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Hi Guys...

I've not been around much lately due to family issues, holidays and my son's forthcoming wedding.

So today I sat in the garden with a cuppa and had a busy afternoon catching up on all that has been going on here.....it is not good to take time away from you lot cos too much happens.

To the point...having wished Matt a happy birthday, I said that I wish I could remember what 16 years of age was like....i've just got me bus pass so history is a bit foggy.

I remember that Wagon Wheels were as big as manhole covers.....Flying Saucers had more sherbert in them..... there was a cattle market in my town (Romford, Essex), cars had character...and I was a Mod......sorry

Here is an oportunity to add to my list of memories........all you old farts anyway

Mike

lol have fun Mike

Glad to see you back mick 

You haven't changed have you!

Read this to cheer yourself up:

An elderly gentleman....
Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%
The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet.
I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'

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Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'
Slim says, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby!?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'

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An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great.. I would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love?
You know.... The one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?'

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Hospital regulations  require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted hedidn't need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.'I don't know,' he said. 'She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.'

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Couple in their ninetiesare both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember..
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure..'
'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks.
'No, I can remember it.'
'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so as not to forget it?'
He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.
Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!'
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes,The old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs.. She stares at the plate for a moment.
'Where's my toast ?'

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A senior citizensaid to his eighty-year old buddy:
'So I hear you're getting married?'
'Yep!'
'Do I know her?'
'Nope!'
'This woman, is she good looking?'
'Not really.'
'Is she a good cook?'
'Naw, she can't cook too well.'
'Does she have lots of money?'
'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'
'Well, then, is she good in bed?'
'I don't know.'
'Why in the world do you want to marry her then?'
'Because she can still drive!'

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Three old guysare out walking.
First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?'
Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer.'

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A man was telling his neighbor, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art.. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor . 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty..'

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Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, 'I didn't say that.. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.'

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One more. . .!
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool. After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'
'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'

Ahhh, those were the days 

From my youth I remember summer holidays that used to go on forever, we used to make our own fun, unlike the children of today who sadly all too often dont seem to realise they have an imagination or know how to use it  :-\

I remember when 10p used to buy you a proper bag of sweets 

The half pence piece  I once saved up £8 in half pences then spent it all on Sindy doll stuff  :-[ I dont think the girl behind the till was too impressed with me having to count that lot up 

Mick I used to love those flying saucers  And yes they did used to have alot more sherbet in them. And chocolate bars and packets of crisps used to be so much bigger back then  ::)

Nostalgia! Its great innit, lol 

tiger205 wrote: Ahhh, those were the days 

From my youth I remember summer holidays that used to go on forever, we used to make our own fun, unlike the children of today who sadly all too often dont seem to realise they have an imagination or know how to use it  :-\

What can kids do nowadays?

Recently I drove through the town I grew up in and I felt sorry for all the kids living there. A lot of the trees I used to climb have been cut down and those still standing have had their lower branches cut off so you can't climb them. Two big fields, woods and a large area of wastland I used to play on have been built on. Another small wood has been cleaned up so now it's just a few trees on a bit of grass (apparently the woods had turned into a drug den). There's parked cars everywhere so no footy in the street.  Even a brook that was great for Brook jumping has been channeled and concreted.

Kids today just can't do any of the things that I loved doing 30ish years ago.

Half the kids are brain dead when it comes to thinking of things to do these days, if it doesnt have a screen they are stuffed.

I remember climbing trees, building dens, messing around down the stream, making tarzan swings, model making, painting, swiming down the local baths or Lido, bike rides to local parks, building trolly carts to ride on, (soapbox Races to our continental cousins ), the list is endless.

As for sweets, anyone remember the Texan Bar? Tootie Fruities and opal Fruits? (yeah they now call em "Star burst", what that name has to do with different coloured fruity sweets I have no idea  ).
I also remember playing many happy hours with my Original Action men.... those were the days..... Jeez I sound like my Grandad used to !   

As a registered old fart I'll put my two pennuth in as well, remember when Mars bars were the size of house bricks? More importantly, Tamiya kits were just a dream in the future and Airfix kits cost two bob? I dunno how my bedroom ceiling lasted with the weight of all that glue hanging beneath it. On wet rainy days the old Lego used to come out or even the Meccano, toys that NEEDED imagination.

Non of this old PC brigade rubbish, if you played conkers you didn't use bloody goggles and if you went climbing it was you own fault if you fell off, not the councils because they failed to trim the tree properly or didn't put rubber mats under each bough with the relevant warning signs, forget the bloody Taliban, litigious lawyers will be our downfall.

Could you imagine a day when the army says that its soldiers are too unfit to fight due to thier childhood upbringing?

There was an experiment done in Japan a while back, scientists placed a door bell press button on a wall and asked 25 to 65 year olds to press it. EVERY single one used thier forefinger to press it. They then asked a group of teenagers to do the same, 90 odd % used thier THUMBS. Apparently its a result of being born in the Nintedo/Ps3 generation,thumbs are used on the handsets to play (i'll take their word for it). Short sightedness has also increased due to the playing of these computer games.

So if you see an overweight, myopic teenager with a thumb the size of a claw hammer, you KNOW what he does all day!

I used to live in an average house, and across the road was huge area that used to be a brickworks before I was born. It was just mounds of earth and all overgrown. I'll tell you what, we used to spend our entire childhood either over there, or down the road in the woods. We used to have rock fights! The number of times I went home with blood pouring out of my head...and you can add to that the times I knocked teeth out belting down hills on scooters/old trcycles with no brakes/carts made out of wood and pram wheels.

Clipping an old fag packet to the rear frame of my pushbike with a clothes peg sounded better than a Triumph T100 too.

We used to get lots of snow in those days, so we made our own sledges, and even invented snowboarding!

There was no central heating, we just wore another layer. There was often ice on the inside of the bedroom window.

The whole road used to turn out in the summer to play cricket in the middle of it, cars were rarely a problem.

Neighbours talked endlessly to each other, it was a community, not somewhere to live. People lived and died there and rarely moved house. If someone died, the whole road used to keep their curtains drawn as a mark of respect.

Doorstep milk deliveries, no matter how bad the weather. Frozen milk that forced the cream 2" out through the foil cap. We had to thaw the milk out before we could pour it on our cornflakes.

Food? There was no such thing as burgers, pizza's. pasta, instant coffee (everyone drank tea, made in a teapot and used a tea strainer), toast done with a toasting fork on an open coal fire, no microwaves, no electric kettles, no fridge.

All vegetables were grown either in the garden or on the allotment.

Roast chicken was a luxury. Beef was the norm. Mint sauce made with ...mint from the garden.
All cakes and desserts were made by our mother.

The tv was black and white, and in those days it actually had entertainment on it. I haven't turned my whizzy big screen LCD tv on for over a month??

45rpm singles? Petula Clark singing 'Downtown'.

Dave Lee Travis on the radio on a Sunday? Awaiting the announcement of this weeks No.1 like it was awaiting news that the war had ended?

Watching 'Its a knockout' and laughing along with Stewart Hall.
Eddie Waring commentating on the rugby...'It's an up and under'!
The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Shows.
The original Dr Who.
Laurel and Hardy movies on a Saturday morning.

Jeez...where did it all go, life was so simple, the sun shone endlessly, and being without money didn't mean being without friends, fun or entertainment.

Rob G

Hi I can remember going out drinking 8 pints of real ale fish&chips on way the way home and still had change from a £1.
    Nothing wrong with being a mod they had the best music,on second thoughts they did have to ride scooters.


  regards pete