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@snowy said in Old people talk about the olden days:
10 minus the required number to be dialed was the number of "taps" as I recall. So a seven was 3 taps.
New Zealand dials were effectively upside down compared to Europe and the US (which is why 111 in NZ is 999 in the UK). We were told when I was training in the NZPO it was due to a cock-up when NZ ordered its first telephone exchanges in the 1900's.
The old telephone exchanges were mainly manned 24/7 in those days and someone tapping from a phone box was easily spotted/heard. We'd often wait until the call went thru and then drop the call, sometimes 2-3 times. Man, the persistence of some people was impressive. They were the most fun.
PS: A safety pin pushed into one of the cables to the coin box and held against the metal gave you free calls and obliviated the need for tapping
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I walked a mile (1.6km) to primary school, and walked to kindy before that. Despite living in Christchurch city, we had a field behind us with horses...
I vaguely remember Waimairi district amalgamating with Christchurch (I suspect Belfast and other outlying suburbs joined at the same time), and 6 digit phone numbers, but 4 digit numbers outside Christchurch (like in Sumner) with a 2 digit area code.
Telethon was always a fun night.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@chimoaus said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@mn5 said in Old people talk about the olden days:
K bars. How good were they ? They were inconsistent though, how my teeth survived the tougher ones is anyone’s guess.
The tuck shop was full of shit, those big gobstoppers, giant Jaffa's, no wonder we had so much energy in class.
Yep. Pies and sausage roles were the healthy alternative and the only vegetables were onions on the pizza slices. And yet they blame the food available for kids being much fatter these days!
Tuck Shop on Fridays. For $1 it was 2 meat pies and a donut, or 1 meat pie and three donuts.
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@victor-meldrew said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@chimoaus said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@mn5 said in Old people talk about the olden days:
K bars. How good were they ? They were inconsistent though, how my teeth survived the tougher ones is anyone’s guess.
The tuck shop was full of shit, those big gobstoppers, giant Jaffa's, no wonder we had so much energy in class.
Yep. Pies and sausage roles were the healthy alternative and the only vegetables were onions on the pizza slices. And yet they blame the food available for kids being much fatter these days!
Tuck Shop on Fridays. For $1 it was 2 meat pies and a donut, or 1 meat pie and three donuts.
ah yes the tuck shop including the good ole sally lunn
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@voodoo said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@unite @Bovidae milkman OJ was the best too
Going to the diary with 50c and spending 15mins making the poor bloke get you "2 of them, 3 of those...". Fizzy lollies @ 5 for 1c!
5c and 10c lolly mixtures!
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All the cricket test matches were on TV One (and rugby obviously)
I always thought it was weird that TV One had all the "old people" programs and all the sport. I always felt that sport should have been on TV Two as it was fun.
Remember "running away from home" when I had to have a bath at night. Found and climbed my favourite tree. Whole street was out looking for me. boy O boy was I in trouble when I was found. Soo much trouble.
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@victor-meldrew said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@chimoaus said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@mn5 said in Old people talk about the olden days:
K bars. How good were they ? They were inconsistent though, how my teeth survived the tougher ones is anyone’s guess.
The tuck shop was full of shit, those big gobstoppers, giant Jaffa's, no wonder we had so much energy in class.
Yep. Pies and sausage roles were the healthy alternative and the only vegetables were onions on the pizza slices. And yet they blame the food available for kids being much fatter these days!
Tuck Shop on Fridays. For $1 it was 2 meat pies and a donut, or 1 meat pie and three donuts.
Pie, Sally Lunn and a Spaceman drink for 30c
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@crucial said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@victor-meldrew said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@chimoaus said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@mn5 said in Old people talk about the olden days:
K bars. How good were they ? They were inconsistent though, how my teeth survived the tougher ones is anyone’s guess.
The tuck shop was full of shit, those big gobstoppers, giant Jaffa's, no wonder we had so much energy in class.
Yep. Pies and sausage roles were the healthy alternative and the only vegetables were onions on the pizza slices. And yet they blame the food available for kids being much fatter these days!
