After reading through some recent threads, I have observed that many people talk of the 70's and 80's, e.g. Music, Favourite T.V show's, Movies and clothing etc.

I thought it would be a cool idea to create a thread dedicated to our more youthful years.

So, let rip guy's 'n' gal's ...

Day glow socks

Leg Warmers.........oh my god!

Okay, I can't restrain myself haha... here are some of the things I dug as a kid.

T.V Programs :

The Wombles
Dukes of Hazzard (recently purchased the 3rd season DVD set, oh yes)
C.H.I.P.S
M.A.S.H
The A Team
Hong Kong Fooey
The Wizz Kids
R.T.R Countdown
Lucky Luke


Movies :

The Last Dragon (Have it)
No Retreat, No Surrender (Have it)
Delerious - Eddie Murphy (Have it)
KickBoxer
BloodSport (Have it)


Clothes :

Can't remeber any clothing items I actually liked as a kid, but I have many I disliked ...e.g:

-Stubbie Shorts (I had both the Tan and Light Blue Coloured variety)
-Roman Sandals (Hated them so much, I used to hide them in the bushes of a near by alleyway on my walk to school, and retreive them upon returning home)
-My Mum's home-made shirts (Sorry Mum)

On a positive note, I dug chicks who wore leg-warmers

Music :

The Karate Kid Soundtrack
Bon Jovi
Gun's 'N' Roses
Jimmy Cliff
Bob Marley
D.J Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (Parents Just Don't Understand)


I enjoyed BreakDancing back in the day also, every kid down our street had a home-made pair of "Bop-Pants", there was 5-10 good-sized sheets of Lyno scattered down the pavement and many a Ghetto-Blaster dropping Fat Beats.

Oh, and I was a gun at Marbles also, I remember many a fight breaking out over that game haha

Just an example of the clothing I used to be dressed in ...Oh Yeah Baby, Yeah
This was me at three tender years of age ..HaHaHaHaHa

Hey Rdouble ...what a "Day Glow Socks" ? ,I must've missed that fad

Oh, and another one of my pet-hates was my Hair-Cut ...I mean, look at that photo, I'm sure my Mum used to trim around the edge of a bowl to create such a fro.

It was a big fad in the u.k

Bright yellow socks were big in the 80's

along with flecky grey trousers

ohhhhhhhhhh CHINOS!

I must have missed that boat mate, I can't recall ever seeing a pair of bright yellow socks over these ways, maybe they were out-lawed or summink.

Speaking of Boats, I used to watch "The Love Boat" ...I think I used to have a crush on that chick "Julie" on there.

...along with Olivia Newton John (from Grease), Madonna, oh and my Kindergarten Teacher haha

Don't forget, Farah's, Sergio Tachini, Pony Trainers etc etc etc....

...Oh and Daisy Duke from "The Dukes of Hazzard", can't forget Daisy.

Hope the Missus doesn't read this, she might sabortage my 3rd Season Dukes of Hazzard DVD Set.

Yes indeed FATBOY, how dare I forget about Farah Fawcett Majors ,and Blondie wasn't a bad looker also

the dayglow socks...you HAD to wear one green and one yellow.

dempsey and makepeace
a-team
airwold
street hawk
bullseye

Yeah, I remember AirWolf and StreetHawk, oh and The Greatest American Hero, Nightrider (With good old "Kit") ...oh yes, it's all coming back to me now (content sigh) haha

What was "dempsey and makepeace" and "bullseye" ?

Auto man

better that air wolf or streethawk!

two same day glo socks was a no no!

Oh and ties with keyboards on them were


WICKED

and RAD

Haha, I still get shit for using those two words ...coming from a SkateBoarding and Surfing background I just can't shake them ...along with "Gnarly" etc etc

Just had a Flash-Back of when I got a C.H.I.P's T-Shirt (printed to look like the shirt that John and Ponch wore) and a plastic C.H.I.P's helmet (it felt like I had a plastic bucket on my head)

I used to terrorise the kids around the neighbourhood, trying to arrest them for any type of crime I could muster up in my 7 year old head.

