I joined the Navy when ships were made of wood and men were made of steel.
I've gargled more salt than you've sailed over.
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A couple of people will relate to these sayings. hahahahahaha
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I joined the Navy when ships were made of wood and men were made of steel.
I've gargled more salt than you've sailed over.
lol
A couple of people will relate to these sayings. hahahahahaha
LOVE IT!! But I ain't one who can relate :)~Quote:
Originally Posted by DX grunt
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Originally Posted by Plasnart
They didn't have that where I was living as a young fella but it sounds like it wound have been fun..... Could even be call a pioneer in interactive TV.
I remember when people had manners and also respect for each other, those days are long gone now.
seems so long ago!!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dogman
One thing that hasn't been brought up is the fashion( or lack of) ... The hypercolour t-shirts that changes colour with body temp(or sweat... Horrible in hignsite) and not to mention the clothes our parents dressed us in...what were they thinking??
Now to really show my age to all you Victorians......remember Zig and Zag?? lol
Graham KennedyQuote:
Originally Posted by DX grunt
Ding Dong (Denise Drysdale)
Young Talent Time
Bert Newton (Oh sorry he is still around)
Gus Mercurio
TV Ringside
Kahoo Mahunga
Lionel Rose beating Fighting Harada for the World Title
Bob Menzies PM
World of Sport every Sunday on Channel 7 from 1959-1987 Lou Richards-Jack Dyer
When I was a boy I had a paper round . up at 0430 am and rode to the newsagent on my bmx pushie with stolen modified milk crates on the handlebars , no lights or vi viz clothing or helmat . load up with papers which were not wrapped up in gladwrap and ride off and do my round .6 days a week 2 hours each morning . and place the paper into the customers letterboxes .rain hail or shine . Told my 7 year old daughter this last month and she was shocked and stunned , she asked me why I didnt get me mum or dad to drive me around and do it . ??
what about happy hammond on channel 9Quote:
Originally Posted by dx grunt
6oclock rock with brian henderson
Yep not wrong Plasnart , those saturday age papers were no fun at all .
speed tapes across the road
Sitting in my dads lap steering when I was 11 whilst doing 120klms - oh, in a fully loaded car carrier heading to Melbourne. Plus driving to the shops at 13 on a Sunday morning to get the paper - that was cool - my dad let me drive his then, brand new HiLux
i remember a dollar would get you enough chips to feed a small country, and 6 scallops to go with it !!!
to get this dollar, on a saturday we would go around pinching peoples hose fittings of their taps, and then sunday go back around and try sell
them back for 20 cents.
rate of success = possibly 5% get the 20 cents / 95% get a boot in the back side
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Matlock Police, Solo One, Cop Shop, Homicide, Holiday Island, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner, The Sullivans, The Restless Years.
Scouting: Bob a job or in my days it was Jobweek, jam pot jamborees, Parade Drills, Uniform Inspections, Races/contests for Knots, tent pitching, fire lighting.
Games: Red Rover, What was the other one (bedlem) (run away from person counting. on mass, then try to sneak up to them without being spotted). Egg and spoon races, 3 leg races, potato sack races with real hession sacks! tunnel ball, water relays.
Bikes: dragsters with gear shift on the frame, First BMX, Hanimex bikes, cyclops trikes and scooters, The first mountain bikes( a cross between BMX & 10spd racer). Dyno Light systems that ran on your tyre to supply power for the light. Bag rack for the back and front. Cardboard clackers and pegs to hold them on. Handle grips with streamers. Handle bar mirrors. Ape hangers.
What about the skinny skate boards?
Events: James Hardie 1000 with all classes of cars race together, Lakeside raceway, Australia II wom American Cup with that Keel, The Opening of Dreamworld on the Gol Coast, The Commonwealth Games in Brisbane with Matilda in the Opening Ceremony, Matilda went to live at CADES COUNTY now Wet 'n' Wild. The Big Top at Myers Centre Brisbane, Grundys Surfers Paradise, Magic Mountain Gold Coast, Expo 88, Bullens Lion Park at Yatala ( i remeber going out with a bloke who worked there, on school holidays to help him read maps how to get to places, wher he would put down injured horses and cattle by shooting them with a 303, then winch them onto a old TJ Bedford truck and cart them for miles back to the park as food for the big cats. Clarks Transport used to cart hides from Teys Bros meat works, with a trail of blood all the way through Beenleigh. I remember Beenleigh Bakery on City Rd, Uptons Diposal on City Rd selling army diposals and guns when you didn't need a licence. Savages arcade with the large fruit and veg shop which was owned by the Owen-Jones'. Heilbrons Herbadashery(is that how it's spelt).
