...the many things that you remember as a kid or teenager...

[Mr Stickyfingers]

I remember Watford markets and having cockles with my Dad. I loved them
Winkles conjour up images I shouldn't have
I know what they are, I've never had them, but the name still makes me laugh even at my age!
Saddo!

…believe me Febs… you dodged a bullet there sweet lady!… consider yourself to be a very lucky lady indeed lol!… cheers.

 

[Mr Stickyfingers]

…seeing an Ad today on TV for a charity (The Smith Family perhaps?… I can’t quite remember)… they show a schoolkid with a piece of paper for a school excursion to be signed by a parent and just putting it down because the kid knows that the parents can’t afford it… I’ve been in that position before now… it’s not a good feeling…

…when my parents decided to emmigrate to Australia from the slums of East End London in the early 60’s as 10 Pound immigrants I was only 14 six days after landing in Australia… we were absolutely broke for about the first 3 years or more until mum and dad managed to get on their feet… (I admire them so much for being brave enough to do such a thing… bless them both for their sacrifice for a better life for us 3 kids)…

…anyway… from the age of 14 through to the age of 17 roughly… at school whenever there were school excursions… because we were so broke… I never could afford to go on them… I never disliked my parents because I couldn’t go because at that age… thankfully… I was mature enough to understand as to why I couldn’t go… it wasn’t their fault… but in front of all my schoolmates I pretended to be the ‘cool’ guy… I didn’t want to go on the ‘stupid’ school excursions… I decded that I’d rather hang around in the ‘dropkick class’ that remained back at school while everyone was out for the day…

…aw man!… I had always wished how much I was with them… it sure cut into me deeply… but it was what it was… but… I always pretended that I wasn’t fazed by it… as I said… it was a horrible feeling… every time that Ad comes on… it gets to me… even at 71 years of age… oh well… memories are what they are I guess?… you can’t change what has happened… I just feel sad for the kids nowadays that have the same thing happening to them… the poor things… cheers.

 

[Mr Stickyfingers]

…wow!… I had a massive flashback to when I was about 8 or 9 years old or thereabouts today… when my parents drove from London to Manchester to visit my dads parents I was as sick as hell… we nearly didn’t go because I was so sick… when we got there my mum and dad told my grandmother that I was really ill… she then said to me something like “oooooh you wee thing… are you feeling ‘poorly’ ?”…

…I haven’t heard that expression since all those years ago… until today… I’m now 71 years old… lol!… I’ve been feeling sick for about 3 days and when the 94 year old lady next door found out about it today she said to me “are you feeling ‘poorly’ you poor dear”… ha ha!… it’s funny how a single word can wind your mind back to all those years ago in an instant flash eh?… god bless her heart lol!… what a great flashback!… cheers.

 

[February]

Yes, that word cropped up not so long ago for me, too.
Poorly! How very English!
I had another old one recently too, but I cant remember off hand what it was. If it comes back to me, I will return .... ....

 

[SeanE]

…seeing an Ad today on TV for a charity (The Smith Family perhaps?… I can’t quite remember)… they show a schoolkid with a piece of paper for a school excursion to be signed by a parent and just putting it down because the kid knows that the parents can’t afford it… I’ve been in that position before now… it’s not a good feeling…

While I'm sure the Smith Family does wonderful charity work, their ads are an absolute travesty. Government Schools just don't work like they portray...

If a family can't afford books, the school will provide them. This includes pencils, paper, books, whatever. If the kids doesn't have a proper bag (seriously Smith Family? - a plastic shopping bag???) the school will go and buy one, admittedly a cheap one from Kmart or such, but a proper bag.

As for the uniform the school will also provide these items if the kid isn't dressed suitably, on a loan basis.

Paying for an excursion is optional in all government schools. It is not compulsory and if parents can show good reason for why they can't pay, then the school will waive the fee and the kid gets to go.

Same goes for the government schools tuition fees. These can be paid in installments or waived altogether. In WA the annual government school fees are not compulsory and only about 40% of families pay them each year for any typical school.

The Smith Family TV Ads are an absolute crock, designed to tug at your heartstrings and of course make you pay them money (which like a lot of charities, the bulk goes on 'Admin fees" to maintain their own existence). It drives me wild every time I see them on TV.

 

[Mr Stickyfingers]

While I'm sure the Smith Family does wonderful charity work, their ads are an absolute travesty. Government Schools just don't work like they portray...

