I Remember when I was a Boy

[Bob]

I remember when I ???????
Bloody Hell what is this thread about ?

[threedogs]

I bloody knew it lol

[jack]

BUMP - some good reading here for some of the newer members.

[threedogs]

when I was a boy I'm sure there weren't as many murders as there are today.
Seems to be two every week lately.

[Winnie]

when I was a boy I'm sure there weren't as many murders as there are today.
Seems to be two every week lately.

I'm sure they were they just weren't plastered all over the internet, radio, TV... For everybody to see and get depressed about it.

[Hodge]

When I was young... The whole streets' worth of kids would play outside till dark... not any more. Homes, even cars weren't locked up like a fort knox back then. Nobody gave a fark what color or religion somebody was. Things have changed in so many ways now... mostly for worse unfortunately.
Sometimes I wonder what sort of world my little son will be growing up in, or even when hes up on his own feet and has his own kids.

[Bob]

When I was a Boy

We had no Electricity in our House
We had a Chip Heater to heat the Water for a Bath
Our Telephone was on a Party Line and everbody on that Line could listen in
We used to earn more money in a Weekend Rabbiting than Dad earnt in a Week
The Test Cricket was broadcast via Cables from England and the sound of the Bat was made by hitting a Coconut with a Pencil. True
We used to buy Sugar and Flour in Bulk
We grew all of our own vegetables and slaughtered our own Sheep.
Chicken was so expensive that we only had it at Christmas
When Power eventually arrived the Power Cable was run down the outside of the walls internally in Conduit.
I learnt to drive at an early Age in a Willeys Jeep on the Farm. (Had to stand up to Drive it)
I remember Queen Elizabeth coming to Bendigo in 1956 (I was 14 Years old)
I earnt 11 Pounds ($22) a fortnight in my first job in the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd (Does not exist anymore)
My duties among other things were to split the Wood for the Fire in the Bank, Fill the Inkwells (No Biro's)
I started in the Bank when I was 14 Years old and within 12 months was transferred to Bairnsdale which was over 200 miles from Home

[jack]

That's why I thought I'd bump this thread, in our old age we can re-read this and it will be like a whole new story to us.

[threedogs]

Bob did you run into a bloke called Moses, had a big boat,
and I mean big probably 30 cubits by 50 cubits by 120 cubits . lol
I know you'll see me on the weekend , young up start eh

[threedogs]

And yes you could have a "gay Time" years ago then about 15c each I think
went well with Polly Waffles in the swimming pool