You Know You Were A Child Of The Uk 80's When...

[dr_Pat_Pong]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Free were way better than U2 ever could be...........

Paul Kossoff RIP

We even got Yes Minister in the antipodes Chon

[chonabot]

How about "Til death do us part" Doc?

Alf Garnett , now there was a man who knew his onions!

[dr_Pat_Pong]

How about "Til death do us part" Doc?

Alf Garnett , now there was a man who knew his onions!

And the son-in-law aka Shirley Temple coz of the excessive locks length. Ole Alf ultimately migrated to Sydney I believe. A funny show. And don't forget Arfur Daly. I understand the dodger humour.

[chonabot]

We got Neighbours and Home and Away in return

The wine evens it up though....

[dr_Pat_Pong]

We got Neighbours and Home and Away in return

The wine evens it up though....

And full of said wine, one could probably have seen a modicum of humour in those godawful soaps. I resisted Coronation Street

[chonabot]

Eldorado was good but.

[medicinebox]

Hedgehog flavour crisps.

Posh wanks, when u discovered mam and dads top drawer.

I need my bed......

[markt]

We even got Yes Minister in the antipodes Chon

Which, incidently, is currently being repeated on bbc 4.

[lowersmiths]

The Moomins

[mango]

The Moomins (i have seen Moomin Troll here)

[lowersmiths]

you beat me to it!

but did you watch them while eating a packet of Pacers with a flourescent pink and green sock on either foot?

[damnaam]

HI - DE - HI

HO - DE - HO

[mango]

One Pound notes

you know the average age of the combat soldier in Vietnam was nnnnnnnnighnteen

Matey bubble bath

flexi singles

pannini football stickers.. got got got got got got got got got need need got got

roland rat

button moon

charlie chalk

dogtanian

the flumps

hong kong phooey

inspector gadget

jamie and the magic torch

john cravens newsround

the littlest hobo

mysterious cities of gold

wacky races

I love it

[Totster]

roland rat

..Sorry.. was that Loland Lat.....

totster

[kayo]

what about

basil blush

wasn´t eldorado in the 90´s ?

[mango]

wasn´t eldorado in the 90´s ?

1992

[Jockstar]

(QUOTE) One Pound notes(/QUOTE)

We still have them in Scotland

What about half penny pieces?

You could get 20 MOJOS for 10p.

Hubba Bubba

Jawbreakers

Whoppers

Fireballs

Lucky Bags

Mint or toffee Yo-Yo's

Toffefee

Kinder Surprise

Kola Kubes

Pineapple chunks

No winder i got heaps of fillings.

What about at the dentist where they nearly always gave you gas?

[mango]

What about at the dentist where they nearly always gave you gas?

hated that

[RDN]

....Lucky Bags....

Jamboree Bags? Circa late '50's or early '60's ?

[mango]

Lucky Bags

lucky bags

10p?

[RDN]

Eldorado was good but.

El Dorado made Crossroads look like Shakespeare...

[RDN]

Lucky Bags

lucky bags

10p?

Jamboree bags were 3d, I think.

3d = 3 old pence

240 old pence to the pound. (20 shillings * 12 old pence to one shilling).

Da.mn you, "decimalisation"! Da.mn you to he.ll! Now kids don't know how to multiply or divide by 12.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

How many megapascals of air do you put in your car tyres ?

[RDN]

How many megapascals of air do you put in your car tyres ?   

Only 0.20689655172413793103448275862069, but I'm not sure about the last 29 digits

[mango]

How many megapascals of air do you put in your car tyres ?

Well Dr that depends on what the recomended inflation levels are for the specific tire being inflated at the time, for instance if a tire was to be inflated to 36 pounds per square inch (psi) then this would equate to 0.24822 Megapascals (mpa).

I have posted this handy conversion chart for quick referance should you need further assistance with such matters, dont hessitate to ask.

TO CONVERT INTO MULTIPLY BY

MPA PSI 145.04

PSI MPA .OO6895

Cheers Mango

[fatter than harry]

For further reading please see here: http://www.iwt.co.uk/tyre_pressure.htm

[Girlfrombar]

flashy. mismatched colours wearing gigantic jewellery fashion

heavy make-up

multi-coloured hair

top of the pop

breakdance? (maybe so american)

YO YO's ??

ethiopia

lucky me, i grew up in LOS where the american and the brit waves met

anyway,

for those 80's OZ stuffs

i could remember of JASON DONAVAN and Kylie Minoque

(new) wave of the (old) wave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RETRO BE GONE (pls)

Edited October 18, 2004 by Girlfrombar

[Gazza]

3d = 3 old pence

240 old pence to the pound. (20 shillings * 12 old pence to one shilling).

Da.mn you, "decimalisation"! Da.mn you to he.ll! Now kids don't know how to multiply or divide by 12. 

I welcomed decimalisation with open arms as a pocket full of change of old pennies and thrippenny bits would almost pull your pants down.

My time for growing up was the 60's and 70's.

