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11 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Yes same here to Mon.  Sounds like a very tough period.  All the best 

Same again Monbon deepest sympathies for you and your family.❤️💙

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On 13/10/2023 at 19:54, Redleg said:

Thank you for that.

Your secret's safe with me, Red: I think you left a tiny full stop in that 'best work', sullying its perfection. Not too late for a final edit?

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On 08/10/2023 at 12:58, Jontee said:

Sunny boys - used to do similar  though I remember the printing on the seam used to be slightly different.

One thing is the same; been thrown out by the shop keeper when they worked out what we were doing.

I go back beyond Sunnyboys to the original(? - very early '60s) orange fruit drink tetrapak, the 'Jubbly'.

21 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Twas I. A voracious collector of empty coke bottles, Leeds , Fanta and a few others. Lived in St Kilda East amongst a lot of flats . High density area and great pickings. Made more with bottles than my morning paper round. I hated that round especially on Saturday with the bloody Age. 5 bucks a week and usually had to pay for damaged flower pots. Doh. And it was so cold and dark at 5.30 am. The alarm sent shivers down my spine. As mentioned I got lazy returning the bottles and stacked them around the side of our Westbury grove house. When they went from 10 cents to 20 it was like winning Powerball. Apologies to the owner of the Newsagency for not turning my colleagues in for all the smokes they pinched. 

I also go back as far as sixpence a bottle, exchanged at the Torquay (summer source of lots of bottles) milk bar for a Peter's strawberry cone, with real(?) strawberry bits.

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22 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Twas I. A voracious collector of empty coke bottles, Leeds , Fanta and a few others. Lived in St Kilda East amongst a lot of flats . High density area and great pickings. Made more with bottles than my morning paper round. I hated that round especially on Saturday with the bloody Age. 5 bucks a week and usually had to pay for damaged flower pots. Doh. And it was so cold and dark at 5.30 am. The alarm sent shivers down my spine. As mentioned I got lazy returning the bottles and stacked them around the side of our Westbury grove house. When they went from 10 cents to 20 it was like winning Powerball. Apologies to the owner of the Newsagency for not turning my colleagues in for all the smokes they pinched. 

I had an almost identical childhood. Empty bottles for cash, paper round pay was $6.20 though. Smokes and mags disappearing from paper shop. On good authority i confirm some over zealous boys moved in to first pinching full coke bottles then taking the empty for the refund. One gang allegedly removed a crate of coke bottles from the milk bar and hid them on the local school roof where they hung out. Figuring the bottles would be spotted with ingenuity they removed roof tiles and hid them in the roof space. Following week the school put up wire to stop kids climbing on the roof. Fifty years later the roof and tiles are still there. One day it might be demolished and the workers will likely be amazed as to why their are 24 classic coke 7oz bottles in a box under the tiles.

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20 hours ago, 640MD said:

No way Old Age

the flesh is not what it once was.

once a king always a king

once a knights enough

 

i wish !

Reminds me of this:

The sex life of a man based on his age…

20-40yo - tri-weekly. 
40-60yo - try weekly. 
60yo +    - try weakly.

😁

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8 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Reminds me of this:

The sex life of a man based on his age…

20-40yo - tri-weekly. 
40-60yo - try weekly. 
60yo +    - try weakly.

😁

Who wants to comment on this post?

I will only say that there is a similar saying for females - but I’m too much of a gent to post it.

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36 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Reminds me of this:

The sex life of a man based on his age…

20-40yo - tri-weekly. 
40-60yo - try weekly. 
60yo +    - try weakly.

😁

It would be funny if not true.

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47 minutes ago, Half forward flank said:

I had an almost identical childhood. Empty bottles for cash, paper round pay was $6.20 though. Smokes and mags disappearing from paper shop. On good authority i confirm some over zealous boys moved in to first pinching full coke bottles then taking the empty for the refund. One gang allegedly removed a crate of coke bottles from the milk bar and hid them on the local school roof where they hung out. Figuring the bottles would be spotted with ingenuity they removed roof tiles and hid them in the roof space. Following week the school put up wire to stop kids climbing on the roof. Fifty years later the roof and tiles are still there. One day it might be demolished and the workers will likely be amazed as to why their are 24 classic coke 7oz bottles in a box under the tiles.

Can we talk about coke yo yos soon?

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1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

also go back as far as sixpence a bottle, exchanged at the Torquay (summer source of lots of bottles) milk bar for a Peter's strawberry cone, with real(?) strawberry bits.

Those sixpence would be worth a few bob now.

What was a bob by the way?

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1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

Those sixpence would be worth a few bob now.

What was a bob by the way?

Never mind.

First of all there was the pound, slang term quid, this was divided into 20 shillings with one shilling (bob), two shilling (old term florin) coins and a 10 shilling note. A shilling was divided into 12 pennies with three penny (thrup'ny bit) and six penny

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1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Your secret's safe with me, Red: I think you left a tiny full stop in that 'best work', sullying its perfection. Not too late for a final edit?

You can’t improve on perfection.

it was the Michelangelo of full stops.

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6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Never mind.

First of all there was the pound, slang term quid, this was divided into 20 shillings with one shilling (bob), two shilling (old term florin) coins and a 10 shilling note. A shilling was divided into 12 pennies with three penny (thrup'ny bit) and six penny

A bob as in footy talk. 
i wouldnt give two bob for that bloke- player.

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1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Ah yes “around the world” , “walking the dog” and “the sleeper.”

“The sleeper” - is that another name for “Rock the cradle”???

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2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Reminds me of this:

The sex life of a man based on his age…

20-40yo - tri-weekly. 
40-60yo - try weekly. 
60yo +    - try weakly.

😁

Bases on information provided by an acquaintance, I understand that modern chemical ..... err enhancers .... have changed that equation somewhat!

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17 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Bases on information provided by an acquaintance, I understand that modern chemical ..... err enhancers .... have changed that equation somewhat!

“…an acquaintance” huh? Okaaay. 

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25 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

and rocking the baby (my speciality) 

That was the hardest. It required a lot of spin. 

Nb.This post is only in reference to yo yo  related tricks.

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1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

The sleeper

Now you've got me reminiscing about Larry O Dea from C9 s World championship wrestling.

Could have been Ron Miller. Not sure. 

It seemed so real.

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