The good old days.....
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Topic: The good old days.....
Posted By: LouD
Subject: The good old days.....
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:41am
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This is gonna make me really old, but i came across this and couldnt not share
Enjoy I'm talking about hide and seek/spotlight in the park. The corner dairy, hopscotch, four square, go carts, cricket in front of the garbage bin and inviting everyone on your street to join in. Skipping (double dutch), gutterball, handstands, elastics, bullrush, catch and kiss, footy on the best lawn in the street, slip'n'slides, the trampoline with a sprinkler under it, hula hoops, jumping in puddles with gumboots on, mud pies, building dams in the gutter and the smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. 'Big bubbles no troubles' with Hubba Bubba bubble gum. A topsy. Mr. Whippy cones on a warm summer night after you've chased him round the block. 20 cents worth of mixed lollies lasted a week and pretending to smoke "fags" (the lollies) was really cool!.. A dollars' worth of chips from the corner take-away fed two people (AND the sauce was free!!). Being upset when you botched putting on the temporary tattoo from the bubblegum packet, but still wearing it proudly. Watching Saturday morning cartoons: 'The Smurfs', 'AstroBoy', 'He-man', 'Captain Planet', 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', 'Jem' (trulyoutrageous!!), 'Super D'', and 'Heeeey heeeeey heeeeeeey it's faaaaaaat Albert'. Or staying up late and sneaking a look at the "AO" on the second telly, being amazed when you watched TV right up until the 'Goodnight Kiwi!' When After School with Jason Gunn & Thingie had a cult following and What Now was on saturday mornings! When around the corner seemed a long way, and going into town seemed like going somewhere. Where running away meant you did laps of the block because you weren't allowed to cross the road?? A million mozzie bites, wasp and bee stings (stee bings!). Sticky fingers, goodies & baddies, cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, riding bikes til the streetlights came on and catching tadpoles in horse troughs. Going down to the school swimming pool when you didn't have a key and your friends letting you in, drawing all over the road and driveway with chalk. Climbing trees and building huts out of every sheet your mum had in the cupboard (and never putting them back folded). Walking to school in bare feet, no matter what the weather. When writing 'I love....? on your pencil case, really did mean it was true love. "he loves me? he loves me not?" and daisy chains on the front lawn. Stealing other people's flowers from their gardens and then selling them back to them... Running till you were out of breath and laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Pitching the tent in the back/front yard (and never being able to find all the pegs). Jumping on the bed. Singing into your hair brush in front of the mirror, making mix tapes... Sleep overs and ghosts stories with the next door neighbours. Pillowfights, spinning round, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for the giggles. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon and Weetbix cards pegged on the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Collecting WWF and garbage pail kids cards. Eating raw jelly and raro, making homemade lemonade and sucking on a Rad, a traffic light popsicle, or a Paddle Pop... blurple, yollange and prink! You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents! It wasn't odd to have two or three "best friends" and you would ask them by sending a note asking them to be your best friend. You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve and tried (and failed) to wait up for the tooth fairy. When nobody owned a pure-bred dog, when 50c was decent pocket money and when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10c. When nearly everyone's mum was there when the kids got home from school. It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb. When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at the local Chinese restaurant (or Cobb'n'Co.) with your family. When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed her or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! Some of us are still afraid of them!!! Remember when decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo" or rock, paper, scissors. "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastes and money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly. Terrorism was when the older kids were at the end of your street with pea-shooters waiting to ambush you, or the neighbourhood rottie chased you up a tree! The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was boy/girl germs, and the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one. Where bluelight disco's were the equivalent to a Rave, and asking a boy out meant writing a 'polite' note getting them to tick 'yes' or 'no'. When there was always that one 'HOT' guy/girl. Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot. Your biggest danger at school was accidentally walking through the middle of a heated game of "brandies". Birthday beats meant you didn't want to go to school on your birthday! Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant scoffing orange-flavoured chewable vitamin C's, or swallowing half a Panadol. Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Going to the beach and catching a wave was a dream come true. Boogie boarding in the white wash made you the next Kelly Slater. Abilities were discovered because of a "double- dare" Feel free to add your good ol days memories.......before the world went PC |
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:51am
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It doesn't make you sound old at all.... I remember these days too!!
