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September 06 2014

(this might have been done before, but I'm in the mood to do it again :)) I'm curious about all the things that didn't exist at one point in your lifetime, but now do. By that I mean (for example): I'm from a small town. I remember when espresso coffee appeared in cafes. Before that it was just instant coffee and I'd never seen the real thing. I remember seeing my first computer when I was 11, getting my first computer and dot matrix printer when I was 19 and getting the internet when I was about 23. I remember when there was no such thing as the internet (omg). I remember when the majority of cars didn't have power steering. Smart phones are obviously super-new, relatively speaking. I remember when the first mobile phones started appearing - those enormous brick car phone thingies. Until I was about 25, my home town had one Chinese restaurant, one Thai restaurant and that was about it. I tried Thai for the first time when I was in my 20s. I remember when McDonalds barely existed in Australia and the closest one to me opened when I was a teenager, hours from me. Before that I'd never seen one. What's new for you?

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RHP User

11 years ago

And would never try cooking with unusual or cultural food items..She also hated fish, sea foods, curries, chilliies or spices. I was brought up in a small NZ toen , so a meal out was pub grub.... I too, am a boring cook - prefering j'just add sauce' meals over cookery books & inventive culinary labour. So for me, moving to Auckland at 17 was an eye opener....and many times a taste trial.. New for me in my late teens was hot curries, shell fish, cous cous, (yuck!!!). As well as avacados, salami, tofu, salmon, bagels, cottage cheese, (Yummy!!). I have learnt to love & appreciate good ethnic restaurants, & admire those people who love to cook well & serve meals - not just food.. - Posted from rhpmobile

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MsSuperFoxy

11 years ago

When I left school and attended Business College I was taught to type on the good old metal Type-writter. Type, Type, Type......DING! slide it across... Boy they where hard work!! There was no room for typing errors until the little whiteout sheets became the in thing! PMSL! *Does anyone remember "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog??* SHIT! Now I feel a little antique! :( Foxy

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RHP User

11 years ago

When cars didn't reverse-park themselves When the CD player was invented (and I bragged about it being Dutch. Ugh.) Having to wait two days for my photos to be developed The TGV high speed train making my trip to Paris sooo much faster Anti-flea tablets for dogs, a life saver! Oh, so many more...

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madotara69

11 years ago

Use to drop off glass bottles of milk.(pints) It was a race before the Magpies would peck through the foil caps and eat the cream that floated on top of the milk. And the Swing man, would bring fizzy drinks right to the door. And I think the first McDonald's (Aus) was in Brookvale , we use to trick or treat it as kids, the lousy buggers would never give us even some cookies, so we Vaseline'd their windows. bahahahahaha Oh, now McDonalds use non stick materials on the ceilings, because every one (Kids mostly) use to throw the gherkins up there. Mado Mado Tara xx

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RHP User

11 years ago

OMG - how good are they!

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RHP User

11 years ago

I remember before auto-tellers . I had a bank book and I'd have to withdraw money for the weekend on Friday . Of course , back then , a pie with sauce cost 55 cents . And if you wanted to give someone a love letter , you had to write it on paper with a pen ! GG♒️ - Posted from rhpmobile

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RHP User

11 years ago

When tuppence ha'penny could buy you so much fish and chips you couldn't carry it home. Oh hang on, I was channelling my Dad for a bit! I remember being able to buy fireworks at the milk bar in my little country Victorian town. And rotary dialers on telephones. And yes Foxy, typewriters! Drivers (for golf) that had wooden heads. And hot water bottles in winter before electric blankets! - Posted from rhpmobile