I always wanted one of those C.H.I.P's Walkie-Talkie Bike Siren's, Hrmmm? I wonder if they still sell them?

Hrmmm? 12 of the 18 posts on here are mine ...not a good look haha, maybe I should drag myself out of the 80's, what year are we in again?

Speaking of which ...the "Back to the Future" trilogy was pretty RAD back in the day ...I might have to do a 80's video hiring stint this weekend.

Hiring a video..............how 80's!

LoL

get in touch with Baz Faulty!!! LOL

http://www.thaiboxingforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=50

PMSL ,why do you lot have it in for Baz? ...hey Baz, dude, send my an email and we can hook up for a 80's video bash whilst being serinaded by the smooth tunes of Prince and Boy George ...C'mon, I know ya wanna

PMSL ,why do you lot have it in for Baz? ...hey Baz, dude, send my an email and we can hook up for a 80's video bash whilst being serinaded by the smooth tunes of Prince and Boy George ...C'mon, I know ya wanna

Arrrh, I see you already have a thread going on another site about this ...no wonder I have been chatting to myself for the past 2-3 hours, and I even embarrassed myself by putting a pic up of me in my glorious threads with Bowl-Cut and everything haha

As well as your staple green and yellow day glo socks, I would mix it up a bit and often wear a neon blue and vivid pink combo.

Failing that, green and orange was also a fave.

I used to really like pretending to be CHiPS on my BMX with my mates, or doing general BMX stuff like bunny hops (American and standard) and endo`s.

Playing army in the woods also used to be cool, plenty of crawling about in streams etc with cap guns.

Action Force figures were ace as well, after the Star Wars fad had died down a bit. Good old Cobra Commander and Baron Ironblood.

It used to be brill being a kid in the 80`s. No computer, no mobiles, just playing out with your mates and having a right laugh.

Hear Hear Phil! ...only to be a kid in the 80's again, mind you ...I still act between 7-10 at times haha

BMX Bandits with Nicole Kidman (before she was famous!)

We used to have berry fights (when in season) the best type were these big green ones about an inch long (3 inches in diameter) ,man they stung! ...problem was, when they were out of season, we would have a good old rock-fight ...always resulted in carnage!

Yep, I remember BMX Bandits, I didn't realise that Nicole Kidman was in that flick though ...what about movies like RAD, Gleaming the Cube, In Search for Animal Chin etc

For those of you who didn't grow up in the 70's and 80's, here is a good example of what it was like ...hope you don't mind Rich



According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't have survived to this day because ........

Our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans.

When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same and we all shared a water fountain at school without fear of dying.

We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.

We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this. Our parents encouraged us to share and didn't freak if we did so.

We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded.

We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no
Internet chat rooms.

We had friends - we went outside and found them.

We played elastics and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt!

We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law suits.

We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.

We played chap-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.

We walked to friends' homes even if they were more than 200 yards a way.

We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls.

We rode bikes in packs of 7 on the road and wore our coats by only the hood.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of...They actually sided with the law. We WERE
told off!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom,
failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

And you're one of them. Congratulations!

Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.

For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about us.

This, my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and it might put a smile on your face:

The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986........They are called youth.

They have never heard of We are the World, We are the children, and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel.

They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle. (possibly not a bad thing of course....)

For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam.

AIDS has existed since they were born.

CD's have existed since they were born.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.

They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from last year.

They can never imagine life before computers.

They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, Red Hand Gang or the Famous Five.

They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't You.

They can't believe a black and white television ever existed.

And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.

Now let's check if we're getting old...

1. You understand what was written above and you smiled.

2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out.

3. Your friends are getting married/already married.

4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers.

5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.

