38 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Ughhh nooo!  In their hey day there was no comparison imv.

The ice cream in the pops was melt in the mouth stuff and weird favouring in the Barneys.

I used to live on Choc Paddle Pops in Spring/Summer.  Those and the Streets Frosty Fruits.  At one point there were real pieces in them.

According to Red though, the Pops have gone up the proverbial creek without their paddle now.

I loved the pineapple slice. 

But paddle pops were pretty good. 

I remember just a plain icy pole cost only 5 cents. Probably costs five times that every hour today just to keep em frozen.

I wonder what the median age of posters is on Dl?

 

55 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Bubs where were you during my entire childhood.

I reckon i might have scored two or three grrr.

My earliest recollection of gambling. I reckon I only got about two or three as well. And I bought a ton.

I used to buy them from the funds of bottle collecting. I went through a stage where much to my parent's ire, I hoarded empty bottles around the side of the house instead of returning them.

Turned out to be quite fortunate as one night the refund went from ten to twenty cents. My portfolio had doubled and it was sunnyboys and comics galore.

One thing of yesteryear I really miss is the fireworks. Joy robbers. Probably for the best.

Oh what fun they were.

On 10/4/2023 at 9:06 PM, The heart beats true said:

Ghost are playing at John Cain Arena tonight. I was driving down Olympic Boulevard and all of sudden it looked like Halloween, but with mostly middle aged men in too much make up.

It’s been a weird week.

I watched our B&F live-streamed on a huge screen at The Precinct Hotel in Richmond with about 50 or 60 Demon Army members in various stages of drunkenness.

In terms of leaving the pub to go home, my timing was terrible. I got to Flinders St station just after a Weezer concert at John Cain Arena had finished. There was literally thousands of people there. I then spent the train-ride home in a carriage full of middle-aged stoners.

Good times 😳

57 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

I loved the pineapple slice. 

But paddle pops were pretty good. 

I remember just a plain icy pole cost only 5 cents. Probably costs five times that every hour today just to keep em frozen.

Actually the fruit one may have been the slice now that you've mentioned.

6 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Yep....a schoolmate of mine's parents had a milkbar....   resultingly he knew all about the "Frees"..  there was actually a particular coding on the outside that verified the inside...If you knew what to look for ;)

We were at a milkbar just opposite Central Park Malvern way way way back...   We went in...searched through teh freezer cabinbet and both selected our Sunny Boys......ate them...went back in for our frees.......ate them....both went back in for our Frees....  The owner told us in no uncertain terms about coming back in !!! ...dint mind...we were pretty full as a goog by then ;)   We had a lot of frees ;)

Great post Beelzebub. And that was true, or it certainly was at Southvale Primary. The code was similar to Levis jeans, something like 502. 

1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

I loved the pineapple slice. 

But paddle pops were pretty good. 

I remember just a plain icy pole cost only 5 cents. Probably costs five times that every hour today just to keep em frozen.

I’m pretty sure it was called a pine-lime Splice, as opposed to slice. They came in raspberry as well. They were great in that they were a hybrid of ice-cream and icy pole. 

I did love a Buffalo Bill. It was the ice cream that kept on giving. Blowing bubbles for hours afterwards 

1 hour ago, Demonsterative said:

I did love a Buffalo Bill. It was the ice cream that kept on giving. Blowing bubbles for hours afterwards 

The Bubble O’Bill. The bubble gum nose was the best. The advent of Hubba Bubba pretty much left all other bubble gum by the wayside. 😫 The only contender to give them a challenge in the beginning was Spurt, the Betamax of bubble gum. 😁

6 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Bubs where were you during my entire childhood.

I reckon i might have scored two or three grrr.

I woulda had the normal returns on "frees"  had it not been for the inside info. A word from my Dad..don't get greedy... so you'd just churn one glug or razz or sunnyboy .. then move on...  twas easy peasy when you knew how.  Unfortunately  no secret deal on choo choo bars or redskins lol

22 hours ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

Love the McDonalds fudge sundae.  A shocking admission, I know.  Also get a flat white at the same time, which is perhaps passable.  The hamburgers are of course, homogenised and lacking the taste of those sizzling and charring at the local shop.

Always wary of Maccas after a guy that used to own/run a nightshift business for their burger buns and frappa mix told me they used some sort of silica type powder as part of the mix (approx 10% in the buns or thereabouts if i recall correctly) and to never eat / drink those two products.

On 10/8/2023 at 8:59 AM, Demon Dynasty said:

Golly i'm old enough to recall seeing these guys.

Had two hits and i recall they sounded a bit ho hum / flat.

Might have played the Manhattan or the Burvale.  Either way i remember sticky carpets and i never wanted to go back haha.

The glug was the best.  Didn't mind the orange one either was that the Razz.  If you didn't get gold writing (rarely) i seem to recall it was always red otherwise.  Maybe black.

