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...Big Macs were bigger!
...Wagon Wheels were the size of well… a wagon wheel and had HEAPS of jame and marshmello! Now they are tiny with hardly a lick or either!
...Cadbury Creme egg filling was runnier and would dribble down the side if you bit it in half. Now its just…thick!?
...there was no Vegimite 2.0. If you didnt like it you were unAustralian!
...Minties were hard as little white rocks until you sucked on them enough to warm them up to chewing consistancy!
What else has changed in a bad way since you were a kid?
...kids played in the street (not on a gaming console)
...the school canteen sold lots of sweet sugary goodness!
It was always Saturday !!!!!!
... no one had heard of snowboarding!!
(sorry couldn’t help myself!)
you could buy fireworks in canberra
cool fuits came in a tin
a non working computer game was usually fixed with a good stiff blow into the cartridge
you could buy fireworks in canberra
when i was a kid you could buy fireworks in the rest of australia and have an awesome bonfire night in the reserve over the back on Queens birthday long weekend.
I remember when bubble o’ bills were like twice the size of what they are now
There was no Ice Cream over $2.
People showed up on time (no mobile phones to phone up and say “I’m running late”)
Nobody minded that Humphrey didn’t wear pants, Noddy and Big Ears slept in the same bed or Bert and Earnie sharing a bath.
and you could get a Large Pizza Hut pizza for $4.95
And it looked like this:
rather than this:
Mint Patties and Golden Roughs were thicker and everywhere.
Computer games were on a Commodore 64 with the games on cassette tapes.
Surfed on a MR twin
Petrol was well under $1.
Nippers was my favourite thing in the world.
I put lots of gel in my hair.
I had a Commodore 64 computer.
We played cricket in the street.
Ninja Turtles were the bomb!
I had an awesome collection of ‘Masters of the Universe’ toys.
(I realise not all of these changed for the worse. It’s just different now. Sorry, I should have read the thread fully before typing. )
I think it should cover both rider!!!
...when a large McDonald’s meal was only $4.95!
1-Petrol was well under $1.
2-Nippers was my favourite thing in the world.
3-I put lots of gel in my hair.
4-I had a Commodore 64 computer.
5-We played cricket in the street.
6-Ninja Turtles were the bomb!
7-I had an awesome collection of ‘Masters of the Universe’ toys.
(I realise not all of these changed for the worse. It’s just different now. Sorry, I should have read the thread fully before typing. )
1- that seems like a life time ago now!
2-i was boss at nippers, i loved going to the aussie surf titles
3- Guilty
4- i had an atari as well
5-cricket was a requirement after school, we also used to get to school an hour before class to play soccer or footy
6-for my 8th bday i had a 1 metre long Michelangelo cake
I second the ninja turtles, they were my fave thing ever when the first movie came out!
...When a 30c cone at Maccas was only 30c…
Pots (yes im victorian) of beer were $1.50
...Someone else paid for my lift ticket.
... Someone else paid for a lot of thing!!! (its pay day tomorrow can you tell i am getting desperate!)
Ninja Turtles are the best, I loved watching them as a kid. Leonardo was my favourite!!!
...getting new shoes was exciting, not a burn on the pocket!