When I was a kid....

bookworm_020 · 05-15-08, 06:50 PM

My Parents complained when there dryer died a month or two back. It only gave 25 years service!

They got twenty out of a frying pan (then they gave it to me when I left home and I got another 5 years out of it till my wife demanded a new one!

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There original Colour TV gave close to 35 years of service!

clive bradbury · 05-16-08, 11:36 AM

Tell the kids of today and they wouldn't believe that:

1. To change TV channels you had to get up and walk to the box
2. You had to wind car windows down by hand
3. You could not afford 'designer' clothes - which didn't exist anyway
4. Not everyone on the planet wore a baseball cap
5. You had to eat proper food - not burgers
6. To become a celebrity you actually had to achieve something first
7. You had to buy your first car yourself, instead of having Daddy and Mummy buy one for you
8. Almost everybody smoked
9. If you talked back to an adult, they would be very likely to hit you, and all the other adults would approve
10. Trains were still cheaper than air travel.

kurtz · 05-16-08, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by clive bradbury

Tell the kids of today and they wouldn't believe that:

2. You had to wind car windows down by hand

Some time ago due to being in straitened circumstances I bought an old Ford Escort with wind down windows, my kids thought it was the best invention since sliced bread-a window grownups couldn't stop you opening

jpm1 · 05-16-08, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clive bradbury

Tell the kids of today and they wouldn't believe that:

1. To change TV channels you had to get up and walk to the box
2. You had to wind car windows down by hand
3. You could not afford 'designer' clothes - which didn't exist anyway
4. Not everyone on the planet wore a baseball cap
5. You had to eat proper food - not burgers
6. To become a celebrity you actually had to achieve something first
7. You had to buy your first car yourself, instead of having Daddy and Mummy buy one for you
8. Almost everybody smoked
9. If you talked back to an adult, they would be very likely to hit you, and all the other adults would approve
10. Trains were still cheaper than air travel.

yes kids are really lucky nowadays

kurtz · 05-16-08, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by clive bradbury

Tell the kids of today and they wouldn't believe that:

Ha! Found it!

Rhodes · 05-16-08, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kurtz

Quote:

Originally Posted by clive bradbury

Tell the kids of today and they wouldn't believe that:

Ha! Found it!

Great Find

! This thread remind me of this sketch! :rotfl:

Polak · 05-16-08, 07:17 PM

Those where the days... where they not gentelmen?

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	My Parents complained when there dryer died a month or two back. It only gave 25 years service! They got twenty out of a frying pan (then they gave it to me when I left home and I got another 5 years out of it till my wife demanded a new one!) There original Colour TV gave close to 35 years of service! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Tell the kids of today and they wouldn't believe that: 1. To change TV channels you had to get up and walk to the box 2. You had to wind car windows down by hand 3. You could not afford 'designer' clothes - which didn't exist anyway 4. Not everyone on the planet wore a baseball cap 5. You had to eat proper food - not burgers 6. To become a celebrity you actually had to achieve something first 7. You had to buy your first car yourself, instead of having Daddy and Mummy buy one for you 8. Almost everybody smoked 9. If you talked back to an adult, they would be very likely to hit you, and all the other adults would approve 10. Trains were still cheaper than air travel.