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wannabee · 08-25-2011, 10:15 PM

We used to get someone to distracted Nick the grocery guy while someone slipped over his back fence and hand the empty bottles over. Then walk around to the shop and cash them in for lollies. He got wise though and bought a dog.

I remember under the dressing sheds at the beach diving for coins in the sand after each wave. They had fallen through the floorboards and shone in the sun when revealed by the waves.

I remember playing cricket on the road and every now and then someone would shout "car".

THEN

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I remember listening to Mr Rider's transistor radio in the playground at school and looking up at the moon in a bright blue sky and hearing Armstrong taking that giant leap for mankind. Then finding out half the class had stayed home and watched it on TV.

I remember that you could do whatever you like and go wherever you like after school as long as you were home before the street lights come on.

Giving up your seats for adults in the bus. Riding on the platform in the bus and talking to a friendly bus driver. Waving at the bus between bus stops and they'd stop for you.

08-25-2011, 10:15 PM	#51
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	We used to get someone to distracted Nick the grocery guy while someone slipped over his back fence and hand the empty bottles over. Then walk around to the shop and cash them in for lollies. He got wise though and bought a dog. I remember under the dressing sheds at the beach diving for coins in the sand after each wave. They had fallen through the floorboards and shone in the sun when revealed by the waves. I remember playing cricket on the road and every now and then someone would shout "car". THEN Spoiler: NOW Spoiler: I remember listening to Mr Rider's transistor radio in the playground at school and looking up at the moon in a bright blue sky and hearing Armstrong taking that giant leap for mankind. Then finding out half the class had stayed home and watched it on TV. I remember that you could do whatever you like and go wherever you like after school as long as you were home before the street lights come on. Giving up your seats for adults in the bus. Riding on the platform in the bus and talking to a friendly bus driver. Waving at the bus between bus stops and they'd stop for you.