Ah yes the good old days.

I remember when a deck of smokes was $5.25 and when I could fill up my drop tank in my Torana (which had a capacity of 125 litres) for $71

I also remember the days when you could go for a cruise in a car that had a decent amount of motor hangin out the bonnet and not get harassed by the constabulry.

Yeah well those days are definately goooooonnnnnneeeeee

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it used to cost me 20c to ride a train (back when they were trains)

the 500ml glass buddy coke bottle came out

20c got you a BIG Charlie stick of bubble gum

$1.50 of hot chips used to feed mum , dad , my sister and i ...

you could get an early holden for under a grand .....

i busted my first nut ...... (mmmmn the bosses wife)

I remember when...

- Sunny Boys cost 20c, and they had often had yellow writing inside the wrapper to say you won a freebie.

- Footy cards came with a stick of rock hard chewing gum.

- You Can't Do That On Television.

- MTV with Richard Wilkins on Channel 9.

- Mullets didn't go by the name of mullet.

- Every fish and chip shop near the beach had a tabletop arcade game system, with 2 school chairs.

d_generate wrote:

Whipper snappers.
I remember pre decimal 66 & pre metric 74
Small bottle of coke 5c, my parents owned a deli & you could buy a 5c/Sixpence bag of lollies that would keep you going all day,I was 9
Thinking of giving up smoking when a packet of Benson & Hedges got to a dollar..I was 13
Petrol was 12c per litre & a new XB falcon was about 4g I was 17
A brand new Honda was $1,200, I was about 12
A television was about 6mth's wage when I was about 5....we had one of the first.
I've got a pile of old newspapers from when I was about 7 in 1963, trust me........most things are a hell of a lot cheaper now than back then, portable transistor was a weeks wage & a washing machine would have been 10 weeks wage.
But the thing I miss most was playing roodies with my mates sisters:D

I grew up on the Murray River in the bush

We would play outside all day on the river, fishing, swimming, riding bikes. My parents didnt worry about us and it cost nothing to have a good time.

Now it costs $$ to take my kids pretty much anywhere and you cant let them out of your sight because you cant trust anyone.

My fond memories are of a carefree childhood.

Thats lost for my kids now.

The worlds messed up.

weezer wrote:

Punky Brewster

I remember when Paddle pops were 80c (now $1.20)

fuel was 80c per litre also. (now double)

its funny as my car is almost the same age as me

I remember getting 3 pence for pocket money and buying a sandwich bag full of lollies 1962. (I still have a s**T load of pre-decimal in a box)

I remember cuttung off my little finger in a door and getting 10 Pounds for not crying.

I remember taking my mums money to the bank to change it for Dollars and Cents 14th Febuary 1966.

I want to be young again :wacko:

I remember getting up early on a saturday morning to watch Transformers, Robotech and other awesome 80's shows.. and the road we used to live on was so steep that riding you bike down it without using the brakes was hardcore, and skating down it standing up was nuts! (I was like 9!!). That hill doesnt look so steep now lol.

how's about...

I remember waking up on a saturday morning hanging to play my Atari 2600, then replaced by the Amiga 500!! , which was played with till 10am.. after that I was on my bike all day and most the night!! with no Mobile phone! and the parents knew you were safe

Marv;115394 wrote:

I remember when:

- Adelaide F1 GP

Good times.

A couple more. I remember when:

- Woody Harrelson had hair
- When 5c bought you 3 frogs/milk bottles/etc
- Killer Pythons were under $1
- A Blue Meanie was to be feared and respected. You bow to the white 15s
- Old Parliament House wasn't so "Old"
- New cars still had chrome bumpers
- Multi-class racing at Bathurst. Group A and the last of the big-bangers: Group C
- Cameron Diaz appearing in a Coke commercial as a n00b