The middle aged thread

big coins and blue fivers

finding sam fox in the art class papier mache paper bin

buying sweets by the 1/4, hoping that you would get the big pineapple lump that just waivered it slightly over the allotted weight

the 1/2p chew

don't remember that, but I do remember
4x fruit salad chews or blackjacks for 1d

what's the cheapest beer you remember? I recal on a cycling hol down to the IoW, beer at 40p/pint, but taking inflation into account that would probably work out about £6/pint in todays money

"will there ever be such a thing as the shilling loaf?"

Thanks God I'm not middle aged yet, as I don't remeber any of it. OK, maybe death of Presley. And olympic games in Montreal and Mundial 1978.

... and using the gynecologist computer* ©1985

*Apple MacPlus with 6" B&W screen

*Apple MacPlus with 6" B&W screen

fuckin' ell, I'm seeing double now!

I'm pretty sure I qualify for this one. My daughter has just entered university, and I studied on an Apple IIe in high school in Florida. And, it was pretty much the latest computer at that time.

Oh yes, and I remember when adverts and TV weren't so far down the fucking-PC road, that you could still laugh good and loud at racial representations of the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LvLn9PWln8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_gN7zlpnz8

Good times. :-)

Here is a picture of me in the middle ages on my fixie pony.

G.l.c

Mars bars started at 7p, and went up to 10p in 1976 or so.

Is there an 'old aged thread'?

did everyone have a fit teacher who drove an MG? (whatever end of the ballroom you dance at)

Blond female art teacher drove a Porsche and was a massive flirt. At a boys grammar school it was a potent combination.

I don't remember Elvis dying.
Didn't do O levels, second year of GCSEs
Therefore not middle aged, no need to rush out for a hand built Ti frame to deal with the mid life crises.

I do remember watching Star Wars IV when it was first released. When Cinema's only had one screen each.

and bottles with a polar bear on?

did everyone have a fit teacher who drove an MG? (whatever end of the ballroom you dance at)

Miss Jones, home economics, 1st year secondary, blouse always undone two buttons too far, never wore a bra, looked like Olivia Newton-John... "Miss, can you help me with this stitch?", cue crowd of boys around Bernina sewing machine, getting an eyeful... Cue all the girls rolling their eyes...

^ damn beat me to it

Smiths Horror Bags crisps - Bones, Claws etc. Lush

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yup i'm middle aged
first time i've ever admitted that to myself

^ is that your pace maker?

Hehehe...

big coins and blue fivers

One Pound Notes

Sort of dependant on how good your memory is but:

3 tv channels on your rented black and white TV [2 chan valve at my grans came on on a sunday]
black forest gateaux [check]
free school milk [kept warm on radiator by sadistic teacher types, check]
the zx-80 [kid next door had one, check]
klackers [the expolding ones? check]
vinyl car seats [still gottem, check]
Elvis dying [cry in kitchen, check]

packet of salted crips 2p
gallon 4 star 50p

I am almost dead then.....................hello crisis!

^^ thats the smaller one

starts geriatric thread

One Pound Notes

Fail...

Just how old are you TS?