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What do you miss doing from the old days?
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"I miss being able to jump out of bed in the morning after a rugby match without screaming with muscle pains "going to the park on my spacehopper...................my boobies wont allow it now  | |||
"I miss being able to jump out of bed in the morning after a rugby match without screaming with muscle pains going to the park on my spacehopper...................my boobies wont allow it now "I'll hold them for you | |||
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"Suckin the lead paint off me cot xxx "Oh COT | |||
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"Playing your old records" What were records then??? xx  | |||
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"Playing your old records What were records then??? xx "your not that young.LOL | |||
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"I held a record once "a 78! | |||
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"I held a record once
a 78!"I hope you didn't drop it  | |||
"Gas lamps, Scarlet fever, Rickets, Damp houses, Diptheria, Consuption, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Elvis Presley, Picture Houses, Tram Cars, Public Telephones with button 'A' and button 'B', Alan 'Fluff' Freemman on the radio, Trolley Buses, On the Buses, Love thy Neighbour, The Golden Shot, Televison that switched off at 11:30 then played the national anthem, School holidays,Youth Clubs, My Grandparents and my Dad ............. Yesterday was such a wonderful day and how I long for the chance to go back and revisit those days and correct the mistakes that I made, apologise to those that I upset, and relive those golden days ......sadly that never can be ..... "Not much then. | |||
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"watching Tizwas "aah the wonderful sexy sally james,every teenage boys wanking material,with her st.trinians uniform complete with stockings n suspenders | |||
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"Blimey Granny I remember all of that too - and like you don't think I miss it lol" We are not so old pumpkin xx just lived in a time of great change xx | |||
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"** I don't miss spending my pocket money on a 7" record and then having to buy it again 3 weeks later when the first got scratched. ** I sure don't miss television knocking off at 11pm ** I definately don't miss the old licensing hours ** and I equally don't miss Sainsbury's being shut after 5pm (and shops not open at all on Sundays - how boring did Sunday used to be!) ** I miss the pre-Aids days when we could all fuck quite happily without a care in the world. ** I miss pre-Reality TV days ** I miss all football matches starting at the same time and watching the teleprinter on ITV at 5.45 for the results - ALL the results. ** I miss driving down the road and not having to look out for fucking yellow boxes everywhere trying to fleece me out of £60!! Grrr (I'd like to get Mr. Gatso in a dark alley somewhere, c**t!!) ** I miss being English and not being afraid to say so." can you please put this in irdu , chinese ,polish , and arabic , as a lot of us cant understand your ( minority language ) lol | |||
"** I don't miss spending my pocket money on a 7" record and then having to buy it again 3 weeks later when the first got scratched. ** I sure don't miss television knocking off at 11pm ** I definately don't miss the old licensing hours ** and I equally don't miss Sainsbury's being shut after 5pm (and shops not open at all on Sundays - how boring did Sunday used to be!) ** I miss the pre-Aids days when we could all fuck quite happily without a care in the world. ** I miss pre-Reality TV days ** I miss all football matches starting at the same time and watching the teleprinter on ITV at 5.45 for the results - ALL the results. ** I miss driving down the road and not having to look out for fucking yellow boxes everywhere trying to fleece me out of £60!! Grrr (I'd like to get Mr. Gatso in a dark alley somewhere, c**t!!) ** I miss being English and not being afraid to say so. can you please put this in irdu , chinese ,polish , and arabic , as a lot of us cant understand your ( minority language ) lol" here here | |||
