8pints Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) I've been listening to this whilst reading this thread. It really adds to the atmosphere Bit pretentious Ginks, NSFW - Bet this is you right now - Edited January 30, 2014 by 8pints 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Do I win geek status nowNo. You claim to have found a solution to an 'Apple' problem which is barely a step up from claiming to have improved a design by Terence Conran. But Apple were cool then not like now where uncool people buy their products ... Sent via my iPhone Edited January 30, 2014 by tonyh29 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Good edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I loved mine. It was great, played football for the same team from 7-16, went away on family camps with all the players and our families, had talent shows where everyone got involved. Used to go fishing - but not very often, just often enough for it to be cool. Used to go caravaning in Cornwall most years, I loved walking in the tin mines and exploring. Had the best brother in the world who is 6 years older than I, so he helped me along brilliantly Parents weren't poor, but weren't rich either (hence the caravan ) but I always felt like we'd had the best fun. I loved primary school, I enjoyed high school, I was just where I wanted to be in the social ladder I think. If I could have done anything differently, it would be put down the controllers and go practice in my football in my field at the back of my house, which we turned into a football pitch with 7-a-side goals with nets and everything. We made teams and did tactics and all sorts, I was the youngest by about 5 years I remember not having any shorts to go out an play in, so I wore boxer shorts, which I thought were the same thing Also, for my 5th birthday, I had a sand pit, which gave me so much joy - army men vs indians/cowboys (army men always won funnily enough). I'd do it all again tomorrow if I had the chance - loved every minute of it, very lucky lad - thanks mom and dad xxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I loved every minute of mine. Grew up on a council estate on the very very very edge of town which meant two things, loads of kids my age to play with and acres of green fields to play in. We probably had half a dozen places to play football within 500 yards of home, a reservoir with fish in it barely five minutes walk away and a proper woods at the top of the street. Never struggled for friends because there were always people about. My parents were pretty awesome too, we didn't have much money it really didn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 ha ha, lapal! army men vs indians / cowboys! aw man, I took all my soldiers up my mates house, we built forts either end of the upstairs landing and across the stairs and threw little toy cars at each others soldiers as cannon or bombardment or something. It all got quite heated with more and more ordnance being thrown back and fore. Then, I'm not sure what happened exactly, but it escalated to the point where we were squirting squeezey bottles of paint at each others troops. Awesome hedonistic pure fun. Then you sort of calm down, breath, recalibrate and think the 9 year old equivalent of 'oh fuuuuuurq'. I picked up my troops and made a sharp exit. Happy days. This later evolved into climbing the local cliffs, placing your action man, climbing back down and then lobbing stones at the opposition action man. Mad bloody dangerous but felt like fun aged 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Yea but did you get your army men and make them slide from the side of your garage, 50 feet down into your sand pit via your moms washing line? If not, I don't really wanna know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Love it how we all grew up poor Wasn't anyone even remotely middle class ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 My dad was a brick layer and my mom worked as a dinner lady as a kid, now she's a Teaching Assistant, and my old mans a project manager, I'm immensely proud of both of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I have a vague memory of being bathed in the kitchen sink, proper working class. The thing is we had a bath upstairs. Don't know why they used the sink. I'm calling social services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I grew up in the suburbs, I don't know if I was necessarily middle class though. Back then, Lichfield actually used to be a nice city... and then the chavs came. They were merciless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Love it how we all grew up poor Wasn't anyone even remotely middle class ? Both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Love it how we all grew up poor Wasn't anyone even remotely middle class ? Both. You are Steve Martin in the Jerk and I claim your shack in missisipi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) I can offer you a lean-to in the shadows of the Malverns? Edit: But I was also being honest about classes. Edited January 30, 2014 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Love it how we all grew up poor Wasn't anyone even remotely middle class ? we were the first family in our street to have the coin meter removed from our tv kids today wouldn't even know tv's had a box with a coin slot and a crank handle, pah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I had some very unfortunate cousins from my dads side who used to have a coin operated electric meter or TV meter.. I remember being amazed by it as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I can offer you a lean-to in the shadows of the Malverns? Edit: But I was also being honest about classes. Bit to far North for my liking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Tony is a Northerner to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Love it how we all grew up poor Wasn't anyone even remotely middle class ? we were the first family in our street to have the coin meter removed from our tv I think legally removed would have been more impressive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I can offer you a lean-to in the shadows of the Malverns? Edit: But I was also being honest about classes. Bit to far North for my liking Victorian nobs from your neck of the woods found the destination quite acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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