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Pete. Omega King Offline Makes Driving Pleasurable Again . Posts: 10449 Nr J28 of the M1 Gender: Drives: Black 02 Omega DTi. Black 56 Monaro VXR. Red 97 Rover 114 SLi.	When I Was A Kid 01. Dec 2009 at 09:15 When i was a kid my Mum would send me to the shop with fifty pence in my pocket. I could get a Wham Bar, a bag of pick n mix, a comic book, cans of fizzy pop, a bag of crisps & a gob stopper. I'd come home with loads of change. You can't do that these days.................. Fecking CCTV
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Re: When I Was A Kid
Reply #2 - 01. Dec 2009 at 09:52

Pete. wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 09:15:

When i was a kid my Mum would send me to the shop with fifty pence in my pocket. I could get a Wham Bar, a bag of pick n mix, a comic book, cans of fizzy pop, a bag of crisps & a gob stopper. I'd come home with loads of change. You can't do that these days..................

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Bloody hell I must be getting old, I used to get threepence and still get some nice treats. Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - 01. Dec 2009 at 09:54

Pete. wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 09:15:

When i was a kid my Mum would send me to the shop with fifty pence in my pocket. I could get a Wham Bar, a bag of pick n mix, a comic book, cans of fizzy pop, a bag of crisps & a gob stopper. I'd come home with loads of change. You can't do that these days..................

Dont you remember the old lsd then Grin

Bloody hell, must be older than I thought! Sad

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Reply #4 - 01. Dec 2009 at 11:04

Pete. wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 09:15:

When i was a kid my Mum would send me to the shop with fifty pence in my pocket. I could get a Wham Bar, a bag of pick n mix, a comic book, cans of fizzy pop, a bag of crisps & a gob stopper. I'd come home with loads of change. You can't do that these days..................

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You cant go and drain the main vain for fifty pence today. Cheesy

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Reply #5 - 01. Dec 2009 at 11:52

bobdent wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 09:52:

Bloody hell I must be getting old, I used to get threepence and still get some nice treats. Roll Eyes

You must still be young and vibrant Bob, in my case it was a 3d bit and a tanner if you were flush.

A bob (or single shilling - generally used for the gas meter) was very much getting into the territory of being well capitalised whilst 2 bob ensured a faithful following of acquaintances.

A half-crown, 2/6d meant that you could dispense with those capricious acquaintances and wallow in self-satisfied financial luxury.

A 10 shilling note, half a nicker or 10 bob was a very rare and mostly fleeting experience whilst the £1 note or quid was the stuff of dreams.

Happy days?

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Reply #6 - 01. Dec 2009 at 11:58

Desperate Den wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 11:52:

bobdent wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 09:52:

Bloody hell I must be getting old, I used to get threepence and still get some nice treats. Roll Eyes

You must still be young and vibrant Bob, in my case it was a 3d bit and a tanner if you were flush.

A bob (or single shilling - generally used for the gas meter) was very much getting into the territory of being well capitalised whilst 2 bob ensured a faithful following of acquaintances.

A half-crown, 2/6d meant that you could dispense with those capricious acquaintances and wallow in self-satisfied financial luxury.

A 10 shilling note, half a nicker or 10 bob was a very rare and mostly fleeting experience whilst the £1 note or quid was the stuff of dreams.

Happy days?

................were you paid in groats ......when you first started work Zulu?.... Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - 01. Dec 2009 at 12:08

Opti wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 11:58:

Desperate Den wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 11:52:

bobdent wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 09:52:

Bloody hell I must be getting old, I used to get threepence and still get some nice treats. Roll Eyes

You must still be young and vibrant Bob, in my case it was a 3d bit and a tanner if you were flush.

A bob (or single shilling - generally used for the gas meter) was very much getting into the territory of being well capitalised whilst 2 bob ensured a faithful following of acquaintances.

A half-crown, 2/6d meant that you could dispense with those capricious acquaintances and wallow in self-satisfied financial luxury.

A 10 shilling note, half a nicker or 10 bob was a very rare and mostly fleeting experience whilst the £1 note or quid was the stuff of dreams.

Happy days?

................were you paid in groats ......when you first started work Zulu?.... Roll Eyes

Groats? - pah! They were for the favoured few Grin

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Reply #8 - 01. Dec 2009 at 12:18

It is strange ......how people remember insignificant events......I remember my first wage packet very well.
The year was 1976......I was paid £20 ....... my take home pay was £16.84p....of which £4 went to my Mum(the old girl as she was known then)......leaving me the princely sum of £12.84.....to piss up the wall each week. Cheesy

......and Oh yes......I also lost my cherry in 1976.. Wink

......and it was a fantastic warm summer too. Thumbs Up!

