How did we ever survive growing up in the 60s-80s?

Had a great time, firstly in Toowoomba, then Melbourne. Bought an Army Surplus .303 by mail order, picked it up at the railway stn & carried it home on my pushbike. Enjoyed shooting it, nevr even looked like getting into trouble with it.
Always enjoyed my cars, firstly '48 Mercury. Enjoyed my music, The Beachboys, The Shadows, Elvis etc.
Enjoyed, & will never forget, the love & caring by, & time spent with, my Mum & Dad, not much money, but PLENTY of love.
LOTS of happy memories, & stuff to pass on to my children & grand children.
Pickles.

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Originally Posted by Bytemrk

Yep.... I bought my .22 air rifle at K-Mart and carried it all around the shopping centre before catching the bus home!

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Yep if I recall correctly, Kmart used to sell fire arms and ammo.
I too , bought an auto shotgun from Alcock and Pearce in Melb CBD and took it home on the tram.

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Originally Posted by Pocket Rocket

What's really noticeable now is that you don't see kids riding bikes everywhere anymore. When I went to school we all rode and the bike racks were full expecially in high school. Now when I drive by the school there are only a handful.

I remember being worried about our son riding to school on his own but my husband put his foot down saying it would be good for his independence. And he was right. The result of this independence was that he developed other life and problem solving abilities which is priceless expecially in a child with autism.

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Parents are afraid of what might happen if their kids are let out to play. Then they complain their kids sit inside playing computer games.

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Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Yep if I recall correctly, Kmart used to sell fire arms and ammo.
I too , bought an auto shotgun from Alcock and Pearce in Melb CBD and took it home on the tram.

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You can not even buy a pocket knife without handing over ID now.

Where I grew up we would buy all of our gun shells from the local hardware shop.
The slug gun use to be used most days after school and weekends. 22's, 308's, 243, shotguns - all were kept in a closet - it would only get locked if we were going to be away from the house for most of the day.

My dad use to drive school bus and a student use to shoot competitively - it was not uncommon for her to have her gun with her on the school bus, and other public transport.

We had a home made go cart with no roll over protection.

It was a special occasion when we would get a 4ltr bucket of milk from one of our family friends - straight out of the cow - unpasturised and all! You would either skim the cream off the top or stir it in before drinking.

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Originally Posted by crash

It was a special occasion when we would get a 4ltr bucket of milk from one of our family friends - straight out of the cow - unpasturised and all! You would either skim the cream off the top or stir it in before drinking.

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For a short time when we were young kids we lived in a place backing onto a farm. He had Jersey cows. My dad grew up in Jersey so the milk was a must have. My brother and I used to jump the fence, walk across a couple of paddocks keeping an eye out for the couple of bulls he had that used to chase us, swap the empty flagon for a full one and walk back again. The milk was straight from the bucket into the bottle. We never had an issue the only problem was we never got any of the cream. :(