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[gez]

Off another discussion and hope Zorch doesn't mind me quoting him.


"Hi all,

It looks like I'm going to be 'bucking the trend' here...

I could quite happily live without the Internet... I really enjoyed life before the Internet... and I regularly do live without the internet for weeks at a time and it doesn't bother me at all... I would also like to add (although it wasn't included in the original question) that I have never owned a mobile phone either... now that is a real blessing... I hate those things... and if I didn't have my satellite equipment... then I wouldn't even bother using the internet at all...!!

In fact... if I could go back in time right now and live out the rest of my days from say the mid 1950's onwards... then that would be my wish... I would still have enough lifespan left before I 'popped my clogs' as to avoid most modern technology before it actually came into existence... what a dream... sadly that's not going to happen... no matter how much I wish for it...

So I suppose I'll just have to carry on deluding myself that I can't live without the internet...

Best Wishes,
Zorch"

I was born in 1953, my early years consisted of playing out in the street in Stockingford Nuneaton, near us we had 2 large green patches of grass,one was "the circle" one was "blackatree" kids from both places and us in the street in between used to play footy/cricket etc, 50 aside. we had gangs but not vicious ones,we played together, we had a couple of fields where horses used to roam and we would ride them,we built camps in those fields, we had a canal we used to swim in,orchards we used to scrump in (apple nickin) cloddies which was a working clay pit we played and rode the clay train in,buffers on railway lines we used to train spot in,as we got older we used to go potato picking to pay for a holiday together(never messed about just earn't good money to spend) , I had loads of girls i used to date and more mucky stuff with (lucky i aint got loads of kids about) ,we used to go to pubs when we was 16.
In essence we was street wise and learned very quickly who we could trust and who not and during all those years we experienced THE most incredible music EVER.We did have our dark days but they have faded with the years cos there was more good days than bad.
Now i "celebrate my 60 burpday on April 7 and like all this techie/internet/phone stuff but sometimes hanker back to thos carefree days.
Soooooooooooooooooo
What was you youth like.:Biggrin2:

 

[Him Her]

About the same for me - born 1954, just done the 59 bit. I'll try and send birthday wishes nearer the time

We were streetwise, probably because we were on it most of the time. Mischievous b*ggers we were and that overflowed into school and life generally.

I do remember some incidents, one in particular when us guys started noticing girls as more than just a pain in the ass and stopped pulling their hair lol.

Me and a few mates did okay and had girlfriends (about 12 I reckon), but the geeks just didn't have a clue. There was a culvert ran under the school field for about a half mile and we made a few bob taking the geeks on 'SAS' courses through the culvert as they would be more attractive to girls once they proved they were 'men'.

Of course, they lost their money and the girls were NOT impressed lol

[Apologies if any members coughed for this 'SAS' course - no refunds]

I could go on but you'd just be bored :Laugh:

 

[wiz569]

I could go on but you'd just be bored :Laugh:

Really? Never stopped you before

 

[gez]

Really? Never stopped you before

wish i could like that double.................absolute classic response from wiz.
no offence HH

 

[gez]

had a few girl friends at school,(3 in infant school) but best memories was a lass called Lorraine cope ,her dad was master at arms in Nuneaton sea cadets. Vanquisher was the ships name.My sister was a P.O. for wrens and she was a wren who also was at my school. she looked (an this is all very very true) gorgeous tanned skin,long hair,slim,very beautiful but without any airs an graces. so beautiful. Still love her today but was only 15 when her parents took the family to Australia . A big part of me died that year and i will always love her in a youngish sort of way .Would hope she built a happy life in oz but jealous of lucky git who married her ,if any one ever did.

 

[Him Her]

wish i could like that double.................absolute classic response from wiz.
no offence HH

Yeah, unfortunately Wiz has me nailed lol

 

[wiz569]

Yeah, unfortunately Wiz has me nailed lol

Sorry m8 couldn't resist lol

 

[Him Her]

Sorry m8 couldn't resist lol

I know M8, you're on a roll

 

[gez]

do you remember the transistor radio/luxemborg/prince/blackburn/etc............recording top 20 an trying to pause to stop dj's voice over.ready steady go/cathy mcgowans fringe/five special/juke box jury(i'ii give it foive janice nicholls). motown/regga mods/rockers/hippys.
free love (which i did indule in copious amounts) girls looked feminine an sexy guys looked like a bunch of woofters lol. big collars long cuffs.
starksey an hutch............carpenters/ a team/ and on and on.
but we still went out an played and we was thinner/fitter/more friendly/knew "real mates".
Now i'm a grumpy old git who talks/writes to other grumpy old/young gits on here rather than the real world.
"quote" https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/index.php?threads/306419/
or is this the world we live in.

