I agree with you Darki, all the best things do come when you are older.

I enjoy my days now, hubby and me go for lots of walks to gardens and to the beach and life is not hectic any more.:-)

I use to use Lustre Cream I think I used it once and didnt like it.

Remember Johnsons Baby Powder was in a big white square tin.

There was an ointment to, when you had a cold, you could put it around your nose, cant remember what it was called, but can see it in my mind was in a square tin.........the name will come to me at some stage.

Not only do I remember those teeny tiny watches, but I still have one (a Seiko) in excellent working condition which I still wear on occasions.

My then fiance was in the Navy and went to Japan in mid 1966...he bought the very small watch and another one which was larger and automatic.  He arrived back on the morning of my 21st birthday and gave me the watches.

The automatic was worn from 1966 to just 18 months ago when I finally pensioned it off in favour of a new one bought on ebay.

The small one is still worn on occasions when I want a watch but not a big chunky one...and I can still see it properly, even if it is with glasses now.

There was an ointment to, when you had a cold, you could put it around your nose, cant remember what it was called, but can see it in my mind was in a square tin.........the name will come to me at some stage.

Do you mean Vicks VapoRub?  I remember it, but not as being in a square tin.

That's what I want, loud and piercing :^O I'm off to make one now.

Beach, I have the folded tin lid and the hole punched near the fold

If I put the folded bit in my mouth I can almost get a whistle but not quite... any suggestions?  🙂

Yes nice to have the peddle /foot off the back of the neck once one chucks in the paid job still heaps to do though lol

Evening seniors.

Re the recent mention of fox whistles.

Up the bush years ago i would show the young blokes

how to make a duck caller.

All that was needed was one of those ring pull can tops.

Would get their attention -then spend ages bending

the flap part into different shapes

All the eyes were glued on the method.

Then i would hold it up and yell through the ring part--

CALLING ALL DUCKS-lol.

Would get the mongrel of the month award for that!

Richo.

Beach, I have the folded tin lid and the hole punched near the fold   If I put the folded bit in my mouth I can almost get a whistle but not quite... any suggestions?  🙂

Yes, I remember that you need to open and close the fold to find the right spot. And you need to sort of put your tongue against the folded edge while you're blowing. If you get those things right you don't need to blow very hard.

Keep trying, if you can work it out you will love it !!

Do you mean Vicks VapoRub?  I remember it, but not as being in a square tin.

It just came to me it was called Camphor Ice, used when you had a cold, mum used it on me the most.

Hey I just googled and found some instructions.

This part is harder to explain than making the whistle...

Place the folded part of the whistler against the bottom of your tongue.
Push your tongue back with the whistle so the tip of your tongue points at the roof of your mouth.
Let you lips gently seal against the top and bottom part of the whistle.
Blow.
Blow soft and hard and experiment with different mouth shapes until your make it whistle.
It might take a bit of practice to get started, but before long you will notice dogs and cranes desperately trying to follow your instructions

I remember the bit about creating a seal with your lips is important too. Here's a link so you can see what it looks like too. The guy has gone a bit fancy in shaping the edges nicely.

http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Homemade-Whistle-in-less-than-a-Minute/step4/How-to-make-it-Whistl...