Yes. They were the good old days. I don't think I could possibly add to that, I'd forgotten most of those things. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:02am
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Yeah definately doesn't make you sound old at all. I'm only 25 and clearly remember all those things and yearn for them for my son. Can't add anything though.
Ahh the good ol days!! -------------  
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:03am
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I'm 20 and remember most of those things! *like* ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:11am
| Awww Love it! I so remember all of that! |
Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:18am
| im 21 and know everything on that list except the "NZ" stuff (from aussie lol) *love* |
Posted By: millymollymandy
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:21am
| Te he - I think I was pre Jason Gunn being on telly |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:22am
I'm 24 and remember most of that too 
And for the most part, thats why I love living in the country  -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:29am
omg those brought back memories!! Makes me feel bloody old though... I keep forgetting I'm in my mid-20's, and not a 'young mum' or fresh out of school anymore  ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:47am
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Same I had Olly Olsen and Keep Cool till After School... Didn't have Paddle Pops either, only Popsicles and mum would make me have lemonade instead of raspberry so I wouldn't make a mess. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
millymollymandy wrote:Posted By: LILLIS
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 11:41am
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Oh that bought back memories......
I remember it was awesome if you got $1.00 and went to the dairy - "can I have $1.00 of 1 cent lollies please" - oh it was heaven!!!! Popsicles were 40cents :) Oh I miss those days and wish my children could have had them...... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 11:49am
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I remember 5cent lollies when chupa chups were 25cents or 4 for $1
playing cops and robbers/cowboys and indians on our bikes at night with torches tapped to them Having a backyard to run around in sitting on anything with wheels pram/skateboard/tonka trunk and having races down the hill in the backyard Going to the domain after it had been raining and had flooded and collecting beetles ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 11:51am
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Collecting coke bottles in exchange for a cash refund so you could spend it on mixed lollies. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 11:55am
yes i was a keep cool til after school (with the sign language) and I remember when popsicles were 25cents!!! |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 11:58am
I remember when they were 15 cents! To this day I still use the growing cost of popsicles as an example! 1 & 2 cent lollies were the best, and we weren't "obese" children either! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:00pm
That's expensive, I remember when they were 13 cents...and then shock horror they went up to 17 cents and I remember frujus being like a massive treat coz they were so expensive (prob only like 50cents or something). ------------- 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:02pm
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We used to go to the movies and it cost 50c for a bag of chippies and a moro bar. Getting my 1st $1 note was like so much money. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:05pm
OMG that was a walk down memory lane  & I used to love $1 notes, ha ha...wish they were still around...my wallet looks so empty with coins & a plastic card
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:18pm
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OMG I remember blurple, yollange and prink! And I used to belong to the Popsicle Club.
Remember when you entered competitions by writing your name and address on the back of an envelope with the answer to a question and posting it in??
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:46pm
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Didn't there used to be 1/2 cent lollies or am I making that up? -------------
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:59pm
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no there were 1 & 2 cent lollies, they went when they got rid of the 1 & 2 cent coins. Shops had lollie counters, glass cases with rows and rows of containers of all the different lollies and you'd create your own "mixed bag". Those were the days.... Mmmm I fancy lollies now...... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:59pm
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Yip definatly doesn't make you old - Im 24 and remember all of those things. What the hell has happened to our world and how are we meant to create theenviroment that we grew up in for our children? How did it only take a short 15 or so years for NZ to change so much and become so dangerous to our children? I want my children to grow up with an imgaination and not rely on video games etc to entertain them!
I miss playschool though -they were awesome! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 1:38pm
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They still have play school in aussie.
What about the old What Now and the 'old' guy (prob only 25) with the moustache used to sit behind the desk and introduce the shows. I can't stand watching what now these days (maybe coz I am a bit old!?!?) coz it is so busy and too much going on. Poor kids these days, expected to concentrate when there is so much happening. -------------
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 1:48pm
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Playschool was where I learnt to tell the time, on a clock with hands. Gosh do kids ever see a normal clock these days or even know how to read it? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 1:53pm
Me too!! I miss the old style educational pre-school tv. Playschool and Sesame Street taught me a whole lot, even if you didn't realise it at the time. I wonder if you can watch old episodes of Playschool anywhere? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 2:09pm
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I saw a DVD at the warehouse about 2 weeks ago and it had seasme strret on it and it was before it went and got all PC.
