[Danikan]

We're going to be the last generation to do many things. Apart from people who use the following for professional reasons, we will be the last collective generation to to use:
film in our cameras, typewriters, tape and video cassettes (and the subsequent 'record' button when taping our favourite track from the radio so we could write down the lyrics in our own time), one and two cent coins and many more I'm sure you can remind me about.

A thread for reminiscing. Remember...

When petrol was 70c a litre
When you could buy a 20c bag of lollies from the corner shop and they'd last you the entire afternoon
Sega Mastersystem and Alex (f'ing) Kidd!!!.. and Wonderboy
Big Rooster, Pizza Hut all you can eat, Sizzler
Paulie Shore

Please. Continue.

[edlang]

We were the last generation whose primary schools had real metal and wood playgrounds.

[Kiron]

ALEX THE MOTHERFUCKING KIDD!



I remember when like noone had PC's so you had to make friends with... real ... people... outside.

I remember when some kid on the street got a console and we all went to his house and played games.... all the fucking time

Video Cassettes and Audio Cassettes.

Good Childrens cartoons.

CHEEZ TV AND AGRO, man Technoman, then Robotech then Samurai Pizza Cats then Salior moon, man that was the shit.

[P_A_Sime]

When i could by 2 MarsBars and a milkyway for $1.

[DJ-PornKing]

Hypercolour shirts
Oakley: Thermonuclear protection
It's a knockout
Hey hey it's saturday
The main event
Tony Barber & Alice Platt in the giftshop
University challenge
Lolly gobble bliss bombs (lol that sounds like something completely different these days)

[Danikan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiron

CHEEZ TV AND AGRO, man Technoman, then Robotech then Samurai Pizza Cats then Salior moon, man that was the shit.

... He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original yo!), Rainbow Bright, Strawberry Shortcake, Carebears, Trapdoor, Count Duckula, Round the Twist, Duck-tales (what was with all the duck cartoons?)

[Fi-end]

i don't remember much of my childhood..

[Klips]

The original and greatest Gladiators (Vulcan >>> Thunder), breaking arms because we actually did active shit (although I never did, I at least came close), gameboys with dot matrix screens, 2.8 kbps modems, only the cool kids having mobile phones at all, let along ones that vibrated.

Any money the next 'disease' that comes back is rickets from kids not getting enough Vitamin D.

[edlang]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klips

breaking arms because we actually did active shit

For some reason I was thinking about this last night... about the wide games we used to play in my scout troop. Pitch black, middle of winter, wandering all over various ovals / the Adventure Playground and adjacent streets in Kambah, entirely unsupervised. Good fun!

[jazam]

... the joy of owning a house

[BMoney]

Transformers, GI Joe, XMen, Galaxy Rangers, Marshal Bravestarr, Discovering music made by kinputers, Super Nintendo, Video Game Arcades - and Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, NBA Jam, Shooting hoops all the fucking day long, Basketball cards, a bunch of memories from growing up in the US - root beer floats, Philly pizza, NYC Pizza, travelling the US, Terminator 2,


...

[El Kranky]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danikan

Sizzler

We still have Sizzler in Qld

[d-Logic]

Atari 7800! 128-games-in-1 video cartridge ftw!

It's weird the shit you miss. I realised the other day that we would probably be the last generation of kids to run through a sprinkler on a hot summers day. Kids these days can only do it between 7 - 9am on a tuesday or saturday morning lol.

Remember when fish and chips was a cheap meal?

Remember when 'Fads' were still called 'Fags' and they still had the little red bit on the end so you knew they were lit, or when 'Longlasting Gobstoppers' were still allowed to be called 'Everlasting Gobstoppers' because bureaucracy hadn't yet realised it was false-advertising.

We're the last generation to ride a bike without a helmet. Last generation to catch a bus where the driver had to carry a hole-puncher with him. Last generation to walk into a McDonald's as kids and see signs that said 'Smoking Area' and 'Non-Smoking Area'.

I remember when you wanted to buy something second hand, you went to the milk-bar and bought a Trading Post. I remember before supermarkets had their duopoly, you could go to a shopping centre and there would actually be several butchers, bakers, green-grocers. Now if you want something that isn't from Coles or Safeway you have to go to a market.

Kross Kolors jeans!

Astroboy!

The Lost Cities of Gold!

My Dad used to take me to the footy at Waverley Park. It would cost me like $3 to get in (he would pay though lol). They sold full-strength beer in CANS! I used to go round the ground picking the cans up at the end and then cashing them in at recycling places to get some extra pocket money.

