Been a while since I typed in....
Been to sore from the Volunteering thing, but its worth it....
Was in Dundee with a pal on Saturday there, really wanted to just stay at home, but.....
Up way to early, as the bus we took was at 7.15am .... YES!! 7.15AM !!!!!
Anyhooooooooo.... we got there, but couldnt get a hold of the folks we went to meet up with, so we wandered about and done some shopping... Tis a nice enough place, way beter layout that aberdeen can come up with... Well, I found an old friend from my distant past....
Before I got into computers, when I was a wee snotty nosed kid, there was this thing that we done, back in the early 80's.... things wernt HANDED to you.. you had to earn it....
Pocket Money was a thing that you got for doing TASKS, used to get a 10 bob bit (50p) for washing my dads car as a kid (£1 if I hovered it as well, but THAT was annoying so mainly just washed it)... imagine giving a kid 50p NOW!!! Muhahaaaaaaaaa
Now... where is he going with this ???? I hear you ponder....
Next bit is CHOICE!!! with your hard earned 50p bit, you had to CHOOSE what to do with it, if you were after something BIG, you had to save..... Example, I had to save up for a wee break I went on without my mum when I was 11 or so.. a weekend at Butlins in Ayr. Anyways, the choice remains... Bottle of juice (keep the bottle afterwards as you got 10p off the next purchase), cone fae the TallyVan ( IceCream Van ), save up for something big??? or ..... COMICS!!!!
Back then the tv wasnt that great.... was BRILL!!! for us at the time, but the choice was limited, so we still done OTHER THINGS, Library, play park and build stuff.
Now the library, for you young folks, is where you would go to find stuff out, as they have books there that tell you things, no keyboard and Internet to just type it in and the answer comes on the screen, you had to think and find a relevant book, then LOOK IT UP... yup ... WE READ!!!! and guess what.... WE ENJOYED IT!!!
Another service the library has, sometimes, they have old comics to read, Beano (Dennis the Meanace and Gnasher), Bunty (girly one this)and Dandy!!!! NOW.... did you know, these comics were PRINTED UP... a MAGAZINE!!! One of my fav characters was Desperate Dan!! Big Guy that eats Cow Pies!!!
MY how I miss that, reading the stories, wondering what he will do, used to get the comics on the sunday papers as well, the Broons was a good one.
OK ... so where is he going with tis ?????
HERE!!!!!
