My Time Well Wasted.com
- "'Ollie-Ollie-Oxen-Free' meant something"
- "Getting high meant swinging at the playground"
- "The worst thing you could get from boys were cooties"
- "Goodbyes only meant until tomorrow"
- "Dad was our hero and mom was the girl you were going to marry"
- "Your worst enemies were your siblings"
- "All the girls had ugly gym slips"
- "It took five minutes for the TV to warm up"
- "Recess was too short and summer was REALLY long"
- "Storks delivered the babies"
- "Friendships were un-broken"
- "Right was right ... and Wrong was wrong"
- "Bad things didn't happen"
- "Only skinned knees brought tears"
- "Nearly everyone's Mom was home when the kids got home from school"
- "Nobody owned a purebred dog"
- "You would reach into a muddy gutter for a penny"
- "Your Mother wore nylons that came in two pieces"
- "All male teachers wore ties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels"
- "You got your windscreen cleaned, oil checked and gasoline served, without asking, ..."
- " ... all for free ..."
- " ... every time"
- "It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner ..."
- " ... at a real restaurant ..."
- " ... with your parents"
- "They threatened to keep children back a year if they failed the school year ..."
- " ... and they did!"
- "A Ford Zephyr was everyone's dream car"
- "People went steady"
- "No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, ..."
- " ... in the ignition ..."
- " ... and the doors were never locked"
- "Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles"
- "Bottles came from the corner shop without safety caps and hermetic seals"
- "Decisions were made by going 'Eeny-meeny-miney-moe' "
- "Race issue meant arguing about who ran the fastest"
- "Catching tadpoles could happily occupy an entire day"
- "Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot"
- "War was a card game"
- "Cigarette cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle"
- "Taking drugs meant orange - flavoured chewable aspirin"
- "Water balloons were the ultimate weapon"
- "Coca Cola in bottles"
- "Blackjacks and bubble gums"
- "Home milk delivery in glass bottles with tinfoil tops"
- "Hi-fi\'s and 45 RPM records"
- "78 RPM records!"
- "Adding Machines"
- "Scalextric"