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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

One day 12 penny chews, the next day 10. I was damaged forever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You remember Freddos being 10p

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

As a 46-year-old, I'm just pleased I didn't have to go through that. Luke

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

decimalization came in the year i started school We where the first year to be taught it.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago

4 farthings = 1 penny

2 farthings = 1 half penny

2 ha'pennies = 1 penny

3 pennies = 1 threepenny bit

6 pennies = 1 six pence

2 threepenny bits = 1 sixpence

12 pennies = 1 shilling

2 sixpenny bits = 1 shilling

4 threepenny bits = 1 shilling

2 shillings = 1 florin

2 shillings and sixpence = half a crown

2 half crowns = 1 crown or 5 shillings

10 shilling coins = 1 10 shilling note

20 shillings = 1 pound

1 pound 1 shilling = 1 guinea

Yeah. I remember.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A farthing had a Robin

A halfpenny had a ship

A penny had Britannia

A three penny had a bunch of flower

What were the others?

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago

Hello

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

You get invited for a flu jab

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By *reenline49Man
over a year ago

Melbourn

"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago

Age is just a number!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago

Hello

I didn't know you were here

Everyone, please say hello to a forum member that's crazier than me

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By *rewersprojectMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Or you walk into a room and can't figure out why.

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By *ilianBaldCouple
over a year ago

West Fife

"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago

4 farthings = 1 penny

2 farthings = 1 half penny

2 ha'pennies = 1 penny

3 pennies = 1 threepenny bit

6 pennies = 1 six pence

2 threepenny bits = 1 sixpence

12 pennies = 1 shilling

2 sixpenny bits = 1 shilling

4 threepenny bits = 1 shilling

2 shillings = 1 florin

2 shillings and sixpence = half a crown

2 half crowns = 1 crown or 5 shillings

10 shilling coins = 1 10 shilling note

20 shillings = 1 pound

1 pound 1 shilling = 1 guinea

Yeah. I remember.

Yeah looking at that I just can't understand why they brought in decimation at all lol. I'd need a manual to count change.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago

Age is just a number!!

Tell my knees that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When u look at police officer and y say to yourself gif he’s/she’s young

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By *asques and boxersCouple
over a year ago

Ashford and dept16

Gosh, the name was thrupenny bit, and tanner for sixpenny bit bob for shilling two bob half a crown for 2nd and six bit and ten bob for 10 shilling note, guinea was one pound and one shilling. A pound was normally called a quid.

Can't think of anyone saying sixpenny bit or three penny bit, rare heard someone say one shilling again most people ten bob half a crown and so forth.

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By *rder66Man
over a year ago

Tatooine

When I reach 100 and look back on my life with a smile, until then I have plenty of life and dreams to fulfill.

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By *asques and boxersCouple
over a year ago

Ashford and dept16

Oh absolutely lookforward's but forgetting the past often leads to repeating the same mistakes. We mainly follow the worlds format sooner or later we come full cycle.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

You still save 2p's for the phone box

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Pre decimalisation songs.........

Mary Poppins....... Feed the birds tuppence a bag

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCiEzQ4EGk4

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

When you know Grandparents younger than yourself.

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

I still refer to the radio as the wireless.

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By *rder66Man
over a year ago

Tatooine

"Oh absolutely lookforward's but forgetting the past often leads to repeating the same mistakes. We mainly follow the worlds format sooner or later we come full cycle."
Every mistake changes who you are, the very make up of your person so you don't need to look back as you should have grown from you past into chosing new roads which will ultimitly lead to different conclusions.

You are no more the same person you where but aspire to be more then you are.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When your face is as wrinkled as your willy!!

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

Your watching porn and thinking omg how comfy does that bed look

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

"I still refer to the radio as the wireless."

