Nostalgia

[Halbrowne61]

A very young Martin Riggs, aka Mel Gibson:


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St Leo’s Wahroonga Old Boy.

 

[Tucker]

Remember back in the day when every Christmas, Easter and virtually every long weekend there was a petrol strike and petrol shortages.

Back in the day the slogan was, "why go past Ampol?"

They've got no bloody petrol that's why.

My family was considered poor as we drove diesel powered vehicles. These days you have to be rich to drive them.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[Tucker]

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No need to reinvent the wheel when you’ve already done it so well.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[Buttface]

And sometimes, they'd break the queues into one day evens and one day odds, depending on what you number plate finished in.

I was telling a young person not long ago about the petrol strikes and the odds and even number days we used to have. It was blowing his mind. Then I told about street directories. Boom!!!

 

[tiger_one]

Happy Birthday, Leonardo DiCaprio! Turning 49 today.

 

[Halbrowne61]

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Did this constitute Craig’s first harassment
case ?

 

[Halbrowne61]

Amazing what people will believe when it’s up in shiny bright lights.

Isn’t sign still there but Coca Cola brand part has gone ?🤣

 

[Halbrowne61]

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Omg, for one minute I thought it was an old photo of my mates and I out and about !

 

[Halbrowne61]

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Early photo of Wests Tigers assistant working out new player roster.
“Now we bought a winger but he can possibly play lock, mmmm”

 

[Halbrowne61]

Fiona Coote was Australia's youngest heart transplant recipient when she underwent surgery at the age of 14 on 8 April 1984 by Doctor Victor Chang.
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Tragic loss of a brilliant mind !

 

[Halbrowne61]

Westfield Parramatta NSW 1987 with the Neighbours cast on stage:


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You old groupie, you !

 

[tiger_one]

I never did figure out what the knights in white sat in. 😉

 

[Buttface]

Isn’t sign still there but Coca Cola brand part has gone ?🤣

Not sure Hal. Is that the walk into central station?

 

[tiger_one]

 

[hank37w]

What I find to be more interesting is that there is a Windows 95 serial number inside the packet.

 

[tiger_one]

Nadia Elena Comăneci (November 12, 1961) is 62 years old today! Winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

Happy birthday to actress Beverly D’Angelo! Beverly appeared in numerous films in the ‘80s including the Vacation series alongside Chevy Chase & Coal Miner’s Daughter.