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

[The Bedge]

When Doctors pushed and prodded the painful bit, told you to toughen up as it's probably just a bit of bruising or a small crack (assuming it is not the coccyx ).

Take two asprins and call me in the morning

The pain will go away.

And they were right, all for less than a Caroline...

A lot going in this post

[dedja]

People didn't get offended by much, if at all.

[Jimmy_041]

When Doctors pushed and prodded the painful bit, told you to toughen up as it's probably just a bit of bruising or a small crack (assuming it is not the coccyx ).

Take two asprins and call me in the morning

The pain will go away.

And they were right, all for less than a Caroline...

Bex mate

[am Bays]

When Doctors pushed and prodded the painful bit, told you to toughen up as it's probably just a bit of bruising or a small crack (assuming it is not the coccyx ).

Take two asprins and call me in the morning

The pain will go away.

And they were right, all for less than a Caroline...

Bex mate

That's for @Dedja's 70 thread...

[Booney]

...the aviary house on Holbrooks Road.

Currently being demolished.

[mighty_tiger_79]

...the aviary house on Holbrooks Road.

Currently being demolished.

Was an institution on the bend there

[FlyingHigh]

Maybe not exclusively SA, but:

1 The phrase "half-shot"

2 Lollipop workers who were, I'm presuming, part of the local Council and who would smile and wave as you went passed, rather than the glum-faced droids from contractors we have now.

[Jimmy_041]

Maybe not exclusively SA, but:

1 The phrase "half-shot"

2 Lollipop workers who were, I'm presuming, part of the local Council and who would smile and wave as you went passed, rather than the glum-faced droids from contractors we have now.

Not sure you got this right

Most of them are 25 - 35yo good looking girls

[locky801]

Maybe not exclusively SA, but:

1 The phrase "half-shot"

2 Lollipop workers who were, I'm presuming, part of the local Council and who would smile and wave as you went passed, rather than the glum-faced droids from contractors we have now.

Not sure you got this right

Most of them are 25 - 35yo good looking girls

I would say some not most

[FlyingHigh]

Maybe not exclusively SA, but:

1 The phrase "half-shot"

2 Lollipop workers who were, I'm presuming, part of the local Council and who would smile and wave as you went passed, rather than the glum-faced droids from contractors we have now.

Not sure you got this right

Most of them are 25 - 35yo good looking girls

I would say some not most

Seems very occasionally for me
I must live and drive in the wrong areas

[Jimmy_041]

I have a few lollipop companies as clients.
I delicately asked the CEO of one of them about their attitude in hiring staff.
He said the construction companies give them more work if they have the lookers doing the job.
The construction companies' employees are much happier.
#bringbackthewolfwhistle

[wenchbarwer]

I have a few lollipop companies as clients.
I delicately asked the CEO of one of them about their attitude in hiring staff.
He said the construction companies give them more work if they have the lookers doing the job.
The construction companies' employees are much happier.
#bringbackthewolfwhistle

I've heard it referred to as a motivational hire

[Trader]

It's also safer as the horny drivers slow down more to have a peek.

[amber_fluid]

It's also safer as the SAFooty posters slow down more to have a peek.

EFA

[Lightning McQueen]

Not sure you got this right

Most of them are 25 - 35yo good looking girls

I would say some not most

Seems very occasionally for me
I must live and drive in the wrong areas

Jim gets more time for a look travelling in the back seat.

[gadj1976]

For some unknown reason, I was thinking the other morning about when we used to use Chinagraph pencils at school.

Often for use on laminated surfaces which could be erased with a dry cloth.

[Lightning McQueen]

Off to Bali for 15 days in June, daughter is coming over for the 2nd week, possibly one or both sons too. My brother who has been anti-Bali for the past few years has decided to come along too (my sister and her husband, mum and her partner are also going).

Sis rings me quite emotional last night as she said this is our first family holiday with us 3 siblings since she was about 4 or 5, which leads me to the 50 part.

Remember when it was fine to stay home alone as a kid and how much it would be frowned upon now, my parents would go to Port Victoria from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening and I would stay home alone @ 13 years old so I could play morning cricket, district cricket in the afternoon and organise my own transport.

I'd catch the 7:12am 450 bus on Saturday to Elizabeth, get off at the shopping centre to ensure that I wouldn't miss the 440 bus that would take me to Argana Park, hang around after my morning game to get a pre-arranged lift to my district game ,I'd get back to the club for awards, sometimes I'd have to double bus it home from there, sometimes I was lucky enough to get a lift with a parent that lived in the Barossa or Gawler, other days I rode my pushy there and back with my cricket bag over my shoulder.

Gee times have changed.

[Lightning McQueen]

For some unknown reason, I was thinking the other morning about when we used to use Chinagraph pencils at school.

Often for use on laminated surfaces which could be erased with a dry cloth.

Is that like graphite?

[Booney]

Off to Bali for 15 days in June, daughter is coming over for the 2nd week, possibly one or both sons too. My brother who has been anti-Bali for the past few years has decided to come along too (my sister and her husband, mum and her partner are also going).

Sis rings me quite emotional last night as she said this is our first family holiday with us 3 siblings since she was about 4 or 5, which leads me to the 50 part.

Remember when it was fine to stay home alone as a kid and how much it would be frowned upon now, my parents would go to Port Victoria from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening and I would stay home alone @ 13 years old so I could play morning cricket, district cricket in the afternoon and organise my own transport.

I'd catch the 7:12am 450 bus on Saturday to Elizabeth, get off at the shopping centre to ensure that I wouldn't miss the 440 bus that would take me to Argana Park, hang around after my morning game to get a pre-arranged lift to my district game ,I'd get back to the club for awards, sometimes I'd have to double bus it home from there, sometimes I was lucky enough to get a lift with a parent that lived in the Barossa or Gawler, other days I rode my pushy there and back with my cricket bag over my shoulder.

Gee times have changed.

At the local coffee shop about 6 families meet and all walk to Alberton PS together, Mum's and Dad's in tow. Us? We'd have just gone on our own.

[gadj1976]

For some unknown reason, I was thinking the other morning about when we used to use Chinagraph pencils at school.

Often for use on laminated surfaces which could be erased with a dry cloth.

Is that like graphite?

More like a black waxy substance from memory.

Edit:

A Chinagraph pencil (or grease pencil/china marker) is a specialized marking tool made of hardened, non-toxic wax, designed to write on glossy, non-porous surfaces like glass, plastic, metal, wood, and ceramic. Waterproof and permanent, it is ideal for industrial, art, and craft uses, often removed with solvents.