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

…when I was about 12 years old on ‘Boxing Day’ I remember asking my dad why it was called ‘Boxing Day’?… he just said that’s the day when everyone compares who got the lousiest Christmas present and when someone is told that THEIRS is the lousiest… that’s when the fighting starts and the boxing starts… it was one of his silly jokes that he often told… he was joking… I think?… lol!… cheers.
 
Being a kid and your parents were driving somewhere they hadn't been before on the other side of town. They just flick through the Melways (Melbourne Street directory), trace a few roads with their finger. Look at a few pages. Then get in the car and just drive there.

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up_all_night said:
Being a kid and your parents were driving somewhere they hadn't been before on the other side of town. They just flick through the Melways (Melbourne Street directory), trace a few roads with their finger. Look at a few pages. Then get in the car and just drive there.

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…sitting in the back seat of the car and watching dad getting angry with mum because she couldn’t ever read the street directory… because when she got to the edge of the page and then had to flip about 10 pages to follow the road that we were on but was never able to do it because she could never read maps was always so funny to watch… lol!… cheers.
 
Mr Stickyfingers said:
…sitting in the back seat of the car and watching dad getting angry with mum because she couldn’t ever read the street directory… because when she got to the edge of the page and then had to flip about 10 pages to follow the road that we were on but was never able to do it because she could never read maps was always so funny to watch… lol!… cheers.
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I don't remember by mother being bad with maps, but she was such a backseat driver from the passenger seat. Warning my dad to avoid things that weren't even in his way or on the road. Actually making the driving situation worse because he's suddenly concerned there's something he hasn't seen and has to avoid. Making scared noises and all sorts of stuff.

It was always even worse because we'd go on overseas trips and my dad would be driving in America and else where. One thing that always sticks out as funny was in Tahiti. She yelled, "watch out, there's fish on the road." Was literally a shake on the side of the road selling fish.

A few years ago I was in the car with them driving into the city, and she was so much worse. Constantly scared and vocal he was going to hit things and driving bad. It was one of those things with your parents that bring you back to feel like a child. It was so stressful and unpleasant. She's stressed, then she's making him stressed. I did not like.
 
…one of the funniest things I remember was when my brother was driving with me in the front passenger seat and mum in the back… we began going up a pretty steep hill up to Kurrajong in the Blue Mountains in NSW… as we started going up my brother silently motioned me to do what he was doing… leaning forwards… I leant forward too… mum said…

…“what are you both doing?”… my brother then said…

…”mum… because we’re going up such a steep hill we’re leaning forward because it helps us to go up faster and also saves petrol”… she replied…

…”why didn’t you tell me sooner?”… she then leant forward too…

…when we got to the top of the hill we cracked up laughing… she then said something like…

…”you silly sods!”…

…geez that memory always cracks me up… god I miss my mum / dad and brother… cheers.
 
I remember (not so much as a kid at 18), after I passed my driving test, I would drive around past bus stops to see if I knew anyone waiting so I could give them a lift!
Luckily for anyone I might of known, they weren't there! 😂
 
…ha!… I remember when I went for my licence that I had long hair down to my waist… a scraggly moustache and goatee beard and was wearing a ‘PEACE’ T-shirt… I was told to go outside to a car for my test… I walked up to the car… there was a really old crusty git waiting for me… he just looked at me from head to toe… needless to say… I didn’t get my licence on the first go before I even got into the bloody car lol!… cheers.
 
Mr Stickyfingers said:
…ha!… I remember when I went for my licence that I had long hair down to my waist… a scraggly moustache and goatee beard and was wearing a ‘PEACE’ T-shirt… I was told to go outside to a car for my test… I walked up to the car… there was a really old crusty git waiting for me… he just looked at me from head to toe… needless to say… I didn’t get my licence on the first go before I even got into the bloody car lol!… cheers.
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I can just picture that! 😂
I failed abysmally on my first test. It was 8am on a busy Monday morning in the industrial estate in Watford. My hill start: I'd rolled down to the bottom of the hill before I took off. Three point turn turned into an eight point turn. Reversing around the corner, I wiggled in and out instead for a straight reverse. The emergency stop made me jump and I nearly put the examiner through the window - it was a good, genuine emergency stop (in MY mind) Then I was told at the end I drove to close to pedestrians!
Test two was in the most up-market residential area in Watford, Big wide roads. My three point turn I could have done in one. Totally different vibe; no industrial traffic, total peace and serenity. I do remember though when he told me to turn right at the end of the road, I indicated left and turned right (if he spotted it, he let it go).
Then I was let lose on the roads!
 
…that is hilarious Febs… reading that cracked me up big time lol!… cheers. 😂🤣😅
 
…I remember when The Beatles broke up in 1970… I was so devastated… I was 17 years old… Paul has always been and will always be my favourite musician of all time… as much as Leonardo da Vinci is my favourite painter of all time… everyone in the world (as well as myself of course) were wishing that they would reunite but sadly never did…

…they soon put out solo albums but it was never the same again… I loved the rawness and grittiness of Paul McCartneys ‘Ram’ album mainly because it was still ‘Beatle-ish’ to me but after that they all went in different directions and tangents and had lost that ‘Beatle-ness’ as far as I was concerned…

…it’s an awful feeling when bands break up… it’s like they have ‘betrayed’ you but nothing lasts forever I guess (unless you’re the Rolling Stones of course)… but jeez… I even had a Beatle style haircut as a kid ffs!… ‘Beatle mania’ was dead… what a shame… I have every Beatle record in Vinyl twice… (including a rare box set and a red vinyl rarity) all in pristine mint condition that have never been played plus the second set that were constantly played to the point that they have been flogged to death lol!…

…now I have all the Beatles in categories in my ‘Spotify’ account playing at any given time… (yes my sweet darling wife does say to me quite often… “seriously… the Beatles yet again?”)… lol!… the images that their songs used to put into my teenage head at the time still has an impact on me at 72 years of age… such was their influence on me at that time… at the age of 13 in the East End of London in the 60’s I was right in the middle of ‘Beatle mania’… It was such a great time and place to be… it was amazing…

…has anyone else been so influenced and moved by a band that changed their outlook of life I wonder?… I’d be interested to know… Beatles… thank you for inspiring and influencing me all my life… I owe you so much… cheers.
 
…I also meant to include in the article above that I loved George Harrisons album ‘All things must pass’ too at that particular time… cheers
 
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