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Past...present...and.....
April 22 2011
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RHP User
15 years ago
No computers or internetNo ipodsBlack & white TV (and only one of those in the house)Planes had propeller's and you had to put up with people smoking in an enclosed spaceMost houses didn't have ensuites off the main bedroomWe have much better medicine and medical technology nowLess equality between men and womanThe list goes on :-)
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RHP User
15 years ago
Remember no airconditioning in the car and hot holiday drives with the family dog in the back, expelling last nights dinner? aah that takes me back then sunburnt till you blistered and mum would rub tomato on it for you?
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RHP User
15 years ago
The early years were the best days of my life and I look back fondly on all the above metioned.. Not saying there are not good things today. Of course there is. However, the way we were bought up was alot rawer. Because we had to learn the hard way.. eg: no computers.. no calculators.. not everyone could afford a car so we walked or caught a bus..then there was the tough introduction into the work force, but overall it made for a interesting and life educating lifestyle. We learnt by our mistakes and we tryed to make sure our children were pointed in the right direction.. Chivalry and manners. ? I feel is now fading practice, and not too many ppl these days even know or care what chivalry is ?
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RHP User
15 years ago
The BAD things. Not the good. Yes there was a lot of good back in the days but I want to hear about the bad bits. Going to the family doctor and he offered you a cigarette with his nicotine stained fingers with an overflowing ashtray on the desk Drinking age was 21 We did not have to wear seatbelts and I do actually remember when it became compulsory to wear a motorbike helmet.
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RHP User
15 years ago
Obviously you got lucky with your milk. The kids used to drink the cream off the top and then put the bottles back. Then the crates would sit in the sun until lunch and the sadistic teachers would make us drink the three quarter full bottles. Yuck!
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RHP User
15 years ago
Vinyl car seats....Need I say more?Mrs J
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RHP User
15 years ago
The belt-driven school dentist drill (pre high speed water pulse invention). It jammed and had to be wrenched out. It slipped and sliced a path with a "oops a daisy". It took a 2 Eons to grind a molar to a stump. It made you skull vibrate through your neck and down your spine. It taught you how to 'Walk on your arse-cheeks' in an attemt to get out of the chair. it was accompanied by Helen Reddy radio songs sung by a lumbering sadist lady in your ear.
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RHP User
15 years ago
Older model cars John Wayne Movies Daniel Boon Elvis Presley Movies Black and White photos xxx
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RHP User
15 years ago
1. the cane ( i am a believer) 2. the teacher not being afraid to give you a backhand if you showed disrespect 3. proper ethnic greengrocers 4. doing a good deed for the old duck across the road 5. local community togetherness 6. school friends that last 7. walking to and from school without the need to be picked up 8. old horse troughs on the odd corner 9. disappearing for a whole day in the holidays without mum freaking out 10. being able to defend yourself without having to defend yourself 11. 10 o'clock closing 12. cars you could actually work on - and fix 13. dependability 14. respect for elders
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RHP User
15 years ago
Quoting 'fionabee' The BAD things. Not the good. Curse all this positivity!! . I'm still a fairly amateur psychologist but I think people tend to lock away their bad memories and remember the good. And even the bad memories are touched with a bit of "But you know what.... I kinda liked that..." . I remember roadtrips in WA with the folks. Blessed with two vehicles, a JB Camira (yes kiddies, it won car of the year and proved bribery was alive and well at 'Wheels' magazine even back then) and a L300 Express workvan (in an accident only a guillotine would do a better job of amputating legs), which would be converted into a 'camper' for holidays. . Neither had aircon, and travelling at 100km/h was achieved only with a suitable tailwind or draft from the triple road-train that just overtook you. We made it to Monkey Mia in two days once and even a trip to Mandurah was epic, you packed cold face cloths to prevent melting and it took so long you thought you were going to Mars. Today, people commute from Mandurah to Perth for work. . But you know what.... they were some of the best trips I can remember. *slips into nostalgic trance*... aaahhhhhhh
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RHP User
15 years ago
JG highlights the dilemma of reflecting upon the past, trying to remember those things we detested. Unbidden, fond memories also invade our minds, making it damned difficult to stay on topic (sorry Fionabee). I remember without fondness, the long drop dunnies, that bloody awful milk, the nastiness towards kids who were Aboriginal,Italian, Greek or Irish.I also remember listening to stories on the radio, my dad's music, swimming in the channel before it became an OH&S issue, and devouring book after book after book. (Glasses might be easily made but I liked those years when no reading aids were needed. . ) An ageing pagan. . . .
