I can remember when .........

White dog turds were due to the chalk that was added to the dog food by manufacturers IIRC.

At least you guys make me feel young, hated the 80's, it was my definition of drab.
 
when i wore my coat by only the hood and ran around the playground pretending i was superman!
now one of the other kids would email me on my blackberry to say i looked like a looser

i'm 24 btw
 
To be honest, with the competition of life, is it any wonder people have improved for themselves against society's wants? Its like when Adam and Eve realized they were naked.
 
I remember being able to run, really really quickly. Ever since I have been moving down the rugby order. Seems like I started life at 11/14 and am now bouncing between flanker positions.
 
willd58 said:
To be honest, with the competition of life, is it any wonder people have improved for themselves against society's wants? Its like when Adam and Eve realized they were naked.
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So everyone has been at those pesky forbidden fruits on the tree of knowledge.:p
 
Dog turds are white if they eat bones. Not recommended now.

Therefore, I remember the days dogs only ate leftovers...
 
I can remember when.....

Footballers wore short shorts. :eek:

Denim, was 'The aftershave for Men' :cool:

The Rubik's cube was all the rage :)

The videprinter on Grandstand :D

Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks on 'World of Sport' :p
 
I remember when my Dad bought a VCR, was only a handful of kids who's homes had them, though it was enourmous :)


I remember when tv used to tuen off at night, and either went to ceefax or the girl on the test page.
 
Yep Dog turds are white because people used to give dogs bones to eat. Not bleached by the sun or chalk in their food, no no no it's because they ate bones.

Anyway

You could get a 10p mixup at the newsagents and it would be huge and last ages, chocolate tools, white mice, sherbert saucers, blackjacks, fruit salads etc.

Kids used to have toy guns and play soldiers and pretended to kill eachother on a daily basis, then grew up to be totally normal members of society.

Video game magazines would give you the code for a games which you could type in and compile yourself!

Phone competitions didn't exists, you had to send a postacard or stuckdown envelope if you wanted to win.

Anything you sent away for would take 28 days to arrive.
 
DB_SamX said:
Dog turds are white if they eat bones. Not recommended now.

Therefore, I remember the days dogs only ate leftovers...
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My experience backs this up:

A friend of mine has three dogs who all eat raw chicken carcasses etc, never "dog food" and the garden/yard is covered in white poo; I'm also told that it is much easier to clean up (once a week).


The vet says the dogs are some of the healthiest he has ever seen ..... go figure.
 
WoZZeR said:
8 tracks for cars, remember them.
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what the hell is an 8 track?

Blackstar said:
I remember when children were actually child-like, not the raging hormonal, over weight 'pre-teens' they seem to have become. (I'm only 18 and it makes me sad to think that 7 year olds are asking for mobiles and not barbies and footballs.)
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With you on that, when I was that age me and my friends would just ride our bikes all day :D
 
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I remember when every home had a good wireless reception.

My Gran had a sideboard that was actually a record player.

'Toploader' described a video recorder, not a band.

There was nothing on the TV in the middle of the night, not rubbish programmes, nothing.

You had to write a letter to enter TV competitions.
 
Going out to play on Christmas day and the streets being completely deserted. (In London)

Having to remember people's phone numbers. I can still recall some of them 20 years later.

Being able to roam around all day and not return until dusk without the parents worrying.

The smell of real coal/coke fires.

Having a black & white tv.

Getting our first vhs video recorder.
 
dmpoole said:
1 - Cigarettes were good for you

2 - you visited the doctor, he was smoking

3 - you were visited by a Consultant in hospital he would be smoking a pipe.

4 - The first gay man I saw was Larry Grayson in the early 70s (Shut That Door).

5 - I was 18 (in 1976) and I openly said that I didn't believe in God and everybody thought I was mad. It was taboo to say you didn't believe.

6 - two people living in sin (not married) was very rare. In fact the first couple I knew living in sin was my sister in law in the early 80's. I got married in 1980 and me and the girlfriend considered it but not for long when we had too much flack.

7 - A teenage pregnancy was hidden and not talked about.

8 - It was about 1995 when I first heard a parent confessing that their son was taking hard drugs. Up until then no parent would admit it.

Theres loads more and I look forward to some older members contributing (theres not many of us) but it shows how society has become more tolerant.
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Mine are

1) remembering not having enough tuck shop money for Golden Wonder Cheese and onion as they went from 5p to 6p overnight (12% inflation anyone?)

2) The advert in school for trio which swept the school playground that and the tango ad where everyone starting slapping each other with "you've been tangoed"

3) Buying ciggies from the ice cream van for your parents was the norm.

4) both parents smoking in long car trips with the windows up (cough)

5) next door neighbours daughter taking my brother for walks when he was a baby. (she was 12)

6) Texan bars, spangals

7) football stickers Got, need, got, got, got, got

8) Night clubs being empty as we were all raving (1990)

9) Parents not worrying about paedos all the time (I asked my parents about that and they said they can never remember worrying about that)

Oh for the days where there were only 3 channels and most of them didn't start until after 1pm. I think it was much better back then there was nothing on the TV no Video or DVD and you had to make your own entertainment.

And yes I'm talking 1976-1980.
 
MT01XP said:
...there was no arpanet and mp3s so the only hope for (almost) free music was copying tape to tape from cassettes borrowed from the local library! :D
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or having one of those tape recorders with the mike and holding it next to the speaker when top of the pops was on :p
 
dmpoole said:
I was only discussing that last week with workmates.
It must have been a certain food they were feeding them.
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I know it was because your local butcher would give you free bones for the dog with your daily pound of sausages that your mum bought.

Try asking Tescos for free bones (ahem)
 
Kids playing in the streets/parks after school.

Youth clubs.

Trolley/cart building.

Innocence of youth.

Dicipline in schools.

Sugar in blue bags.

Butter cut from a huge slab.

Kids wanting to belong to Boys Brigade, Sea Cadets, Army and Airforce cadets.

Ovaltine.

Mum knitting.

Family meals together at the table, other than at Christmas.




All this being fields .......... mumble ....... Werthers anyone? ....... where did I put me spec's? .......... aye, it was all so different ...........yawn .... snore .... ;)
 
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