Signs of being an old git
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Wetting the bed and reading CL on your wired Internet. (May have exaggerated the bed wetting and wire).0
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Party 7s and party 4 for when you were skint.ross1 said:
Light and bitter or Double Diamondbobmunro said:
Mild and bitter!Baldybonce said:Your first pint was lager 'n' lime.
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Scrumpy when you were really skintBaldybonce said:
Party 7s and party 4 for when you were skint.ross1 said:
Light and bitter or Double Diamondbobmunro said:
Mild and bitter!Baldybonce said:Your first pint was lager 'n' lime.
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Special Brew when I was skint - the most vile drink ever!0
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Talking of (un)real ale - Party 4 or if you were really flush a Party 7. I used to take a Party 4 to a party, say 'here's my contribution', then hunt out the whisky!purdis said:Director's Bitter came out when I was about 18 - it was the beginning of my love for real ale and I still enjoy a new, untried brew with eager anticipation to this day, given the opportunity. Used to love Fuller's ESB.
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The Party 4 used to go flat so quickly - zero fond memories of that pish.bobmunro said:
Talking of (un)real ale - Party 4 or if you were really flush a Party 7. I used to take a Party 4 to a party, say 'here's my contribution', then hunt out the whisky!purdis said:Director's Bitter came out when I was about 18 - it was the beginning of my love for real ale and I still enjoy a new, untried brew with eager anticipation to this day, given the opportunity. Used to love Fuller's ESB.
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Remembering when Covent Garden was a market And still having a CAMRA glass from the 1975 beer festival that was held in the derelict hall...half pint glass that you got in the way in and had filled up when you went round tasting various real ales...telling the young lads in the jeans shop that yes I do remember having to sit in the bath with my new LEVIS (note the capitals) and my old jean jacket in the wardrobe (which sadly no longer fits - it must have shrunk when it got wet) has a big E...1
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Buying a red light bulb for your mums flicker flame fire, fitting it and thinking you had almost qualified as an electrician.6
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Remember getting a pair of Stylo matchmakers - proper boots1
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Don't you also have to learn to charge her £60 before you can say you're qualified ?T.C.E said:Buying a red light bulb for your mums flicker flame fire, fitting it and thinking you had almost qualified as an electrician.
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No way, 30% discount as she was on an annual Maintainance contract.letthegoodtimesroll said:
Don't you also have to learn to charge her £60 before you can say you're qualified ?T.C.E said:Buying a red light bulb for your mums flicker flame fire, fitting it and thinking you had almost qualified as an electrician.
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Hair in your ears0
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When you say that clubcall was the main source of club info back then.9
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When you forget the forenames of first team regulars but can recall the forenames of reserve team players of the 60s and 70s.7
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You used to get your togs at Dickie Dirts and Mister Byrite.0
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Still wondering around the car park behind the West Stand looking for the Supporters Club Cabin.
Hoping the peanut seller will appear..."Peanuts, tanner a bag"
Wishing you could still run from the east terrace to the covered end when it started raining.
When we all thought Mike Gliksten was a bad owner of our club.8 -
Harry Fenton and Dales for me.Anna_Kissed said:You used to get your togs at Dickie Dirts and Mister Byrite.
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so so true !!The_President said:You have to click more than twice to the year dropdown for your DOB.
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Loved Harry Fenton in Bexleyheath when I was at school.I_was_Floyd said:
Harry Fenton and Dales for me.Anna_Kissed said:You used to get your togs at Dickie Dirts and Mister Byrite.
Dad bought me my first pair of Levis, shrink to fit, from Dales.1 -
Shillings? I can remember Victorian pennies (the young Victoria ones with the bun hairdo) in the change on the buses in the 50s. Tell kids that today and they.............drones on and on and on..................The_President said:Remembering shillings and power cuts.
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With you there Bob, my first ever pint as well, the cheapest mix you could buy. It would have been 1968 and the price was 9d. The old station hotel in Sidcup for those that remember it, they never bothered much about age, I was 15 then!bobmunro said:
Mild and bitter!Baldybonce said:Your first pint was lager 'n' lime.
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You no longer trust a fart.14
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Buying a plug for every electrical appliance you got, and fitting it on the wire. Hey presto you have qualified as an electrician.T.C.E said:Buying a red light bulb for your mums flicker flame fire, fitting it and thinking you had almost qualified as an electrician.
Advanced level was pushing the bare wires of another appliance in the same socket holes that already had a plug in.
Known as a two in one.2 -
Knowing that you got blue divi stamps at the co-op and green shield stamps in tescos. Confusing your stamps at the till always led to a right kerfuffle.Badger said:Making sure you didn't forget the greenshield stamps when shopping at the co-op
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Remembering Dustman who came down the garden path to collect your bin and never checked the contents.
Slip them a fiver and they would take any other random tut you wanted to get rid of e.g ironing board, kids bike etc.
Being happy to bung them a "Christmas box" when they knocked on your door in December.4 -
When you go out to the cinema and for a meal on a Saturday night with your other half and are home by 10.15pm.
Its just Rock N Roll.2 -
And when youngsters play 'their' music, you know Garage/Dance/Rap/Hip hop or whatever dog shit they are listening to, when the reality is it sounds like people just moving furniture around.
My nephew said 'the thing is you dont like our music because you are old' I replied 'no mate its because it really is shite' - so he kicked my zimmer frame over .........6 -
I consider that to be an Advantage!Ianaddick62 said:Being ignored in high streets by people selling things obviously aimed at the younger market!
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Remembering dialling 160 to hear the latest Number one record.
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Remembering Tescos was a small one single shop in Cotmandene Crescent, St Paul's Cray.
Public toilets being open.
Woolworths.0
