You know you're getting old when...

[mik]

Originally Posted by Bonn

5c of mixed lollies at the corner shop - with the obligatory musk-stick sticking out of the bag......

A pie and a can of coke for 20 cents...... hang on that might have been 15 cents..... the old floppy disc is failing 😨.

[Trevor 57]

Can of coke 15c and large pack of PK's for 5c = 20c, those were the days, about 1970 I think

when we charged from gallons to litres fuel was 16c a litre, about 1978 I think

[Trevor 57]

you know when you are getting old when you have to call your kids around to help you do stuff

[2011G6E]

You guys with old...really old...computer stuff kicking around, have a look around online. You might be pleasantly surprised how much some of this stuff is worth these days to collectors and computer enthusiasts. I know I'm glad I didn't chuck out that old IBM motherboard from 1983 I mentioned before. Dust it off, mounted it on a nicely varnished ply backing, and a little printed label saying what it was...bingo...decent payday on Ebay...

[Tassie f100]

I remember when,after a federal budget the price of Benson & hedges cigarettes (20) went up to 36c.The man running the shop said I reckon they will go to 40c and probably stay at that price for ever.How much now $12-$14 pk?

[tut0r]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

I remember when,after a federal budget the price of Benson & hedges cigarettes (20) went up to 36c.The man running the shop said I reckon they will go to 40c and probably stay at that price for ever.How much now $12-$14 pk?

Try closer to $18...

[LG17]

I was going to say something but I can't remember what is was...

[Lunch]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

I remember when,after a federal budget the price of Benson & hedges cigarettes (20) went up to 36c.The man running the shop said I reckon they will go to 40c and probably stay at that price for ever.How much now $12-$14 pk?

I quit 10 months ago, Peter Stuyvesant 25s were $22

[Struggo]

To quote my father, "You know you're getting old, when your sons bring home good sorts"

[LoudPipes]

Originally Posted by Struggo

To quote my father, "You know you're getting old, when your sons bring home good sorts"

I'm not far off being able to say the same about my Grandson.

[Bushbasher]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

............when we changed from gallons to litres fuel was 16c a litre, about 1978 I think

The change over was 1974..... when 20c worth of hot chips fed you and 3 of your mates and half the flock of seagulls that appeared from nowhere and swarmed around, as seagulls do.

[Trevor 57]

I was only thinking what 20c worth of chips looked like when I was typing the bit about the coke and PK's

[XBv8mmm!]

......when 50c worth of musk sticks got you 100. (and the runs for 2 days after).

mmmmmmm musk sticks.

20c worth of chips got you 4 or 5 times more that $5 gets you now. Scollops at 5c each (and they would always throw a couple of extras in for free).

When petrol was 35c a litre.

[Franco Cozzo]

Don't worry by the time us Gen Y make it up to you boys, minimum chips will probably be $500 or something and ill be going BACK IN MY DAY MINIMUM CHIPS WAS ONLY $5!

[xrystl]

Originally Posted by Struggo

To quote my father, "You know you're getting old, when your sons bring home good sorts"

And when you get to my age (67) you start to take an interest in the "good sorts" Grandmothers: doh , not that you are really capable of doing anything too physical as the resultant trip to the hospital and medical expenses from the over exertion is just not worth the effort , better just to live with the good memories of times gone by and just go fishing instead

[LoudPipes]

Originally Posted by xrystl

better just to live with the good memories of times gone by and just go fishing instead

Yeah I love the smell of the fish markets.

