Zev Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Zev is not a MAN! take that back before you feel the wrath of the pointy stick :lol: Calm down, Phoenix, I am sure it is just a figure of speech! We used to get into the cinema using empty pop bottles as payment to watch the likes of Muffin the mule. Ha! I remember the money for empties thing, talk about getting people to recycle, mind you some of the bottles were looking pretty ratty after a while. I also remember that we couldn't get Fanta for ages either for some reason, the supply was pretty sporadic. We used to go to the milk treatment station and get the offcuts from the foil bottle tops and use them for things like decorating floats for the blossom parade, and hanging over the strawberries to try and keep the birds off them. I think we should make our own un-American-ised list of 25 Kiwi things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Anyone remember the milk at school thing. Little bottle of milk with a cardboard lid and it tasted like cardboard because it had been in the sun since delivery. Stand up for the queen at the beginning of the movies. That must have been the start of my career as a protester because I got hit on the head by a torch from an usher for not standing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alienara Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Calm down, Phoenix, I am sure it is just a figure of speech! Yes yes figure of speach! :oops: :oops: haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 We had the night cart (truck not horse and cart) where I worked until the late 70s. Probably ringing a bell and calling "Bring out your dead!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Anyone remember the milk at school thing. Little bottle of milk with a cardboard lid and it tasted like cardboard because it had been in the sun since delivery. Stand up for the queen at the beginning of the movies. That must have been the start of my career as a protester because I got hit on the head by a torch from an usher for not standing up. Forgot about God save the Queen! - but then we had intermission at the movies as well, and the poor kids with the ice cream tray thingys strapped over their shoulders standing in the centre aisle of the picture theatre - those were the days when they only played one movie at a time for a few weeks and the signage advertising the movie over the door was hand painted. And you could buy Jaffas or Snifters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Actually I got the job of getting rid of it. The collections were in areas where the drainage was realy bad for a septic tank and the cost per year was about $8000 dollars to pick up 6 cans weekly. When I looked into it I found that half of them had ilegally installed a flush toilet and were putting out a bucket of water with a shovel full of dirt in it. Kiwi ingenuity at its best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 I'm not telling you my age!!! :roll: :oops: :lol: But I do remember 12 things listed. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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