6. You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around.

7. You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the good old days, repeating again all the funny things you have experienced together.

they love me really!

the 80's rocked happy days playing armies up the woods that bastard darren curry would never die through even when you had shot him tons of times!!!!

Lol, I thought you wrote, "I played Arnie from Happy Days up in the woods", man I need to sleep more!

Happy Days was cool though, so was I Love Lucy, Ricky Ricardo had the coolest laugh!

I remember playing "The Invisible Man" when I was in Kindergarten, I drew a watch on my wrist and everything ...I was convinced that the other kids had X-ray vision as they would somehow always see me :-/

Army up the woods! best time ever...............Ginger Jason would never die either!

He man and she ra!

bbc computers

commodore 64 or zx spectrum

Betamax and vhs!!!

Nintendo.......or maga

shit wht was that games console called mega something

Megadrive!

Undressing your sisters Barbies (Hrmmm, maybe that was just me)

My first computer was a Sinclair QL

hey Aaron, im looking for an aussie film from the 80's its about a small town sherrif who coaches the local football team, they go for extra training with a ballet teacher and he goes mental.
i know it sound weird but it was funny as feck in the 80's


stevie

I take it you don't remember the name of that movie Stevie?

I'm not sure if I've seen it, but if you manage to remember the name of it and you are unable to get it over there, I could have a look around for you.

thats the problem i dont remember the name

I'll ask a few of my Aussie mates next time I see them online, surely one of them would know.

manimal

Just realised this morning we were able to play in the street a lot more, going on out bikes on the road, making jumps for them etc. Kids cant do that anymore, maybe due to more cars and chav fool drivers speeding around everywhere.

Innocent martial arts were big in the 80`s as well. I used to love pretending to be a ninja, making my own throwing stars etc. Ninjas were indestructible in the 80`s.

There was even a best selling C64, Amstrad, Atari etc computer called The Last Ninja.

Come on lads

MIAMI VICE

c64. way of the exploding fist

with the bull at the end of the level that you had to somersault over.

Yeah Phil, I know what you mean, we used to play games on the road down our street, if a car was to come down the street ,it would drive slow and you would see this wave of kids merge onto the footpath (like the parting of the seas)

I done the Ninja thing also, used to make my own throwing stars too (until I was at a grade where I was able to buy the real macoy) , I even taught my Mother and Step-Father how to throw them.

Daz, I was into Miami Vice as a kid also ...I thought Sonny Crocket was the man back in the day ...looking back now, he looks kinda camp with the pink shirt tucked in and no socks.

Did you guy's have that game "Double Dragon" over your ways? ...me and my mates would beg, steal and borrow to play that game (usually some poor bastards milk money) I could clock that game with 40c (2 credits) I have it on my phone now haha.

daley thompsons
summer games
international track n field
all true joystick destroyin games but quality

I used to be dead excited if I got to call at the motorway services cos they would have some brand new arcade games.

The first time I got on Out Run, Operation Wolf, or Afterburner was the highlight of any holiday.

If you managed to get on the sit down hydraulic versions, Out Run being the first ever of these, well....it was like losing your arcade game virginity.

i remeber track n field i only 16 lol i still gt the bastard scars wer i shredded my skin playing it lol

hook your talkin about the for the ps1 i've got that too
but the one for the c64 was joystick not a pad
many an atari and quickshot sticks were destroyed by these games

I bet all you poms on here were fans of

Bay City Rollers
&
Showaddywaddy

I used to go out to disco's dressed in Showaddywaddy suits. Yep i must confess i was one of the Teddy Boys. we use to rumble with the Bay City Roller fans dressed in there Tartan outfits. Them were the good old days.

the 80's was also great because in 1981 when I was born the Sas stormed the iranian embassey and kicked some hoop and showed the world you don't mess with us when the snooker is on!!!!

Who dares wins with Lewis Collins is a classic 80's film

edward woodward the good ole equaliser is a copper in that

Baz just realised your only 25 ......................how does that work...............im 33 and you remember the same things as me...................................ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its the noth east ting isnt it.......my mam is from there she is only 53 and she swears she can remember being in the war!

