When you were young..........memories

Bobdown · Guru

When you were young..........memories

Whenarewethere · Guru

Bobdown wrote:

We use one around our block of units, about 100m² of lawn. It works brilliantly. Just have to get the blade position just right.

We bought a few mowers for spare parts just in case. The old Flymo model is the best, which is not sold any more, unfortunately. We have bought one for $10 & other for $30.

Craig1 · Guru

My shed fridge is around 45 years old, only 110 litres, took a day and a half to defrost recently, forgot about it. I have measured its electricty use -age though and still as good as a new one, and more space inside somehow.

Mike Harding · Guru

Clearly I am older than I like to think.... :(

Whenarewethere · Guru

Craig1 wrote:
My shed fridge is around 45 years old, only 110 litres, took a day and a half to defrost recently, forgot about it. I have measured its electricty use -age though and still as good as a new one, and more space inside somehow.

Are you sure. We just replaced our 3 decade old fridge & the new fridge is using a third of the power. Ran the fridge via a single phase sub meter for a few weeks.

dogbox · Guru

OMG ! knew them all from first hand experience

Craig1 · Guru

Pretty sure When, I had a couple of large power bills, so got one of the plug in measuring devices and went right around the house over 2-3 weeks. Turned out it was the 240v caravan charger. I thought "float" meant no power consumption, but not ours, it was running almost 24/7. The little fridge only gets opened once a day and in a cool spot. It was excellent and was a prime suspect, but not so.
We never had one of those flash sprinklers

Whenarewethere · Guru

A few of our vampire items were our washing machine, off at the wall now.

A couple of old AM portable radios with an off switch but were not actually off, so off at the wall now. Similar to some hi-fi components, some I don't use often so that group are on a separate off switch.

Computers that I don't use, off at the wall (actually with the plugged pulled out).

Tony Bev · Guru

I remember all that stuff

I look on the bright side, I am no longer young and foolish

As this is in the joke section

biggrin biggrin I refuse to admit, that I had grown old and foolish biggrin biggrin

vanTas · Veteran Member

I can remember the appliance models that came before the ones shown. The ones depicted look quite modern.

It used to be all domestic toasters had drop down side doors, a radiator had a pineapple shaped element in the middle of a mini satellite dish, the radio got plugged in to the light socket, the sewing machine ran by foot power on a treadle, electric beaters only had one speed, you knew the telephone switch lady by name and your phone number started with a letter.

Craig1 · Guru

Stanley only had numbers, our was 112, but sure knew the operator. Night shift was a sought after position, had to sleep on a camp stretcher.

markf · Senior Member

My mother at 95 is still using the first bakelite Teledex that we got when we first got the phone on in Maidstone (Melb west) - FX 4595. She still has a couple of unopened refills for it too.

Blues Man · Guru

That's funny ,how come i can't remember any of those. cry

Bicyclecamper · Guru

That avatar, that you have got there Blues Man, do you think , the powers to be would allow, you to go around with a caravan, like that or even a modern one, to be pulled by a tractor today in OZ. I have been interested in doing it, as I am not keen on doing with a horse and carriage.

-- Edited by Bicyclecamper on Tuesday 16th of February 2021 04:07:33 PM

KJB · Guru

Bicyclecamper wrote:
That avatar, that you have got there Blues Man, do you think , the powers to be would allow, you to go around with a caravan, like that or even a modern one, to be pulled by a tractor today in OZ. I have been interested in doing it, as I am not keen on doing with a horse and carriage.

-- Edited by Bicyclecamper on Tuesday 16th of February 2021 04:07:33 PM

Chamberlain tractors have been driven (by the Chamberlain Tractor Club members ) thru out many countries in more modern times ....last I saw was around Australia about 3 years ago.... Here is a Porsche Diesel and Caravan in Europe (recent pic..)

-- Edited by KJB on Tuesday 16th of February 2021 05:03:11 PM

Possum3 · Guru

Ric, it is possible to road register a Farm Tractor - If you are keen enough to want to travel that way.

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-- Edited by Possum3 on Tuesday 16th of February 2021 05:41:07 PM