chrisp65 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 If she cuddled you in bed, what would be the chances of getting a reich around? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Whats the cheapest price you remember paying for Petrol I remember my Imp being off the road for three days while I changed a bent wishbone. and petrol had gone up to 68p per gallon about 15p per litre. I could do Western Super mud from Cannock for less than a fiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 That brings back memories, I used to park my Imp in electric avenue, staying clear of the scrap yard in case it got towed inside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 7 minutes ago, Robtaylor200 said: Whats the cheapest price you remember paying for Petrol I honestly have no idea. I've never even really registered how much petrol costs per gallon (and certainly not per litre). I just think in terms of what a tankful costs. I'm aware that it's recently gone above fifty quid to fill up, but I can't remember when it was that it cost forty, or twenty, or whatever. I started driving in 1987, and I have zero recollection of what petrol cost then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I honestly have no idea. I've never even really registered how much petrol costs per gallon (and certainly not per litre). I just think in terms of what a tankful costs. I'm aware that it's recently gone above fifty quid to fill up, but I can't remember when it was that it cost forty, or twenty, or whatever. I started driving in 1987, and I have zero recollection of what petrol cost then. I was driving from my 17th birthday 1975, a few lessons with the old chap and six with an instructor £2 to take the test a couple of questions on the high way code and off you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) It says a lot about my mindset that (other than the two houses I've bought) the only items I recall the prices of 'back in the day' are (1) beer, (2) books and (3) records (LPs/CDs). Everything else (cars, petrol, food, clothes, bus fares, etc.), not a clue. Edited April 8, 2019 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 I remember my dad being annoyed that petrol prices had gone above 50p a litre. I'd guess it was probably mid 90's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, mjmooney said: It says a lot about my mindset that (other than the two houses I've bought) the only items I recall the prices of 'back in the day' are (1) beer, (2) books and (3) records (LPs/CDs). Everything else (cars, petrol, food, clothes, etc.), not a clue. I'm the same. I still don't know how much food costs to be honest. My gf laughs at me because I have no idea what a pint of milk costs or a loaf of bread. I just buy what we need when we go to the supermarket. That makes me sound like some rich snob. It's not like that. It's just that we usually buy pretty similar stuff, so I know roughly how much we pay in a weekly shop. If we get a week where it's suddenly £10 higher then I'll have a look at what we bought and what was expensive. I guess I notice the price of the shopping overall rather than the price of every item. (I also do the same with best before dates, much to her annoyance) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, mjmooney said: It says a lot about my mindset that (other than the two houses I've bought) the only items I recall the prices of 'back in the day' are (1) beer, (2) books and (3) records (LPs/CDs). Everything else (cars, petrol, food, clothes, bus fares, etc.), not a clue. How about ticket prices, football or concerts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: How about ticket prices, football or concerts? Nope. Forgotten all those. For football, all I know is that when I was young I could easily afford to go to a match, in middle age it had become much more expensive, and nowadays it's pretty much out of the question. Gigs? I'd have to dig out some of my old ticket stubs to check, nothing is fixed in memory. EDIT: With beer, books and albums there are definitely landmark prices (some of them in pre-decimal £.s.d.) Edited April 8, 2019 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 34 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: How about ticket prices, football or concerts? Standing in the Holte dressed in my Crombi coat and Dr Martin boots, having paid 40p at the turnstile to get in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 58 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: How about ticket prices, football or concerts? I can remember 50p for the Holte end for kids. It was 2p to go anywhere on the bus in the West Mids at one point also for under 16's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Robtaylor200 said: Standing in the Holte dressed in my Crombi coat and Dr Martin boots, having paid 40p at the turnstile to get in I guess I have a vague recollection that a football match wasn't much more than the price of a pint, but I don't remember an actual ticket price at all. Edited April 8, 2019 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Shropshire Lad said: How about ticket prices, football or concerts? I remember everyone being pissed off at Herbert Ellis in 1978, when we played Barcelona he hiked the ticket price 30p to £1.30 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 As a schoolkid I used to dodge the 5p fare on my train commute by jumping out on to the grass verge just before it got in to the station. A great advert for cheap public transport, soft verges, and slam doors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid4ever Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I can remember when 10 Silk Cut went upto 78p in the budget of 1986 and making sure no more than 2 litres went into my moped, and then remembering my Dad’s lawnmower ran on the same petrol grade, siphon and funnel times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Same, prices of stuff I haven't got a clue, and again I am not rich. How much is a litre of petrol? **** do I know, it costs what it costs. No way around it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 75p for me on the holte as a spotty 16 yr old in 80/81. I remember the 2p bus fares too. Catch the 46 bus from the drakes drum pub to perry barr dog track (or birchfield harriers stadium as it was). Walk to villa park, watch the game, no.7 bus back to perry common crossways pub then 28 bus to dyas road terminus. Pop over to the old post office just in time for the sports argus and a 1/4 of aniseed balls, munching away back home reading about the game I'd just watched. Happy days.....until i remembered i still had homework to do on Sunday (after Star Soccer, watching the game I'd seen and read about the day before !) Sorry for the ramble but it's a senior "thing" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 First packet of fags ten No10 for 9 and1/2 p, used to flog em at school for 1p each Jesus I can remember going to The Royal oak Cannock on a Friday night a pint of brown and mild with 20 B&H for just under £1 Me and Mrs T started vaping almost two years ago, we had worked out that we were spending nearly £400 a month on Tobacco and fags, she was working two days a week for us to smoke. We are now a little better off and she only works three days a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2019 I honestly have no idea how people smoke these days. If you're a 20 a day smoker these days it must cost you about £600 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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