Its all about the early 90's Chip and pepper/ BK(british knights shoes) / Cross Colour/ hypercolor tshirts/ converse all stars/ Super nintendo mario kart/ sega Genesis battle toads

I was the man in these i was sooooo rad

man they were the shoes to have back home pair of bk's and crosscolor jeans and you were the coolest mofo around

Starter jackets hell yeah

"Roman Sandals"

They were pretty much standard issue in our household

Here is proof ....
I'm the fat kid in the first row, far right
Now, that is style! HaHa

"Stubbie Shorts"
Also Standard Issue

"Kung Fu Shoes"
These were huge over here,
They came in all colours,
The soles were plastic and very slippery

"Chuck Taylor Shoes"
Made by Converse (All Star)
I only had the immitation ones,
as the real Chuck's costed heaps.
I've heard they are back in fashion.

"Dr Marten Boots"
Doc's were huge over here
Some mates still wear them.

ha ha dockers and donkey jackets with crossover jeans........

The Nike kagoules were cool. I also remember black suede shoes being something to wear to the youth club.

Aaron, that school picture is ace. Easy times mate, easy times......

Those with kids that age, make sure you have fun with them now and dont take a minute with them for granted, bcos before we know it they will be looking back on their own school pics in 25 years time.

"The GoodNight Kiwi"

This famous Kiwi Icon was an awesome excuse for kids to stay up late.
It used to come on at the end of the night on Tv1 (and maybe Tv2)

P.S. "The GoodNight Kiwi" was an animated skit, the kiwi would turn the power off in the TVNZ Studio, then walk over to his Satelite Dish Bed (as pictured above) and go to sleep.

I've got the best of both worlds westwood I'm an 80's 90's man the best years are older the 2000's are crap

"Spokey Dokey's"

The BMX everyone wanted, The Mongoose!

Look at that..full run cabled brakes.

They are run via a swivel now above the front forks to allow a full 360 degree turn of the handlebar

Oh Hell Yeah! ...I used to dream about waking up and there would be either a Mongoose or Redline BMX gleaming in all it's glory at the foot of my bed, never happened though ...so I saved up and went halves with my Mum in buying my mates second-hand HMX ,he had snapped the frame and his Dad had re-welded it, it was still cool to me though.

My Step-Daughter has a Mongoose now, I try to sneak a ride on it but always get caught by the Missus!

Okay, this might seem a little weird, but I woke up one morning with my Mum yelling at me because I had taken my BMX to bed, she had come in to wake me up and she saw the handle-bars sticking out near my pillow, she ripped the covers off me to reveal me cuddled up to my bike, there was grease every where, she was spewing! HaHa ,oh to be 12 again!

I used to do the same thing with my first Karate Gi, I would wear it to bed any chance I got ...now all these years I thought I was a weirdo having these fetishes, but I have recently discovered that my Missus and her daughter both wear their Thai-Shorts to bed, my Step-Daughter even wore her Hand-Wraps to bed once, only to wake up with purple swollen fingers! ...the things we do!

Booger was the man in Revenge of the Nerds!

...and Cadet Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow)
was the man at voices in Police Academy!

Mr.T and Murdoch were ace!

Oh, and I can't forget MacGyver,
The dude had skills!
Well at least his character did HaHa

Just looked at this thred fek am old
had a mongoose BMX
loved
air wolf
knightrider
bluethunder
and
street hawk
and
fraggle rock
and was into break dancing

Yeah mate, Fraggle Rock Rocked! (Excuse the pun) ...the "Trash-Heap" used to scare the JaHeabies out of me! HaHa

captain planet he's our hero gonna take pollution down to zero....cant remember the rest

Gummie bears

inspector gadget

the raccoons for real the cartoons in the 80's and 90's can't be outdone

Nice find mate!

