thecolonel
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« on: 29 March, 2010, 08:55:02 PM » |
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Thing I really miss,
the Corona lorry coming round every week with bottles of pop sweet chewing tobacco (coconut) wilko mints everlasting toffee
Man from U.N.C.L.E. Dangerman Man in a Suitcase Gideon Orlando
Empty roads Petrol at 3s 6d (a gallon) Police that gave you a B*ll*cking instead of a ticket Driving at 60 mph and thinking it was really fast
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« Reply #1 on: 29 March, 2010, 09:34:00 PM » |
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Magpie Honk Kong Phooey WKRP in Cincinnati Decent indie music and venues Scrap yards you could wander around Ronnie Peterson Derby County in Europe Sportsnight Sherbert dips Student holidays
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« Reply #2 on: 30 March, 2010, 10:39:38 AM » |
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Michael Benteen's potty time Sherbert lemons Scrap yards as climbing challanges Three channel TV Borrowing dad's car Accepting mole grips as a means of gripping an odd size nut Lessons outside Collecting photos from the developers The ambition to one day race an Aurelia
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« Reply #3 on: 30 March, 2010, 12:14:35 PM » |
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character mode doctor who in five parts a "choice" of one mobile phone (that just made phone calls) the friday rock show being hoem at 4pm having tea and dipping biscuits
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« Reply #4 on: 30 March, 2010, 12:28:47 PM » |
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Eddie Shoestring Rallycross from Lydden Hill on TV RAC Rallies that lasted five days, had 180 entrants (including Stratos and Saab 99s), and ran through Sutton Park Vinyl records Being at university Katjes fruit sweets (last seen at Sainsburys some time in the early 90s) Having my whole life ahead of me My grandmother Quiet Sundays Being fit enough to play football without feeling old John Peel Proper old fashioned nee-naw police sirens Believing that the problems of the world could be solved My cat
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« Reply #5 on: 30 March, 2010, 05:38:11 PM » |
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Fighting with my sister over who sat on the part of the vinyl seat that had been in the sun. Playing with "proper" Lego (none of this fancy moulded stuff). Toast with golden syrup for Saturday tea in the front room (children banned 6 days per week). Enough hours in the day to do everything, and still some spare to declare "I'm bored". Sherbet Dips.
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« Reply #6 on: 30 March, 2010, 05:40:34 PM » |
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Driving at 60 mph and thinking it was really fast Colonel, in a Gamma, it is ...... I miss the time before mobile phones existed (because I could still do my job then perfectly well without one).
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« Reply #7 on: 30 March, 2010, 07:19:48 PM » |
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Tiswas....so much better than SwapShop Sally James The 6 week school summer holidays....the sun was always shining when you went outside after watching Robinson Crusoe, Banana Splits. Scalextric before 'magnatraction'. Sally James. Apprenticeship years with B Gas, learning how to drop a 'sorry you were out card' through the letterbox, when customer's were in. Driving before speed cameras. Days when 'elf n safety' belonged in the workplace Pretty F1 cars such as JPS Lotus72 or the last good looking F1 car, the first '7UP' Jordan. Full size Wagon Wheels, or is it because my hands are now bigger. Oh, and did I mention Sally James
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« Reply #8 on: 30 March, 2010, 08:35:46 PM » |
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Sunshine ......
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« Reply #9 on: 31 March, 2010, 07:46:57 AM » |
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« Reply #10 on: 31 March, 2010, 07:10:54 PM » |
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Car magazines that were fair & reasonable in their verdicts, when Audi's, Beemer's & Merc's where slated and italian marques were praised for their products. Seeing Lancia's regularly on our roads. Lancia building grand touring coupes rather than people carriers. Texan bars- A mans gotta chew what a mans gotta chew. Space Dust. Addidas Teneriffa shoes. The Obsevers book of Automobiles. The Ladybird book of Cars. The 50p pint. Leeds United in the premiership. Deltics & Tommys. No tailbacks on my daily commutes. The pound being worth something. Casio FX730P. Wigan Casino. RAC rally going through the "Haigh Hall" special stage in Wigan in the Group B days
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« Reply #11 on: 01 April, 2010, 09:38:58 AM » |
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what a brilliant thread; well done colonel.
stingray (and thunderbirds ) robinson crusoe, the b+w one the persuaders my mum's christmas cake going on holiday to France an being "away in a foreign country" our dog dino buying size 28 jeans, we wore em tight in '76 having to choose from only 3 or 4 tv channels the summer of 75, 76, 77, ........ sainsbury's jam tarts, box of 6, 2 x red, 2 x yellow, and 2 x vivid emerald green New Towns still looking new knowing where all 6 local potholes were proper music, where you couldn't understand the words and there was no tune when the biggest decision was what shall I colour-in today ? ( Oh no, I still do that )
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« Reply #12 on: 01 April, 2010, 12:39:14 PM » |
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I miss cricket, the bruises and broken fingers And having to count loose change While waiting for the 93 bus
I miss Brands Hatch and the long drive to Snetterton Even more I miss Jim Clark
I miss every car Ive ever owned
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« Reply #13 on: 01 April, 2010, 02:10:55 PM » |
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being able to see my feet and having good eyesight
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« Reply #14 on: 01 April, 2010, 03:19:09 PM » |
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being able to see my feet and having good eyesight AGREED!!!! i miss my school yrs (because i didnt have to pay for anything!!) i miss my 32 inch waste i miss the energy i had 10 yrs ago and the fact i could stay out all night and not be tired i miss time going slower than what it seems to now i miss my grale i miss my blue fulvia too i miss "lack of responsibility" employing drives me mad!!! i really really miss a gallon of petrol for £2 !!, i remember this when i was 11yrs old my weeks pocket money to go in the appia's tank to drive around my mum and dads field, i'm sure theres more......................
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