Good memories!

[sparc54]

We are definitely living on the cusp of huge change to civilised societies. America will be a society of predominately coloured people in the not too distant future, our entire resource system is going to go through massive upheaval which will put massive pressure on everything and everyone, we are ever so surely losing our basic rights, wildlife and habitats are in a state of decline all over the world..quite scary in a lot of ways (not the American thing, just really interesting, with all kinds of sociological implications).

As far as I'm concerned we've lived through the golden age of this period with relatively little conflict and a relaxed way of living, but the laws are getting tighter, society more conservative. Kids will find it much harder to break any rules in future, even now, which will do more to stop kids being kids than anything else. The nanny state that we are turning into is quite surreal, it started a few years back and it seems Rudd is intent of appeasing the screaming lobbyists unfortunately.

I'm could rant for a while, but we are definitely on a slippery slope to BNW/1984-ville, and I don't like it. Hopefully one day people will wake up and say enough is enough but I think it'll be too late. At least people in future won't know any different.

Edit: Just noticed that punters in Melbourne forced the goverment there into somewhat of a backdown on the whole 2am lockout thing. A good sign.

Quote:

Originally Posted by edlang

For some reason I was thinking about this last night... about the wide games we used to play in my scout troop. Pitch black, middle of winter, wandering all over various ovals / the Adventure Playground and adjacent streets in Kambah, entirely unsupervised. Good fun!

Losing all the wicked playgrounds we had as a kid at Rosary in Watson (and every other school) really saddens me, the cheap plastic eyesores that have taken there place make the place so sterile. We had forts, big wooden criss cross tables, awesome bushes for hiding in, and the preschool down the road had similarly mad shit, but all gone now.

[samdup]

30cent cones at Mcdonalds.
Writing letters.
Macs with the black and green screens.

[Aneurysm]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danikan

... He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original yo!), Rainbow Bright, Strawberry Shortcake, Carebears, Trapdoor, Count Duckula, Round the Twist, Duck-tales (what was with all the duck cartoons?)

I just d/led 5 gigs of duckula

fuckyeah

ps BIG ROOSTER?!! OMFG!!!!!!!

[Mojo4Sale]

2 words- Slouch Jeans

[dirty as hell]

Comander Keen 1-6
Doom
mario and duck hunt on the one cartridge for NES
McDonalds only being in major centers.
Basketball cards were cool
AFL was still only popular in Victoria
the F1 Grand Prix was in Adelaide
Soccer was that game they played in Europe
The Twin Towers weren't a pile of dust
Bush one was just as big a dick as Bush two
Clinton hadn't opened his zipper
John Howard was a no body
Super Ted
Tintin cartoons
Duck Tails
Saturday Disney
Voltron
Astro Boy
There was a wall in Berlin
2Pac was yet to be shot... dead
MTV had music on it
Channel V was cool
Suharto was in power
CD-J's weren't yet invented
3 minute long 128k mp3's took an hour to download each
Snap pants were cool
Marbles were in
Tazos

[Aneurysm]

danger fucken mouse
CITY OF GOLD
Bananaman
The Afternoon Show (ABC)
Bennita and George (Playschool)
Snap bracelets
Street Fighter II
Double Dragon
GOLDEN AXE
Mario Bros 1,2 and 3
Metal Gear
Bionic Commando
Oil Panic
BETA

and last but not least

Remote controls for your telly connected by WIRES

[Kiron]

Rap was good.
Dance Music had originality.

[Aneurysm]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiron

Dance Music had originality.

still does


listen to some shpongle

[Aneurysm]

seriously, listen to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fbPlnys3Gk

[Poondaddy Shortbread]

Quote:

Originally Posted by edlang

We were the last generation whose primary schools had real metal and wood playgrounds.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sparc54

wicked playgrounds we had as a kid at Rosary in Watson (and every other school) really saddens me, the cheap plastic eyesores that have taken there place make the place so sterile. We had forts, big wooden criss cross tables, awesome bushes for hiding in, and the preschool down the road had similarly mad shit, but all gone now.

totally agree, loved all the awesome playgrounds around back in the day - esp. out at Black Mountain peninsular.

I went to Rosary too, haven't seen the place in years.

[SAlNT]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiron

ALEX THE MOTHERFUCKING KIDD!



I remember when like noone had PC's so you had to make friends with... real ... people... outside.

