The Oldies Thread

[tonyhorne]

Simpler times!
Can't imagine any kid being happy to get one of those now.

Well, they rip the pages out of their school books and make them from those. Can't decide whether that is progress or not ...

 

[kev]

Well, they rip the pages out of their school books and make them from those. Can't decide whether that is progress or not ...

They probably can make their own . . . but they're unable to use them because there's no remote control and no app on their phone for it.

 

[Cels]

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[Eggs]

 

[bigjonny]

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We had one of these in the kitchen but what is it ?

 

[Cels]

We had one of these in the kitchen but what is it ?
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I thought it may have been a liquid soap dispenser but it appears to be a loose tea dispenser

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[roydo]

I thought it may have been a liquid soap dispenser but it appears to be a loose tea dispenser

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Ours was loose tea leaves.

 

[bigjonny]

I thought it may have been a liquid soap dispenser but it appears to be a loose tea dispenser

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Ours was loose tea leaves.

Ta

 

[Eggs]

….Four Feather Falls;

 

[Eggs]

 

[kev]

….Four Feather Falls;

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Kalamakooya Kala Kalya

 

[Eggs]

….what happened next?

 

[Littlesue]

….what happened next?

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Started burning.

 

[Eggs]

….there’s a story in our family that when I was 4 (1959 or 1960), I went into our back yard and painted the coal white.