One for those over a certain age

[MXRod]

davhill said:

How many of us who are 'of an age' can
see the painkiller Ibuleve without thinking
of The Bachelors?

For every drop of rain that falls ,a flower grows

[Robbo 27]

davhill said:

How many of us who are 'of an age' can
see the painkiller Ibuleve without thinking
of The Bachelors?

Until I read that - Not me!

[Frank7]

davhill said:

How many of us who are 'of an age' can
see the painkiller Ibuleve without thinking
of The Bachelors?

Me for one, but not any more.

[Robbo 27]

Its a bit like hearing the weather forecast and hearing them say 'Occaisional Rain' the next words have to be Chile Con Carne.

[sospan]

WinstonWolf said:

I've got one signed by Lemmy...

We have been clearing a house for selling and found a£1 note and a 10/- note. (That’s a “10 bob note = 50p in today’s money).

[NDA]

I used to be sent the occasional ten shilling note by my grandmother.

[Vanordinaire]

I remember being given a half crown coin (12.5p) by my aunt and being told to keep it safe as it was probably one of the last in circulation. It was the largest denomination coin I'd ever had so it promptly got spent in a pigout at the sweet shop down the road. A huge pile of McGowan's Highland toffee (3d a bar), Black Jacks and Fruit Salads(4 for 1d), and sticks of Edinburgh Rock( can't remember what they cost).

[motco]

Mr Wolf, Sir, was the Lemmy to whom you refer a crew member in 'Journey into Space'? Seen here on the extreme left.



a.k.a. Alfie Bass

[anonymous-user]

Timmy45 said:

I remember 'Big Trak' being advertised on TV. Might as well have been a private jet for all the change of getting one!

I know the feeling. Every Xmas i asked for one knowing I'd never get it.

Years later I bought one from a mate; it was a massive disappointment.

[Morningside]

DrSteveBrule said:

Timmy45 said:

I remember 'Big Trak' being advertised on TV. Might as well have been a private jet for all the change of getting one!

I know the feeling. Every Xmas i asked for one knowing I'd never get it.

Years later I bought one from a mate; it was a massive disappointment.

Toys always were.

I always wanted the Electronic Mastermind as used to play the normal version all the time with mum when dad worked nights back in the 70s.

I purchased (and still have) two from eBay. Cheap plastic crap with piss poor keybounce problems.

Terrible.

[cuprabob]

I always wanted a "Rolf Harris Stylophone when I was a kid. Not so keen to have one now

[motco]

cuprabob said:

I always wanted a "Rolf Harris Stylophone when I was a kid. Not so keen to have one now

There was a still-boxed Stylophone in a local charity shop recently. I fought off the desire to buy it...

[Morningside]

motco said:

cuprabob said:

I always wanted a "Rolf Harris Stylophone when I was a kid. Not so keen to have one now

There was a still-boxed Stylophone in a local charity shop recently. I fought off the desire to buy it...

Even more frustrating for them as they did a relaunch. Prices do seem have dropped for them. Odd that!

[WinstonWolf]

motco said:

Mr Wolf, Sir, was the Lemmy to whom you refer a crew member in 'Journey into Space'? Seen here on the extreme left.



a.k.a. Alfie Bass

God no, it was the *only* Lemmy that matters

[Timmy45]

Morningside said:

DrSteveBrule said:

Timmy45 said:

I remember 'Big Trak' being advertised on TV. Might as well have been a private jet for all the change of getting one!

I know the feeling. Every Xmas i asked for one knowing I'd never get it.

Years later I bought one from a mate; it was a massive disappointment.

Toys always were.

I always wanted the Electronic Mastermind as used to play the normal version all the time with mum when dad worked nights back in the 70s.

I purchased (and still have) two from eBay. Cheap plastic crap with piss poor keybounce problems.

Terrible.