Iceland as Bejam?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I look in the mirror

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By * AND R 777Couple
over a year ago

Teesside

When you look at a young sexy woman in a skimpy dress, and think she will catch a cold dressed like that

, so I'm told lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When u look at police officer and y say to yourself gif he’s/she’s young "

I saw 2 policewoman yesterday that both looked like they were about 12

Maybe they were 12yr olds in dress up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you knit jumpers just for the fun of it

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

When after having sex you have a sense of pride

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

You fart and think its the cat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You fart and think its the cat"

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"You fart and think its the cat

And the cat legs it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you try to answer the phone by putting the TV remote to your ear

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When your 22 next month

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When you try to answer the phone by putting the TV remote to your ear

This made me chuckle, the amount of times I've had to "assist" people with this problem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you look at the emojis available on fab and think "Oh lord, isn't that fantastic! Look at the vast array of little yellow faces"

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By *andy 1Couple
over a year ago

northeast

my first pint was 2 bob and a penny less then 11 p

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you've put your trousers on back to front and don't realise for a few hours later

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When you try to answer the phone by putting the TV remote to your ear

The problems start when you answer the iron x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When you try to answer the phone by putting the TV remote to your ear

The problems start when you answer the iron x "

I can imagine

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By *ibsonVicMan
over a year ago

Minworth

Could go on about rods, poles and perches, but I'm too young for that

Anyone remember those pesky cubits? Noah was a great fan I understand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you start finding Piers Morgan attractive

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you start watching strictly come dancing

Going to bingo

Start knitting like my mom

Eating worthers original's x

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By *oomarangMan
over a year ago

Chester

I was a newborn still in nappies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When you start watching strictly come dancing

Going to bingo

Start knitting like my mom

Eating worthers original's x

Well getting older isn't always wiser! I like sucking on a worthers!!

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

When Radio 1 just sounds a right racket.

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By *istyblue1967Man
over a year ago

manchester

you remember black and white tv ???

or the b and w portable tv too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you remember the German channels on Sky TV

(RTL showed porn on a Saturday night)

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Your back goes out more than you do

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"When you start finding Piers Morgan attractive

Theres never an excuse for that at any age Cindi

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When you start finding Piers Morgan attractive

Theres never an excuse for that at any age Cindi

You'd be surprised. He has quite a fan base

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"When you start finding Piers Morgan attractive

Theres never an excuse for that at any age Cindi

You'd be surprised. He has quite a fan base

I'm not one of them

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

You have to scroll for ages to get to your year of birth online

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When you start finding Piers Morgan attractive

Theres never an excuse for that at any age Cindi

You'd be surprised. He has quite a fan base

I'm not one of them yet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When Mars bars were proper thick chunky chocolate with real toffee. Now they're like a Milkyway bar. Oh, and Wham bars, when they used to glow like they were radioactive.

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By *edGrayCouple
over a year ago

Swindon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Climbing out of bed requires stamina;)

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

12 inches= 1foot

3 feet= 1 yard

22 yds= 1chain

10 chains = 1furlong

8 furlong = mile.

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By *andy 1Couple
over a year ago

northeast

pressing the b button in the phone box to get your money back

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By *ltrMan
over a year ago

sheffield

When your first new car is now called a classic on car sos

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Yes I remember learning about it we had just started secondary school and my friend and me said we not gonna use that money lol! And everything went up in price x

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By *oiluvfunMan
over a year ago

Penrith

......when you can’t drive and keep your mouth closed at the same time

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

Cadbury did a chocolate bar called bar 6 cost 6d then with decimal it cost 4p( should of been 2.5p) grr mind you everyone jumped on the band wagon. Including the price of petrol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wonder how much Freddos are now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People don’t know who danger mouse is. Or count ducula. Or Stop-it and tidy-up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You remember Freddos being 10p"

Better... 5p!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You still save 2p's for the phone box"

You remember the phone box!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When snickers were called marathons .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Milky ways were brown inside.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

You remember that estate over there when it was all fields

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By *oc1998Man
over a year ago

Dundalk

All of this is going over my head...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My fiancée is 5-6yrs younger. I’ll say “do you remember x from you were a kid” and she’d reply “I was 1”

Ouch.

