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I'm sure there must be ppl here that can tell us stories about the good old days, I'm very interest to hear about them, I'm sure I'm not alone. Here's one of mine, yeah I've got quit a few. I started working at the young age of thirteen,I worked for my old man, we traveled all around Victoria building steel hay sheds, sheering sheds, wool sheds & machinery sheds, we had a holden ute, & towed a caravan, anyway we were going to another job, traveling along the back roads the old man over shot the turn off, the road was narrow & big ditches on both sides, after few attempts the old bloke got pissed off, he then asked me if I could back it back, I said I'll try, he knew I could because he has seen me practice backing the van around in our back yard, so after I got it back on the right road the old man said you might as well keep driving for a while, from then on I used to drive a lot. We were coming back from Yarrawonga to Ararat, I was driving my old man was talking business with my older brother, neither of them knew that I was doing 85 miles an hour between towns all the way home  yeah my old man thought me to drive fast because he was always in a hurry I don't think I would get away with it these days. the good old days. |
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2010, 08,25:57 AM » |
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I'm sure there must be ppl here that can tell us stories about the good old days, I'm very interest to hear about them, I'm sure I'm not alone. Here's one of mine, yeah I've got quit a few. I started working at the young age of thirteen,I worked for my old man, we traveled all around Victoria building steel hay sheds, sheering sheds, wool sheds & machinery sheds, we had a holden ute, & towed a caravan, anyway we were going to another job, traveling along the back roads the old man over shot the turn off, the road was narrow & big ditches on both sides, after few attempts the old bloke got pissed off, he then asked me if I could back it back, I said I'll try, he knew I could because he has seen me practice backing the van around in our back yard, so after I got it back on the right road the old man said you might as well keep driving for a while, from then on I used to drive a lot. We were coming back from Yarrawonga to Ararat, I was driving my old man was talking business with my older brother, neither of them knew that I was doing 85 miles an hour between towns all the way home yeah my old man thought me to drive fast because he was always in a hurry I don't think I would get away with it these days. the good old days. How come you go so slow now  |
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Willbar
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2010, 08,49:00 AM » |
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I remember being able to buy bullets for my 22 out of k mart when I was 15, and the Iron Maiden concert at festival hall standing only and so much pot smoke in the air you could not see the stage, being able to smoke were ever you liked, and being able to call a wog a wog and sing Christmas carol's in school without offending a nation full of soft kock's, on the bright side, we still live in the lucky country, with great places to ride and great people to ride with. With hard work and determination it is still possible for some one with nothing to end up with something, so try not to despair to much and resist the softy's and harden the fook up, life is still good. Will
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old becuase you stop laughing.
Never take life seriously.... Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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Frankie-boy
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« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2010, 09,41:00 AM » |
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I'm not saying that life is no good Mate, I'm saying that life in the old days was a hell of a lot better, then it is now, you could go out at night & not have to worry about that you might end up in hospital or worse. I'm not having a go about life the way it is now, I'm interested to hear stories from members from the good old days what sort of stuff they got up to, so come you fellas spill your guts |
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Frankie-boy
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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2010, 09,49:50 AM » |
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I'm sure there must be ppl here that can tell us stories about the good old days, I'm very interest to hear about them, I'm sure I'm not alone. Here's one of mine, yeah I've got quit a few. We were coming back from Yarrawonga to Ararat, I was driving my old man was talking business with my older brother, neither of them knew that I was doing 85 miles an hour between towns all the way home yeah my old man thought me to drive fast because he was always in a hurry I don't think I would get away with it these days. the good old days. How come you go so slow now Just wait till the 4th have I got a surprise for you  |
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Falling off doesn't hurt, it's the sudden stop that does the damage.
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« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2010, 11,03:41 AM » |
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I used to like the days when shops closed at midday on Saturday.
My dad used to run his own business. He'd shut the door at midday, hang around for an hour doing book work, then he'd be home. We would all do stuff, as a family, then.
If you were ging to plan some project to do, you would have to get everything you needed my midday, otherwise you were stuffed! No running down to Bunnings just to get a packet of nails. Now, we don't need to plan, we just get what we need when we need it. Saturday has become Friday. Sunday is now Monday, there's no differance (in that respect).
I miss that simplicity!