And deaver what Sacrilege!  Wait till it melted then down the hatch!  Wasted on those Windsor fellas.

Their still going especially in Nsw.

They had " Show me some discipline."

"Alone with you tonight."

" Happy man."

Some great riffs amongst those three.

 

21 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’m pretty sure it was called a pine-lime Splice, as opposed to slice. They came in raspberry as well. They were great in that they were a hybrid of ice-cream and icy pole. 

Pine Lime Splice - one of my fav’s. 
 

No problem with prices of banana’s at the moment. Hope you’re all well here. 
 

Club and a couple of individuals are under fire at the moment, club must hold strong and reload for 2024. 
 

Id suggest a meeting of players and a commitment amongst themselves - Would be ideal for everyone to be on the same page. Clock is always ticking while the window is open. 
 

The raspberry splice isn’t bad either. Continue pls.

Why are people discussing ice creams, we have a GF to win, oh wait a minute.

Whoops.

Always liked the Streets Comet, an oldy but a goody. Like the pun?

Edited October 9, 20232 yr by Redleg

26 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Why are people discussing ice creams, we have a GF to win, oh wait a minute.

Whoops.

Always liked the Streets Comet, an oldy but a goody. Like the pun?

I recal the Calippo but not the comet.

A special once off for Haley's Comet?

4 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

I recal the Calippo but not the comet.

A special once off for Haley's Comet?

Sorry it was the Sennitts' Comet. It was a chocolate and mint combo, delicious.

1 hour ago, H_T said:

Pine Lime Splice - one of my fav’s. 
 

No problem with prices of banana’s at the moment. Hope you’re all well here. 
 

Club and a couple of individuals are under fire at the moment, club must hold strong and reload for 2024. 
 

Id suggest a meeting of players and a commitment amongst themselves - Would be ideal for everyone to be on the same page. Clock is always ticking while the window is open. 
 

The raspberry splice isn’t bad either. Continue pls.

That reads a bit like the lyrics of the odd David Bowie top 40 hit.

I believe he would often write parallel interchanging lyrics, which may have rhymed in places, but the topics from either verse had anything to do with the other.

Lets hope all the boys are on the same page by the time we get to 24.

H_T, any relation to yeh olde d'lander, High Tower?

14 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

That reads a bit like the lyrics of the odd David Bowie top 40 hit.

I believe he would often write parallel interchanging lyrics, which may have rhymed in places, but the topics from either verse had anything to do with the other.

Lets hope all the boys are on the same page by the time we get to 24.

H_T, any relation to yeh olde d'lander, High Tower?

Demon Dynasty, that’s me. 😎

In today's world I I feel nothing but sadness. However a first world problem has today come to my notice and I cannot leave it hidden. 

Where have the Bananas gone? I visited 4 stores in my part of Melbourne two stores had none, one store had a dozen very green ones and Aldi had 3 yes 3 only which I bought. I asked where are the bananas? Three shrugged their shoulders and one said we have not had delivers for 4 days. This is all too much how do I go on past Thursday? 

1 hour ago, old dee said:

In today's world I I feel nothing but sadness. However a first world problem has today come to my notice and I cannot leave it hidden. 

Where have the Bananas gone? I visited 4 stores in my part of Melbourne two stores had none, one store had a dozen very green ones and Aldi had 3 yes 3 only which I bought. I asked where are the bananas? Three shrugged their shoulders and one said we have not had delivers for 4 days. This is all too much how do I go on past Thursday? 

Make smoothies and sip until next delivery.

4 hours ago, Redleg said:

Sorry it was the Sennitts' Comet. It was a chocolate and mint combo, delicious.

Youve really got no clue eh red....lol

Lets get back to basics...   cobblers... 

 

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

Youve really got no clue eh red....lol

Lets get back to basics...   cobblers... 

 

Harsh.

4 hours ago, old dee said:

In today's world I I feel nothing but sadness. However a first world problem has today come to my notice and I cannot leave it hidden. 

Where have the Bananas gone? I visited 4 stores in my part of Melbourne two stores had none, one store had a dozen very green ones and Aldi had 3 yes 3 only which I bought. I asked where are the bananas? Three shrugged their shoulders and one said we have not had delivers for 4 days. This is all too much how do I go on past Thursday? 

"Yes, we have no bananas..." :-)

On 10/8/2023 at 3:14 PM, leave it to deever said:

I wonder what the median age of posters is on Dl?

 

Edit:  'Boomer' age range is 59 to 77 so they represent approx 35% of DL per that poll. 

 

Discussion is in this thread

 

Edited October 9, 20232 yr by Lucifers Hero

2 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

 

Discussion is in this thread

 

After 'straight-sets-squared', all the age bracket labels need to be shifted up one line.