You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remember...

[Footy Chick]

Paper showbags, and hoping that it didn't rain, so the Sunny Boy or Fruit Box bag didn't collapse

and thinking Tinsel Wigs were cool

[Squawk]

"Half Days and Patched Pants" or "Full Days and Pressed Pants"

[Iron Fist]

Catching the school bus which had a letter as the route number (I used to catch the W to primary school, or the S)

school buses still have letters
I always rode the T bus but there was also the M W E depending where you lived!

[Lightning McQueen]

The cool kids had a commodore 64.

Which replaced their Vic 20

Lost me there mate, I'm thinking you're exceeding 40?

[CK]

Paper showbags, and hoping that it didn't rain, so the Sunny Boy or Fruit Box bag didn't collapse

and thinking Tinsel Wigs were cool

Along with Invisible Dogs

[Squawk]

Sitting on a vinyl seat in a Red Hen on a hot day, with the door open next to you.

[Lightning McQueen]

Paper showbags, and hoping that it didn't rain, so the Sunny Boy or Fruit Box bag didn't collapse

and thinking Tinsel Wigs were cool

You mean they're not anymore.

[CK]

The cool kids had a commodore 64.

Which replaced their Vic 20

Lost me there mate, I'm thinking you're exceeding 40?

Squawk's right on this one, they were the forerunner to C64's, and he's about my age.

Waiting for the Data Cassette to load a game on the C64 could push one closer to their 40th at times, though

When the Renaissance Tower was Malltown.

[Brucetiki]

The cool kids had a commodore 64.

Which replaced their Vic 20

Lost me there mate, I'm thinking you're exceeding 40?

Squawk's right on this one, they were the forerunner to C64's, and he's about my age.

Waiting for the Data Cassette to load a game on the C64 could push one closer to their 40th at times, though

When the Renaissance Tower was Malltown.

You can still see the imprint of the old Malltown sign on the Renaissance Tower!

[Footy Chick]

When the Renaissance Tower was Malltown.

If you actually look close enough, you can still see the markings from the old Malltown sign at the top of the building

[Booney]

Magic Mountain

[CK]

When the Renaissance Tower was Malltown.

If you actually look close enough, you can still see the markings from the old Malltown sign at the top of the building

That was almost a neat duet, FC and Brucetiki

Speaking of duets...Renae and Renata performing their duet...which should be remembered by most of this era...on another medium well known at this time....

It could be phoned by ringing...217 01 01

[Brucetiki]

When the Renaissance Tower was Malltown.

If you actually look close enough, you can still see the markings from the old Malltown sign at the top of the building

Right next to Geoffrey the Toys R Us giraffe

[Brucetiki]

The pianist playing in the old David Jones as you entered the store.

John Martins

[Lightning McQueen]

The pianist playing in the old David Jones as you entered the store.

John Martins

That's no way to talk about him, he's somebody's dad

[Lightning McQueen]

The elevator usher.

"Going down, ladies underwear"

[Booney]

Pin ball machines in Fish'n'chip shops being 20c a go. ( Dolly Parton was in my local for about 15 years - the pinny, not Dolly herself )

Duffel Coats at the footy for everyone under 25 years of age

Centrals were crap

[CK]

Pin ball machines in Fish'n'chip shops being 20c a go. ( Dolly Parton was in my local for about 15 years - the pinny, not Dolly herself )

Sit down Space Invaders machines (I keep scouring EBAY for a cheap one of these for home)

[Brucetiki]

Ian Turpie hosting The Price Is Right

[JK]

Being able to meet your friends in busy places (like Rundle Mall) or on the other side of town without having mobile phones .. You just arranged a place and time and it worked fine.

I had to laugh watching a kids movie the other day (Aliens In The attic I think), where the kids in the movie stumbled across one of the old ring dial phones and didn't know what it was lol.

Drink machines that you could fit your arm in to score free Choc Shakes were always welcomed (same with the Skill-Testers at Timezone).

And does anyone roll Jaffa's down the aisle at Cinema's anymore (in fact do people even go to cinema's much anymore)?