90's bands and nostalgia.... from another thread.

[haptism]

The better live

 

[haptism]

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[rapparee]

And now something for the oldies on the forum including @telectrix and @Pete999

 

[Pete999]

And now something for the oldies on the forum including @telectrix and @Pete999

Oi you!!!!!!

 

[telectrix]

Oi, again.

 

[pirate]

OMG! I am SO old...
my first car was a Vauxhall Victor, pre-1960 model, mushroom grey with red leather upholstery...my mate had one too, but his had a 3 speed column change whereas mine had 4 on the floor.
I remember my Dad regularly buying £1 worth of 4-star, that was 6 gallons (GALLONS!)...3/4d a gallon...

 

[LeeH]

10 smokes, box of matches for 99p and a cheap Argos Walkman rip off with a played to death Jesus Jones album.

I miss you 1990’s...

 

[rapparee]

OMG! I am SO old...
my first car was a Vauxhall Victor, pre-1960 model, mushroom grey with red leather upholstery...my mate had one too, but his had a 3 speed column change whereas mine had 4 on the floor.
I remember my Dad regularly buying £1 worth of 4-star, that was 6 gallons (GALLONS!)...3/4d a gallon...

It feels like the Chinese are back on the forum again.

Because I understand none of that.

As a child I vaguely remember the difference between leaded and unleaded.

But 4 star must be something else.

Shillings and d mean nothing to me.

 

[pirate]

There was 5 star petrol too...used for fancy cars like the Rover 2.5pi. and Triumph Stag. Unleaded hadn't been invented!
Gay meant happy
Queer meant unusual
and only high-ranking military officers had aides...
Different times...

 

[Edtwozeronine]

My first jam jar was a Malibu Blue (i bought a spray can of the colour at some point) Fiesta Popular (not Plus!), it had one wing mirror on the drivers side only, it's tape player would chew up cassettes so I bought a cassette to personal CD player adaptor and due to it being before skip protection was introduced - it skipped on anything other than motorway smooth roads, it also had a sub one litre engine and was mostly made of rust.

Cost me £450! Insurance was £350, which I thought at the time was a total rip off considering the £250 voluntary excess for 3rd party only insurance. I don't know how kids even get on the roads these days since insurance companies have got wise to them being named drivers on their parents insurance.

 

[telectrix]

It feels like the Chinese are back on the forum again.

Because I understand none of that.

As a child I vaguely remember the difference between leaded and unleaded.

But 4 star must be something else.

Shillings and d mean nothing to me.

lesson no.1.....
4 star was leaded. it stopped pre-ignition

no.2....... there were 12 pence in a shilling; 20 shillings to the £. that meant 240 pence to a £., not like this stupid decimal shyte. 10 pence were 2 shillings or a florin. 2.5 shillings was half a crown. coins were made of nickel silver or copper. not mild steel with a few microns of colour on the surface. and a week's pocket money was a tanner (look it up).

 

[Pete999]

lesson no.1.....
4 star was leaded. it stopped pre-ignition

no.2....... there were 12 pence in a shilling; 20 shillings to the £. that meant 240 pence to a £., not like this stupid decimal shyte. 10 pence were 2 shillings or a florin. 2.5 shillings was half a crown. coins were made of nickel silver or copper. not mild steel with a few microns of colour on the surface. and a week's pocket money was a tanner (look it up).

And you could get 4 jam doughnuts and the Daily Sketch for a shilling

 

[telectrix]

and school dinner money was 1/- a day. friday was fish as we had 1 catholic in a class of 36, so me and my mate spent friday,s dinner money on 10 park drive each ( with a penny and a haflenny change)

 

[Pete999]

and school dinner money was 1/- a day. friday was fish as we had 1 catholic in a class of 36, so me and my mate spent friday,s dinner money on 10 park drive each ( with a penny and a haflenny change)

Fill yer car up with Motion Lotion for 30Bob

 

[rapparee]

lesson no.1.....
4 star was leaded. it stopped pre-ignition

no.2....... there were 12 pence in a shilling; 20 shillings to the £. that meant 240 pence to a £., not like this stupid decimal shyte. 10 pence were 2 shillings or a florin. 2.5 shillings was half a crown. coins were made of nickel silver or copper. not mild steel with a few microns of colour on the surface. and a week's pocket money was a tanner (look it up).

12 pence in a schilling.

10 pence were 2 Schillings.

I'm hugely confused.