Snake belts

Flares

Tank Tops

Velvet Jackets

Ben Sherman shirts

Slade socks

Bobble hats

Duffle coats

Anoraks

Baseball boots

George Best football boots

Boy scout shoes with compass inside the heel

Z Cars

Dixon of Dock Green

All our Yesterdays

Animal Magic (with Johnny Morrison)

Jackanory

Follyfoot

Magic Roundabout

Crystal Tipps and Alistair

Randall and Hopkirk Deceased

The Grumbleweeds

Survival

Jimmy Clitheroe

The Goodies

Steptoe and Son

'Till Death do us Part

The Liver Birds

The Likely Lads

Simon Dee

The Saint

The 'Carry on' films

Are You Being Served?

Q (Spike Milligan series)

Rising Damp

TW3 (This Was The Week That Was)

Last of the Summer Wine

Lift Off (with the asian beauty Aysha)

How (with Fred Dinage)

Jason King

The Champions

Joe 90

Stingray

The Golden Shot (Bernie..the bolt)

Citizen Smith

Terry and June

The Comedians

The Dustbin Men

The Clangers

Pinky and Perky

Marty Feldman

Parkinson

Whickers World

Bernerd Braden Show

Oppotunity Knocks

Take Your Pick

That's Life

Green Shield stamps

Trimphones

K-Tel 'as seen on tv' crap products

Atari tv table tennis

Play Doh

Subutteo

Action Man

Dinky and Corgi toys

Coal fires

Rediffusion

Stereograms

The Beano, Dandy, Hotspur, Beezer, Topper

Blamange

Mr Kiplings 'exceedingly good cakes'

Blackjacks

Dolly Mixtures

Love Hearts

Bon-bons

Sherbet dips

Swizzles

Bazookas

Marathons, Picnic, Topics, Mars Bars, Turkish Delight, Chrunchie, Wagon Wheels,

Flakes, Rolos etc., all of which were bloody massive.

Milk Tray

The Osmonds

The Jackson Five

Michael Jackson when he was a negro.

The Partridge Family

T-Rex

Slade

The Sweet.

Gary Glitter looked just like a dirty old man.

Free

Deep Purple

Cream

Hurricane Smith

The Mud

Middle of the Road

Pink Floyd

Dave Clark Five

Mungo Jerry

Lieutenant Pigeon

Films were films or 'Fillums' not movies.

You could get firewood for the bonnie (bonfire) from 'bombdies' (condemned houses)

There were no 'crime rates' but older folk still suggested bringing back the birch.

It was mesmerising watching the white dot slowly disappear when turning off the tv.

It was great to boast to friends about having a new colour tv.

It was boring and meaningless listening to old codgers talking about the good ol' days or 'when I was a lad' or 'I remember when.....' or 'when I was on the Russian convoys.....' etc. etc.

Being proud that we were the only family in the street to own a car.

Some Bus stops had timetables.

The main shopping area would close about 5pm and were closed half day on Thursdays and Sundays.

Church bells could be heard all over town every Sunday morning.

You had an outside toilet were you really had to ‘pull the chain’ and sat on a board with a round hole in it.

Fish and chip shops were owned by Brits.

The only access to porn was looking at the bare-breasted pygmys in the National Geographic magazine or the ladies underwear section in the Kay's catalogue.

You could give old newspapers to the chippy for a free portion of chips.

You collected old pop bottles for the deposit to buy more pop.

Coppers used to walk their beat, looked like giants and knew your name.

Building sites were great for playing war and making dens.

There were no paedophiles back then, just 'dirty old men' that wanted you to play with their willy.

Having your mum call you a dirty little bugger then having her spit on a hanky to clean mud off your hands.

Seeing John Wayne cowboy films at the ABC cinema and kicking fukc out of the seat whenever the cavalry charged. Coming out with all fingers blazing at the end of the matinee.

You were smug when you guessed the right window on PlaySchool.

(“and today were going to look through the........squuuuaaaarrrre window”)

Going on day trips by coach and singing 'One man went to mow....went to mow a meadow.'

Saturday afternoon tv only consisted of sport on all three channels.

You bought fish from a fishmonger, meat from a butcher, veggies from a greengrocer etc.

Your mum kept the holiday savings very safe in a little lockable tin in a cupboard.

It always seemed to be raining when it was your turn to go outside to fill the coal scuttle.

It was great to stay up watching tv after the 9pm watershed cos you were guaranteed to see nudity.

Going to North Wales for a day out was like going abroad.

Digital bedside clocks were brilliant. So brilliant in fact, you had to cover the display to darken the bedroom.

You thought learning French at school was pointless because there was no way that you would want to live in another country other than England.

The only time that you found Valerie Singleton attractive was during adolescence.

Magpie was better than Blue Peter because you could sing along to the theme song.

You listened to guys saying that they'll stop drinking beer when it reached 50p a pint.

[fatsoidog]

Back to the future ,was so cool.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

How many megapascals of air do you put in your car tyres ?   

Well Dr that depends on what the recomended inflation levels are for the specific tire being inflated at the time, for instance if a tire was to be inflated to 36 pounds per square inch (psi) then this would equate to 0.24822 Megapascals (mpa).

I have posted this handy conversion chart for quick referance should you need further assistance with such matters, dont hessitate to ask.

TO CONVERT INTO MULTIPLY BY

MPA PSI 145.04

PSI MPA .OO6895

Cheers Mango

Ahhhh that makes it simple. I knew that metrication would simplify day to day activities