I have met over the years the late Sir James Ramsay(was guard of honour for him) when he opened the (then) new Senior Citizens centre in Beenliegh, Ivan Gibbs( Honourable) Liberal Member, a lady whom was the last surviving member of the original Lehmans' Family in Beenleigh (Lehmans Hill and Rd was named after them as they were cattle people in the area long long time ago, as were the Hammels and Feilds.K Fields used to own Midway Metals in Beenleigh which moved to Yatala eventually. Eric Sommers when he visited the Scout Jamboree at Collingwood park whie he was doing a show called Wombat that ran on channel 7, he also was Boris the Black Knight on Boris' Breakfast Club.
Travelling on the Red carriages behind a Diesel Locomotive Train, Or the "Silver Bullets" (2 & 3 carraige trains). The Workers Huts and camp at Bethania Rail station.
The Beenleigh Rail station on George St, Beenleigh cop shop in a demountable in James St , PO & Masonic Hall in James St, Scout Den in Kent St, The Beenleigh Dump being a open tip where the transfer station is now(actually adjacent). Did you ever see the Fountain and clock in Beenleighs town Centre. What about a Cane train, Steam Train or even the level crossings that used to be there? Not to mention the Turntable not far from the now non existing water hole. Did you ever buy a part for your pushy from Ol Mr Wolf?
How many lanes of highway do you remember between Brisbane and Gold Coast? How Many Old Servos can you tell me about?
Calling family friends Uncle/Aunty out of respect, or Mr and Mrs for neighbours and shopkeepers. Fearing Headmasters and cops and addressing them as Sir(not many women in those jobs then). Giving a seat to an adult on a bus/train.
Stop. Look, Listen and Look again before walking onto a crossing, it was your fault if a car had to brake for you when you stepped onto a crossing, you weren't automatically in the right!
Billabong is still famous, but do you remember Mango T's and tank tops? Speaking of brands, Golden Fleece Petrol, Ampol, TAA(trans australia airlines), Bonox, Scalens Bubble Gum with colector Cards. Weet-bix cards.
Any way, I've stolen enough space, so hope this was a small insight for at least one person.
Tim
Strewth Tim there's a show you forgot tho....... The young doctors hahahahahahahaha
To much information
Just went back to the beginning of our General Banter thread, see copied post below, seems so long ago now.
Originally Posted by patch697
Well here it is you lot my 1000th post & I decided it should go here as the thread seemed appropriate......lol
Hitting the post quick reply button............................................ NOW
Post edit: & so it come to pass... A bit of a milestone to WooHoo
p.s well Rossco it seems we are safe???? The counter go's over 999 after all......lol
Congratulations on being the first member to crack 1,000 posts. Seems we think about writing a post and the counter ticks over. lol.
Well done Paul. Somewhere in those 1K posts have been some good info. lol
Who could forget 'Skyways'. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
Watched a couple of episodes of A Country Practice recently. Reflections of a simpler Australia only 38 years ago. So much change. Fwiw, Nissan Australia were sponsors and a few nice old Patrols being used on the show!
First real job out of school, being dropped off on the side of a road alone with shovels/crowbars/picks to find a water or gas main that needed attention. No mobile phones then, boss would just flick you 20cents and suggest you run to a nearest Tardis to ET phone home if anything exploded [emoji51][emoji23]
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I knew the old General when he was only a Lieutenant.
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Originally Posted by Plasnart
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With this relentless rain thought our old bush surf stomping ground wave machine as crazy kids might’ve been working to show our youngest what not to do today [emoji848]
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Unfortunately the rock shelf below must’ve eroded over the decades and aint curling back like the old days.
We used to tie a ski rope off a tree up top and used our surfboards and boogie boards to injure ourselves properly.
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Later as teens we’d kayak all the way through at lower river levels but I think that might be banned now too.
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Hahahaha! Legend!Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Definitely a local thing, as I have never seen any old timer movies showing kids doing this elsewhere, but a pack of kids would run around the neighborhood collecting any piece of wood board we could find, asking any mechanic shop for old ball bearings and making ourselves some "downhill go karts" for a GP later on the same day.
As precisely described by MB, looking for ways to properly injure ourselves, LOL.
Light Gastro & Tonsil Issues were the worst of Calculated Ailments recorded in the Day there BZ Mate [emoji23]
Thankfully ALL the Yuppies Upstream now are eating plant based Fertilisers pooping through same infrastructure [emoji23][emoji23]
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Brilliant stuff mate! Over here we called them "Billy Carts" but they usually had a seat and backrest. Anyway my old man built me a couple of billy carts as a kid, and one of them had ball bearing wheels. I still remember he said "don't take this off the concrete". I had no idea why and it wasn't until after riding it through a mud patch on day 1 and the bearings seizing up, and him cracking the shtis with me, did I realise why he said that! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BrazilianY60