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RHP User
15 years ago
sharing a room with my sister - damn she was such a priss - still is actually....lol . Kisses Focus
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RHP User
15 years ago
Hi Guys there the good old days memories is what life is all about LOL Paulxxx
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RHP User
15 years ago
Quoting 'HotSexyChilli' good things lost to correctness and progress Quoting 'tyandeb' 19. Cars that left people dead or grotesquely disabled on collision due to poor standards Chilli xx I dunno, this is another one of those 'it was a good thing' ones. I drove a 1971 Holden (Panelvan ;-) on my P plates and it was scary... 100mph felt like we were in a rocket and you wouldn't dare try to go any faster. Text or talk on a mobile?? I don't think so - it took every ounce of concentration to keep that thing travelling in a relatively straight line. Now I can do that speed in my lazy Falcadore company car, set the cruise control while updating my facebook knowing if I doze off there'll be half a dozen airbags to rest my weary head on. . There's something to be said for being scared to crash. Plus it removed a lot of the bad drivers (I mean hasn't anyone noticed the streets are getting more crowded, and drivers are worse). We've fucked with natural selection!!
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RHP User
15 years ago
How funny it is to try and remember bad things....................all the good memeroies keep popping into my head . But here goes Driving drunk was pretty normal Mum making us wear bloomers that matched our school uniforms. Mullet hair cuts (apologies to those who still love em) No TV (my son cannot imagine this lol) Can we do a good old days topic.....
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RHP User
15 years ago
Interesting that this topic has bought the best and worst of peoples experiences.. There are those who fondly remember 'the good old days' and there are those who's life was not so rosie..Several posters have described a severe dislike for the past and have put forward some scathing reminders of what was the other side of the coin.. the dark days.. Fortunately' my good old days were exactly that.. mostly good.. There was some bad times I wish not to remember because of the negative effect it could have on me if I let it... If you dwell on the bad thats what you get.. Staying positive and remembering the good things is healthy... but I feel for anyone who had to endure some of the things mentioned above.
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RHP User
15 years ago
I used to rave on about interesting stuff (said without sarcasm) like this for days , but now I haven't got time , and that's because in my opinion the stuff that is available for my perusal and thought now is more interesting than what was available in the past. One of the main reasons I've got stuff which I think is cooler available to me now is the Internet , and another is that there has been recently a great influx of spiritual teachers and teachings that have finally come to the West. Yeah so that's a couple of bad things about the past ; lack of easy access to info and lack of access to spirituality. Did love the full cream glass milk bottles though Loz
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RHP User
15 years ago
No RHP... Of course...
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RHP User
15 years ago
Quoting 'Tonyerotic' The belt-driven school dentist drill (pre high speed water pulse invention). It jammed and had to be wrenched out. It slipped and sliced a path with a "oops a daisy". It took a 2 Eons to grind a molar to a stump. It made you skull vibrate through your neck and down your spine. It taught you how to 'Walk on your arse-cheeks' in an attemt to get out of the chair. it was accompanied by Helen Reddy radio songs sung by a lumbering sadist lady in your ear. I had forgotten all about the dental torture. LOL. I discribe it to the kids today and they laugh...they th8nk I am making up stories. Remember that metal ring they used to isolate each tooth and the way they screwed it down so hard that it cut into the gum? Certainly no needle of novacaine to deaden any pain back then.
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RHP User
15 years ago
Quoting 'justjuice'Interesting that this topic has bought the best and worst of peoples experiences.. There are those who fondly remember 'the good old days' and there are those who's life was not so rosie..Several posters have described a severe dislike for the past and have put forward some scathing reminders of what was the other side of the coin.. the dark days.. Fortunately' my good old days were exactly that.. mostly good.. There was some bad times I wish not to remember because of the negative effect it could have on me if I let it... If you dwell on the bad thats what you get.. Staying positive and remembering the good things is healthy... but I feel for anyone who had to endure some of the things mentioned above. To all the people who kept talking about how wonderful it was 'back in the days' when women where "ladies" and the men strong, capable and firmly in charge. I think we all need to remember (at times) that reminiscing is not always romanticing the past. It was not all wonderful, rosy and they way we should be returning to. Yes there are things to be admired about the past. There are also a lot of things we dont want to have happen again. Looking backwards and pining for a bygone era can be construed as a step backwards. We need to look to the future and not the past. Remember fondly the good and rise beyond the bad. One can not go back...it is a mistake to try. JMO
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