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31 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

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I had a lighter shade of pale green '62. It was my first car! 6 cyl, 3 on the tree!

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Brits call it candy floss.

 

Back in the seventies Penthouse magazine had a comic strip in it every month. Oh Wicked Wanda. And Wanda had a girlfriend. Cute little blonde with long legs and short skirts. Named Candy Floss. 

 

That name puzzled me long after the comic quit running. Until I found out that it was cotton candy. :P She did look very sweet. :blush:

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4 hours ago, Alpo said:

Brits call it candy floss.

 

Back in the seventies Penthouse magazine had a comic strip in it every month. Oh Wicked Wanda. And Wanda had a girlfriend. Cute little blonde with long legs and short skirts. Named Candy Floss. 

 

That name puzzled me long after the comic quit running. Until I found out that it was cotton candy. :P She did look very sweet. :blush:

Not true without pics.

kR

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17 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

These were pretty cool to buy as kids, we used to use the sacks to keep things in after the bubble gum was gone.

 

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They were a reward for not f*king up that week!

They were great when playing Cowboys and Indians!

And the bags still keep treasures!

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I remember so many disabled kids (and adults) who had been affected by polio (how quickly have we forgotten about polio) truly hard to believe that these things were once in every supermarket and on every chemist shop and corner shop counter. I know we sometimes pine for the old days, but some things are better rightfully gone.

 

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I can recall clearly for a short period, not going to the public swimming pools, or to big events.  No recollection of school or work being interfered with.  Dad was a Doc and I got the Salk first and then the Sabin vaccine, and everything was soon back to normal, ex the poor souls who survived in iron lungs.  As an adult, working for an institution involved with health, I was able to visit the Salk Institute in California.  Magnificent and state of the art facility.  I know they had other achievements, but none to equal the first.

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7 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

Nulon Advertisement 

 

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One of our local Auto Spares businesses carried this product and they also carried a motor oil for old and tired vehicles, it was 10W60 oil and they claimed that it helped "fill the gaps" in the old worn motors, ...........

     .......... it was called "Shitbox Oil", ... it came in a black plastic 5 litre container and had a plain black and white label with just enough information to pass standards.

 

One day they had a promotion on both products and both were proudly on display at the sales counter.

A woman came into the shop and became rather indignant at the display and very vocally expressed her displeasure to all and sundry;  UNTIL her own husband made the statement "If you were half the Lady you think you are, you wouldn't even know what these words mean", ...... shut her right up .........

 

Tho I suspect he was sleeping on the couch for a while and got "hot tongue and cold shoulder for dinner for the next week or two ......   :)

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On 2/12/2023 at 2:34 AM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 

 

One of our local Auto Spares businesses carried this product and they also carried a motor oil for old and tired vehicles, it was 10W60 oil and they claimed that it helped "fill the gaps" in the old worn motors, ...........

     .......... it was called "Shitbox Oil", ... it came in a black plastic 5 litre container and had a plain black and white label with just enough information to pass standards.

 

One day they had a promotion on both products and both were proudly on display at the sales counter.

A woman came into the shop and became rather indignant at the display and very vocally expressed her displeasure to all and sundry;  UNTIL her own husband made the statement "If you were half the Lady you think you are, you wouldn't even know what these words mean", ...... shut her right up .........

 

Tho I suspect he was sleeping on the couch for a while and got "hot tongue and cold shoulder for dinner for the next week or two ......   :)

 

LOL :)

 

Yep....still sell it.

 

 

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Is this another example of "Australians spell funny"?

 

"Did ya car brake down"

 

The word is break - it means "is no longer working". It's generally a verb.

 

Brake, on the other hand, is generally a noun, referring to something that slows you down.

 

Your lawn mower can break - it no longer works. You can take a coffee break - you are not working.

 

A dog runs out in front of your car and you step on the brake. It slows you down.

 

Do y'all not have those two separate and distinct words that sound the same?

 

 

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5 hours ago, Alpo said:

Is this another example of "Australians spell funny"?

 

"Did ya car brake down"

 

The word is break - it means "is no longer working". It's generally a verb.

 

Brake, on the other hand, is generally a noun, referring to something that slows you down.

 

Your lawn mower can break - it no longer works. You can take a coffee break - you are not working.

 

A dog runs out in front of your car and you step on the brake. It slows you down.

 

Do y'all not have those two separate and distinct words that sound the same?

 

 

 

 ..... yes, ........

 

 BUT ..... we don't wear sox, and our bathrooms actually contain a bathtub, or at least a shower stall and some times not a toilet, which most likey would be in it's own little room so that one could "go" whilst someone else could brush their teeth.

 

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23 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

Nulon Advertisement 

 

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3 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

 

We spell it "Did ya' car break down". 

 

 ....... my guess is that the one who wrote in the picture is a product of our illustrious edjumacashun system ....... <_<

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55 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 

 ....... my guess is that the one who wrote in the picture is a product of our illustrious edjumacashun system ....... <_<

 

Just as likely that it's one of ours. (sigh :()

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On 2/12/2023 at 5:58 PM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 

 ....... my guess is that the one who wrote in the picture is a product of our illustrious edjumacashun system ....... <_<

 

As my teachers were fond of saying to miscreants "The world needs ditch diggers". 

I have had some of that oil for donks, never used it for any car but it's great for lubricating my milling machine, metal lathe and nice and thick for oiling the lathe bed ways. 

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53 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

 

 

 

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 .... that'd be like having a shattered windscreen, ...... you can never get it all out and are still finding little bits 10 years later ......  :(

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