I remember when some kid on the street got a console and we all went to his house and played games.... all the fucking time

Video Cassettes and Audio Cassettes.

Good Childrens cartoons.

CHEEZ TV AND AGRO, man Technoman, then Robotech then Samurai Pizza Cats then Salior moon, man that was the shit.

werd to technoman... playin other kids consoles... and no one having pcs

the rest of the cartoons u mentiond were LAME! fuk kiron!

[Danikan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirty as hell

Comander Keen 1-6

I was addicted to that game. Used to go to my Nanna's place (she was the first in our family to have a computer) and play Comander Keen, Gumboots and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. DOS. yes.... and the dot matrix printer.

[djbricksta]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poondaddy Shortbread

totally agree, loved all the awesome playgrounds around back in the day - esp. out at Black Mountain peninsular.

I went to Rosary too, haven't seen the place in years.

haha i went to rosary as well, i still go there to help sometimes cos my brother is still there. The school is really going downhill though, i left at a good time...

[Unkle Loft]

icey poles 2c each

[Kiron]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aneurysm

still does


listen to some shpongle

I've heard Shpongle, my friends hippy sister loves it, to me it sounds like someone who has had too much acid banging their head on a synth and some indian instruments.

[camel_rider]

love this list

aussie 90's

You watched the ABC more than any other station. Those days are long gone.

You made worms by squeezing your Vegemite or peanut butter crackers together.

The best parties always had fairy bread.

The Waugh twins. Go! Aussie! Go!

Super League almost ruining rugby league in Australia.

Getting the Easter Show guide from the paper and circling all the show bags you wanted.

You thought everyone in America carried a gun and you never wanted to go there because you were scared you'd get shot.

Blinky Bill, Mr Squiggle and Gumby.

You always used to see that dried out, white dog poo on the footpath. You never see that anymore.

SuperTed, Widget The World Watcher and Samurai Pizza Cats.

Going to the Easter Show with a big group of friends from school once you were old enough to go without Mum and Dad.

Doing research for school projects by going to the library or looking up an encyclopaedia rather than using the internet.

Brian Henderson and Richard Morecroft reading the news.

Paul Keating was some guy that ran the country and John Howard became the only PM you really ever knew because you were too young to care before that.

Banana Man, Bangers and Mash and The Raggy Dolls.

Game Boy.

Waking up early everyday to watch Agro’s Cartoon Connection or Cheez TV.

Hey Hey It’s Saturday.

Everyone got the Coke bag at the Easter Show and it was only $10.

Buying those 6 packs of Coco Pops, Fruit Loops, Frosties, Rice Bubbles, Nutri-Grain and Corn Flakes so you could have a different one each day and then opening the packets really carefully and removing the cereal so you'd have a mini wardrobe afterwards. You also most probably just let your parents eat the Corn Flakes.

Trying to make the Rainbow Road shortcut on Mario Kart 64.

Postman Pat, Fireman Sam and Lift Off (that show with the dirty, eyeless doll named EC).

Birthday parties at McDonald's.

A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month. No returns!

Playing GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64 and arguing over whether Oddjob was allowed to be used in multiplayer.

The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Super International Cricket on the SNES.

Arguing over which was better – Nintendo 64 or PlayStation.

Don’t push me, push a push pop!

Nobody made "not" jokes... NOT!!

Bathurst stopped being Holden vs. Ford and all those European cars came in until they came to their senses.

Who shot Mr Burns?

Watching Captain Planet and then driving your parents mad by always singing the song.

That's so funny, I forgot to laugh.

WWE was WWF and they actually had cool wrestlers like The Rock, Mankind and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Playing Gran Turismo and MGS on PlayStation.

Roller coasters at Wonderland, Sydney.

You decorated your room with glow-in-the-dark stickers.

SBS didn’t have any ads. Not that you ever watched it anyway, except maybe for soft core porn.

You played marbles and could name all the different types like blue moon, oily, candy, red wine, galaxy and red devil. You never played anyone for your god marble.

Feeling sad when your Tamagotchi died.

Singing "a ram sam sam, a ram sam sam, guli guli guli guli guli, ram sam sam, a rafi, a rafi, guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam".

Seeing a small rack of DVDs in the video store and wondering if anyone ever rented them.

Dolly the sheep.

Getting up early to watch the Rage Top 50.

Friends when they were all actually just friends. Why didn't Phoebe and Joey get together?