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« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2010, 11,05:14 AM » |
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I miss 15c for a pack of Cheese Twisties.
And a Wagon Wheel was Twice the size as they are now!!
"Tic Toc Biscuits", i remember 1c each when i was in grade 1.
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« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2010, 11,06:13 AM » |
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I miss 15c for a pack of Cheese Twisties.
6 and 3 cent Wagon Wheels! |
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Peter r
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« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2010, 11,08:51 AM » |
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The old Cheese stick "5c"
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Serge C
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« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2010, 11,12:24 AM » |
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Crystal Cylinders Windcheaters.
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Peter r
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« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2010, 11,14:05 AM » |
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East Coast Jeans
And a Pack of Lollie Fags, now there called Fads, We now live in "P!SS WEAK WORLD"
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« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2010, 11,16:18 AM » |
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and being able to call a wog a wog
Those were the days! You new where you stood! Now it's all reconcilliation and "I'm sorry!" crap, mung-bean sandwiches and kum-by-yar with tofu extract and mocca-chino. Bollocks! |
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« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2010, 09,58:18 PM » |
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Lets not forget the bad old days too Frankie, when you had to make a phone call you had to find a phone box, if you needed info you needed a set of encyclopeadias , imagine trying to run this club now without the internet, drum brakes awesome, ignition points awesome, open face helmets awesome, body armour mmmm padded jumpers awesome, no electric starters, on motor bikes, and crank handles on cars and trucks awesome, black and white TV even awesomer, standards like a minimiun height for a person to enter the police force were dropped cause that would be descrimination , so when you start anylising it there were more bad things than good, but what we need to find is a blend of old and new, and we need to start by resetting the standards, and foook descrimination, we need some hard core Judges to tell some of the folks who go to tribunal's, and court over crap, to HTFU and get on with life, we need folks to be a little bit scared of our police force again, so we need the cops to HTFU, infact the nation needs to HTFU, owe my god, I can feel another ride coming on, owe no my heart rate is on the rise, I better relax, to soon for another HTFU ride, they havent forgotten the last one yet, and Frankie would probably want to kill me if we had one so soon. Sorry Frankie but we need to keep our in my day stories, for around the camp fires when camping out, and just get on making this club the best trail bike riders club in the world. LOL Will |
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« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2010, 10,26:16 PM » |
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The memories just keep flooding back Frankie, it should be called 'I remember when'. I remember when my mates and I went to k-mart in Keysborough and bought slug guns and boxes of 500 slugs.Then we had wars at the local Tech school. One kid got hit on the forehead and got knocked out. We then made a pact that we would only aim for the body. Mates (lolly variety) were 4 for a cent. Sauce was free with your pie. (Tim) 4 potatoe cakes and chips for 20 cents (last a week) 6 up in the kingswood heading to the Murray at Christmas in 45 deg heat. Vinyl seats, no air con, in a tent with no floor. Those were the days !!! The negatives Two many had outs, too many people working the system. Get a girl pregnant - move into a commission house, get rent assistance, dole, $5000 when the babies born to buy a new plasma, job search money, free medical and dental, health card. 12 months paid maternity leave, another kid - here's another $5000. Update your plasma. Who pays for all this  |
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« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2010, 12,34:56 AM » |
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I am not as old as you Frankie but was lucky enough to catach the end of the good old days , I remeber when I was a kid and the bread was delivered by a bloke with a draft horse and cart ( modern cart of course ). During the school holidays we would wait for him at the top of the street and he would put three of us on the horse and we would ride him to the end of the street while he delivered the bread door to door , no skate boards but lots of home made billy carts that you built with your dad , shooting the old boys chickens in the back yard with our sling shots . I also remember going to woolies with mum and the weekly grocery bill was like 19 bucks which included a 4 LITRE flagon and tobbaco for the old boy. I also remember the family dog going with us kids every where except when we went to the creek to catch tadpoles casue we couldnt keep the bugger out of the water. Times we will never see again but we should never forget ..... Great topic Frankie .... And most importnatly I remeber when nearly all dirt bikes were two strokes them were the days |
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SHE ASKED ME TO WISPER SOMETHING REALLY SEXY INTO HERE EAR AND I WISPERED " BRRRAAAAP "
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