You can still give your kids the childhood they we all enjoyed statiscally its no worse today than it was when we were growing up and just that its in media more today. There was a programme about this a while ago on TV3 it was talking about helicopter parneting it was very interesting. Apologys for going off topic. ------------- http://daisypath.com"> 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 3:04pm
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I remember all of those things,I think someone found my memories from when I was a kid and wrote them down ,,...
But I do have to add, Neighbors bubble gum cards, when Kylie Minogue with her perm was cool , Jason Donovan was hot . When GEORGIE PIE , was still around and they had ads like Polar Pop bear "Im the polar pop bear , polar pop , polar pop " and Nutter peanut butter and the most exciting barbie , was "rock star barbie "cos her arms bent more than usual and What now was the program to watch everymorning ,and wasn't stupid . oh , and you thought you were onto something amazing when you discovered that Thingee's eyeballs were in fact , golf balls ------------- 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 3:19pm
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And getting lunch from the tuckshop at school was an extra special treat, not something that happened cause mum couldn't be bothered making lunch. Mmmm mince pie with the filling scooped out with salt & vinegar chips then the pastry eaten last. I thought that was the best thing ever!
Ok, what about tons of kids coming round after school cause you were the coolest kids because you had....get this...... a comodore 64 computer! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: heaf3
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 3:29pm
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omg so many memories
i cant believe how much has changed in the last few years....its so sad. mighty morphin power rangers, the wuzzles, sesame street, looney tunes when collecting things was cool - weird shaped erasers, stamps, soft toys etc duck duck goose, spotlight (no not the fabric store) ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 3:29pm
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There were 1/2 cent lollies or 2 for 1 cent lollies. I remember them well.
I remember milk being 50 cents a pint and then going up to 1 litre bottles which weren't glass. For me popsicles were 20 c and then they went up to 22c and I needed a pocket money raise. I used to get 20 cents and my daughter gets $20. (shes 13 and it is per month as opposed to per week) Swifters and tang fruit containers at the movies not to mention intermission. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 4:43pm
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In primary school the Tuck shop was only open a couple of days a week, and the only choices were Big Ben pies, sausage rolls and chocolate dairy food. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 4:48pm
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oh yeah intermission.
My cousin I think still has her container of erasers lol those containers that were shaped like rubbish bins. Trolls recording your fav songs of the radio and rewinding the tape just enough that it cuts off before the radio jingle starts. Making mix tapes oh yeah that was cool. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: bumblebee
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 4:54pm
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They were the best days ever!!!
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Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 4:58pm
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LOL I'm only 23 an I remember all of that. The wombles, babysitters club, when the spice girls first came out and everyone bought their TAPE. Wearing the brownies uniform to school cause thats where you were going afterwards. Swapping my homebaked biscuits and cakes for someones chips or muslie bars at school. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel 07/08/2014
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:14pm
Honeybunsma, I STILL have my little rubbish bin shaped container... sans lid cos the grip/teeth things on the side snapped off... Its B's container for little bits and pieces to put out of jaes reach now 
and OMG, I had rockstar barbie!! my sister got the curly red-haired one and I got THE barbie  that was the best xmas pressy ever lol!
Oh and then there were the days you rode your bike over to the local school on the weekends and played on the playgrounds and didnt come home til you were either hungry, or it was getting dark... at which point you knew it must be time for dinner soon lol!... back before 6ft fences around every school 
dammit... now i feel like a M&C pie and chips to scoop out the filling!  ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: nicandtyler
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:02pm
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im only 22 and i remeber all of that! kinda sad that its not like that anymore for our little ones ;(
I remember you could take $10 to the movies which would get you a ticket, popcorn, a drink and tangy fruits (which you would proceed to roll down the aisles (sp?) - that was at the devonport movies when they were still going. what else? .... i remeber not having the internet and having to go to my friends place to use hotmail which was really cool. and the computer games back then - commander keen, monkey island anyone? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:12pm
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oh my first cellphone was when I was 23 and I saw the first phone which was one of those bricks that looked the same size as a regular phone but you could move it when I was 12. My daughter got hers at age 12 and wants an i phone for her 14th. (not going to happen) My times have changed.