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"I miss the innocence of youth I miss not respecting your elders I miss men opening doors for ladies I miss playing with barbie/sindy/tiny tears I miss the top ten hit parade, when we used to give a damn I miss sundays being special I miss everyone having nowt so no one nicked anything I miss not having and responsinilty I miss a policeman on the beat I miss 4 channel tv, who then hell can watch hundreds of channels " With you on all those, but I remember 3 channel TV | |||
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"I miss the innocence of youth I miss not respecting your elders I miss men opening doors for ladies I miss playing with barbie/sindy/tiny tears I miss the top ten hit parade, when we used to give a damn I miss sundays being special I miss everyone having nowt so no one nicked anything I miss not having and responsinilty I miss a policeman on the beat I miss 4 channel tv, who then hell can watch hundreds of channels With you on all those, but I remember 3 channel TV "hate to say it I remember only 2 channels | |||
"I miss the innocence of youth I miss not respecting your elders I miss men opening doors for ladies I miss playing with barbie/sindy/tiny tears I miss the top ten hit parade, when we used to give a damn I miss sundays being special I miss everyone having nowt so no one nicked anything I miss not having and responsinilty I miss a policeman on the beat I miss 4 channel tv, who then hell can watch hundreds of channels With you on all those, but I remember 3 channel TV "Me too - 3 stations and most of them opened up in the morning, closed down after schools tv, opened back up again for lunchtime news and weather/ Pebble mill at one, closed down again and reopened at 3ish for the kids Tv and come 11.00 pm almost time to say goodbye once more. National anthem, test card F, colour bars with 1khz tone that woke you up in the unlikely event that you'd drifted off to sleep, then white noise ..... Crrrrrrrsssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Those were the days - quality not quantity | |||
"Playing your old records What were records then??? xx "still got al my old vinyl and more | |||
"Dysentry cosumption ( yes i know) scabies, the poor houses, the work houses and rubbish doctor who lol. But do miss toast from an open fire with real butter." Did anyone else used have to light the coal fire in the morning? It was my job | |||
"Dysentry cosumption ( yes i know) scabies, the poor houses, the work houses and rubbish doctor who lol. But do miss toast from an open fire with real butter. Did anyone else used have to light the coal fire in the morning? It was my job" My mum always had the fire roaring before she got me up in the mornings, and yes toast and crumpets toasted on it, yum. Also remember sending letters to Father Christmas up the chimney too, god I wish I could go back to those simple carefree days. | |||
" hate to say it I remember only 2 channels "Somehow I find that difficult to believe
You must have had BBC2 ?
In 1977 when I started to serve my time as a television engineer, we had 3 stations, and loads of black and white tv's, all valves and some still on VHF 405 lines ffs , colour tv was well up and running but VCR's were a new thing...... if you wanted teletext (does anyone still use that ?) you had a box, the size of an old VCR which stood on top of your tele and a 'remote control' attached by a long wire ha ha - the good old days | |||
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"Dysentry cosumption ( yes i know) scabies, the poor houses, the work houses and rubbish doctor who lol. But do miss toast from an open fire with real butter. Did anyone else used have to light the coal fire in the morning? It was my job My mum always had the fire roaring before she got me up in the mornings, and yes toast and crumpets toasted on it, yum. Also remember sending letters to Father Christmas up the chimney too, god I wish I could go back to those simple carefree days." aww sounds real nice mind you, I used to stick of fitelighters and twigs and smoke | |||
"Dysentry cosumption ( yes i know) scabies, the poor houses, the work houses and rubbish doctor who lol. But do miss toast from an open fire with real butter. Did anyone else used have to light the coal fire in the morning? It was my job My mum always had the fire roaring before she got me up in the mornings, and yes toast and crumpets toasted on it, yum. Also remember sending letters to Father Christmas up the chimney too, god I wish I could go back to those simple carefree days." aww sounds real nice mind you, I used to stick of fitelighters and twigs and smoke | |||
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" hate to say it I remember only 2 channels
Somehow I find that difficult to believe
You must have had BBC2 ?
