Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[dudleybloke]

Putting car stereos in the freezer to wipe the security code you didn't get when buying the car.
Definitely worked on old Ford stereos.

[dickymint]

Abbott said:

DickyC said:

Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

[EmailAddress]

dickymint said:

Abbott said:

DickyC said:

Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

Except they never show the same deference. So for me, it's a polite hello until proven otherwise.

No person in society has any standing above any other until proven otherwise.

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Any one else can have first names.

Beyond that it's Victorian subservient bks.

[dickymint]

EmailAddress said:

dickymint said:

Abbott said:

DickyC said:

Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

Except they never show the same deference. So for me, it's a polite hello until proven otherwise.

No person in society has any standing above any other until proven otherwise.

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Any one else can have first names.

Beyond that it's Victorian subservient bks.

Yeh I get that but it (for me anyway) it depends how/who does the introducing. If somebody says "hello Mum this is Dicky" then says "this is my Mum" It's a quick shake of hands normally followed by "Call me Jane" if not I'd carry on calling Her Mrs X. It's really simple.

[Steamer]

dudleybloke said:

Putting car stereos in the freezer to wipe the security code you didn't get when buying the car.
Definitely worked on old Ford stereos.

Did that really, really work?

10 years previous: Putting Skyway plastic BMX Mag Wheels in the freezer to straighten out a buckled rim (potentially an urban myth)

[Missy Charm]

DickyC said:

Great Aunt Betts had a hiffy.

A what?

A hiffy. There, look. It's written on it.



Oh, yes. Hiffy.

When I was a child, my parents briefly owned a Toyota Hiace camper van. My dad called the van a 'High-Archie'. He explained, years later, that he thought 'Hiace' was a real Japanese word and tried to come up with an authentically Japanese-sounding pronunciation for it.

[EmailAddress]

dickymint said:

EmailAddress said:

dickymint said:

Abbott said:

DickyC said:

Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

Except they never show the same deference. So for me, it's a polite hello until proven otherwise.

No person in society has any standing above any other until proven otherwise.

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Any one else can have first names.

Beyond that it's Victorian subservient bks.

Yeh I get that but it (for me anyway) it depends how/who does the introducing. If somebody says "hello Mum this is Dicky" then says "this is my Mum" It's a quick shake of hands normally followed by "Call me Jane" if not I'd carry on calling Her Mrs X. It's really simple.

You were born before 1970.

Not a slur.

I doubt anyone would bother since maybe 1981.

[Super Sonic]

EmailAddress said:

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Have you seen the news lately?

[EmailAddress]

Super Sonic said:

EmailAddress said:

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Have you seen the news lately?

Don't tell me Bruce Jenner is doping too?

[Super Sonic]

EmailAddress said:

Super Sonic said:

EmailAddress said:

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Have you seen the news lately?

Don't tell me Bruce Jenner is doping too?

Nope you're gonna have to explain that one.

[EmailAddress]

Super Sonic said:

EmailAddress said:

Super Sonic said:

EmailAddress said:

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Have you seen the news lately?

Don't tell me Bruce Jenner is doping too?

Nope you're gonna have to explain that one.

I guess if I'm going to be out of date, I should lean into it.

[Super Sonic]

Whoosh.

[dickymint]

EmailAddress said:

dickymint said:

EmailAddress said:

dickymint said:

Abbott said:

DickyC said:

Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

Except they never show the same deference. So for me, it's a polite hello until proven otherwise.

No person in society has any standing above any other until proven otherwise.

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Any one else can have first names.

Beyond that it's Victorian subservient bks.

Yeh I get that but it (for me anyway) it depends how/who does the introducing. If somebody says "hello Mum this is Dicky" then says "this is my Mum" It's a quick shake of hands normally followed by "Call me Jane" if not I'd carry on calling Her Mrs X. It's really simple.

You were born before 1970.

Not a slur.

I doubt anyone would bother since maybe 1981.

Yep and something else I was taught was 'don't cheek your elders' usually accompanied by a slap on the legs.

[dandarez]

dickymint said:

EmailAddress said:

dickymint said:

EmailAddress said:

dickymint said:

Abbott said:

DickyC said:

Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

Except they never show the same deference. So for me, it's a polite hello until proven otherwise.

No person in society has any standing above any other until proven otherwise.

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Any one else can have first names.

Beyond that it's Victorian subservient bks.

Yeh I get that but it (for me anyway) it depends how/who does the introducing. If somebody says "hello Mum this is Dicky" then says "this is my Mum" It's a quick shake of hands normally followed by "Call me Jane" if not I'd carry on calling Her Mrs X. It's really simple.