Apple 2e computers and commodore 64s that took tapelike disks. Atari and floppy disks for the computer that were actually floppy. Not the small square ones that came before cds. The bigger flimsy ones. Games on the computer were putting a whole lot of X's and O's on word to make a pattern and then printing it out on doc matrix printers. Rainbow bright, and fragile rock. |
Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:13pm
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I don't remember them , I had probably outgrown computer games by then (im nearly 29 )
But I do remember Sonic the hedgehog and Alex the Kid and Alf . And The Snorks . and at the discos you always did the Locomotion, it was like, compulsory . And Belinda Carlisle was cool . And these ads were on TV .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olF-KP4J4ew&feature=related - ad one http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Lwd63AQT4&feature=related - ad 2 http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmbBM4gO4mE&feature=related - ad 3 and we grew up watching Sam and her parents on the Anchor ads . and the exciting adventures of the Milky Bar kid -------------
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:24pm
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:34pm
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RIP Spot .....
We have in our pocession , Jem, The Smurfs , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Snorks , Gummi Bears , He man , The Muppet Show, Muppet Babies and others I can't remember . And Jem still is Truly outrageous . Altho a bit of a knob, I mean , Jerica was dating Rio , then Rio is playing both her and Jem ...except she IS Jem , so knows that her boyfriend is cheating on her but doesn't do anything about it . Scandalous Oh , and Strawberry Shortcake was a doll you could hug ,not some stupid skinny figurine with long hair, she was more like a baby and used to squeeze her tummy and her "breath " would smell like strawberries . And dairy food yohgurt tasted different . -------------
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Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:00pm
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I loved that first post - brought back good memories. Our world is definitely taken a turn for the worse... a bit sad for our kids but hopefully we can give them some of these experiences too. You must be the exact same generation and close to the same age as me!!!
What about all the family sitting around the TV to watch Happy Days/The Muppets or Dr Who? I was terrified of the Daleks but these days I wonder how they were so terrifying they're so laughable. I think it was the voice... Sleepovers and "midnight feasts" with your mixed bag of lollies - eg. $1 worth of 1c lollies!!! And not forgetting: leg-warmers madonna lace (to tie bows in your hair) roller skating!!! riding bikes to school at age 10 - on the road!! without helmets!! - or walking miles to school thinking the guitarist from Duran Duran was dreamy spin the bottle at school camp and the school social were the biggest events in our world |
Posted By: bumblebee
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:04pm
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Kelly im 23 and i remeber all of those, espcially alex the kid, sonic, and the old school street fighter (i had older bros and they didnt let me play with girly things)
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:25pm
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Trixie beldon books
I also used to read tv hits and joined the fan club of "mental as anything". My mum keep the fan club letters as she thought they were some weird chain letter/cult thing. When microwaves were sold for $1600 and only sold at special microwave shops which held cooking lessons for new owners. We got one when I was 10. |
Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:28pm
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oh yeah tv hits and collecting the song lyrics in them.
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Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:03pm
I still have my Trixie Beldon collection 
What about Judy Blume? Seemed very riske (sp?) at the time...lol |
Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:08pm
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Yes me and my siblings used to play down the end of our road in a reserve til dark. I remember our curfew was to be home just before dark. One day I didn't get home til after dark and my dad sternly told me off. I would NEVER let my kids out of my sight off my property these days!
Oh and The Milky Bar kid! I remember when they were doing a promotion to find the 'Next Milky Bar Kid" and we were going to enter my brother as he was soo blonde everyone used to say he must've been the milkman's child as both my parents were dark. Anyway my parents fussed over which photo to send in for the comp and weren't happy with any they had so didn't send one at all! I always thought it was so cool my brother could've been the milky bar kid and hoped we were going to get an endless supply of milky bars chocolate!! ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:27pm
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haha Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew ( "Forever " especially , with the penis called Ralph , *Dies laughing * )
AND ... The Babysitters club and ....Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High I was always too scared to watch Dr Who, But , I did watch MacGuyver ... and I remember when the Simpsons very first started, I was in STANDARD , not YEAR , 2 . I also remember when tv 3 came on the air and ...when phone numbers went from 6 digits, to 7 . Man , I miss those days -------------
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Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 11:15pm
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Oh yeah - I LOVED the babysitters club and those stupid sweet valley high lol
Judy Blume: "Are you there God, it's me Margaret" - I remember her desperate to have a bust and get her period. "I must, I must, I must increase my bust!" SO ridiculous!!! What about the old dial phones? |
Posted By: lil_lease
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 2:11am
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Wow, things change so quickly, because I'm only 19 and I can remember a whole lot of the first post.