Sonic the Hedgehog.

Watching The Simpsons back when it was funny, every night on Channel 10.

Power Rangers becoming cooler than the Ninja Turtles, even though the Turtles will always be cooler.

Watching South Park for the first time and being really excited by all the swearing.

Watching Hercules and then being disappointed when Xena Warrior Princess replaced it. Nobody was cooler than Herc.

Blowing on the Nintendo cartridge before putting it in the console to make sure it worked properly.

Smell the cheese.

Vulcan, Tower, Flame... Australian Gladiators.

Playing Mortal Kombat and trying to do a fatality but just ending up punching accidentally.

Pokemon! Gotta catch ‘em all!

Watching Hey Dad! and then seeing little Arthur McArthur go on to star in that famous Sorbent ad.

Full Frontal, not Comedy Inc.

Wolfenstein, Doom and Duke Nukem.

Downloading music from Napster.

Chatting with your buddies on ICQ.

Going to see Titanic.

The winner is… Sydney.

Mighty Max and Polly Pocket. Max and Polly always got lost because they were so bloody small.

Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

Waiting for Tony “Plugger” Lockett to break that record.

Australia didn’t always win the cricket.

The Socceroos couldn’t qualify for the World Cup.

John Eales captained the Wallabies and we won the World Cup.

Ray Martin hosted A Current Affair.

Zoopa Doopa ice blocks were only 20c and if you couldn’t afford it, you asked the canteen lady to cut it in half so you could split it with a friend.

Listening to boy bands like Human Nature and girl bands like Girlfriend.

Barbie, not Bratz.

The Spice Girls.

Happy Meals were only $2.95 and the toys were simple but actually good.

Person 1: Who farted!?
Person 2: Whoever smelt it, dealt it!
Person 1: Whoever made the rhyme, committed the crime!

Brad Fittler was the best in the world.

Thorpe won lots of gold medals and wasn’t so gay.

Opposite day.

We all loved Pat Rafter and almost cried when he lost to Goran Ivanisevic because our Pat deserved that title more than anyone. Definitely more than Hewitt ever did.

Playing tackle Bull Rush at lunchtime and having tackling banned. You had to resort to grab 1-2-3 or tip. Same goes for footy.

Giving a friend a backage in the canteen line. If it was your best friend, you gave them a frontage.

Pogs and Looney Tunes Tazos.

Nobody won Wimbledon unless their name was Pete Sampras.

You laughed at the fat kid on the Cottees cordial ad and changed the song to "My Dad picks his nose..."

You ate Smarties instead of M&M’s.

You tried Dr. Pepper and hated it.

Service stations didn’t need space for 4 digits on their petrol prices signs.

Girl germs! Boy germs!

Goosebumps.

You had to actually call your friends rather than send them an SMS.

Wearing a Chicago Bulls T-shirt or cap. Wearing the cap backwards.

Arguing over who got to be Warnie in backyard cricket. Six and out!

Paul Jennings’ Gizmo books.

Matchbox cars.

The feeling of wonder you got, the first time you were able to see the image in one of those Magic Eye 3D pictures.

The Secret World of Alex Mack.

Talk to the hand!

Johnson and Friends, Noddy and Humphrey B. Bear.

You wished you had enough Lego to build those amazing cities they displayed in the brochures.

Collecting Yowie toys. Aussie wildlife was way cooler than any stupid Kinder Surprise toy.

Playing truth or dare with your secret crush.

Mark Taylor equalling Don Bradman's record.

Slap bracelets.

Jurassic Park and those toy dinosaurs where you could pull a piece of the skin out to see its insides.

Roger Ramjet, he’s our man, hero of our nation.

We had paper money.

Telling those Dobbers where to stick it by singing, "Dibba dobba dibba dobba number nine, wearing nappies all the time" and, "Dibba dobba Cindy went to kindy, stepped on a bindy wa wa wa."

Good on ya Mum! Tip Top’s the one!

You could buy more than enough food from the school canteen for only $2.

Begging your parents to go to McDonald’s for dinner.

Rocko’s Modern Life, Rugrats and Hey Arnold!

Noni, Monica and that bald guy named George on Play School.

Going to World 4 Kids to look at all the toys.

Watching The Lion King and feeling Simba’s pain when Mufasa died. Disney just doesn’t make them like that anymore.

Soft serve cones were only 30c and they never tried to up-sell a Flake because they didn’t have it.

Wanting a Brain or Silver Bullet during the yo-yo craze.

