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[Disco-tastic]

In Thailand they give their kids English nicknames. Not English names, just English words.

So there were kids called coke, cake, and "no name".

My younger brother went to school with a boy named "love" he was/is South African and they say its not unusual. Ok, perhaps its cute for a bub but what happens when hes 19 and his mates ask "wanna go to the pub Love" or similar. Hmmmm bit awkward.

[DiscoMick]

I had students known as Boo, Oil and Beer.

[bob10]

My younger brother went to school with a boy named "love" he was/is South African and they say its not unusual. Ok, perhaps its cute for a bub but what happens when hes 19 and his mates ask "wanna go to the pub Love" or similar. Hmmmm bit awkward.

Served with a man named Love, out of respect we called him by his first name, when we wanted to stir him up, his nick name was " lovey ", he took it well. Certain Asian lady boys found it interesting.

[DiscoMick]

'Sin' is a common surname in The Philippines, as in Cardinal Sin.

[Homestar]

Old films you thought were good when you were young, but are really crap - Just watched ‘Moonraker’ for the first time in 40 years - that’s 2 hours of my life I’ll never get back....

Appaling acting, and very cheesy. Did we expect less back then for our dollars?

[cuppabillytea]

Old films you thought were good when you were young, but are really crap - Just watched ‘Moonraker’ for the first time in 40 years - that’s 2 hours of my life I’ll never get back....

Appaling acting, and very cheesy. Did we expect less back then for our dollars?

Still, more fun than waiting at traffic lights.

[Homestar]

Still, more fun than waiting at traffic lights.

Marginally... 😆

[V8Ian]

As a kid I enjoyed the Thunderbirds. As an adult I find it more enjoyable. It's hard to believe that I never saw the strings or realised how amateurish the production and plots were.
I recall one episode where Lady Penelope was uncontactable, due to the fact that one of her sheep was lost, on her Australian sheep farm.

[janddbone]

Yean nothing better than listening to the wireless.

[4bee]

Thunderbirds had strings???


Well, I never!

I think we accepted poor standards by today's benchmarks because we didn't have any other measurement to go by until those benchmarks caught up.

Mind you, some of the high tech effects, story lines & "whooshing" background noises are crap I can well do without.

Me stalled in the 60s? Sounds about right.