You were born before 1970.

Not a slur.

I doubt anyone would bother since maybe 1981.

Yep and something else I was taught was 'don't cheek your elders' usually accompanied by a slap on the legs.

So was I - way before 1970.
Very true about 'don't cheek your elders' but there was something more, something that today is totally and utterly lost
We (the young then) may not have agreed with our elders, and many times did not agree with them...
but by fk we 'respected' them.

Respect for your elders today. Don't make me f laugh.

Still, stuff usually has a way of biting back.
The ones who make fun of the old, the ones that shout 'boomers' and other ill-considered names, forget one thing: that they too will also one day become 'old' (that's of course IF they're lucky... reaching 'old' is not a given).

Imagine the generation behind them, they might, judging on how things are heading at present, might be a tad more cruel...
'Oldies? Do we need them? Nah, let's be rid of all of 'em!'

Talking of old here's a very old saying:
'Be careful what you wish for.'

[motco]

My mother-in-law (God rest her soul) asked me once what this thing in a paperback she was reading was: 'Sonofabh' was the word.

"What do they mean, sonnoffabich?"

[sidewinder500]

dandarez said:

dickymint said:

EmailAddress said:

dickymint said:

EmailAddress said:

dickymint said:

Abbott said:

DickyC said:

Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

Except they never show the same deference. So for me, it's a polite hello until proven otherwise.

No person in society has any standing above any other until proven otherwise.

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Any one else can have first names.

Beyond that it's Victorian subservient bks.

Yeh I get that but it (for me anyway) it depends how/who does the introducing. If somebody says "hello Mum this is Dicky" then says "this is my Mum" It's a quick shake of hands normally followed by "Call me Jane" if not I'd carry on calling Her Mrs X. It's really simple.

You were born before 1970.

Not a slur.

I doubt anyone would bother since maybe 1981.

Yep and something else I was taught was 'don't cheek your elders' usually accompanied by a slap on the legs.

So was I - way before 1970.
Very true about 'don't cheek your elders' but there was something more, something that today is totally and utterly lost
We (the young then) may not have agreed with our elders, and many times did not agree with them...
but by fk we 'respected' them.

Respect for your elders today. Don't make me f laugh.

Still, stuff usually has a way of biting back.
The ones who make fun of the old, the ones that shout 'boomers' and other ill-considered names, forget one thing: that they too will also one day become 'old' (that's of course IF they're lucky... reaching 'old' is not a given).

Imagine the generation behind them, they might, judging on how things are heading at present, might be a tad more cruel...
'Oldies? Do we need them? Nah, let's be rid of all of 'em!'

Talking of old here's a very old saying:
'Be careful what you wish for.'

Like Logan's Run, if you're old enough to remember...

[Purosangue]

remember in the 70s when we were kids had a mate who collected car brochures ,

he would write to the manufacturer and they would send the buff through the post , remember distinctly him getting excited about the new Porsche 924



i thought id start with volvo

kept getting letters inviting me to test drive volvos for years ...i was only 13

[beagrizzly]

Purosangue said:

remember in the 70s when we were kids had a mate who collected car brochures ,

he would write to the manufacturer and they would send the buff through the post , remember distinctly him getting excited about the new Porsche 924



i thought id start with volvo

kept getting letters inviting me to test drive volvos for years ...i was only 13

When I was 17 I was trying to talk my boss into buying a Ferrari (he eventually bought a Bentley Turbo R). I rang a Ferrari dealer in, IIRC, Surrey, to get some details, but couldn't help bullstting that I was the potential purchaser. After a long and interesting chat, he rang me back later that day to offer to bring a Mondial T Spider up to Cheshire so I could experience it.

I guess I must have been quite convincing - I suppose a well-spoken 17 year old could be mistaken for a fairly wide range of age and financial situations. Anyway, I chickened out and had to come clean. I still wonder what would have happened if I'd let him bring it - I'd have quite liked a go in a Mondial.

[catatemyhomework]

I was really disappointed when I purchased a car new recently.

No physical brochures available; had to scan a RQ code and down load an application to my telephone. Was just not the same.

[CammyN]

catatemyhomework said:

I was really disappointed when I purchased a car new recently.

No physical brochures available; had to scan a RQ code and down load an application to my telephone. Was just not the same.

I didn't know that, as a yoof I used to collect car brochures, anything a bit unusual such as the MX5 BBR and a Lightning electric car.

Anyone remember buying Levi's and sitting in a bath of cold water to shrink them to you, is that still a thing?