.....as you say Zulu...Happy days.. Thumbs Up!

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Reply #9 - 01. Dec 2009 at 12:39

Opti wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 12:18:

It is strange ......how people remember insignificant events......I remember my first wage packet very well.
The year was 1976......I was paid £20 ....... my take home pay was £16.84p....of which £4 went to my Mum(the old girl as she was known then)......leaving me the princely sum of £12.84.....to piss up the wall each week. Cheesy

......and Oh yes......I also lost my cherry in 1976.. Wink

......and it was a fantastic warm summer too. Thumbs Up!

.....as you say Zulu...Happy days.. Thumbs Up!

Damn you Opti you've got me going over old ground again.

My first biblical knowledge of a female was 4 years prior to yours. A wonderful, warm-hearted and generous - in the non financial sense - woman she was.

A forensic scientist by calling she guided me through this untraversed territory with great expertise and care for a few heavenly months.

My place in nirvana was lost however when her husband who had been doing a post-grad course in some esoteric subject in a well known, if remote, university returned to domestic civilisation.

I can still see her face, hear the soft modulation of her voice and feel the urgency of her breath on my face.

Now those were happy days.

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Reply #10 - 01. Dec 2009 at 14:00

Desperate Den wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 12:39:

Opti wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 12:18:

It is strange ......how people remember insignificant events......I remember my first wage packet very well.
The year was 1976......I was paid £20 ....... my take home pay was £16.84p....of which £4 went to my Mum(the old girl as she was known then)......leaving me the princely sum of £12.84.....to piss up the wall each week. Cheesy

......and Oh yes......I also lost my cherry in 1976.. Wink

......and it was a fantastic warm summer too. Thumbs Up!

.....as you say Zulu...Happy days.. Thumbs Up!

Damn you Opti you've got me going over old ground again.

My first biblical knowledge of a female was 4 years prior to yours. A wonderful, warm-hearted and generous - in the non financial sense - woman she was.

A forensic scientist by calling she guided me through this untraversed territory with great expertise and care for a few heavenly months.

My place in nirvana was lost however when her husband who had been doing a post-grad course in some esoteric subject in a well known, if remote, university returned to domestic civilisation.

I can still see her face, hear the soft modulation of her voice and feel the urgency of her breath on my face.

Now those were happy days.

.........would that be when you were only twelve years old Cheesy

.........or in 1972 Zulu... Roll Eyes

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Reply #11 - 01. Dec 2009 at 16:01

Opti wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 14:00:

Desperate Den wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 12:39:

Opti wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 12:18:

It is strange ......how people remember insignificant events......I remember my first wage packet very well.
The year was 1976......I was paid £20 ....... my take home pay was £16.84p....of which £4 went to my Mum(the old girl as she was known then)......leaving me the princely sum of £12.84.....to piss up the wall each week. Cheesy

......and Oh yes......I also lost my cherry in 1976.. Wink

......and it was a fantastic warm summer too. Thumbs Up!

.....as you say Zulu...Happy days.. Thumbs Up!

Damn you Opti you've got me going over old ground again.

My first biblical knowledge of a female was 4 years prior to yours. A wonderful, warm-hearted and generous - in the non financial sense - woman she was.

A forensic scientist by calling she guided me through this untraversed territory with great expertise and care for a few heavenly months.

My place in nirvana was lost however when her husband who had been doing a post-grad course in some esoteric subject in a well known, if remote, university returned to domestic civilisation.

I can still see her face, hear the soft modulation of her voice and feel the urgency of her breath on my face.

Now those were happy days.

.........would that be when you were only twelve years old Cheesy

.........or in 1972 Zulu... Roll Eyes

1972, I had a late calling to the scriptures Grin

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Richie London Omega King Offline A HANDSOME DEVIL OF A MAN!! Posts: 10146 heathrow Gender: Drives: a blinking lovely 2001 2.5 elite auto.	Re: When I Was A Kid Reply #12 - 01. Dec 2009 at 17:42 we was so poor i used to go shopping in a wheelbarrow.
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Tony H Omega Baron Offline Posts: 4164 liverpool Gender: Drives: 2.5 ELITE	Re: When I Was A Kid Reply #13 - 01. Dec 2009 at 18:25 Rickets, typhoid, dissentry,polio, getting all your hair cut off then having your head painted purple, ringworm, tin baths in front of the fire ( with warm water if you were priviledged) food shortages, ah yes them were the days
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MickAP Omega Knight Offline Facelift 2.5TD Estate "Chipped" not anymore Posts: 1592 South Derbyshire Gender: Drives: Facelift TD estate but soon to be a 1.9 ???	Re: When I Was A Kid Reply #14 - 01. Dec 2009 at 18:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
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