god i feel old

chubby37 · Post by **chubby37** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:10 am

well it finally is about to happen.....getting old....my son jay is turning 21 on the 4th of this month..it feels like yesterday he started first grade and told us he was a big boy and did not need us to walk him into school.....they grow up so fast dont they.....if anyone wants to send him a a birthday message or just tell him he is an old fart now....... o0souljah0o@hotmail.com

happy birthday son

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:02 pm

Mate , i agree totally. I am now a grandfather 2 times over. I have a granddaughter that is 2 and a grandson that is 2 weeks old. I remember going cruising and fuel was 39.9 cents a litre. Man , where did those times go.

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:14 pm

hehe... yeah but hey age doesnt matter..
Funny that, Dad said to me over christmas... he said "when are you gonna stop playing with your Toys (cars)" and I said, huh? huh? what? oh I'm not too old and I'm still a kid.. he laughs...
We have a little one coming and I'm gonna keep going what I'm doing with the little one in my arms watching me working!
Cheers
AP

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:10 pm

PFFT, I remember when Petrol was 14c per litre, a small bottle of coke was 5c and when cans came out they were 10c, I swore I'd give up smoking when a packet of Benson & Hedges cigarettes went up to a dollar, still smoking 40yrs later and if I was in Aus I'd be paying heaps more haha, China is like Aus was 30yrs ago price wise on most things........... Love it!!!!

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:15 pm

Getting old? That only seems to happen to others, keep playing with old subies keeping me young. I know a coupla of 80 year olds - one still tinkers with all sorts of stuff and still works, the other walks about 6km up hill and down dale, and another must've suddenly felt old when he became a grandfather for the first time at 81! They are getting older!!

Yeah, bring back 5c paddle pops and chewy

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:38 pm

Stick the 5c paddle pops and chewie Steptoe! Bring back the 39.9 cents a litre fuel!!!

Cheers

Bennie

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:05 pm

El_Freddo wrote:Stick the 5c paddle pops and chewie Steptoe! Bring back the 39.9 cents a litre fuel!!!

Cheers

Bennie

When i got my license, it was 59.9 cents a litre - drove around like nuts...
Cheers
AP

Checkers · Post by **Checkers** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:07 pm

AlpineRaven wrote:hehe... yeah but hey age doesnt matter..
Funny that, Dad said to me over christmas... he said "when are you gonna stop playing with your Toys (cars)" and I said, huh? huh? what? oh I'm not too old and I'm still a kid.. he laughs...
We have a little one coming and I'm gonna keep going what I'm doing with the little one in my arms watching me working!
Cheers
AP

Kids are cool, they have small hands and arms and get get to thing you can't.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:45 am

I remember an older sibling spewing that petrol went from 17 to 19 cents a litre (1979?)! Or the spew may have been due to the 200 metre line up, odds and evens and a $10 maximum, or the silly b*&^h that rolled back into us in the wait. I am only just old enough to have found joy in picking a one (1) cent piece off the ground or left over tuck shop money knowing I could get three (3) tarzan jubes at the milk bar on Marsh St. Weren't the best but three was good value

When is Jay moving out of home with his misus and kids , 2020?

chubby37 · Post by **chubby37** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:07 pm

no plans on the missus or moving out yet......got to love the old days...take 60c to school and you were cool couse you could feed all your mates with chips and potato scollops.....i cent got you a box of red heads and the little cans of coke....i go back to before the 74 floods which we got stuck in.....loved the old days

Bert · Post by **Bert** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:04 pm

20 cents for school lunch bought a pie, bottle of fanta (never was a coke fan until I discovered Bundy) and 5cents worth of mixed lollies and what a bag it was and petrol around that time was 30 or 40 cents a gallon no metrics back then of course wages were about $40 a week for a tradesman

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:47 pm

oh no, I feel older everytime i return. Milk bottles washed and returned for a little white bag of lollies - retail value 4 or 5 cents. Find a flagon and they were ten cents

You get that for an aluminium can in SA now

riksta · Post by **riksta** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:28 pm

when I was a kid I got 20 cents pocket money a week (if I got all my jobs done if not I got less) then I would go down to the corner shop and come back with a big bag of lollies of all sorts, try doing that now.

Then when I started driving petrol was 30 cents a litre (the best was super) when I got my first Suby about 9 years later petrol was geting up to around 60/70 cents a litre becouse of the foukland war. aound this time I went to Fraser Island for the first time and found that Petrol over there was $10.10 a litre and I thought that was getting to much, now I wish it was that price all the time.

Rik

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:05 am

heh.. i remember a coke can was 80 cents a can from vending machine, train ticket from Geelong to Melbourne was $2.40 now its $10.
powarrrr... dont you hate when you think in the past its cheaper but not today!
Cheers
AP

T'subaru · Post by **T'subaru** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:32 am

I remember 10 cent pops, the dawn of color tv, and the first handheld calculators...only $100 bucks. Ive seen the rise and fall of many things, disco, polyester tires and George bush

. But hey, I'm only 50...thats the new 40 I hear, and I still work construction with a bunch of guys half my age and they try to keep up...old age and trechery

Subyroo · Post by **Subyroo** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:51 am

riksta wrote:when I was a kid I got 20 cents pocket money a week (if I got all my jobs done if not I got less) then I would go down to the corner shop and come back with a big bag of lollies of all sorts, try doing that now.

Then when I started driving petrol was 30 cents a litre (the best was super) when I got my first Suby about 9 years later petrol was geting up to around 60/70 cents a litre becouse of the foukland war. aound this time I went to Fraser Island for the first time and found that Petrol over there was $10.10 a litre and I thought that was getting to much, now I wish it was that price all the time.

Rik

Holy schitt! they saw you coming before you even left the mainland.

P.S. I know it should read $1.10 a litre.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:22 pm

U rekon you feel old now try finishing this sentance;

"Next year I'll be turning...."

It has a particularly shocking effect at this time of year (the very start).

I'm 28 at the moment, but my sentance reads "Next year I'll be turning 30" !

Cliff R · Post by **Cliff R** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:55 pm

I must be getting old. Tried sending a reply a little while ago and deleted it instead.
I remember getting $5.00 a week pocket money in 1978 as a year 10 student in high school and having (usually) some left over at the end of the week.
Luckily kids are supposed to keep you from getting old so with 2 sets of twins I should steadily be getting younger. Unfortunately while I may be getting "younger" anything resembling free time is now virtually gone so I spend my "free" time looking at this forum, looking for way to keep my MY going and indulging in my other hobby of saving old ride on lawn mowers from neglect.

riksta · Post by **riksta** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:03 am

Subyroo wrote:Holy schitt! they saw you coming before you even left the mainland.

P.S. I know it should read $1.10 a litre.

looks like I had a slip of the finger and put 1 to meny 0, in there. Thanks for letting know Subyroo.

Rik.