Im happy were i am , i can moan/laff/learn/comisurate/help/not help/take the p**s etc.
one button takes me back to reality and thats all i need.
happy week end folks.

 

[Him Her]

Loons (skinny fit strides when you could fit into them), flared bottoms, obs. The days when planes were things you saw in the sky - my first time was my honeymoon (Mrs M was more travelled then me) - took several large Bacardi & Cokes just to get me anywhere near the fooker lol

Benidorm when it was quiet...

 

[gez]

Loons (skinny fit strides when you could fit into them), flared bottoms, obs. The days when planes were things you saw in the sky - my first time was my honeymoon (Mrs M was more travelled then me) - took several large Bacardi & Cokes just to get me anywhere near the fooker lol

Benidorm when it was quiet...

flares yes yes
planes yep saw concorde very first maiden flight over derby.
bicardi/coke
rum/black
planes towing ad banners behind them
cortinas
so many memories.

 

[Him Her]

The one to lust after - Cortina 1600E

 

[gez]

The one to lust after - Cortina 1600E

Ha i actually owned one and a lotus cortina and a vita (but that was a mark 5 i think)
loved all the cortinas ,my first was dnc 337c .
first one was a prefect 3 speed.

 

[Him Her]

First motor was an Anglia, inner wings repaired with sheets of the local paper and Dulux lol

Then a Hillman Imp - figured out how to fix them then bought a Sunbeam Alpine (same engine, same problems). Now I knew how to fix them, ripped the engine out and did a head and block skim, solved

 

[gez]

come on guys ,surely you lot got upto something in your youth

 

[jondoe]

i did !!! my playground was a ship breakers yard (White's) at st davids bay on the river forth. it was owned by a friend of the family and i spent as much time there as possible. was driving trucks, cranes, tractors, using burning gear at the age of 12 i ferkin loved it. a little boys dream. also worked on local farm (annie steadman's).. its so hard to explain the enjoyment i had in my younger years. (father owned a boatyard and he also worked for ibm) everybody knew everybody. most importantly everybody treated each other with respect. i can remember being told "if you can start it you can drive it" an old wind up dumper truck.. was it a petter diesel twin that you wound up then flicked over the decompression lever and hoped it started. oh yes i had a smile a mile wide. when i left school i worked there, but it wasnt the same health and safety had started to creep into the workplace and cripple the wild and adventurous. fulltime job as electrician then instrumentation engineer then computer engineer also became a stockie driver ... yee ha the child within re-appears........


first car MK1 escort
2nd car MK2 escort with 2L conversion
mondeo then never drove a ford again as in my opinion they became crap
2L cavalier's just one for years .. best car i ever had.. had a couple for spares that were never used
now drive a renault that has never let me down.. just keeps going
oh yea and a shed load of motorcycles RD250cc.yamaha that i sat my test on
then jumped onto a z750 turbo kawasaki.. stayed with kawasaki's for many years till i went to suzuki GSX range and now ride a DL650 Suzuki
i might be knocking on the door of 50 years old but the boy is still here and still seeking adventure !!!!!

 

[Erbs]

when we was kids my brother and myself used to spend hours listening to the police radio on a normal transistor radio

was always a thrill knowing where the police was heading off to next and occasionally hearing out road name come up in conversation

spending hours scrumping for apples in the summer

always was out playing never sat indoors

no technology in the early 80's for us and i'm glad coz we made our own entertainment which in turn makes you creative without actually knowing it

yes they were good days for me and i personally think now technology has isolated children more as they would rather stay in and play consoles than playing in the real world

 

[Firemouth]

The one to lust after - Cortina 1600E

OH yeah.
At the time I was a motorcyclist but that car was top of my "want" list.

I guess I'd like to revisit the mid 70's.
I lived in Keswick and all my mates were into rallying.
So i spent much time upside-down and climbing out of tipped MK1 escorts, sporting twin CeBe Oscar lights, 4 point harnesses, flared wheel arches. (which i spent endless hours replacing) and More often than not Twin 40 downdraught Webbers.
The RAC rally came passed my door and the forest stages were just a mile or so down the road.
snarling works Escorts, purring Porches, cackling Mini's and the heavenly sound of the Lancia Stratos.

Watching Malcom Willson struggle to get his porkie V8 TR7 round any stage.
finding cars stuck 20 foot up a tree!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, in hind sight, things were good.
so good I wouldn't change a thing!

 

[Him Her]

Reminds me of an amusing episode from the time. My mate at the traffic lights, car covered in stickers looking for all the world like a rally car while the guy next to him in the Porsche was clearly thinking "boy racer".

Sadly for the Porsche, it was a works car and my mate was one of the team preparing and delivering...

...now a Porsche is quick but boy did he get a surprise! :Laugh: