The thread to REMINISCE

[Bigrig]

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

Dad and mum bought the house I (mostly) grew up in in 1976 for $63000 - just after that, dad had an opportunity to buy a "couple of acres" in a place called Bli Bli in Queensland (those who know the area will know where I'm going!!). He simply couldn't even afford the deposit having just bought the house, but was interested. Long and short of it was they decided not to 'waste' money on a potential investment in what was then remote bush land, and subsequently didn't buy it. That same parcel of land today has houses on it on standard 800 square metre blocks and each one (land alone) is worth about $450-500K!! 5 of them to an acre, just under 3 acres equates to about $6-7 million in value!!!

Those fools!!!!!!!!!!!! lmao

[rottodiver]

I remember the days when on a weekend we would go knock on peoples doors to see if they wanted there car washed for a few dollars.... i dont think i have ever had someone knock on my door to wash the patrol..... or do they see the size if it and just skip my house???

Scotty

[Dhuck]

I used to watch a few geek mates back in the 80's set up to play a games on there back then pearler of a computer, the Commodore Vic 20 (I pretty sure thats what they were called) They put the tape in, write 30 minutes of code then we would go outside and create a bit of havoc on our fibreglass and u-beaut flash as ply skateboards for another half hour. We'd go back inside to see how it was going, still not finished, quick bite to eat and finally the game had loaded. Damn, time to go home see ya later. lol

[Bob]

Ok for those who can remember BASIC (Begginners allpurpose symbolic instruction code)

What does the following code do


10 For A = 1 TO 500
20 Print A
30 NEXT A
40 ENd

[Sir Roofy]

i remember the days when on a weekend we would go knock on peoples doors to see if they wanted there car washed for a few dollars.... I dont think i have ever had someone knock on my door to wash the patrol..... Or do they see the size if it and just skip my house???

Scotty

i would think that kids these days are not motivated enough to wash cars mow lawns

with all there gadgets apps and stranger danger and keeping up with there idole

i remember years ago going out and leaving the door unlocked
askids we would leave the house at say 8am and didnt return till dinner
time

[Sir Roofy]

our treat for the week was a roast on sundays

our treat now is fish+chips every now and then

[2TROLLFAM]

Going out on ya pushy with your friends/cousins and not coming home till it was dark - no mobile phone for Mum & Dad to check up on you.

Got my first computer at 15 - a green screen Commodore64!!! Thought I was king dick LOL

And when you had the "latest" computer system with a whopping 4gb hard drive LMFAO boat anchors now...

[the ferret]

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

Yep, 14th Feb, 1966.
Cheers, the ferret.

[the ferret]

$20 for 20's..??!!

Welllll, I might have exagerated a smidgen, but ya only get small change when ya hand over a $20
On the bright side tho, once you turn 60, you get FREE public transport on weekends, but us oldies can't have to much exitement as they have the FUN police here.!!
Diesel fuel heading for $2 a litre.
We ARE the lucky country ya know!

[patch697]

Ok for those who can remember BASIC (Begginners allpurpose symbolic instruction code)

What does the following code do


10 For A = 1 TO 500
20 Print A
30 NEXT A
40 ENd

Its an old Dos command but its been so long I'd have to look it up to know what it did.