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RHP User

11 years ago

NO TV , and it was the best time ever as we always were out and about. You would wring the clothes out with a hand roller, or the famous Mangler that always got your hair caught in it of you were not careful. the old copper for the sheets and a pipe that was around it to get hot water. Mondays were washing days. now this will flaw you all. when i was a kid the shit can guy would come around, and sometimes swipe that old can from right under your bum. no pop up toasters. no packet foods at all. except rolled oats and wheat bix. milk and bread got delivered every day, when was a child it was by horse and wagon and the milkman would ladle out the milk, bread was not wrapped in plastic. Bottles were all glass you could buy your lunch for 15 cents/ pence and that would get you a hamburger and a coke and then some money back when you returned the bottle. mothers hit you , with anything they could lay their hands on. The fly swat , wooden spoon or egg flip were all time favorites. they would say, wait to your father gets home, because mothers were home makers mostly back in the olden days. clothes were mostly made by your mum or grandmother. sex was never talked about, and girls were told their hymen was the most valuable thing on the planet and if you gave it away your life would be ruined, and it was , if you got pregnant you could use a coat hanger or go to a back yard guy who would butcher you. Or go to the home for unwed mothers and forced to hand over your child. if you got married you might loose your job. you could ride your push bike anywhere and stay out side in the country side or parks or town and would not come home till the street lights went on, or your mother was yelling for you to come in. life has its good and bad back in the olden days.

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RHP User

11 years ago

In dams outside town. You'd measure your success in wheat bags, and cook the lot that night in a big copper over an open fire in the backyard. Dirty, smelly but tasty and wonderful. Some of the big ones were the length of a long neck beer bottle. There hasn't been a good yabby season in my ancestral home for 30 odd years. - Posted from rhpmobile

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RHP User

11 years ago

When I actually had to wiggle my toothbrush myself.

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RHP User

11 years ago

Records to cassettes to CDs to MP3. Betamax video tapes to VCR to DVD to BluRay to Internet streaming. Automatic gear boxes in cars, power-steering, automatic windows.

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Tall74nHard9

11 years ago

I can remember the first AMP tower in Sydney at Circular Quay was the tallest building in Sydney (and OZ).Can remember when double decker buses used to ply the routes around town. (Just can't quite remember the trams, although they were around).Can remember when you could actually park pretty much anywhere you wanted in Sydney (city). Also when you could actually drive in Sydney without it being perpetual peak-hour.Was born on the north shore here and lived there until not long after my first birthday. My parents then decided to move 'out west'. We lived on a dirt street, which was the rule rather than the exception. There was actually bush around the houses back then, with real wildlife like goannas, snakes and such. Can remember when the first double-decker trains came into being, in service alongside the old 'red-rattlers'. Also the electrification of the train line past Liverpool (to Campbelltown).Our first o/s holiday was in a prop aircraft !Japanese cars were just coming into Oz.Can remember 6p stamps. Also the intro of decimal currency (can still remember the breakdown of the old shillings and pence, and the ounces into pounds into stones etc). OK, that'll do for now. Tall

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RHP User

11 years ago

You've just reminded me that flights from my home town used to be in prop planes! These days I almost have a panic attack if I have to board a prop plane.

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RHP User

11 years ago

The use of cellph's & zoned out people in public crossing busy streets etc seems to be becoming more prolific..lol not sure how well some parts of society would cope with a game changing emp event - Posted from rhpmobile

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OzRednecks

11 years ago

I remember when I was little, our tv had buttons on it (it was the size of a moving box) and NO remote (I know, OMG right??) I always jumped at the chance to walk over to the telly and switch the channel over for my folks. Those were exciting times. Now I think I have 3 x remotes on my coffee table. Haha I also miss the old dial telephones. You go to call a number (which took forever to swirl all the numbers around, especially if there were a few '0's in it) and if you messed up on the last number, well.... You had to start all over again.. Or give up and try calling again the next day! Hahahahaha. Mobile phones...... Where would we be without these smart little devices that can pretty much do everything for you and track every where you go (That part is a bit scary. Ekkkkk) What will our world be like in another 10 years time? :)

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Tall74nHard9

11 years ago

Quoting 'Burning_Love' You've just reminded me that flights from my home town used to be in prop planes! These days I almost have a panic attack if I have to board a prop plane. No need to worry about them these days - most of the props are all pretty new and much more reliable than the good ol' days.

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Hottie1

11 years ago

You were excited to eat your Sunny Boy/Razz or Glug to see if you had won a free one! No such thing now. Mary xx

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RHP User

11 years ago

we got our first VHS player, it was also the first model to have a remote control. The remote was attached by a cable. It was amazing and annoying in equal measure.

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madotara69

11 years ago

Quoting 'Rick_Blaine' we got our first VHS player, it was also the first model to have a remote control. The remote was attached by a cable. It was amazing and annoying in equal measure. Mum and dad, bought one from a travelling salesman, it was a Telefunken brand and cost a fortune.

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