In 1977 when I started to serve my time as a television engineer, we had 3 stations, and loads of black and white tv's, all valves and some still on VHF 405 lines ffs , colour tv was well up and running but VCR's were a new thing...... if you wanted teletext (does anyone still use that ?) you had a box, the size of an old VCR which stood on top of your tele and a 'remote control' attached by a long wire ha ha - the good old days "we remember the remotes that were attached by a wire lol , and what about the VCR that had big levers poking out the front , just like the ones in a railway signal box if the remote goes on the blink today you seem to spend 20 minutes trying to change the channel , or turn the sound up , as the real buttons on the tv etc seem like the controls of an alien space ship most of all we miss the betamax vidio recorder as we got 700 tapes GRRRRRRRR | |||
"BBC 2 started in 1963 - I was born in 1954 unfortunately. I can remember BBC and ITV on 405 lines and BBC2 on 625 and having to move a special switch on the telly to do it "Feck me I'd forgot about that !! The 'system switch' lol It was a long switch inside the set with many many contacts on it. When you went from 405 to 625 with the switch on the front of the set, it operated a bloody great switch inside slid along along and switched all the timebases over from 405 to 625 ... problem being as these sets go older, the system switches got clogged and gunged up with soot from the coal fires and all manner of gunk and shite, then then they started playing silly buggers and caused all manner of faults.... Awww bugger me - they were great days, wish I could go back to the trade as it was then | |||
" we remember the remotes that were attached by a wire lol , and what about the VCR that had big levers poking out the front , just like the ones in a railway signal box if the remote goes on the blink today you seem to spend 20 minutes trying to change the channel , or turn the sound up , as the real buttons on the tv etc seem like the controls of an alien space ship most of all we miss the betamax vidio recorder as we got 700 tapes GRRRRRRRR" Yeah the Ferguson (JVC) 3V00 VCR one of the 1st VHS machines, and the good old Betamax - actually better spec than VHS, but JVC had more money to pump into the publicty machine, so VHS won the race, but aye the big old keys, as you say - just like the lever frame in an old signal box, and you need about the same strength to push the bloody things as you did to pull a signal off lol ... | |||
"BBC 2 started in 1963 - I was born in 1954 unfortunately. I can remember BBC and ITV on 405 lines and BBC2 on 625 and having to move a special switch on the telly to do it
Feck me I'd forgot about that !! The 'system switch' lol It was a long switch inside the set with many many contacts on it. When you went from 405 to 625 with the switch on the front of the set, it operated a bloody great switch inside slid along along and switched all the timebases over from 405 to 625 ...
problem being as these sets go older, the system switches got clogged and gunged up with soot from the coal fires and all manner of gunk and shite, then then they started playing silly buggers and caused all manner of faults....
Awww bugger me - they were great days, wish I could go back to the trade as it was then "and your aren't anywhere near as old as me lol | |||
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"and your aren't anywhere near as old as me lol " But I think I've been reborn cos I have such a fascination with the past  | |||
"My mum used to send me to the local farm on a Sunday sometime for a chicken, I remember the farmers wife grabbing one fron the yard, wringing its neck and giving it to me, off I went with the still warm fowl in my hands and when i got home i had the pleasure of watching mum pluck and clean out its insides. Then we would go out and get the potatoes, peas and carrots from the garden, now thats what I call fresh food. " gosh not that does take me right back lived on a farm for a while and did all of the above mind you its made us all healthy and hardy I suppose Used to ride farmers pony bareback and stick my brothers hands on the elctric fencing | |||
"and your aren't anywhere near as old as me lol But I think I've been reborn cos I have such a fascination with the past "bring back the Tudor wenches I say | |||
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"My mum used to send me to the local farm on a Sunday sometime for a chicken, I remember the farmers wife grabbing one fron the yard, wringing its neck and giving it to me, off I went with the still warm fowl in my hands and when i got home i had the pleasure of watching mum pluck and clean out its insides. Then we would go out and get the potatoes, peas and carrots from the garden, now thats what I call fresh food. gosh not that does take me right back lived on a farm for a while and did all of the above mind you its made us all healthy and hardy I suppose Used to ride farmers pony bareback and stick my brothers hands on the elctric fencing "And getting the eggs fresh from under the chickens. And cows were milked by hand, my god now I know I'm old!!! But there was nowt added to food back then, no preservatives, etc... you went out shopping for you meals fresh everyday, we were all sooo much healthier weren't we? | |||
"My mum used to send me to the local farm on a Sunday sometime for a chicken, I remember the farmers wife grabbing one fron the yard, wringing its neck and giving it to me, off I went with the still warm fowl in my hands and when i got home i had the pleasure of watching mum pluck and clean out its insides. Then we would go out and get the potatoes, peas and carrots from the garden, now thats what I call fresh food. gosh not that does take me right back lived on a farm for a while and did all of the above mind you its made us all healthy and hardy I suppose Used to ride farmers pony bareback and stick my brothers hands on the elctric fencing
And getting the eggs fresh from under the chickens. And cows were milked by hand, my god now I know I'm old!!! But there was nowt added to food back then, no preservatives, etc... you went out shopping for you meals fresh everyday, we were all sooo much healthier weren't we?"My maiden aunt, born and died in the same bungalow just outside Brighton 94 years apart and never married, had chickens in the back yard until the day she died, was very proud of the fact that she never bought eggs - never had the lion mark on them though so dont know if they were safe lol (don;t think she would even keep a lion in the garden ) | |||
" And getting the eggs fresh from under the chickens. And cows were milked by hand, my god now I know I'm old!!! But there was nowt added to food back then, no preservatives, etc... you went out shopping for you meals fresh everyday, we were all sooo much healthier weren't we?"We still get the eggs from under the chickens - the woman over the road has hens and ducks, the ducks eggs are the best by far, bigger and massive yellow yolks. Puts supermarket eggs to shame big style. Mind you, when she comes out with a pound of bacon and tells us that the hens laid that as well, we have our doubts | |||
" And getting the eggs fresh from under the chickens. And cows were milked by hand, my god now I know I'm old!!! But there was nowt added to food back then, no preservatives, etc... you went out shopping for you meals fresh everyday, we were all sooo much healthier weren't we?