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By *eorge JetsonMan
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Your first car having point connectors and feeler gauge adjustments

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you wake up with a hangover, but you weren't drinking the night before

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"You remember decimalisation ..50 years ago

I've got a Penny Farthing in ma outhouse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh! Oh! I’ve got one.

*clears throat*

You remember that Fabswingers was a modern cutting edge website

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"When you knit jumpers just for the fun of it

Do you fancy darning my socks?

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

You fill in an on line form and takes you ages to scroll to your year of birth.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When you knit jumpers just for the fun of it

Do you fancy darning my socks?

Of course.

I'll just get my loom out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When it takes all night to do what you used to do all night

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"When you knit jumpers just for the fun of it

Do you fancy darning my socks?

Of course.

I'll just get my loom out

I'll give you a hand to move your twin tub washing machine as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can remember when the dead sea was poorly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Paying 69.9 [nice] for unleaded when I started riding my bike.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Paying 69.9 [nice] for unleaded when I started riding my bike. "

Did you get quad Green Shield stamps with it though?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know what they are, but not that old :p.

That was 2002

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

My first gallon of petrol for my first car was 33d. Oh the car was a 1964 Hillman imp CJH 991b

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

When you love your instant pot.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sandwich paste.

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By *G CoupleCouple
over a year ago

kent

You need to turn the stereo down in the car to see where your going

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You need to turn the stereo down in the car to see where your going"

Or.. taking the front of the radio with you when you park the car.

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By *oiluvfunMan
over a year ago

Penrith

......when you bend down to tie your shoelaces and think “What else can I do while I’m here?”

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"......when you bend down to tie your shoelaces and think “What else can I do while I’m here?”

Don’t joke..

My bf (secondary relationship) can do the splits vertically standing up.

I pulled a muscle standing up from the couch..

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By *ifty grades of shadyCouple
over a year ago

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight

When you buy your missus a pack of curly wurlys and she goes off on one about how fucking small they are.

Still taste nice....

Apparently.

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By *jsantagCouple
over a year ago

Hfd/Shrop/Worc area

When you groan as you bend/crouch/pick something up....and you don’t know why!

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

The number on ya profile gets to ‘50’

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You look forward to the census

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By *andyblokeMan
over a year ago

birmingham

When you ask the police officer "have you really left school?".

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By *-4pleasureCouple
over a year ago

Belfast

"One day 12 penny chews, the next day 10. I was damaged forever."

Tudor crisps 2p a pack

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By *orny IrishMan
over a year ago

Rural Wiltshire

Nowhere you say to someone do you know who this person is who you met a few years ago, F1 driver now retired and realise they where not born in that year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was at donnington park when Nigel Mansell drive his Ford Mondeo touring car into the bridge.

I also elias that I’m a little younger than most here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The scroll down for your date of birth goes on and on and on...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh, it’s to troll people. A guy acts lick a dick and I ask him for the nonexistent password written on the profile. See how many times I can get them to read it.

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By *eorge JetsonMan
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

When you remember your first car had point ignition unit and feeler gauges to set out the spark point gap

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

"When you remember your first car had point ignition unit and feeler gauges to set out the spark point gap"

When you find yourself repeating what you've posted earlier

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A ch. 0ke.

On a car/bike that is.. not the type on here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes.. that word was censored...

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By *eorge JetsonMan
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

"When you remember your first car had point ignition unit and feeler gauges to set out the spark point gap

When you find yourself repeating what you've posted earlier

Oh bollocks.

I genuinely forgot I'd posted on this one already

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People no longer laugh if yo7 fall over. They rush to help you up looking all concerned!

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By *enuine MikeMan
over a year ago

Guildford

You make "Ahhhhhh" noises every time you sit down

and "Ohhhhh" noises every time you get up

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

"When you remember your first car had point ignition unit and feeler gauges to set out the spark point gap

When you find yourself repeating what you've posted earlier

Oh bollocks.

I genuinely forgot I'd posted on this one already

And there you go.... proved my point

Older men are sexy

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