Inspector Gadget had all the Gizmo's!

I remember the Gummie Bears etc, and yes the cartoons back then were the schiznit!

"Fraggle Rock" in da Houuusseee!

"The Snorks" kinda Rocked my world back in the day also HaHa

Me and a good friend of mine, who's name I won't mention (Charlie Smiler) HeHe used to watch this movie at least 4 times a week without fail growing up (7 - 10 years old) ...I still have a copy of it.

P.S. I used to have a crush on "Vanity" in this movie

How very dare I forget "The Jetson's"!

Now, lemme see if I can get this right ...

From top left to right (working down)

Jane, George, Judy, Elroy, Rosie and Astro

"Benny Hill" was one funny mo-fo, as I'm sure you U.K Guy's and Girl's would agree, he was the deviant from hell!

...as was "Frank Spencer" from "Some Mother's Do Ave Em"
"Hmmmmmm Bettttty!" ... Very funny dude!

Jetsons were my all time favourite as far as movies go watched this again and again

Yeah mate, "The Last StarFighter" was cool as, haven't seen it in years though.

Yeah mate, "The Last StarFighter" was cool as, haven't seen it in years though.

"Stand By Me" was a movie I watched alot, it scared the shit out of me when they found that dead dude by the train-tracks, but still I watched it often, despite the NightMares Haha

Trivial Pursuit first surfaced in the early 80`s and I spent many hours playing that mutha! Best game ever!

Indeed Phil, I have that game on my phone.

Monopoly and Yahtzee were biggies back in the day also ...we still play Yahtzee (mainly in winter)

100th Post!!! ...sorry, always wanted to do that hehe, mind you 90 of them are probably from me Hahahahaha

101 mate, merry christmas

LOL, Cheers dude :-)

fraggle rock was a classic

"CHiPs"

Ponch and John

"The Dukes of Hazzard"

yeeeeeeeehhhaaaaaaaaa!!

daisy, hmmm i am surprised i didn't go blind!! :)

LMAO ...Oh yes, I know what you mean :-)

Beautiful lines, gorgeous chassis, stunning head-lights ...the General Lee wasn't a bad looker either HaHa

An all time fave movie..........................

THE GOONIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Fraggle Rock, Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors, Thundercats, Defenders of The Earth, I could go on!!!!!!!!!

"The Goonies"

"Basil Brush" ....."Boom BOOM!"

What about these guy's?

"The Muppet Show"

or how about these guy's?

"The Wombles"

I know ya remember this Guy!

"The Greatest American Hero"

The dude always had problems landing.

"Hong Kong Phooey" ...the number one Super-Guy

or is it "number one Super-Star"?

It's funny how you sung along to tunes when you were a kid... only to find out years later that the words you were singing were not even close to the actual words of the song!

Aaron, you really enjoy this thread don't ya!!?? :)

Indeed I do, I have been off work for the past 3 months awaiting surgery, so I get very bored.

Oh, and I went to hospital yesterday after being attacked by a dog, so I will be on here even more so now haha

LOL, Aaron mate you have started a society here brother.
This i the first topic on Ax (with more than 10 replys) that I have read each and every word. That was Choice!

LOL, I wanted to add things but everyone has already added them. But how about Grange Hill, The Two Ronnies, for the Aussie's "the Comedy Company with Colin Carpenter and Uncle Arthur", for Aaron A F T E R S C H double O L, After Scool (with Ollie Olson).

How's about the wrestling, WWF man. Not this fake ass Thai boxing K1 crap but real men like the Ultimate Warrior, Jake the Snake, Hulkster and Demolition!

Those were the days when every Maori kid was somehow the nephew of every sport star the country had.

"Yeah Bro, he's my uncle"!

You guys have mentioned the Chips, Miami Vices nd stuff but how many of you guys had the glasses. Just like on night rider (how many still have em?).

Belt Bags, wearing overalls as fashion, gum boots (welli's), Flares.