Nesquik without the Nes.

Troll Dolls.

The Kids' Works at Pizza Hut with unlimited drink refills. You made an ice cream mountain covered in choc chips and marshmallows and could never finish it.

Thomas the Tank Engine and TUGS.

Ba-na-na-na-na! Ba-na-na-na-na! Make those bodies sing!

You had to get your photos developed.

Your family didn’t own a 4WD unless it was a real one like a Land Cruiser or Patrol. Range Rovers were tough and nobody thought BMW would make a 4WD, let alone Porsche.

Street Sharks and Biker Mice from Mars

Competing with your friends to see who could eat the most sour Warheads in one go.

The Channel 9 logo had dots next to it and the Channel 7 logo wasn’t a folded piece of paper.

No Hat, no play.

Dr. Dreadful Food Labs. Kids these days wouldn't be allowed that because it’s not healthy enough. We didn't give a shit about our health in the 90s.

High five! Up high, down low, too slow!

Watching Round the Twist and getting pissed off that the actors kept on changing. You still loved it though.

Cheating in Heads Down, Thumbs Up.

Watching that game show called Vidiot. Game shows didn't have to be educational back then, like That's Academic... that show sucks.

Collecting basketball cards, whether you followed basketball or not.

You always wished your parents had bought you a bigger Super Soaker for Christmas. Christmas is hot in Australia... the more water, the better.

Collecting hundreds of tickets from Timezone just so you could trade them for some crappy prize that you could have bought from Woolies for ten bucks.

Healthy Harold day was the best because you got to miss class to sit in a tiny caravan and listen to a talking giraffe.

Playing handball with Ace, King, Queen and Dunce and making up stupid rules as you went along.

Skipping ropes and Jump Rope for Heart Day.

Chewing the crappy gum in Bubble-O-Bill's nose and wishing they could just use Hubba Bubba instead.

A*mazing.

The Ferals. Rattus, Modigliana, Derryn and Mixy were cool until they started that five minute piece of crap, Feral TV.

Hypercolour T-shirts.

Who Dares! Who Dares! Who Dares Wins!

Having your very own Dollarmites account and getting really excited when you earned a tiny bit of interest.

[Zenit34]

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkr5Zo6zJak

[Mad Rooster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by samdup

30cent cones at Mcdonalds.
Writing letters.
Macs with the black and green screens.

Macs had black and white screens in the beginning. Apple IIe had black and green.

Sorry to be pedantic.

[Fi-end]

dj's using vinyl



?

[ravs]

Nice Thread -

Back in the day my dad used to rock Puma Speed Cats and the Canberra cannons used to get Sponsored by Puma they all used to wear what I'm sure were Unlimited His (correct me if I'm wrong Canberra Kids). And I was like I want a pair and when my pops would go to asia he try grab me some but couldn't ever get any in my size so I got crappy bubble gummers. But the Velcros were heaps cool.

Back in the day we used ride our bmx's around campbell shops all day long and down the hill next tothe scout hall and do massive jumps (well we thought they were massive) over this mad dirt hump. And eat bags of lollies for 20c

Back in the day they when they first built the 4 foot ramp in campbell I remember dropping in and stacking it several times but one day being able to drop in without stacking it and going on to do do axle stalls and pivot fakies haha.

Back in the day the dude used to give me free potato scallops when ever I bought $1 chips (which is now equivalent to like $6 chips).

Back in the day remember moving to Sydney wanting a pair of air max one 180s only to get a pair of windrunners then writing 180 on the tounge and back destroying my sneaker then being in tears.

Back in the day remember when my friends older brother introduced us to NWA and falling in love with just cause of all swearing.

Back in the day remember rocking up to Darling harbour basketball courts with friend where everyone wore Charlotte Hornets caps like a fvcking tradition to watch my friends older brother play ball. Then on ocassions us being lucky enough to have pick up games with all the older kids.

Damn I could go on forever hey but have to hit work...

Back in the day when I didn't have to work!!! RRRaaaahhhhh!

[SAlNT]

back in the day my dad used to beat me... now i beat him... my how times have changed

[ravs]

^^^

Getting beat up by parents is a norm for most ethnics! It's a form of commuication which states "I love you, but if you fvck up I'm going to kill you" and all that can be translated without having to say a single word with one swift hand motion to the cheeck or bum.

[Milky]

getting a pair of TRAX or Sting Rays and trying to make them look like Reeboks!