Yep, make it roller and I'm a certified old fart....
Actually come on, let's think of a more acceptable name!
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Yep, make it roller and I'm a certified old fart....
Actually come on, let's think of a more acceptable name!
Nettie - love that you remember it was cool to wear shoe laces in your hair! I said that to someone the other day who looked at me like I was nuts!
Old farts I am in!!!
Wise Woman Energy... I believe we come into our Wise Woman as we nudge 40...
I haven't got grey pubic hair. BUT & I know this is tmi mine has begun to fall out!!! WTF is that about???
:ROFL: hey think of how jealous all those 20 yo's will be reading this hon...they pay big bucks to have another woman to wax and torture their poor ja ja's hahahhahahah:
LMAO, I'm wondering if the lazer surgery is worth it now. But then I know my mother is in her 50s and not falling out, so chances are I won't be lucky.
If ice-skating to "Eye of the Tiger" is the criterion for joining, I'm officially an old fart. Which is scary as I'm young! Honest!
The double fluro sox, with the inner & outer sock reversed on the other foot ...
Let's get physical! Big hair and those rainbow ties around your forehead - they're back!
Makeup palettes in bold pinks, brick reds and bright blue (and that's just the eyes) - it's taken me another 20 years to actually get comfortable wearing makeup!
Sunday night disney ... oh how I miss that ... A Country Practice, Scott & Charlene ... Mad Max and Tina Turner. My first LP was Abba, and my first tape was Madonna. Dire Straits. Gail & Gillian - what'll they be singing in the 80's?
I'm a Oldie but a Newbie ....:P
I'd love to join but depends on the age you looking at classing as an oldie....lol
I use to where pegs in my hair and as earrings at Blue Light Disco's and Fluro ODD socks....and the one glove.....:dance:...gees that wasn't that long ago truly it wasn't....:D
:rofl: :spit: O.. M...G... that was hilarious! :clap::
And classic answer, Maz!
I remember the double fluro sock thing too!
What about Ra-ra skirts? And Knots Landing as a soapie? Who else remembers watching Molly die? *sob* Still makes me choke up! LOL
Did anyone else do Countdown on Sunday night???
I don't know why it's falling out... But it is... But it's not neat enough to be a brazillian or a landing strip... I'm hoping it'll all go or grow back... Maybe it's a female form of baldness... My father is almost bald...
It is disconcerting to lose ones pubes - I actually like them. :lol:
Molly dying (sob) that was devastating!
Sons and Daughters!!! I used to watch every episode.
Abba cards?? We used to trade them at school, then we had football cards.
Spandau Ballet, Human League- I was in love with the lead singer.
The Police not just Sting!!
Gosh yes I remember Molly dying! It was so sad and I was upset for ages because Chloe didn't have her Mum anymore. And I wanted to change my name to Jo because she was soooooo cool!
Kaz, I did that with my flouro socks too and I remember getting in trouble for wearing them to school.
Oh and if you can remember your Mum and her friends gossiping about Lindy Chamberlain and bonus points if you were old enough to join in :rofl:
YTT - before Tina Arena....
DP was on an episode of Shirl's Neighbourhood!
Who used to get up on Saturday mornings and watch The Factory with Andrew Daddo, Alex Papps and Tania Lacey?
Watching the Royal Wedding with Lady Di. That was such a big thing.
Yes about Molly dying. That was a hard episode, would have been one of my first TV deaths.
Yep, watched the Royal Wedding, anyone use to watch Little House on the Prairie? My all time favourite.
Regards,
Dianne
Nudging hard here - still waiting for influx of Wise Woman-ness! :lol::
Wise Woman Energy... I believe we come into our Wise Woman as we nudge 40...
Inanna I have it on good authority it falls out from your head and lady-land and starts to appear elsewhere - moustaches for example :o
Well MD aren't you the source of good news!!! :lol:
I haven't any mo's - I"m blonde so maybe that's my saving grace! I have never been very hairy though.