Loony Tunes were awesome, and TMNT rocked. Sesame Street and the Muppets. I miss all of those shows... Having a TV that would change channel/volume if you jingled your keys. Sonic the Hedgehog! When Nintendo was the only game console apart from arcade games, and Gameboy! When printers had tractor feed, would take ages to print one page, and be really really noisy! When everyone said Yonks, and knew what it meant. When paying $6.50 for a child ticket to the movies was a lot. I always did love Georgie Pie. Kablueys That made your tongue and everything else go blue.------------- Antony, gone but never forgotten 2-4-2010 
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 7:37am
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Wow, I remember ALL of this!! What about..
Snap bracelets, Jelly sadals, scrunchies, video cameras that took actual videos, when everone wore 'tights as pants' and no body thought anything of it coz it was normal, bike shorts, school sleepovers in the library when you were standard 2 coz you were too young for an actual camp, playing 'house' and mums n dads, clogs, shellsuits (as mentioned in March 10), when you didn't have a slip n slide so used a tarp and dish washing liquid to make it slippery, when lemonade jucies first came out they were super sour like actual lemons, when your parents were on the school pool cleaning roster and you always went along and helped just so you could get a sneaky free swim, I missed 1 and 2 dollar notes but I remember doing a school rubbish clean up and I found one. One day we'll say 'remember 5c coins!!' |
Posted By: Rovic
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 8:30am
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When phone numbers had 5 digits in them, the Wonderful World of Disney on at 6pm on Sunday nights, the Greatest American Hero, definitely 2 lollies for 1cent, parents only worrying where you were when you didn't show up for tea, walking and riding to school when I was 6, hours spent roller skating up and down the street. Ahhh, I loved my childhood! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:42am
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OMg how do you guys in you mid 20's (ir younger!) remember that stuff? I thought it would've been long gone by the time you were young kids..... I'm 109 years old and ALL of that happened when I was about 10 I think? Oooh and did anyone mention My Little Ponies ('I love my little pony, I comb and brush her hair') ? hehe Stores being closed at the weekends and when Saturday morning shopping came out it was a BIG DEAL. Like late night shopping was when that started. Mum saying see you at lunch on the weekends then letting us go wherever we wanted as long as we stayed off the roads and out of the river. No cellphones cos they weren't invented. My first job when I finished school and I earnt $3.80 an hour plus double time for late night shopping and time and a half on Saturdays hehe. Plus a UE allowance! God I am showing my age now..... -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:56am
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I had a blue My little pony with light pink hair she had a sweat suit and roller skates.
I also had an original care bear and cabbage patch doll. I remember when our phone number got the extra number I phoned my neighbour and said 'OUR phone numbers getting a 7 in front of it!' when she informed me hers was also I was abit gutted! |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:58am
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Sad to say but I watched the first season of Shortland Street. Also the original 90210 and Melrose Place not the crappy re-makes. Ok you had to be a 70s kid but Abba were huge, I had wanted to be like the blonde one and had pictures of her in my Kindy scrapbook. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 12:23pm
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Ahh brings back memories of when life seemed simpler.
Kung fu shoes Scuffs (with the blue and white stripes) The sunglasses with the highlighter coloured arms The shop DEKA We grew up in the country and I remember our phone number only had 3 digits Listening to tapes over and over again until you wore them out Coloured jeans (i had a green and red pair, so wrong) Barkers trackpants were big when i was at intermediate ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 1:11pm
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 1:18pm
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Electric company on tv. That big chair with the little girl in it.
