The do you remember thread for oldies
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JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
That would be congestion?
Dorsetmike
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Someone asked me the other day, 'What was your favourite 'fast food' when you were growing up?'
'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him.
'All the food was slow.'
'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
'It was a place called "home", I explained.
'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
By this time, the lad was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table.
Some parents NEVER owned their own house, or wore jeans, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card.
My parents never drove me to school. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow) except down steep hills.
How many do you remember?
Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators, or these indicators.
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'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him.
'All the food was slow.'
'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
'It was a place called "home", I explained.
'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
By this time, the lad was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table.
Some parents NEVER owned their own house, or wore jeans, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card.
My parents never drove me to school. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow) except down steep hills.
How many do you remember?
Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators, or these indicators.
O
methodistgirl
New member
I remember the Plymouth Fury my mother used to drive. Dainer Crystler wasn't around when these old Dodges and Plymouths
were built. You either had a plymouth or dodge. It was a black car that looked
like the red one in the Christine movie.
judy jennings
were built. You either had a plymouth or dodge. It was a black car that looked
like the red one in the Christine movie.
judy jennings
Dorsetmike
Member
That's why I gave up my 1962 Ford when I got to age 70
Dorsetmike
Member
Mother used to knit our socks, jumpers/cardigans, gloves and scarves, apart from some cotton ankle socks in summer we rarely if ever had shop bought woollen clothes. She would also make other clothing, some of her dresses etc. Mother also used to darn socks and repair other clothing.
Father was good at woodwork, made some of our furniture, built his shed from plain timber, also built a wooden rowing boat to go fishing. Repaired broken windows himself. He was also a keen gardener, grew quite a few of our vegetables and fruit, raised his annual flowers from seed, took cuttings of other plants; he would get wild rose briars from the hedgerows and bud or graft garden roses onto them.
If we wanted fish we would prefer to go and catch it (we were only a couple of miles from the sea) we bought meat bread, milk and eggs and some fruit & veg; cakes, tarts and pies, and soups were home made. Not much came out of tins, no freezers then.
Now if a sock gets a hole it's in the bin, any other clothes that get torn or holed may get retained for gardening or other mucky jobs, otherwise that's in the bin too. Gardens ain't big enough to grow vegetables, I can still make me own pastry and cakes, and do use fresh meat and veg, but some things are not economical to cook for one
Whatever happened to self sufficiency?
Father was good at woodwork, made some of our furniture, built his shed from plain timber, also built a wooden rowing boat to go fishing. Repaired broken windows himself. He was also a keen gardener, grew quite a few of our vegetables and fruit, raised his annual flowers from seed, took cuttings of other plants; he would get wild rose briars from the hedgerows and bud or graft garden roses onto them.
If we wanted fish we would prefer to go and catch it (we were only a couple of miles from the sea) we bought meat bread, milk and eggs and some fruit & veg; cakes, tarts and pies, and soups were home made. Not much came out of tins, no freezers then.
Now if a sock gets a hole it's in the bin, any other clothes that get torn or holed may get retained for gardening or other mucky jobs, otherwise that's in the bin too. Gardens ain't big enough to grow vegetables, I can still make me own pastry and cakes, and do use fresh meat and veg, but some things are not economical to cook for one
Whatever happened to self sufficiency?
marval
New member
We always had things knitted for us. My mother knitted and so did my maternal grandmother. We always had fresh meat from the butcher, and veg from the greengrocer.
I also remember my mother darning my dads socks, and mending our clothes.
If my mother ever bought a cake it would be from a local cake stall, and it was always homemade pastry.
Margaret
I also remember my mother darning my dads socks, and mending our clothes.
If my mother ever bought a cake it would be from a local cake stall, and it was always homemade pastry.
Margaret
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
The family of to day requires both parents to work so time is one of the most valuable commodities now if Robin Hood was around he would sort things out.
I thought I would use the spell check on this and guess what?? The whole message disappeared so I tried it on other forums and no problems, is it working for you?
I thought I would use the spell check on this and guess what?? The whole message disappeared so I tried it on other forums and no problems, is it working for you?
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Robing B#s%#r*^ was more like it, OK my spell check is working now must have been a bug? lot of em about this time of the year.
But hold on, if I make a mistake then click check the text vanishes so I still have a problem which only happens on this forum
But hold on, if I make a mistake then click check the text vanishes so I still have a problem which only happens on this forum
Buchpteclare
New member
Speaking of cars way back when...How about the lever on the steering to advance or retard the ignition....Great to cause a very loud backfire while passing the girls. Then there was a lever on some cars that would physically lower the headlights. Another lever controlled the louvres in front of the radiator. (I saw that one on an old Rolls). Ahh yes - when we could set the spark gap with a worn dime..Today you need 15000 dollers worth of computer just to check it!
I still remember the first yo-yos I saw - those things were heavy! I bet one weighed about half a pound... (That would be around 1937, I think).
Oh yes, the streecat car that rolled by once an hour all night - the one that sounded like it had square wheels. (Clunk-clunk-clunk). It would wake me up so I knew all was well with the world.
I still remember the first yo-yos I saw - those things were heavy! I bet one weighed about half a pound... (That would be around 1937, I think).
Oh yes, the streecat car that rolled by once an hour all night - the one that sounded like it had square wheels. (Clunk-clunk-clunk). It would wake me up so I knew all was well with the world.
JHC
Chief assistant to the assistant chief
By jolywoliprs you must be old?? the oldest car I ever had was a 1935 Morris ten four
Dorsetmike
Member
I've seen cars with the advance/retard control but never drove one, my first vehicle was a Ford 8 van of 1951 vintage, had windows cut in the back and an old bus seat fitted. That had the indicator control at the centre of the steering wheel, same position as the Advance/retard used to be on earlier cars.
Here's a bit of nostalgia for you Colin, a display by the Austin 7 club at a classic car show in 2003, at the same show, a 1935 V8, a 1929 Model A Ford, (both british built right hand drive) and an Austin and a Morris Bullnose, both tourer versions, not sure what the blue ragtop beyond them is though.
IIRC the model A had the pedals in different positions to current practice.
Here's a bit of nostalgia for you Colin, a display by the Austin 7 club at a classic car show in 2003, at the same show, a 1935 V8, a 1929 Model A Ford, (both british built right hand drive) and an Austin and a Morris Bullnose, both tourer versions, not sure what the blue ragtop beyond them is though.
IIRC the model A had the pedals in different positions to current practice.