What about Bay City Rollers? OMG I was in loooove! I showed a picture to DD14 & DD9 the other day of the BCR... They just said: "mum they look like freaks"! Oh those young uns.... :rofl:
What about Abba - I believed I channeled Agnetha... I sang into my hair brush - as a result Mama Mia is one of my favourite movies!
Ponchos?
I knew the Abba Arrival record (remember records??) inside & out. I stopped listening to it in my teens, but knew every word and note when I heard it again 10 years later. I'd get in trouble for listening to my brother's Spandeu Ballet and Fine Young Cannibals records. Thompson Twins anyone?
I had bubble gum jeans - you know the bogan jeans that were super skinny - too much eyeliner, big hair, bubble skirt. Anyone else tie a bandana around their thigh like Punkie Brewster?
My fav shows were Disney (Sunday night), Countdown (when I was allowed to watch), Monkey Magic and Simon Townsend (I cried when Woodruff died), Fraggle Rock, Degrassi Juniour high. Loved Shirl's neighborhood.
We used to make mixed tapes - I'd sit by my radio ready to press record for when a good song came on, then listen to them on my Walkman. My first crush was Morten Hartik from AHa
I wanted to be Wonder Woman and had an iron-on transfer in a showbag , with bracelets and the little tiara thing she wore (OK, I was 8).
I learnt to type on a typewriter and I still do 2 spaces after a fullstop. I remember when we got a colour TV and thinking mobile phones were only for high-flying knbs.
We used to nick off all weekend on our BMX's and come back, cold and hungry when it was getting dark and that was normal and expected. We used to walk to school, with those enormous school bags hanging off one shoulder. I remember hair flicks, roller skates and playing marbles.
OK - that was a big trip down memory lane....
Oh wow!! Memories.
I was thinking then back as a little kid, watching romper room bahahahahaha anyone watched it too?
I loved wham, oh dear lol!!!
OK, gonna start a social group. Give me a name!
I like the Wise Woman thing, but that makes me feel oooold, lets throw a few around. (Names, not women)
i actually still own my baby lamp...humphry b bear:):
love mork and minky, also monkey magic too:):
how old is old??? lol to join
:lol:I sang a Romper Room song to my nephew yesterday and my girls asked what the song was :lol::
I still know the punching ball song from Romper Room! I loved Miss Helena :lol:
Punch, Punch, Punch the ball
Punching's so much fun
Use fist, your hand or wrist
and keep it on the run.
I sooo desperately wanted to her to say Hello to me in the Mirror!
I loved Tina Arena when she was on the Johnny Young Talent Time.
Cyndi Lauper with Girls Just wanna have fun!
Ra Ra Skirts (pretty sure they have come back a few times), Knicker Bockers, my Mum refused to buy them for me!
Soo many memories, think this thread is already well and truly stuck already :shhh:
This is fantastic - brings back so many great memories...
Ok I am not old enought to join yet ( 4 years to go ) but just wanted to say that I think its a great idea... I remember everything everyone has mention, mollys death is still the saddest TV death ever.. rolla rama ( sp ) near the Carabeen markets ( sp ?) went there all the time... Time zone birthday parties were the to die for invite... ra ra skirts and flro laces where always on my feet... Oooo dont forget the SPIKE... didnt that take forever to grow out...
So as I am too young to join in yet but grew up with 4 older siblings who helped me through the 80s I will love if its a open forum where I can at least read it every now and then to remember the good times...
So until I am a little older have fun without me...
What about "Bill & Ben, the Flowerpot Men:... "Weeeeeeeeeeeed" "Weeeeeeeeeeed"
and one of my favourites: Cat Weazle!!! I loved him...
Cant remember the name of the show - it had Sooty in it.."The Sooty show" (with Matthew)
I also loved GP the guinea pig etc - mental blank...?? ETA - Tales of the Riverbank - Hammy Hamster.
The Wombles
Mr Squiggle!
There was Sooty, Sweep and Sue. I used to love how everything worked and that the taps had water.
GP - I think that was Tales of the Riverbank.