I remember the farmers building. My nana used to take me up the escalators and we would have lunch and a play up there. I was the magicians assistant one year during the school hols. Alcohol being sold at the supermarket and that isle being closed on sundays and the years of debate before it was actually allowed. Gloss. Back in the early days of nz tv. Not to mention It's in the bag and Billy T show. I remember when holmes came on tv after the news. All these were watched on our timber veneer tv that had built in legs. 34 years old so boarding on the ancient end of the scale. lol and barkers were big when I was at uni so a bit older than most here. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 1:45pm
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Gloss OMG those shoulder pads were enormous, its interesting to see where the actors have ended up. My grandparents had one of those TVs. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 1:59pm
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Ha, I remember watching the first episode of SS , thought the acting was terrible and that it would last a year .
Beverly Hills 90210 , I loved, and Im sad to say I had a crush on Dylan . Eww . I used to love the Mickey Mouse Club too , but I never remember noticing Britney , or Christina, or Justin , I do remember Tiffany and Deedee and some girl Brandi that could talk super fast .... Ohhhh DEKA !!! I used to shop there, and I would sometimes hide in the clothes racks whispering" Pick me , pick me " whenever someone walked past ... somewhere I have a photo of me and My little pony , that I got when I was 4 , as well as a baby sister , I was happier with the pony ...ohhhh and I had one that had fuzzy sort of fur , and yes, watched the program , and HAVE the program Does anyone remember an add for these dolls and there was an old man , a dolls maker and you had to kiss the doll on the nose , they were like cabbage patches (which I wasn't allowed ) but softer . oh , and Secret Keepers (these are when I would have been about 9 ) I had the swan one and Puddle lane ? I was born in 81, a true 80s and 90s kid . We rocked the party that rocked the party . -------------
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 2:02pm
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Oh and I remember the old put your finger in and dial phones
and bike pants and only having 2 channels and when the only time I got KFC was much later in childhood and only when I stayed at my grandmas, for us , takeaways was Fish and chips , and McDonalds was a special treat ANNNNND , McDonalds, had playgrounds with all the characters, that Hamburgler slide, the big purple dude and you hopped in the "cage " and shook it , and the waitresses would have photos with you if it was your birthday -------------
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 2:09pm
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I remember reciting the recipe for Big Macs during the school holidays - two all beef patties, cheese, special sauce, pickles, lettuce on a sesame seed bun - to get a free one at McDs Queen St. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 2:35pm
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I remember when I was at intermediate the cool thing was origin jeans, I had a black pair that were too big for me I was such a gangsta at intermediate lol. Influence of the big brother.
I had a furry my little pony and I had the horse for Cindy I think it was, I had a couple of small I think they were baby my little pony When you had to be home by dark and when you were finally old enough to stay up past 8pm and that was only because of day light savings. Looney Tunes there was a chick named Jackie on it? I remember the presenter changed and the new presenter sucked. Get Smart! That was a good show back then, We had a dial phone. Our first TV was my nanas and it had no remote so when we got our first tv with a remote it was a HUGE deal, the volume button on our first one was a dial. When 14" tvs was enough. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: DzinerGirl
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 3:11pm
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I remember having a birthday party at Georgie Pie (the one that used to be across the road from the old movies in Manukau) and Mickey & Minnie Mouse were there..getting their autographs & a photo with them "was like the best thing EVER"
Used to love the fact that GP had $1,$2,$3 & $4 menus When cartoons meant the likes of ones that everyone has mentioned and not all this anime crap Does anyone remember collecting the TMNT coins?... I think they were from Pizza Hut..Found my collection in a box of old stuff the other day!! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 4:58pm
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Oh that ad was for My Child dolls Kelly!
I so loved the ad and always wished my doll would come alive like the one on the ad. Hehe, I remember feeling so flash when we upgraded from the old rotary dial phone to a push button one. I think I shared it for news at school 
I loved Monster Munch chips and Chickadees and the TMNT chips that were around briefly too. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 7:08pm
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Thats it CaraMel ! thanks , its been bugging me for ages !
Ohhh I want to go back in tiiiiiime !!! like on ...Quantum Leap . If I manage to build a time machine , do you all wanna come with me ?
anyone up for a game of spotlight ? if I make one, i'll tell you the date and you can write it down in your Dinky Diaries -------------
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 7:34pm
i loved mini mango from deka, was so cheap but so modern for the baby boys. my first phone number was 4455 (then onto 74455, now it would prob be 867 4455, maybe i should ring it and see) i always had a permanent tan line from the kung fu shoes!! |
Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 7:35pm
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oh and kelly i cant find the key to my dinky diary
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 7:42pm
| Stirup pants!!!! my parents were tight and never let me have any and i sooooooo badly wanted them and would cry saying i wasnt gonna be cool if i didnt have them |
Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 7:54pm
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I remember the fashion crime of stirrup pants. My sister had a pair of adidas ones with the stripes down the side.
