Nostalgia

[tiger_one]

School Lamington Drive back in 1982 - great work Mums!

 

[Halbrowne61]

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The good old days, or so we thought. I’m trying to remember what my pay packet was back then ? I think about $20 à week - perhaps.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

I don't wanna party like it's 1999.
I wanna go grocery shopping like it's 1999.

 

[tiger_one]

The original 1977 Star Wars cast out of costume.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

Japanese Maj. General Michio Uno of the 37th Army lays down his sword at the feet of Australian Army Lt Colonel Ewan Murray Robson at Bandjermasin, Borneo, 17 Sep 1945.

 

[PrattenParkMagpie]

If anyone doesn’t believe that the Labor Government has created a cost of- iving crisis driven by overspending, which has contributed to extreme inflation, all you have to do is compare the price of a Big Mac in 2025, $5.99, to the price in 2026, $8.50.

Fast food, restaurant and takeaway prices are generally a good a barometer for extreme inflation.

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You realise that is the US price listed at $5.99.

 

[happy_tiger]

The original 1977 Star Wars cast out of costume.



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Geo would have been all over this

 

[Leck]

You realise that is the US price listed at $5.99.

You're right, I assumed they were Aussie prices. I just looked it up online, and the price was $7.20 last year, which at $8.50 is still a significant 18% rise.

 

[tiger_one]

Charles Schultz and the original Snoopy, 1950s

 

[tiger_one]

51 years ago today, one of most iconic British sitcoms made its debut on the BBC.

 

[Buttface]

51 years ago today, one of most iconic British sitcoms made its debut on the BBC.



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I raise you some Magpie Magic.

 

[tiger_one]

I raise you some Magpie Magic.

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And champion @Buttface, the Magpies last ever premiership. 😎

 

[jadtiger]

I raise you some Magpie Magic.

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HBG can't even take any credit for that one.

 

[Buttface]

And champion @Buttface, the Magpies last ever premiership. 😎

Yep we have a terrible problem with winning.

 

[Spartan117]

Yep we have a terrible problem with winning.

Both joint venture clubs were not successful.

26 years later there are precious few that care about them any more..

My nostalgia is 💯 2005 GF.

 

[tiger_one]

Yep we have a terrible problem with winning.

But that doesn't take into account the absolute GREAT DAYS when the maggies won, when they upset the more fancied teams, the 70s when Parra could not win a game EVER at Lidcombe Oval, Dallas kicking a field goal, Jim Leis scoring 4 tries in a game against Penrith, all the "Fibros" stories, and many many more .........

Or the day Don Lane went into the Lidcombe away sheds when his beloved Souths team was down at half time so he gave them a pep talk to bring back their passion by smashing his Rolex - only to realise later that the "smashed watch" was actually his original expensive Rolex - NOT the fake one he thought he destroyed for dramatic purposes ....

Oh, there's just too many great days to recall every moment, every magpie try, the laughter, the friends along the way ....

The truth is some things are just black and white.

But that was then.
We're now the Wests Tigers.,

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]