The times they are a'changin'

Kieran_Burns

mudcow007 wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Greg T wrote:

Rag and bone man collecting using a horse and cart.

BOB'S GONE MAM!!!!





(for Southerners and youngsters: "Mother the money in the electricity meter has run out and you need to put more in" The was generally a low denomination coin such as a 5 pence piece, in later times this became a 50p piece and ultimately (when I was a student!) a £1 coin)

my nan had an 50p meter

anyone have a "pop van" when they were younger, basically a van delivering fizzy drinks an you got money back when dropped the empties off

Corona bottles. The ultimate way to recycle glass.

Yup. We had them.

Greg T

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Corona bottles. The ultimate way to recycle glass.

Yup. We had them.

Ben Shaws.

veronese68

walkingbootweather wrote:

Using the choke to start the car in the cold. I remember a mate's dad who was a British Leyland mechanic telling us about an old dear that had bought a first generation Metro, repeatedly returning the car to the workshop because it kept kangarooing. My mates dad couldn't find anything wrong with it so eventually asked the lady to take him out for a test drive. First thing she did was pull out the choke and hang her hand bag on it. She thought it was a clever feature for securing her bag rather than a device to alter the fuel/air mixture. :?

Heard countless variations of that over the years. I think it's just a motor trade joke that gets repeated in various guises. Maybe it did happen once and has done a few laps of the trade, more likely a bit of an urban myth.

Greg T

Greg T wrote:

Rag and bone man collecting using a horse and cart.

Funnily enough . . . with the cost of scrap metal having gone up so much I was amazed when my Dad (who was a builder) told me to just leave out on the street metal rich items as they would get cleaned up by "skip rats". Guys who just drive round in vans and clear up stuff they can weigh in / sell on. mark it up as "please take" and it goes like magic (note - this does not work on just any old crap so don't come back to me saying your mouldy spuds are still sat in your drive)

He's right, leave anything out front and it will go, a Belfast sink that I'd been growing bulbs in went in two hours - it weighed 40kg . . .

Daz555

I remember having to get up to change TV channel - the buttons had about 1 inch of travel.
I remember when the TV had 4 buttons - 1,2,3 and *. We wondered what the * would one day be used for!
I remember when the remote control for the video had a cable.
I remember when there was a specific place in the house you had to stand/sit in order to make a telephone call.
I remember having a calor gas fire in the kitchen.
I remember having ice on the inside of my bedroom window in the winter mornings.
I remember the pop van, the chip van, and of course the dog and bone man.
I remember the environmentally friendly electric vehicles which early every morning morning brought fresh milk, eggs and bread to your door. Now there's a crazy idea.

DonDaddyD

Greg T wrote:

Greg T wrote:

Rag and bone man collecting using a horse and cart.

Funnily enough . . . with the cost of scrap metal having gone up so much I was amazed when my Dad (who was a builder) told me to just leave out on the street metal rich items as they would get cleaned up by "skip rats". Guys who just drive round in vans and clear up stuff they can weigh in / sell on. mark it up as "please take" and it goes like magic (note - this does not work on just any old crap so don't come back to me saying your mouldy spuds are still sat in your drive)

He's right, leave anything out front and it will go, a Belfast sink that I'd been growing bulbs in went in two hours - it weighed 40kg . . .

Works for vacuum cleaners, Ironing boards and bike wheels as well.

Daz555

DonDaddyD wrote:

Greg T wrote:

Greg T wrote:

Rag and bone man collecting using a horse and cart.

Funnily enough . . . with the cost of scrap metal having gone up so much I was amazed when my Dad (who was a builder) told me to just leave out on the street metal rich items as they would get cleaned up by "skip rats". Guys who just drive round in vans and clear up stuff they can weigh in / sell on. mark it up as "please take" and it goes like magic (note - this does not work on just any old crap so don't come back to me saying your mouldy spuds are still sat in your drive)

He's right, leave anything out front and it will go, a Belfast sink that I'd been growing bulbs in went in two hours - it weighed 40kg . . .