I'm trying to think of the name of these toys: they were like a soft toy but had plastic arms and legs but you could turn them inside out so that they rolled up into a ball. Does anywhere remember these or know what I'm talking about? For some reason I think the name starts with the letter 'P'?? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 8:03pm
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yes our phone number used to be 56145, then they added the 7 to make it 756145 and then another number to the front again not long after. I remember it being soo weird having our phone number grow! ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:19pm
| http://www.google.co.nz/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1ASUS_ENNZ339&q=toys+of+the+80s&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=yvZsTMKAAYSWsgOttbHECw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CD4QsAQwAw&biw=1280&bih=593 - images for toys of the 80s |
Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:20pm
Popples http://www.google.coimagesq=toys+of+the+80s&um=1&hl=en&sa=X&rlz=1G1ASUS_ENNZ339&tbs=isch:1,simg:CAESEgn7IF1wFMRgxSFiYam4fj046g&iact=hc&vpx=172&vpy=326&dur=5439&hovh=160&hovw=160&tx=30&ty=243&ei=C_dsTIH7C4q-sAPkyZiVCw&oei=1PZsTNyTJIf0tgO6k7iECw&esq=10&page=1&tbnh=155&tbnw=160&ved=1t:722,r:11,s:0&biw=1280&bih=593" border="0 - popples |
Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:22pm
| Oh my goodness, a VIEW MASTER!! |
Posted By: ButterflyMum
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:31pm
i still have mine lol Kelly we must be the same age you keep talking about my life lol -------------  
 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:32pm
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Posted By: ButterflyMum
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:32pm
oh i had one of those still got it. -------------
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:37pm
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oops, posted too slow, I had one .
Oh , and that program and they had toys too , um , I forget what it was called , hang on ....Wuzzles ! ButterBear and maybe one called Dandylion .... 
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Posted By: ButterflyMum
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:43pm
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Posted By: Rovic
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:45pm
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Was just reminising with DH about this and remembered Spot On, Mork and Mindy, Ready to Roll and Sha Na Na, Buck Rogers in the 21st Century ... Oh I feel so old. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 9:50pm
Oh my , that was like walking down memory lane , so many things Id forgotten about, like Glo Bugs !! I even saw a few of the hard ones that I had , and the little figurines of Strawberry shortcake . haha , and the McDonalds toy food figurines ... -------------
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Posted By: ButterflyMum
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:05pm
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oh here is some Full house, my 2 dad's. and the cosby show!!!!! and Snork's go the Snork's -------------
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Posted By: ButterflyMum
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:06pm
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oh and I loved my dinky diary. -------------
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:16pm
| I have a farmers santa bear for every year of the 90s and a 95 easter bunny. |
Posted By: ButterflyMum
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:19pm
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oh cool wish I did I had some as my daddy worked there but unfortunality we did not get them got the bunnies and a baby bear did you see the ones that came out at christmas that celebrated farmers birthday. thery were sooo cool but expensife.
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 10:44pm
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haha...
"got my milk, got my cookies, got my VIEW MASTER!' those were awesome! Like your own mini movie you had control over, I used to go through my cousins toy box and look through all the ones they got... I loved those! Does anyone remember the ad on tv...think it was for paper towels? 'There was this biiig chicken' oh and 'dolly did it!' My sister and I had popples when we were little, but we had the big soft versions, not the ones with the little plastic arms and legs, mine was SO pretty, pink and purple and yellow... awww I miss my popple! And there was a collectors set of dolls, one big doll (big sister) one medium doll (middle sister) and a baby (baby sister) and each set had similar features? there was a blonde/blue eyed set, and a brown haired/eyed set... mum, my sister and I had the brown haired/eyed set. I still have my doll somewhere, but her waist and arm broke when my cousin and I were fighting over her yeeeeaaaars ago.... that was my special doll and i didnt want anyone else touching her! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 12:25am
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hehe , I have Fullhouse, and the snorks
and you know what i've been watching on Youtube ? Blossom , haha ! -------------
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 7:49am
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I loved full house!! And moesha, hangin with Mr Cooper, sister 2 sister....