If a family can't afford books, the school will provide them. This includes pencils, paper, books, whatever. If the kids doesn't have a proper bag (seriously Smith Family? - a plastic shopping bag???) the school will go and buy one, admittedly a cheap one from Kmart or such, but a proper bag.

As for the uniform the school will also provide these items if the kid isn't dressed suitably, on a loan basis.

Paying for an excursion is optional in all government schools. It is not compulsory and if parents can show good reason for why they can't pay, then the school will waive the fee and the kid gets to go.

Same goes for the government schools tuition fees. These can be paid in installments or waived altogether. In WA the annual government school fees are not compulsory and only about 40% of families pay them each year for any typical school.

The Smith Family TV Ads are an absolute crock, designed to tug at your heartstrings and of course make you pay them money (which like a lot of charities, the bulk goes on 'Admin fees" to maintain their own existence). It drives me wild every time I see them on TV.

…what a great article my friend… and I completely agree with you… the Ads are shit… unlike my day in the late 60’s / early 70’s there are so many things in place now to make it better for kids nowadays… it’s a shame that there were not things like that back then… I wouldn’t have felt like shit as much as I did then… and you’re right SeanE… those people that make those Ads should be ashamed… they make the charities themselves look as if they’re grifting money like Donald Trump does with the MAGA crowd all the time… the charities themselves must cringe each time they see the Ads…

…I’ve donated to heaps of charities in my past… I chose to donate to them because I thought they were worthy enough as I stumbled upon them… not because of pathetic heartstring pulling shit Ads… if anything… if I saw Ads like these I would make up my mind there and then to avoid the charity at all costs… I think that those con Ads do a great injustice to the charity itself… people probably don’t bother with the charity in droves because or the shit Ads… again… great post my friend… cheers.

 

[Mr Stickyfingers]

Yes, that word cropped up not so long ago for me, too.
Poorly! How very English!
I had another old one recently too, but I cant remember off hand what it was. If it comes back to me, I will return .... .... View attachment 64274

…haha!… I love that Febs…’How very English!’… that’s so true lol!… and… I’m the same… the old lady said something else a few days earlier too but I can’t remember what it was either lol!… but it did sound very British too… the thing is… she’s an Australian… she’s 94 but her mother was Scottish and her dad was an Englishman from Liverpool… that must be where she got it from I imagine… because it’s not exactly what you usually hear from Aussies eh?… lol!… cheers.

 

[Mr Stickyfingers]

…ha!… talking about things we said when we were kids in the early 1960’s… when we were really young and had to go for a poo… instead of saying the words ‘poo or shit’ etc… if we needed a poo we had to say “mum or dad… I need to have a ‘trump’ “… who would’ve known that all these years later ‘Trump’ would now relate to a man called it that is so full of shit and shits himself in his nappy all of the time lol!… (if only my mum and dad lived long enough to see this I’m sure that they would have laughed their guts out about it lol!)… geez!… I miss them both… cheers.

 

[February]

…ha!… talking about things we said when we were kids in the early 1960’s… when we were really young and had to go for a poo… instead of saying the words ‘poo or shit’ etc… if we needed a poo we had to say “mum or dad… I need to have a ‘trump’ “… who would’ve known that all these years later ‘Trump’ would now relate to a man called it that is so full of shit and shits himself in his nappy all of the time lol!… (if only my mum and dad lived long enough to see this I’m sure that they would have laughed their guts out about it lol!)… geez!… I miss them both… cheers.

Trump to us was a fart. Going for a poo was going to do plops! I've often wondered about plops, it must have been the sound as they hit the water.
An odd one I remember is the word "pongy". My sister and I used it for a "willy". Heaven knows where that one came from, or why at that age we were talking about willies! (round about 5 and 6 ) My Dad as the only male in the house unless my grandad's were visiting.

 

[Mr Stickyfingers]

Trump to us was a fart. Going for a poo was going to do plops! I've often wondered about plops, it must have been the sound as they hit the water.
An odd one I remember is the word "pongy". My sister and I used it for a "willy". Heaven knows where that one came from, or why at that age we were talking about willies! (round about 5 and 6 ) My Dad as the only male in the house unless my grandad's were visiting.

…hahaha!… ‘plops’… as funny as… and… it makes such logical sense on where it got it’s name from lol!… and… you guys called a fart a trump… we called a poo a trump… either way it was to do with shit which is what Trump really is… I just heard on Youtube that he’s shit himself in public again…

…ha!… this is one of the strangest posts I’ve ever posted Febs lol!… cheers.