holeproof in Sydney rd Brunswick, right behind Frank Mussett motorcycles.
Where my passsion for bikes started. Still repair a machine every now and then
Back then you were paid by your age,,,lol

[Bob]

As a family going Rabbiting on Saturday & Sunday and earning more money than Dad did in a whole Week.
We kept about 10 Ferrets and would take them all Ferreting for the two days.
The Rabbits were not killed when caught but put in the back of a Ute with Loose Hay.
We also had a big Tandem Trailer that was used for the same purpose.
My brother and I would kill each night just on dusk. Gut and Pair them.
The Rabbits were placed on Long Wires strung between Trees and covered with Hessian.
The Rabbit buyer would collect them each Sunday Night and put our Money in a Tobacco Tin
hidden under one of the Trees.
We were paid 2 shillings and six pence (25cents) a Pair.

It was Hard Work as we worked about 10 hours a Day but we loved every minute of it.

[threedogs]

As a family going Rabbiting on Saturday & Sunday and earning more money than Dad did in a whole Week.
We kept about 10 Ferrets and would take them all Ferreting for the two days.
The Rabbits were not killed when caught but put in the back of a Ute with Loose Hay.
We also had a big Tandem Trailer that was used for the same purpose.
My brother and I would kill each night just on dusk. Gut and Pair them.
The Rabbits were placed on Long Wires strung between Trees and covered with Hessian.
The Rabbit buyer would collect them each Sunday Night and put our Money in a Tobacco Tin
hidden under one of the Trees.
We were paid 2 shillings and six pence (25cents) a Pair.

It was Hard Work as we worked about 10 hours a Day but we loved every minute of it.

cant do that today eh, you'd be lucky these days to even see a rabbit

[bazzaboy]

As a family going Rabbiting on Saturday & Sunday and earning more money than Dad did in a whole Week.
We kept about 10 Ferrets and would take them all Ferreting for the two days.
The Rabbits were not killed when caught but put in the back of a Ute with Loose Hay.
We also had a big Tandem Trailer that was used for the same purpose.
My brother and I would kill each night just on dusk. Gut and Pair them.
The Rabbits were placed on Long Wires strung between Trees and covered with Hessian.
The Rabbit buyer would collect them each Sunday Night and put our Money in a Tobacco Tin
hidden under one of the Trees.
We were paid 2 shillings and six pence (25cents) a Pair.

It was Hard Work as we worked about 10 hours a Day but we loved every minute of it.

I hate ferrets. My mate's father had them and they stunk. I supposed being fed bread & milk does that to you. I remember one day out at Sofala while we were rabbiting, my mate's father had to dig a ferret out of an extensive burrow. I had my 22 hornet and put a bullet through his ferret's head thinking it was a rabbit coming out. He wasn't overly happy with me. I just thought... 1 down, 3 to go.

[Kennedy]

I can't resist -

#I remember when there were only 2 types of people, blokes and sheilas !!
#Our 'town car' was a Holden Premier, despite the 50miles to nearest town being dirt and the first 25 miles or so not much more than 2 wheel tracks with grass in between them and a few sandy creeks.....and you didn't see 4WDs in the big smoke!
#Often driving 25-30 miles in the Willys jeep to visit cousins from about 8yo
#First job after leaving school paid $40/week....7 days a week with maybe a day or half day off each fortnight...5am start every morning to milk the cow and fill the wood box before breakfast....sounds a bit tough by today's standard but I reckoned I had it made at the time!
# I was about 28 before I had access a fixed line telephone.....remember the old black public phones ?? press button A...press button B !

Loved the post about the dinosaurs....thanks to the Mrs, our 5yo is convinced I had one as a pet when I was his age!!!