The Old Fogeys thread

[Hex69]

In response to Sooty2k's 18-30 thread, I propose a thread for all of us who remember how it was before all these young whipper-snappers came along.

Thread limited to;

1. How things were better in the past.
2. How youngsters today don't know anything.
3. Or how we would change things if we could be bothered/not so cynical.

Fire away them......

[zollaf]

petrol was a lot cheaper in the past. before the first gulf war it cost about £1.80 for a gallon. during the war (when i learnt to drive) it went up to about £2.50 a gallon, then came back to £2.00. these days i have no idea how much it is because its sold in these new fangled metric units.
kids these days, they dont even know what a gallon is.
bring back the gallon, thats what i say.

[Sam]

these days i have no idea how much it is because its sold in these new fangled metric units.

4.5461 Litres = 1 UK gallon

[onemanparty]

petrol was a lot cheaper in the past. before the first gulf war it cost about £1.80 for a gallon. during the war (when i learnt to drive) it went up to about £2.50 a gallon, then came back to £2.00. these days i have no idea how much it is because its sold in these new fangled metric units.
kids these days, they dont even know what a gallon is.
bring back the gallon, thats what i say.

God that brings back memories - I remember popping down to the garage and putting in just £1 and thanks to the youngsters today it has more than doubled.

also kids TV was better back then - Finger bobs, Bagpuss and the classic Mr Benn to name a few now what do they have???

[pon]

Onemanparty your childrens tv is a bit on the modern side. It was better when I was younger. Watch with Mother Bill & Ben, The Wooden Tops, Camberwick Green & Trumpton to name a few.

[Hex69]

Pleased to see that everyone's getting in the spirit of the thread, talking a which when I was young alcohol was cheaper, < 1 quid a pint and gangs of youths didn't stand on street corners swigging cider..

[kite]

Ahhh.....the good 'ol days......
Cars with wiper operated by the vacuum system, the faster you went the slower the wipers worked.
football in the street, jumpers for goalposts.
The test card on TV, not 24hr "news".....
gotto go, I have something in my eye.....

[Sam]

Ahhh.....the good 'ol days......
Cars with wiper operated by the vacuum system, the faster you went the slower the wipers worked.
football in the street, jumpers for goalposts.
The test card on TV, not 24hr "news".....
gotto go, I have something in my eye.....

See, I'm not old old but I remember all of those.

I also remember my Beetle failing its MOT because the moron in the test centre disconnected the washer pump to check the spare tyre was sound. When he went back to check the washers worked, they didn't

I remember only having 3 channels on TV too.

[kite]

My first car was a mini,the starter button was on the floor and the windows were sliders, shame I didn't have a licence to drive it on the road.
1966 world cup, what a great time to live in London..... world cup willy and all that.
Fishing with bangers around bonfire night.....I could go on and on.....

[MalcQV]

Used to fill my old MKIII Tina up for about £10