Babykatnz ... to add to your ad A BIG COW PUSHED ME...must of been paper towels lol |
Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 10:18am
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OMG there is so gonna be a day when my son goes
i remember the good old days of BAKUGAN!!!
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Posted By: sbeach
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 10:36am
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loved this thread...so many memories...
DH said the other day 'we are going to have to explain to our kids that we grew up without the internet and cellphones and what cassettes and LP are!!!' they are going to think we are nuts!! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 11:01am
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And teach them about how we survived with Dial up internet. My first cell phone had 3 ring tones. Didn't text. And was as big as our cordless phone at home. Lush.
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 11:02am
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I had a family of gollywogs knitted for me and got to read Little Black Sambo not very PC these days. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 11:40am
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on my gosh isn't it funny what we remeber.
Ok so i rememebr going to woolworths before it became DEKA and getting the pick n mix loolies i loved the chewy bikes especially the orange one. thekelly, i used to love watching blossom somewhere i have a cd of joey lawerences hmm now that i think about it i might have thrown that out years ago. we had an atari game system i had soft wuzzel butterfly one I forgot about secret keepers i had of them for many years sitting on my duchess. Snuggels i had princess snuggelina What about Puff n stuff who remembers that with witchypoo i have the dvd at home i agree though we had decent cartoons not like what they have today. Watching life goes on with corky and his sister we had a thorn tv that had no remote and only had a choice of 4 channels and you pushed the buttons on the tv to change them ------------- http://daisypath.com">
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 12:09pm
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haha , I used to watch PuffnStuff , at one part you can see Witchypoo whispering the lines to Jack (was his name Jack ? )
and I had Little Black Sambo too CanJ , ha and a whole series of other very unPC books, Little black Quasha and something with a long name .... I didn't get my first phone til I was 18 , thats when they started becoming popular ,it was an alcatel , an old one, and only 3 of my friends had phones . Internet, grew up without that . Ha, thats another one , having to actually wait until the next episode of a program before finding out what happened, instead of googling it ...Not having google ! funny how nowadays the thought of forgetting my cell makes me want to turn round and go back and get it , and the thought of being without the internet for a few hours fills me with dread Yet we survived , we just played out side , climbed trees and did all the stuff mentioned on the first page -------------
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Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 12:20pm
It's two all beef patties, special sauce. lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. Lol.. I remember bubble gum jeans - I wanted some. But my mum always bought me things LIKE what was in fashion but wasn't IT <sigh> I also remember: Strawberry Shortcake Also I had a DAISY doll instead of a barbie doll... it was probably cheaper knowing my mother... Bike pants were REALLY bad. Actually - leggings weren't a very good look either. I still remember having a B & W tv!! |
Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 1:17pm
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Ha , bike pants with the socks pumped down and a baggy tshirt .
Hottttt I had Cindy dolls ,is Cindy still around ? Had a skippit too At C's school ,they play hopscotch , and play in the trees and playground , they don't play elastics, or skipping . BUT, I have taught her , "under the bamboo bushes " -------------
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 1:35pm
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This is probably more one for the guys, but MC Hammer pants and Hammer Time. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 1:38pm
yup popples is what I was thinking of, I wish I still had mine as well as My Little Ponies lol. I loved the show Blossom and Full House as well as Alf. I remember that my sisters and I used to love watching The Flying Doctors, haha how lame! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 1:54pm
Naw Family Ties . I used to love that show, so much that , on the Mike's final episode on Spin City he writes and tells them that there is some arrogant little upstart called Alex P Keaton , I got excited . And I cried watching the final of the Wonder years . God Im sad lol haha ! Hammer Time ! I remember those boys Kriss Kross or something and their big thing was that they wore their clothes backwards . -------------
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Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 2:54pm
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 3:46pm
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ahh Step By Step , and that doofus cousin , Cody ?
LOL , NKOTB , "Step by step , oooh baby ! gonna get to me girrrrrl " I remember the sound of the milk truck coming by every night... -------------
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