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on 17-02-2018 11:31 PM
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18-02-2018 12:05 PM - edited 18-02-2018 12:08 PM
@not_for_salewrote:I remember I went to a primary school fancy dress party all excited because my friend lent me a cowboy outfit. My teacher told me I was an embarrassment because I was too fat to be a cowboy. I was shattered and that's where my memory ends.
The teacher had clearly never seen Hoss in 'Bonanza'. Or a lot of genuine historic photos of cowboys either. 😉
I've seen photos of people dressed up as favourite TV characters (cosplay as it is now called) and some are very large or very skinny - ie nothing like the characters they are copying. At first I thought it seemed crazy (I'm a large person and couldn't imagine squeezing myself into a costume of a favourite character, mostly for comfort reasons, let alone because of my shape or that I look nothing like the character).
But now I get it - it's about the fun of dressing up...and to hell with other people's opinion.
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on 18-02-2018 01:24 PM
milk was delivered by a man with a horse and cart
so was bread
butcher shops had sawdust on the floor to soak up the blood
our fast food shop was a fish n chip shop and you had to wait while they actually cooked the fish and the chips, no microwaved mush
once a year we blew ouselves up with fircrackers.
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on 18-02-2018 01:25 PM
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on 18-02-2018 01:27 PM
and, we had a fridge you needed to put a block of ice in to make it cold, i still remember dad going to the ice factory to get a new block of ice.
then came the big breakthru, coin operated ice machines!
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on 18-02-2018 02:46 PM
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18-02-2018 03:11 PM - edited 18-02-2018 03:15 PM
Children gave up their seat for adults on buses, trains & ferries.
You walked on the left side of a footpath.
You looked right, left & right again before you crossed the road. (in Oz)
You never spoke back to, or abused a cop.
When Fibro was regarded as the magical building product for fences & houses, and anything else you could find a use for.
( until they discovered that asbestos kills)
When you were sent to your room, and had nothing to do.
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on 18-02-2018 04:10 PM
To this day, we prefer reading over watching TV.
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on 18-02-2018 06:42 PM
@the4masters2013wrote:
My sister and I were naughty on purpose (and I am going quite a few years now!!) because that's where our books were.
To this day, we prefer reading over watching TV.
Late sixties. Got punished for some misdemeanour - no TV for a week. After dinner I was banished to my room. Only thing was, I had loads of books, the Barbie dolls and other toys, a small portable record player and and some records, and best of all a new gadget.....a little Panasonic transistor radio. I had a great time.
When the week was up I was allowed to watch TV again and I did....but not as much as I did before. In truth I could hardly wait to return to the peace and quiet of my room with all my stuff. I spent so much time in there my parents began to get worried....and ordered me back out to the lounge to 'sit with the family and watch TV'. 🙂
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on 18-02-2018 08:50 PM
I remember breaking up bits of asbestos into smaller pieces with a rock to play hop scotch with.....![]()