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

Don't worry by the time us Gen Y make it up to you boys, minimum chips will probably be $500 or something and ill be going BACK IN MY DAY MINIMUM CHIPS WAS ONLY $5!

back in our day Damo there was no such thing as 'minimum chips', that is a new invention

[Trevor 57]

when Brandivino, Marsala, Blackberry Nip and Stones Green Ginger Wine were the drinks of choice, UDL's didn't come on to the market until '72 or '73

when a bloke bought a slab of Melbourne 'tubes' and sat on the beach all day

when a group of mates would buy a 9'er, the pub would loan you the gear to go with it, you would load it into the back of a ute and go and watch the races on the Island

when you didn't have to pay to see Skyhooks, Billy Thorpe or AC/DC, the pub provided the entertainment for free and pubs closed at midnight or 1:00 am NYE

[snopony]

..... when you can remember the Drive in movie theatre on Conrod Straight on Mount Panorama. And going.

[XBv8mmm!]

Originally Posted by snopony

..... when you can remember the Drive in movie theatre on Conrod Straight on Mount Panorama. And going.

When you can remember drive in's (and going to them) at all!

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by XBv8mmm!

When you can remember drive in's (and going to them) at all!

Were they common?

[damo6]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

when you didn't have to pay to see Skyhooks, Billy Thorpe or AC/DC, the pub provided the entertainment for free and pubs closed at midnight or 1:00 am NYE

those were the days when pubs were used what they were built for,god i miss em'' lol.
now... you pay! sometimes dearly depending which poker machine your standing in front of. its pity that the greedy big end of business (which control most of the bottlo's and pubs these days) sees more value in a poker machine than a crowd of happy drunk folk singing out loud "no way! get fcuked! **** off!" to a live angels set which is what i'd happily say if i had say in the viability of these one arm bandits which have invaded our fave drinking holes these days.. ah well.. its good to get all nostalgic occasionally but yeah they were the days!!

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

Were they common?

Hell yeah, we used to go the Grantville drive-in, Dandenong drive in and there was a 2 or 3 screen drive in near near Monash Uni, I think Preston had a 2 or 3 screen drive in as well

Shepparton has one of the last surviving Victorian ones until about 4 or 5 years ago

[LG17]

Originally Posted by Bushbasher

The change over was 1974..... when 20c worth of hot chips fed you and 3 of your mates and half the flock of seagulls that appeared from nowhere and swarmed around, as seagulls do.

In the 60's threepence worth of chips would do the same job.

[Trevor 57]

I remember going into a shop on February 14th 1966 and handing over a penny coin and got this ****ant 2c coin in return, I felt I had been ripped off - LOL

[Trevor 57]

You know you're getting old when...

you can remember when they sold cigarettes in packs of 2 (that is 2 ciggies per pack)

[Lunch]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

Hell yeah, we used to go the Grantville drive-in, Dandenong drive in and there was a 2 or 3 screen drive in near near Monash Uni, I think Preston had a 2 or 3 screen drive in as well

Shepparton has one of the last surviving Victorian ones until about 4 or 5 years ago

Theyve reopened the Dandenong 1( Luna drive in ), Dromana has 1 also ( 3 screens )

[damo76]

Theres a drive-in in Busselton that's still going aswell, not sure if the Perth ones are still operating.

[Tassie f100]

I remember visiting NSW from Vic one time and going to a takeaway and asking for chips and a couple of scallops.Got P,d off when the sheila behind the jump gave me bloody potato cakes

[Bearman]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

Hell yeah, we used to go the Grantville drive-in, Dandenong drive in and there was a 2 or 3 screen drive in near near Monash Uni, I think Preston had a 2 or 3 screen drive in as well

Shepparton has one of the last surviving Victorian ones until about 4 or 5 years ago

The Drive In's. They were great and where it was all happening. Best times at the one that was near Monash Uni in Clayton. The Drive In would be full of cool cars, it was like a muscle car show in itself because back then they were the daily drivers!! I felt like king of the road in an XA GT.

Afterwards head to the 7-11 that was on the corner of Blackburn and Ferntree Gully Roads for some food and to check out the cars parked there and watch them all drive by. Maybe head around the corner to Gilby Road for a bit of automotive action or baybe head down to Dandenong Road. Playing cat and mouse with the coppers. Cruising with a car full of mates.......

Great days!!