The last time England won the Ashes...........
Kylie and Jason had just got married on Neighbours
That was 19 years ago.
Whats your memories of those halcyon days driving around in your Landy trying to listen to a ball by ball account on Radio 4 or the BBC World Series? Or god forbid, are you the result of a celebratory bonk by your parents!!
Or possibly that you don't give a toss now and didn't 19 years ago? Sometimes I think I'm the only person in Australia who has no interest in sport!
Possibly, but unlikely - did we win between 1940 and 1980? ;-)
in article 6pTTe.26339$ snipped-for-privacy@news-server.bigpond.net.au, Roger & Lorraine Martin at snipped-for-privacy@bigpond.net.au wrote on 8/9/05 10:22 am:
19 years ago I was still at school, would have just had my o'level results and couldn't drive.On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:23:21 GMT, Nikki scribbled the following nonsense:
I was at school but hadn't even made it to double figures.......
Nikki> 19 years ago I was still at school, would have just had my Nikki> o'level results and couldn't drive. -- Nikki
Err... 1984? I'd have been a spotty 4th former then.
I didn't give a flying wossname then, either (about Jason and Kylie or some scorched bit of cricket stump).
:-)
Andy
19 years ago I was a scrawny 18 year old!
In message , Roger & Lorraine Martin writes
You could only listen to commentary on the radio or read about it in the press - and that's were most of us will be back to next year. That's progress!!
They drove more Land Rovers than Land Cruisers back then :-((
Hmmm ....... 2005-19 = 1986
Is your old school any better these days? ;o)
Steve
so Roger & Lorraine Martin was, like...
I was 32, working in Brigg, Lincs (it was S Humberside then, I think) - hello David Bell!
Riding either a Guzzi V50, a Yam 350 YPVS or XT350 (not sure - bike years are a bit hazy). One small daughter (graduated this year!). Another one not far off. Never had a Landy - spent all my time dodging the farmers' Land Rovers on the Lincs lanes. Quite fancied one - at some point.
Several things about to happen in the next 10 years that I'm glad I didn't know about then. Wish I hadn't started thinking about this.
No you're not - at least one other person here that does not see what's exciting about hitting a ball and getting sunstroke (when played here) or rusted out (when played in Pommieland) :)
Karen
I was 20 years old then, if it was 19 years ago, and I had already learned the following:- Real Sport Has Spark Plugs!!! ;-) Badger.
On or around Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:23:21 GMT, Nikki enlightened us thusly:
19 years ago I was driving a morris marina estate; living in London and not earning enough. Actually... I'm not convinced I was - I might have sold the marina by then, in which case I had a little fiat 127 company van.On or around Thu, 8 Sep 2005 12:37:25 +0100, "/\\/ / & E" enlightened us thusly:
Yoofer terday.
(I'd have been 20...)
In message , Austin Shackles writes
A Morris Marina - oh my god. Getting the Fiat 127 must have seemed like Xmas.
so Austin Shackles was, like...
Na na nee ah nah. I had a Ital.
Christ, they were bad.
On or around Fri, 9 Sep 2005 20:22:31 +0100, "Richard Brookman" enlightened us thusly:
Mine was a 1.8, not a bad ol' heap. It'd cruise at 90 on the motorway, provided you didn't object to about 20 mpg.
We had a russet brown one, my landie is the same year & colour
-- Subaru WRX (Annabel)
Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
'"Say hello to my little friend"
so Austin Shackles was, like...
Mine was a 1.8 too. Handling, noise, performance, refinement were similar to a Russian saloon I was once lent as a courtesy car while my 2CV was undergoing repair (Voskhod?). In other words, dog rough. Although that wasn't the issue. It was the total lack of style. In fact, I think BL managed to get style as a negative quantity in that car. Actually less cool than walking.
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