Thanks Astrid - i just went and googled !:
Ha Ha there was a Mr Doobie at C's occasional care group last year and I got all excited! The carer had no idea who Mr Doobie was...I almost abducted him!
aaaaawwww what about ....
the goodies/the monkies/basil brush/thunderbirds/benny hill
just letting you all know that Risky Business is on GO tonight at 9.30... if you have no life like me I know you will be watching and remembering...
I dunno gals, you're talking about remembering the 80s, but what about some from the 70s ...
Famous Five tv series
Basil Brush - the original ... "boom, boom!"
flared jeans (when they were the real deal, not retro!) and desert boots
ET at the drivein (hmmm, late 70s or early 80s?)
In answer to the Bucks Fizz question - the song was "Making Your Mind Up".
And yep, my besties and I use to kick off the shoes, spray some sparkly hairspray in our hair and dance our hearts out to "Footloose" and Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited".
Anyone else remember The Banana Splits on TV - think Squiddly Diddly was one of the cartoons shown on it ... Oh yeah, and HR Puff n Stuff! TV Gold!
And what about Secret Valley from the early 80s - that was one of my favourite TV shows as a kid. I wanted to run a holiday camp for kids too!! Cooking with Peter Russell Clark use to follow Secret Valley, from memory ... ok, now I'm dribbling ... :lol:
This thread is awesome, so many memories (sadly showing my advanced age!)
Oh, I forgot to say earlier that FRAGGLE ROCK is on the ABC on a weekend at 7am. The kids thought I was crazy getting all excited about watching it.
Another trip down memory lane, though this is Melbourne centric and early 90's alt scene:
* getting picked up for a 1st date in a Sandman and seeing some metal band at the Richmond Club, whilst sitting in the back, ignoring the band and snogging said date
*downing shots in the front bar of the Punters Club before thrashing away to the band in the back
* sitting on the sticky carpet at the Punters Club on a Sunday afternoon listening to an acoustic show before wandering off to peruse the shops
*when there were real op-shops in Greville Street. Got some funky clothes down there, before it turned into the rest of Chapel St and stuck it's head up it's other end
* dancing for hours at various levels of the Hell Fire club and every now and then, going downstairs to see people string themselves for a whipping. Politely declining having hot wax poured on me before going back for many more hours on the dance floor
*getting the gig guide every Wednesday to plan the weekend. I know this still happens, but I don't do it anymore.
* wearing black velvet tops, short black skirts, black tights and black Docs and thinking this was cool and original :lol:
I left in the late 90's, came home eventually and no more Punters Club....and the music was loud and everyone was too young at my old hang-outs anyway :)
Does anyone else think that Sweet Charlie Brown and the Fraggle Rock theme tune are similar?
I knew I'd get dragged into this. It was mention of the Sooty Show that finally did it.
Sadly, I am going to youtube it now.
tashybabe - the Punters Club was the first pub I went to when I arrived in Melbourne from the UK about 16 years ago - straight from the airport I should add with my SIL who had Roy n HG on the radio who I also still have a soft spot for. I was greatly relieved to see that people actually wore black clothes in Melbourne as I was under the mistaken impression that everyone would wear white and yellow, being such a sunny country. I was devastated when it closed down.
Ah, the Punters. And the Espy as it used to be (I almost literally grew up in the Espy, my great grandmother managed it for close to 50 years and one of my earliest memories is of sliding down the staircase on my bum. Still did it twenty years later too). And the Evelyn. And wandering into the Club on Greville St in boxer shorts and a bonds teeshirt because it was just around the corner and I'd just got out of bed, and no-one batting an eyelid. And... and... (memory starts to fade and sticky carpets all blur into one, and then moved to Sydney and repeated the process except with less bands and more techno).
Tash - you wimp - declining the hotwax at Hellfire. Ah well, you missed out. ;)
Oh and you guys must all have much better memories than I do - I vaguely remember all this other stuff you are talking about, but gee, can't remember the words or anything. All of the years spent in pubs with sticky carpets must have had their effect LOL.
Sign me up - I'm OLD!!! :rolleyes: