god i feel old
- chubby37
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god i feel old
well it finally is about to happen.....getting old....my son jay is turning 21 on the 4th of this month..it feels like yesterday he started first grade and told us he was a big boy and did not need us to walk him into school.....they grow up so fast dont they.....if anyone wants to send him a a birthday message or just tell him he is an old fart now....... [email protected]
happy birthday son
happy birthday son
Mate , i agree totally. I am now a grandfather 2 times over. I have a granddaughter that is 2 and a grandson that is 2 weeks old. I remember going cruising and fuel was 39.9 cents a litre. Man , where did those times go.
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- AlpineRaven
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hehe... yeah but hey age doesnt matter..
Funny that, Dad said to me over christmas... he said "when are you gonna stop playing with your Toys (cars)" and I said, huh? huh? what? oh I'm not too old and I'm still a kid.. he laughs...
We have a little one coming and I'm gonna keep going what I'm doing with the little one in my arms watching me working!
Cheers
AP
Funny that, Dad said to me over christmas... he said "when are you gonna stop playing with your Toys (cars)" and I said, huh? huh? what? oh I'm not too old and I'm still a kid.. he laughs...
We have a little one coming and I'm gonna keep going what I'm doing with the little one in my arms watching me working!
Cheers
AP
Subarus that I have/had:
1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic

1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic

- d_generate
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PFFT, I remember when Petrol was 14c per litre, a small bottle of coke was 5c and when cans came out they were 10c, I swore I'd give up smoking when a packet of Benson & Hedges cigarettes went up to a dollar, still smoking 40yrs later and if I was in Aus I'd be paying heaps more haha, China is like Aus was 30yrs ago price wise on most things........... Love it!!!!
98 Libbo with V3 STI running gear. 13.0 @ 105mph with CAI & 3" Zorst:mrgreen:
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- steptoe
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Getting old? That only seems to happen to others, keep playing with old subies keeping me young. I know a coupla of 80 year olds - one still tinkers with all sorts of stuff and still works, the other walks about 6km up hill and down dale, and another must've suddenly felt old when he became a grandfather for the first time at 81! They are getting older!!
Yeah, bring back 5c paddle pops and chewy
Yeah, bring back 5c paddle pops and chewy

- AlpineRaven
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When i got my license, it was 59.9 cents a litre - drove around like nuts...El_Freddo wrote:Stick the 5c paddle pops and chewie Steptoe! Bring back the 39.9 cents a litre fuel!!!
Cheers
Bennie
Cheers
AP
Subarus that I have/had:
1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic

1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic

Kids are cool, they have small hands and arms and get get to thing you can't.AlpineRaven wrote:hehe... yeah but hey age doesnt matter..
Funny that, Dad said to me over christmas... he said "when are you gonna stop playing with your Toys (cars)" and I said, huh? huh? what? oh I'm not too old and I'm still a kid.. he laughs...
We have a little one coming and I'm gonna keep going what I'm doing with the little one in my arms watching me working!
Cheers
AP
- steptoe
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I remember an older sibling spewing that petrol went from 17 to 19 cents a litre (1979?)! Or the spew may have been due to the 200 metre line up, odds and evens and a $10 maximum, or the silly b*&^h that rolled back into us in the wait. I am only just old enough to have found joy in picking a one (1) cent piece off the ground or left over tuck shop money knowing I could get three (3) tarzan jubes at the milk bar on Marsh St. Weren't the best but three was good value 
When is Jay moving out of home with his misus and kids , 2020?

When is Jay moving out of home with his misus and kids , 2020?
- chubby37
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no plans on the missus or moving out yet......got to love the old days...take 60c to school and you were cool couse you could feed all your mates with chips and potato scollops.....i cent got you a box of red heads and the little cans of coke....i go back to before the 74 floods which we got stuck in.....loved the old days
when I was a kid I got 20 cents pocket money a week (if I got all my jobs done if not I got less) then I would go down to the corner shop and come back with a big bag of lollies of all sorts, try doing that now.
Then when I started driving petrol was 30 cents a litre (the best was super) when I got my first Suby about 9 years later petrol was geting up to around 60/70 cents a litre becouse of the foukland war. aound this time I went to Fraser Island for the first time and found that Petrol over there was $10.10 a litre and I thought that was getting to much, now I wish it was that price all the time.
Rik
Then when I started driving petrol was 30 cents a litre (the best was super) when I got my first Suby about 9 years later petrol was geting up to around 60/70 cents a litre becouse of the foukland war. aound this time I went to Fraser Island for the first time and found that Petrol over there was $10.10 a litre and I thought that was getting to much, now I wish it was that price all the time.
Rik
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- AlpineRaven
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heh.. i remember a coke can was 80 cents a can from vending machine, train ticket from Geelong to Melbourne was $2.40 now its $10.
powarrrr... dont you hate when you think in the past its cheaper but not today!
Cheers
AP
powarrrr... dont you hate when you think in the past its cheaper but not today!
Cheers
AP
Subarus that I have/had:
1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic

1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic

- T'subaru
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I remember 10 cent pops, the dawn of color tv, and the first handheld calculators...only $100 bucks. Ive seen the rise and fall of many things, disco, polyester tires and George bush
. But hey, I'm only 50...thats the new 40 I hear, and I still work construction with a bunch of guys half my age and they try to keep up...old age and trechery


Holy schitt! they saw you coming before you even left the mainland.riksta wrote:when I was a kid I got 20 cents pocket money a week (if I got all my jobs done if not I got less) then I would go down to the corner shop and come back with a big bag of lollies of all sorts, try doing that now.
Then when I started driving petrol was 30 cents a litre (the best was super) when I got my first Suby about 9 years later petrol was geting up to around 60/70 cents a litre becouse of the foukland war. aound this time I went to Fraser Island for the first time and found that Petrol over there was $10.10 a litre and I thought that was getting to much, now I wish it was that price all the time.
Rik




P.S. I know it should read $1.10 a litre.
Peter


U rekon you feel old now try finishing this sentance;
"Next year I'll be turning...."
It has a particularly shocking effect at this time of year (the very start).
I'm 28 at the moment, but my sentance reads "Next year I'll be turning 30" !
"Next year I'll be turning...."
It has a particularly shocking effect at this time of year (the very start).
I'm 28 at the moment, but my sentance reads "Next year I'll be turning 30" !
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I must be getting old. Tried sending a reply a little while ago and deleted it instead.
I remember getting $5.00 a week pocket money in 1978 as a year 10 student in high school and having (usually) some left over at the end of the week.
Luckily kids are supposed to keep you from getting old so with 2 sets of twins I should steadily be getting younger. Unfortunately while I may be getting "younger" anything resembling free time is now virtually gone so I spend my "free" time looking at this forum, looking for way to keep my MY going and indulging in my other hobby of saving old ride on lawn mowers from neglect.
I remember getting $5.00 a week pocket money in 1978 as a year 10 student in high school and having (usually) some left over at the end of the week.
Luckily kids are supposed to keep you from getting old so with 2 sets of twins I should steadily be getting younger. Unfortunately while I may be getting "younger" anything resembling free time is now virtually gone so I spend my "free" time looking at this forum, looking for way to keep my MY going and indulging in my other hobby of saving old ride on lawn mowers from neglect.
looks like I had a slip of the finger and put 1 to meny 0, in there. Thanks for letting know Subyroo.Subyroo wrote:Holy schitt! they saw you coming before you even left the mainland.
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P.S. I know it should read $1.10 a litre.
Rik.
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