Blissful ignorance. Gold was a ring on my finger Silver was stainless A central bank was in the city somewhere QE was an old duck with a naughty husband Inflation meant a pay rise each year My stack usually resulted in band-aids and bruises An ounce was 28.35 grams Bi-Carb Soda was for cooking 10 oz meant the tide was out Preppers had those crazy mums in 4WD's I used to collect $1 and $2 coins. They looked great! When spot dropped, I gave him a treat Platinum was a word I couldn't spell Oh, and world events were worlds away. Darn that red pill.
That's not the old days, $1 and $2 notes were the old days![/quote] Kind of depends on how old you are, I wasn't alive while $1 and $2 notes were circulating
IMO Those born in the 90s and later are not really part of the good old days. I'd say the good old days ended in the late 90s/2000. Driving through Hindley St on a Sat night in Adelaide, you can tell those days are well over
Minim chips was 15c potato cakes were less than 5c Pinball machines were 20c Money back glass bottles were 20c each And a night of cruising the drag strip in Dandenong (Princess Highway ) would cost you $20 all night No unleaded petrol
:lol: The party was over by the mid 90's OHS / Political correctness , the pokies All nails in the coffin The last decent party I went to was 20 years ago The first nail in the coffin was Pollution laws & seatbelts FRGN speed limits
Real cars don't have plastic bumper bars California EPA laws in the early 70's was the death of it all Modern vehicles are like washing machines / microwaves Disposable products that stop working when the warranty expires
1967 A pint of milk was 4 cents, a loaf of bread was 20. A gallon of petrol was about 28. You got five lollies for 1 cent & a Sunday bus ride to the city to watch an old movie, a pack of jaffa's & a go on the pinball was a grand total of 30 cents.
Bondi trams 5 cent pinball machines. Thripence bus fares. No seat belt laws. Sunnyboys for 5 cents. Mobile phones the size of bricks. Card catalogues for a library collection.
When blokes had a punch on then had a beer together after. When kids played outside all day until the street lights were on. When there was no such thing as OH&S. When you didn't buy anything until you had saved the money for it first. When the fruit and veg you ate was grown yourself. The milk was fresh from your cow, you killed your own meat and never ate chicken. Lamb chops etc were burnt to a crisp. Catching a cold, measils, mumps, chicken pocks was good for the immune system. When a man's word was exactly that.
Milk comes in glass bottle. There are no such thing as multinova- speed camera. Still driving my mini moke.
When you didn't need a permit from the council to have some chooks at home. When you didn't recycle since your shopping wasn't wrapped in endless amounts of garbage. When meat pies were actually meat pies.
The party was definitely dying by the mid 90s. It was well on its way when rap music became huge in the late 90s ...and it was confirmed when reality tv shows became popular and it was cemented when soft porn became "music", dressing like a prostitute became normal, and everyone was was able to showcase their stupidity on facebook.
