Daily thread Tues 6th March

grannybroon

I had forgotten about sherbert fountains and catherine wheels - I loved the lichorise (spelling?)

GB

snoozer

If you were born after 1971 you don't know what real money is, or real mental arithmetic:rotfl: . 12pennies in a shilling, 240 to a pound:eek: . We used to get asked things like

If you have 11shillings 10pence and bought something costing 4shillings and sixpence how much change did you have:eek: :eek:

Bargain_Rzl

I've got a couple to add to the "child of the 80s" list...

* you owned a Global Hypercolour T-shirt and wore it with a bumbag and bermuda shorts
* you remember shellsuits when all kids wore them, not just chavs!

(BTW I just went all the way through the theme song from "Fresh Price" :rotfl: )

grannybroon

I used to get an old threepenny. Shrimps, flying saucers etc. You used to get a bid bag for 3 old pee! It was actually sixpence then!

GB

LearningToSave.

ahhh i am 28 so a real 80's child!! can identify with pretty much everything on the list........but omg i sooooooooooooooooooooo loved rick astley!!!!! still do actually and saw him live in october 2005 :-)

gerretl

Ahhhh, the 1980's.
Well, while we're on the subject, check out 'The Skeletor Show' on youtube. Inspired. Just search for Skeletor, and see what he did, when he wasn't out to rule the world.

natzini

AMIE399 wrote:

can you believe this..... my dd has just told me that they had a supply teacher in maths today, she couldnt keep any control over the class and when my dd told her that she didnt understand the work.. the teacher told her to do some drawing instead !!!! boy are they in for a phone call. she has problems with her maths as it is what a waste of a lesson

Amie that's awful! If the class doesn't have work set, then the supply teacher needs to think of something relevant to teach!

natzini

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

I've got a couple to add to the "child of the 80s" list...

* you owned a Global Hypercolour T-shirt and wore it with a bumbag and bermuda shorts
* you remember shellsuits when all kids wore them, not just chavs!

(BTW I just went all the way through the theme song from "Fresh Price" :rotfl: )

"Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down..."
We have loads of the Fresh Prince episodes on DVD... and gosh it is shocking how they didn't realise how one British swear word *was* a swear word... made me laugh but I really hope they bleeped it out over here!!

I'm def an 80s kiddie, my Mum bought a 'Watch with Mother' vid when we were little so I know all about Andy Pandy, The Woodentops (what've we got for dinner today? sawdust and hay for dinner today!) etc

I loved Belle and Sebastian, Care Bears, Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Grotbags, Sooty, Wacaday (I danced for Timmy Mallett!) and so many more things! I was scared of The Moomins though!! Also loved Get Along Gang, Pob, Pigeon Street, Gummi Bears.... I could go on all night, and longer!!

Those were the days.... Wednesdays when nothing was open in the afternoon... we had to rush to the shop on the way home from library club before it closed!

The best theme tune definately goes to The Racoons though. I have it as a ringtone on my phone, it rocks!Mysterious Cities of Gold is a close second if anyone wanted to know.

comping_cat

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

I've got a couple to add to the "child of the 80s" list...

* you owned a Global Hypercolour T-shirt and wore it with a bumbag and bermuda shorts
* you remember shellsuits when all kids wore them, not just chavs!

(BTW I just went all the way through the theme song from "Fresh Price" :rotfl: )

My mum wouldnt let me have a shell suit Had bermuda shorts and a raa raa skirt tho!!!! (and legwarmers and fingerless gloves!!!!)

tinkerbelluk

Lol - I was just going through one of the draws under the bed and guess what I found.........

A pair of bright green luminous socks :eek: :eek:

The worst thing is I can remember wearing them