Things your kids will never do

Things your kids will never do

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TwigtheWonderkid

43,408 posts

151 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Hooli said:
Zod said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Einion Yrth said:
Planet Claire said:
abitlikefiennes said:
Buy sweets for 1p each.
I remember some sweets for 0.5p! On that note, they won't experience 0.5p coins.
I remember 4 for 1d - yes I am that old.
That was after the price increase made them expensive. I recall 8 for 1d (4 for a h'apenny), Blackjacks & Fruit Salads.
You guys must be very old. I remember them at 1/2p.
yes

1/2p for me too, odd how they were always penny sweets though. Guess that came from the old 1d being worth about 1/2p.
That's daylight robbery. A shilling would get me 48 fruit salads or blackjacks. They were the tiny ones though, but individually wrapped.

Four Litre

2,019 posts

193 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Go down the post office to buy car tax, only to be told by the inbred behind the counter that one of your particular documents 'doesnt look right'! FFS!!!

Walk/cyle miles to your local video store to find out that all copies of the film you wanted are out!

Get fined when you forget to take the movie you didnt really want to watch back late.

Have somebody put petrol in your car for you, whilst you sit in your car.

Recieve any acceptable level of customer service anywhere (apart from John Lewis / Waitrose)

Speak with somebody serving you who knows remotely what their talking about.

Smoke a cigarette whilst sitting on a plane (sounds nuts now).

Have a job that lasts for more that 2 years!







stuartmmcfc

8,664 posts

193 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Four Litre said:
Have somebody put petrol in your car for you, whilst you sit in your car
I did this about an hour ago!

BoRED S2upid

19,714 posts

241 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Four Litre said:
Go down the post office to buy car tax, only to be told by the inbred behind the counter that one of your particular documents 'doesnt look right'! FFS!!!

Walk/cyle miles to your local video store to find out that all copies of the film you wanted are out!

Get fined when you forget to take the movie you didnt really want to watch back late.

Have somebody put petrol in your car for you, whilst you sit in your car.

Recieve any acceptable level of customer service anywhere (apart from John Lewis / Waitrose)

Speak with somebody serving you who knows remotely what their talking about.

Smoke a cigarette whilst sitting on a plane (sounds nuts now).

Have a job that lasts for more that 2 years!
Half of those still exist I paid a fine for a late return (book rather than video) the other day. There are threads on here about exceptional customer service and how long people have had jobs you've just had some bad luck if every job only lasts 2 years.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

285 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Jimmy Recard said:
I still use Scart leads. It's the only input on my TV.

Then again, I use the TV about twice a year
I use them, I heard there are these new fangled flat screen thingamabobs.



Party lines, not the chat lines.

Edited by jmorgan on Wednesday 30th September 13:54

Biggriff

2,312 posts

285 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Stay with their Uncle Fritzel

Cliftonite

8,412 posts

139 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Learn and write code in BBC Basic.



Cliftonite

8,412 posts

139 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Wipe their arses with newspaper.


No Bend

591 posts

123 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Janluke said:
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion; watch c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.

:-)
I think you may have over enhanced some of that...

Andyblue

79 posts

146 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Staring at your next door neighbours Mum and then knocking one off,,, eh ? ( sorry 1977, things have changed )

Edited by Andyblue on Wednesday 30th September 18:49

CubanPete

3,630 posts

189 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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We used to play in the scrap yard as kids! My mum wasn't keen on that though...

Pacing up and down outside the newsagent for 20 minutes waiting for it to empty to buy 'gentlemans literature'. Would you like a bag sir?

Tar on beasches

Being allowed a penknife when you were 8 and a sheath knife when you were ten..

Bullying 'the fat kid' (who wasn't that fat) was positively encouraged.

The chart countdown on Sunday evening

Your Mum darning your socks!

Cliftonite

8,412 posts

139 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Be caned at school.


Wacky Racer

38,188 posts

248 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Zod said:
Wacky Racer said:
See Led Zeppelin
frown
Three times.....(With Bonzo)

It's not bad being an old git....biggrin

Wacky Racer

38,188 posts

248 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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jmorgan said:
Party lines, not the chat lines.
They were good them, you could spend ages listening to next door's conversations......

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

240 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Losing John Peel on Radio 1 on MW when it went dark.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,408 posts

151 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Wacky Racer said:
See Led Zeppelin
Yup, kids have got it so much better these days.

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

199 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Cliftonite said:
Learn and write code in BBC Basic.
I have a BBC micro emulator on the raspberry pi I let the kids play with.. Elite is good too :he he:

captainzep

13,305 posts

193 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Buy something via mail order by writing a letter.

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

240 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Spend the whole evening licking books of Green Shield stamps for elderly relatives. yuck

InfoRetrieval

380 posts

149 months

Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Listen to the Top 40 on a Sunday afternoon with a cassette ready to record.