Tuck Shop on Fridays. For $1 it was 2 meat pies and a donut, or 1 meat pie and three donuts.
Pie, Sally Lunn and a Spaceman drink for 30c
Oh yeah! Sally Luns! I remember them being massive. If they were buttered in the middle that was even more fancy.
When at Primary school (Hamilton East Primary)there was no canteen so you had to order when you arrived at school (Friday was the only day I was allowed to buy my lunch) The options were Big Ben Mince pie and Custard squares. That's it. To this day, I still love Big Ben pies
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most of the places that do Sally Luns now are rubbish at them!
What were those corn chips, were they Kraft? In the big orange bag, and the chicken in particular used to have extra flavour settle in the crease of some of the chips, those were fantastic!
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@godder said in Old people talk about the olden days:
I walked a mile (1.6km) to primary school, and walked to kindy before that. Despite living in Christchurch city, we had a field behind us with horses...
I vaguely remember Waimairi district amalgamating with Christchurch (I suspect Belfast and other outlying suburbs joined at the same time), and 6 digit phone numbers, but 4 digit numbers outside Christchurch (like in Sumner) with a 2 digit area code.
Telethon was always a fun night.
Yeah a bunch of us did the all nighter for telethon at a sleepover back in around 1988 or 89. Mum and Dad couldn’t figure out why I had to go to bed at about 4pm the next day…..
Looking back I can’t believe I stayed up for a bunch of Z grade celebs and lame gags but there y’go.
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@taniwharugby said in Old people talk about the olden days:
most of the places that do Sally Luns now are rubbish at them!
What were those corn chips, were they Kraft? In the big orange bag, and the chicken in particular used to have extra flavour settle in the crease of some of the chips, those were fantastic!
YEah you can still get those. I love those. I haven't seen S&V flavour in years, just chicken now I think
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@victor-meldrew said in Old people talk about the olden days:
The old telephone exchanges were mainly manned 24/7 in those days and someone tapping from a phone box was easily spotted/heard. We'd often wait until the call went thru and then drop the call, sometimes 2-3 times. Man, the persistence of some people was impressive. They were the most fun.
I think that I am younger than you. Telephone exchanges were not fully manual when I was a kid.
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At intermediate I worked in the tuck shop on a Friday so that was the day I was able to buy my lunch. I always got a Sally Lun with my pie but sometimes the local bakery that supplied us (probably the same as @Hooroo) would substitute the Sally Luns for 4 Chelsea buns with the pink icing and cinnamon, so I always put one of those aside for me. That was a winner and more for the same price.
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@hooroo said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@crucial said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@victor-meldrew said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@chimoaus said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@mn5 said in Old people talk about the olden days:
K bars. How good were they ? They were inconsistent though, how my teeth survived the tougher ones is anyone’s guess.
The tuck shop was full of shit, those big gobstoppers, giant Jaffa's, no wonder we had so much energy in class.
Yep. Pies and sausage roles were the healthy alternative and the only vegetables were onions on the pizza slices. And yet they blame the food available for kids being much fatter these days!
Tuck Shop on Fridays. For $1 it was 2 meat pies and a donut, or 1 meat pie and three donuts.
Pie, Sally Lunn and a Spaceman drink for 30c
Oh yeah! Sally Luns! I remember them being massive. If they were buttered in the middle that was even more fancy.
When at Primary school (Hamilton East Primary)there was no canteen so you had to order when you arrived at school (Friday was the only day I was allowed to buy my lunch) The options were Big Ben Mince pie and Custard squares. That's it. To this day, I still love Big Ben pies
Friday Pie Day is still a thing!
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@victor-meldrew said in Old people talk about the olden days:
The old telephone exchanges were mainly manned 24/7 in those days and someone tapping from a phone box was easily spotted/heard. We'd often wait until the call went thru and then drop the call, sometimes 2-3 times. Man, the persistence of some people was impressive. They were the most fun.
only really used the tapping method to call mum to pick me up from the pools, so didnt need long...plus my phone number was 88808, so not alot of taps haha
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