Works for vacuum cleaners, Ironing boards and bike wheels as well.

Reminds me of the old story of guy who left a TV outside his house with "please take me" written on it. After several hours it was still there. He then labelled it "For Sale £100".......someone nicked it within the hour.

asprilla

Daz555 wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

Greg T wrote:

Greg T wrote:

Rag and bone man collecting using a horse and cart.

Funnily enough . . . with the cost of scrap metal having gone up so much I was amazed when my Dad (who was a builder) told me to just leave out on the street metal rich items as they would get cleaned up by "skip rats". Guys who just drive round in vans and clear up stuff they can weigh in / sell on. mark it up as "please take" and it goes like magic (note - this does not work on just any old crap so don't come back to me saying your mouldy spuds are still sat in your drive)

He's right, leave anything out front and it will go, a Belfast sink that I'd been growing bulbs in went in two hours - it weighed 40kg . . .

Works for vacuum cleaners, Ironing boards and bike wheels as well.

Reminds me of the old story of guy who left a TV outside his house with "please take me" written on it. After several hours it was still there. He then labelled it "For Sale £100".......someone nicked it within the hour.

When I was living in Germany the last Wednesday of the month is Spermull day (sp?). Everyone puts out anything they want to get rid of and anyone can pick it up if they want it. The following morning the council take away what's left. Simple and brilliant.

DrLex

Daz555 wrote:

[...]
I remember when there was a specific place in the house you had to stand/sit in order to make a telephone call.
[...]

Still the case with me; one wired handset (land-line) located coincidentally in the only place in the house with mobile reception.

Oh, and if not posted already:

SimonAH

DrLex wrote:

Daz555 wrote:

[...]
I remember when there was a specific place in the house you had to stand/sit in order to make a telephone call.
[...]

Still the case with me; one wired handset (land-line) located coincidentally in the only place in the house with mobile reception.

Oh, and if not posted already:

Yup, pea roast.

Remember making compilation tapes for girls though?

BelgianBeerGeek

Kieran_Burns wrote:

mudcow007 wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Greg T wrote:

Rag and bone man collecting using a horse and cart.

BOB'S GONE MAM!!!!





(for Southerners and youngsters: "Mother the money in the electricity meter has run out and you need to put more in" The was generally a low denomination coin such as a 5 pence piece, in later times this became a 50p piece and ultimately (when I was a student!) a £1 coin)

my nan had an 50p meter

anyone have a "pop van" when they were younger, basically a van delivering fizzy drinks an you got money back when dropped the empties off

Corona bottles. The ultimate way to recycle glass.

Yup. We had them.

We used to use the Corona bottles to make ginger beer to get pished when we were kids. I remember one exploded in my bedroom and the glass shards embedded in the wall. My mum went spare. Luckily I was away on a Scout camp.
Our neighbour use to give us his Newky Brown bottles to return to the pub for the deposit because he couldn't be bothered. The pub then had a proper "off sales" section, now sadly long gone.

BelgianBeerGeek

SimonAH wrote:

DrLex wrote:

Daz555 wrote:

[...]
I remember when there was a specific place in the house you had to stand/sit in order to make a telephone call.
[...]

Still the case with me; one wired handset (land-line) located coincidentally in the only place in the house with mobile reception.

Oh, and if not posted already:

Yup, pea roast.

Remember making compilation tapes for girls though?

Yep. Spent hours on them for my girlfriend. And it works - we've been married 19 years now. The tapes are still somewhere in the attic.

DonDaddyD

DrLex wrote:

Hiphop and garage sound far better on a tape than they do on any other format.

FACT.

DrLex

DonDaddyD wrote:

Hiphop and garage sound far better on a tape than they do on any other format.

FACT.

Yes, and rap:


Right:


You're doing it wrong:

jonomc4

Have recently watched - ashes to ashes and life on mars on netflix.

I don't really miss the 70's much but by God I miss the 80's! Think it must have been my youthful Mormones - but I still think women look better in 80's clothes (ok not all of them) than nowadays.