How many people had steps cut into their heads, with a rats tail or a mullet!

How many of you had your ear peirced with a big dangly skull earring.

And a Poison T-shirt!

Making bow and arrows out of Willow branches and string.
(and for the Kiwi's- arrows from Toi Toi bushes with a nail in the end to make em go further).

Jumping the cockys fence and riding his sheep! LOL

damn!! i lived a very sheltered life lol

Grizzly Adams, the Wilderness family and Little house on the Prairie... cant spell but Good night John Boy, Good night Mary Ellen, Good night Grand Pa... the Waltons.... or did I just let everyone know I wasnt cool back then?

I loved "Our World" and nature hahaha

Waist Coats (Leather ones if you were super cool)

Fingerless gloves!!!

Playing Spotlight late at night...

Bull rush...

Stealing the parents piss and getting drunk for the first time...

Sunday School, I used to go so I could get a lollie (candy) and those little sticker things to fill up my Sunday School notebook.

I am getting un cooler by each word ay?

How about Black Beauty Pencils?

How about Carry round transistor radios and super cool people even had little speakers that could attach to their belts.

Ghetto Blasters...

Back Spins...

Man, when Cans of drink were in Tin cans...

Wham.... ah, flip it, yeah I listerned to Wham too. Blame the young hottie who lived next door and George Micheal was straight and cool back then.

Leaving your kids in the car was a good thing and not a sign of neglect. Taking the handbreak off while parked on a hill was the worst that could happen.

Being dropped off at a local town park for hours on end while parents were at the pub!

Debbie does Dallas... Dallas, Falcons Crest and Dynasty...

How about the Dalls Cowboy cheerleaders.

Milk Bottles with cream under the lid, not a 50 50 mix of milk and water at twice the price...

Potatoe Chips came in 3 flavors and only three flavors...

Being sick home from school was not a decent excuse but Deer stalking, pig hunting and white baiting with the old man was a liable reason to skip a few days...

2 lollies (candy, sweets) for 1 cent! Now the smallest is 10 cent...

Having a scrap at the bikeshed was no cliche and actually meant having a scrap at the bike shed!!!!

J1, J2, Standard 1, 2 and 3....

Having a Rambo knife in camo colors with a compass, fish hooks and string and stuff...

Star Wars, Alf and ET.... Mork and Mindy!!!!!

Alissa Milano back then was hot too!!!!

When I was a kid not today....

21 Jump Street

Worzel...............and the A team on a Sunday morning!!

Top bannana!

Worsel Gummage and Sally Doll?

Aunt sally..................Isla stclair....

Cup O' tea and a Slice of cake

Sting brother! ...cheers for your comments, you have reminded me of so much more, it goes to show that even though we grew up 600 km's away from each other, we experienced many of the same things.

Some of your comments made me crack up man, good shit bro, here I was thinking only us local kids experienced many of the things you mentioned above. e.g. 2 lollies for 1 cent, our mates saying they were related to every kiwi sport icon etc etc

Hope you and your girls are well bro, have a happy and safe chrissy, and all the very best for 07' dude.

Ice blocks were 5 cents and you could walk anywhere without fear of being bashed and robbed (could be cos I never had anything to steal?!)
No seatbelts, stuffing every kid in the neighbourhood in the car 'cos you're going to the beach. (Until the door opened one day and one fell out!)
Road trips to grandparents in Hawke's Bay (sunniest place in New Zealand - I don't care how many hours of sunlight Nelson claims!)for Christmas holidays - six weeks in the sun, no sunscreen. Gran greeting us by saying "oooh, you're so pale, don't you get any sun in Auckland - we'll soon fix that".
Swimming in the river. It's too shallow now from all the mega dairy farms using it to irrigate.
The sun shone more then, tar melted on the streets and life was simpler - or is it just that I'm OLD!

timmy mallet the cunt still haunts my dreams and kick start was the best of tv and supergran