Hahaha,,used to fill the AP5 with $18.00,the boot with crate,s of steiny blue for $6.oo each an they were 24 stubbie,s in a wooden crate.Get the girlfriend to drive an mr plod would leave you alone,but back then she was more pissd than you were.Just the way it was,the police would leave you alone speeding,that was the MOT,s job,beat them home in the ole mans Monaro,that was cool BUT the kick in the arse an a smack in the ear by the ole man wasn,t. You just forgot to pick him up at the pub on the way past, I,m so glad I grew up in Greymouth. An by the way the ole man an the local MOT used to race each other home,(as the cop said,just to make sure you got there)(Go whitebait you were a bloody good coppa). Those ole MOT V8s went hard.
fordcrzy,
Sep 28, 4:54am
when you can remember hanging out at the mount to the soothing sound of a bridgeport rota on hot tarmac outside astrolab or the oceanside before the speed humps/pc plod on every corner
berg,
Sep 28, 5:15am
Today "old" was having to stop every 150kms or so and get off a bike that I used to be able to ride 350km between stops. Either the seat has got harder or my ass has got softer lol
lookoutas,
Sep 28, 7:09am
when fordcrzy thinks rota's are old.
bigfatmat1,
Sep 28, 7:21am
Guess I am no where near as old as all you guys! All this funny talk about shillings, bob and pounds,
russell.s.c,
Sep 28, 7:29am
Lets not leave out halfpennies, pennies, tuppence, threepence or thruppence or tray bit, florins, tenner, quid, half crown, fiver.
skin1235,
Sep 28, 7:42am
you left out farthings
we changed to metrics in 67 BFM, before that there was another completely different world
imagine if your school told you to forget about the decimal system, we're going to change to a new 6 base system rather than the 10 base decimal and then told you it was all going to happen next month thats basically what happened back then, sure we knew it was going to happen for a year or so prior but it was certainly a different way of doing things, those that were into math didn't have a lot of problems, decimal base had been used by other countries for years so we weren't totally shocked, those that were struggling even with the old 12 base, which was actually a 12/20/100 base often ended up throwing their hands in the air
socram,
Sep 28, 8:15am
. and when you use a dual steel rule, with metric AND imperial measurements, because at times, imperial just happens to be easier than 'dem new fangled millimetres, that you can't really see accurately without your glasses anyway.
. when you need a 9 year old to work out the instructions for whatever new electronic gizmo you never needed for the last 60+ years anyway.
mrfxit,
Sep 28, 8:36am
Never mind the wars between young & old over radial tyres verses crossply tyres
captaink,
Sep 28, 9:54am
Yep ninepence (a thrupence/threepence and a sixpence) for lunch was choice, 4pence at the bakery for a fresh baked sultana loaf, threepence worth of chips from the fish and chip shop and tuppance at the dairy for a couple of fake candy cigarettes before heading back to school for a hard out game of bullrush! Remember no such thing as Supermarkets and at the weekends the corner store could only sell half it's stock because the rest was behind curtains and banned. Toilet paper was triple wrapped and bread sat around unwrapped. First real job paid $15 a week, was still possible to get mullocked every Wednesday and Saturday,( God knows why, just did) Crate flagons, refiiled before early closing, Gold was knowing the special knock of more than one pub for getting booze after hours.
russell.s.c,
Sep 28, 10:09am
New Zealand never issued farthings.
With your hypothetical base 6 scenario you have suggested a change that bears no comparison to the actual change to decimal currency. When NZ made the change there was a very long and detailed education plan not a "going to happen next month" so there was plenty of time to adjust although some of the elderly did struggle.
If I'm correct I believe our pre-decimal currency wasn't a base 12/20/100 but 12/20/240.
As an aside, during the change I was working for Burroughs convert bookkeeping machines to decimal.
russell.s.c,
Sep 28, 10:13am
The bread not sliced and as a little nipper being sent to the shop for a fresh loaf then picking the centre out to eat before getting home.
stevo2,
Sep 28, 5:04pm
Who remembers when we changed from MPH to KPH. The Govt issued those little stickers that you could peel and stick them over your speedo to convert to kph.
nightboss,
Sep 28, 5:23pm
I remember those triangular stickers, were available from the Post Office when paying your annual registration fee. Metric changeover started in 1969 was declared officially completed in 1976. I started my government apprenticeship in 1980, my first set of spammers were metric, they did not fit 2/3 of the old equipment so I got an imperial set too.
Mk1 Ford Escorts came out in 1969, every bolt was Imperial until 1972 model when they changed to Metric. The Mk2 Escort came out in 1974. This was a pain when fitting later parts to older Mk1's. But at least I had a use for my old spanners.
whqqsh,
Sep 28, 5:24pm
hehe, now THAT brings back memories
purple666,
Sep 28, 6:59pm
After years of reading imperial micrometers I had a real problem getting my head around metric micrometers. I still think in imperial for everything except liquid volume.
clark20,
Sep 28, 7:19pm
I was thinking the same thing! But I do remember some cars with the metric sticker on the speedo - Just. The motorway limit was only 50mph then, so slow. I think a ticket for 70 mph was $40
mm12345,
Sep 28, 7:48pm
Did we simultaneously switch from mpg to l/100km just to add confusion? Why not km per litre?
mrfxit,
Sep 28, 7:52pm
1976 brought my tidy Mk1 Zepher for $150 & it cost me another $50 for a replacement gearbox. Was a regular thing to get running cars in reasonable with wof & reg for under $500.
$500 now often gets you something that will only last as long as the current wof (if you are lucky)
mrfxit,
Sep 28, 7:54pm
We could get kph sticker rings to suit specific car models or individual stickers if your car wasn't listed.
mrfxit,
Sep 28, 7:58pm
LOL, now we have the reverse problem with todays young car enthusiasts working on classic cars where they insist on using metric tools on imperial bolts/nuts.
Frustrating when they damage bolt/nut hex's with "near e nuff" metric sockets/spanners & I grab my imperial tools & easily undo the same bolts.
mrfxit,
Sep 28, 8:10pm
. LMAO umm thats sometimes the std response now with telco call centers & elderly customers. "Is there an under 10 year old in the house?"
beetle1234,
Sep 29, 3:22am
Arn,t we glad we are old,the young fulla,s today,we could fix shit with bugga all an we still can,make,s me proud to be old,probably the only thing once I talk the bone,s into working the way they should! But there again we are good, now where is my big hammer?
socram,
Sep 29, 3:59am
Just returned from a small job in the garage and realised that getting old now means getting a pair of pliers or grips to take the cap off the small tube of silicone.
Quite who came up with the idea of keyless chucks for portable drills with slippery, non-grippy chucks, must also have been a youngster.
I hope that he too suffers burns to his hands when he gets older, with the drill bit still slipping and realises then that a chuck key wasn't such a daft idea after all. Maybe we need a dual chuck, Ryobi? Keyed and keyless. Can't be that difficult.
I'll accept the royalties on that one. Just remember where you heard it first. (No doubt some young bright spark is now going to tell me that the Qxqizy already has that. )
purple666,
Apr 18, 5:28pm
Not really a new problem when you think back to BSW and BSF nuts and bolts that got attacked with imperial af spanners.
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