We still get the eggs from under the chickens - the woman over the road has hens and ducks, the ducks eggs are the best by far, bigger and massive yellow yolks. Puts supermarket eggs to shame big style.
Mind you, when she comes out with a pound of bacon and tells us that the hens laid that as well, we have our doubts "Clever Hens lol | |||
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"Ice on the inside of bedroom windows, fantastic patterns n central heating only for the very rich lol" Bugger, we still get ice on the inside of our windows, but then know we aren't rich lol | |||
"Ice on the inside of bedroom windows, fantastic patterns n central heating only for the very rich lol" Oh my god I was only telling my daughter about that the other day! And the days before duvets, 20+ sheets and blankets on the bed to keep warm in winter | |||
"Ice on the inside of bedroom windows, fantastic patterns n central heating only for the very rich lol Bugger, we still get ice on the inside of our windows, but then know we aren't rich lol" Lol timmy toppit, n we still hatch eggs we got off rag n bone man. Hope one dont hatch n grow up like cockerel me nan once had. Blokes used to fetch their dogs to fight the bloody thing, it was a monster lol | |||
"Ice on the inside of bedroom windows, fantastic patterns n central heating only for the very rich lol Bugger, we still get ice on the inside of our windows, but then know we aren't rich lol Lol timmy toppit, n we still hatch eggs we got off rag n bone man. Hope one dont hatch n grow up like cockerel me nan once had. Blokes used to fetch their dogs to fight the bloody thing, it was a monster lol" and I bet you've got a flat cap too | |||
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"Ice on the inside of bedroom windows, fantastic patterns n central heating only for the very rich lol Bugger, we still get ice on the inside of our windows, but then know we aren't rich lol Lol timmy toppit, n we still hatch eggs we got off rag n bone man. Hope one dont hatch n grow up like cockerel me nan once had. Blokes used to fetch their dogs to fight the bloody thing, it was a monster lol" Bloody hell, Rag n Bone men! And I mean the ones with horse and cart? What would kids today make of it all eh? | |||
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"we got his hers n 5 kids flat caps, keep ferrets in our trousers, only the females. Lovely 3 storey pigeon loft in bak yard and always have a whippet on a string. Hope that helps tp stereotype us poor Yorkshire wannabe chavs. Cant afford to be like them rich southern chavs. "LMAO - keep my flat cap in the golf bag, problem is I don't know where I left the flamming bag | |||
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"i certainly dont miss the outside toilet we had till i was 12 ot the bath with the curtain across it or sharing a bed with my 2 sisters ......" Poor thing, I'll volunteer to share the bed with your sisters. | |||
"Ice on the inside of bedroom windows, fantastic patterns n central heating only for the very rich lol Bugger, we still get ice on the inside of our windows, but then know we aren't rich lol" You have glass in your windows ? We have hole in't wall and we put brown paper in't ole ti stop drafts  | |||
"Ice on the inside of bedroom windows, fantastic patterns n central heating only for the very rich lol Bugger, we still get ice on the inside of our windows, but then know we aren't rich lol You have glass in your windows ? We have hole in't wall and we put brown paper in't ole ti stop drafts "you're just showing off now pmsl | |||
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"Ice on the inside of bedroom windows, fantastic patterns n central heating only for the very rich lol Bugger, we still get ice on the inside of our windows, but then know we aren't rich lol You have glass in your windows ? We have hole in't wall and we put brown paper in't ole ti stop drafts "OMG you mean you had walls? | |||
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