True enough. You know my little lad who is 3 seems to get more pleasure out of "robots" which consist of random old pieces of metal/tools/junk he's found in the shed than any 'robot' toy we ever buy for him. I suppose a lot of it for kids is in the imagination, and the reality is never quite the same, I suppose it's a bit like that with women too.

[sospan]

glenrobbo said:

My mates and I used to make our own "aerial bombs" by screwing two bolts facing each other into a single nut with the void filled with either caps, or red match heads carefully scraped off the matchsticks.
Just chuck them up in the air as high as you could and if they landed on either end... "BANG!!!"

An alternative was a large hollow key filled with the same red match-heads, and a nail pushed in the end, both joined with a piece of string.
Whirl it round and strike it on a hard surface.... some very satisfying loud bangs, but a lot of split keys.

This paved the way to more adventurous work with ever more advanced explosive technology.

Amazing how most of us survived our pre- and early teen years.

These days we would have been rounded up as terrorist suspects.

We used to buy proper wood shaft archery arrows. Put a notch towards the fletching and wound string in this. The string added power and good range. Threw them like the Aboriginies/ African hunters used to throw spears. Competitions were for distance and accuracy at targets, usually cardboard boxes. Never any issues from “concerned” watchers/police.

[NDA]

glenrobbo said:

My mates and I used to make our own "aerial bombs" by screwing two bolts facing each other into a single nut with the void filled with either caps, or red match heads carefully scraped off the matchsticks.
Just chuck them up in the air as high as you could and if they landed on either end... "BANG!!!"

A chap I know manufactured The Mother Load using this technique with tractor bolts. It was said that it took a full school term to fill the void with red match scrapings. It worked.

He was expelled.

[motco]

A cousin of mine's husband made a crossbow out of a 4x4 fence post, a car leaf spring, and a bit of sharpened silver steel. I forget the technical details of how it was drawn but it did include a Spanish windlass. He shot the bolt only once as he nearly lost it in the field behind his 100' long garden when it penetrated the window box target and the wooden fence. They bolt was about fifty yards into the field when they found it. His words were along the lines of fornication and Hades...

[davhill]

motco said:

A cousin of mine's husband made a crossbow out of a 4x4 fence post, a car leaf spring, and a bit of sharpened silver steel. I forget the technical details of how it was drawn but it did include a Spanish windlass. He shot the bolt only once as he nearly lost it in the field behind his 100' long garden when it penetrated the window box target and the wooden fence. They bolt was about fifty yards into the field when they found it. His words were along the lines of fornication and Hades...

He'd probably read the Desmond Bagley book High Citadel, in which this happens.

Using a winch as a cranequin to span (draw and cock) the bow would work but shooting would require a trigger mechanism.

[motco]

davhill said:

motco said:

A cousin of mine's husband made a crossbow out of a 4x4 fence post, a car leaf spring, and a bit of sharpened silver steel. I forget the technical details of how it was drawn but it did include a Spanish windlass. He shot the bolt only once as he nearly lost it in the field behind his 100' long garden when it penetrated the window box target and the wooden fence. They bolt was about fifty yards into the field when they found it. His words were along the lines of fornication and Hades...

He'd probably read the Desmond Bagley book High Citadel, in which this happens.

Using a winch as a cranequin to span (draw and cock) the bow would work but shooting would require a trigger mechanism.

Possibly, I don't know. That book was published in 1965 apparently. He is likely to be in his late eighties now but I haven't seen nor spoken to him for decades. His wife (my cousin) died some years ago and he might have followed by now. Frankly I don't believe he did get the idea from that because I don't think I had any contact with that part of the family (long story involving a woman, an uncle, and a puritanical other uncle) since before 1965. I seem to recall a hole in the post with a hefty nail in it as a cocking/retaining mechanism and a some means of yanking it out of the hole, but as you might imagine my recall is hazy and I was too young at the time to ask awkward questions. It stuck with me though because he was always a bit of a rogue and as a lad I had a sneaky regard for his style.