Remember when you could ...............

[Citroënbender]

Speaking of guns, school cadets. A open air firing range down behind the basketball courts and we took our guns home on the bus for cleaning before various displays. Hilariously unthinkable now.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

...renovate a house without having to worry about whether the materials inside could potentially kill you. Or not having to worry about getting in a professional to suit up, wrap the house in plastic and pay them a fortune just coz you wanted to demolish that wall.

Not everything was better.......

[danzvtil]

I remember doing my BAS, paying the required tax and still having funds left over in the business bank acct.

[Interceptor]

when "Customer service" didnt mean the customer had to bend over so they could get "serviced" from behind..... without lube

[roKWiz]

ride your bicycle without a helmet.
everyone riding bicycles during the 70's oil embargo.
back pedal brakes and chain guards. (or a skirt guard for the lady)
leave your bike outside the shops unlocked.

leave your car outside the shops unlocked with all the windows down.
quarter windows.

[Rallye Sport]

Remember when bicycles came with T-bar shifters on the top tube.

[Citroënbender]

Like the “Dragstar”?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Rallye Sport

Remember when bicycles came with T-bar shifters on the top tube.

1969. Certainly do.
Owned for years and later restored but ended up donating it the the bicycle museum in Canberra. (Speedwell 3 speed Sturmey Archer)

remember Matchbox cars and trucks and the service station accessories
(background on the path) along with original Lego.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

1969. Certainly do.
Owned for years and later restored but ended up donating it the the bicycle museum in Canberra. (Speedwell 3 speed Sturmey Archer)

remember Matchbox cars and trucks and the service station accessories
(background on the path) along with original Lego.

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Still have a collection of Matchbox King series trucks and cars. These were the larger size. Includes a Kellogs bedford grain semi and trailer, a transport dog and trailer (can't remember the manufacturer), Jaguar police car and motorbike, etc

Stored away with my Lima HO size XPT and s-class diesel loco set.

My daughter didn't play with them much, but maybe one day she'll have kids that play with them.

[Tonz]

service station personal attention, I did that for 4 years after school.

[FTE217]

Qrtr windows good one rok - the best demister back in the day !
No aircon
No seat belts
Bench seats
Push button hi beam on the floor
Re jet the carby
No rbt
Hardly any council red tape ott red tape
Only lib labour parties


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[FTE217]

haha dragsters, originally we considered it a girly bike - tassels on the handle grips - sorry rok.
Then we put extended forks on them and cut down the rear sissy bar
Very harley look.
Talking Remember when - having a pedal slip falling down on the top bar, not good, no not good at all ouch !

[ford71V8]

Still got many of my childhood Matchbox cars too, but how about a shout out to the Remember when there were grandpas quite happy to knock up a wooden service station in their shed for us to use with our Matchbox cars.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by ford71V8

Still got many of my childhood Matchbox cars too, but how about a shout out to the Remember when there were grandpas quite happy to knock up a wooden service station in their shed for us to use with our Matchbox cars.

If you zoom in to that pic, you can see one made by my old man, he was an upholsterer with access to tons of timber frames.


get wax cardboard boxes for our vegies.

buy from Mum and Pops vegie stores.
or the corner milk bar.

[ford71V8]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

If you zoom in to that pic, you can see one made by my old man, he was an upholsterer with access to tons of timber frames.


get wax cardboard boxes for our vegies.

buy from Mum and Pops vegie stores.
or the corner milk bar.

Was your photo that made me think of it.

And my dragster was sparkly purple

[roKWiz]

Whistling at pretty girls from a building scaffold.

Hanging offence these days.

[kcodezd]

…. Wait for the next Falcon to hit the showroom floor and all the magazine articles about them.

[prktkljokr]

Get a car built with the options you want and don't want.

Get fish and chips wrapped in newspaper

Trust the person you were buying something off

[marty351]

Have a calculator watch and be the cool kid at school,
a derwent colour pencil set would determine how rich a kid was,
Stackhats

15 yo cars were considered bombs.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by marty351

15 yo cars were considered bombs.

Still are aren't they.

[roKWiz]

easily work on your own car.

build a car outside.

build a car without a hoist.

spray paint a car outside without fear of neighbourhood Karen's.

use Tramp rods.

tow your own car without authorities looking over your shoulder.

enjoy polishing a chrome bumpers.

build a boat on the mooring.

careen a boat without a slipway.

[Citroënbender]

Light a campfire on the beach.

[marty351]

Go fishing unlicensed.
Refer to your teachers as "Mrs ..." or "Miss ..."
Recite the childrens oath and sing the national anthem.
Find a discarded porno in the bushes.
Repair a flat bike tyre.
Build a cubby house.
Hide porno in the cubby house.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by marty351

Go fishing unlicensed.
Refer to your teachers as "Mrs ..." or "Miss ..."
Recite the childrens oath and sing the national anthem.
Find a discarded porno in the bushes.
Repair a flat bike tyre.
Build a cubby house.
Hide porno in the cubby house.

What's the children's oath ??

[Trendseeker]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

What's the children's oath ??

I honour my god, I serve my queen, I salute the flag? Marty might be referring to something else, but we used to recite that in infants/primary school in the late sixties. I think it was called “the pledge”.

[Citroënbender]

Originally Posted by Trendseeker

I honour my god, I serve my queen, I salute the flag? Marty might be referring to something else, but we used to recite that in infants/primary school in the late sixties. I think it was called “the pledge”.

Didn't it also have a line about being loyal? Per my memory of two different primary schools:

I honour my G_d
I serve my Queen
I am loyal to my school
I salute the flag

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Trendseeker

I honour my god, I serve my queen, I salute the flag? Marty might be referring to something else, but we used to recite that in infants/primary school in the late sixties. I think it was called “the pledge”.

Yeah. School pledge.



go to a circus.

wave at truckies and they waved back.

use a 40 channel SSB CB.

use a radar detector (well sort of, well not)

navigate using a UBD or Melways and navigate (boat) using only charts.

[Trendseeker]

…..buy space food sticks at the supermarket.

[prktkljokr]

Get paid $100 per week and afford to save half

Buy a pack of cigarettes, fill the tank and have enough left out of a $20 to buy dinner

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Get paid $100 per week and afford to save half

Buy a pack of cigarettes, fill the tank and have enough left out of a $20 to buy dinner

And a few schooners


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