This Australian Nostalgia Makes Me Want a Time Machine

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[@VK3NFI]

Who votes Ian need to watch THE CASTLE movie? VOTE NOW

[@Dr_KAP]

He’s seen it

[@DomHollow]

Tell him he's dreaming, while he's eating spongecake and icecream, ahh the scerenity.

[@mrbrztrd9844]

@@VK3NFI I agree 👍

[@calmblueocean7243]

Yes, it's the vibe man!

[@alvintostig1676]

Ian needs to be introduced to Mr Inbetween. The best Aussie show he has never seen. Guaranteed Ian would love it

[@AusStorm]

Dat's firteen firteen firty two! 😂 Now I'll have that back in my head for the next decade🙄😆

[@rampe5610]

No one pointed it out but 9:30 "A Succulent Chinese Meal??!!!" Made me chuckle😆😁

[@myopinion69420]

12:00 they are just jellybeans. but they are very consistent in how much sugar each one has. so some diabetics keep them so if their sugar dips, they learn how many jelly beans they need to get it back up to a normal range without overshooting. they are also very nice.

[@caylem00]

yeah ive only ever seen them in chemists and petrol stations.. to me, theyre the right ratio of sweetness that you can have quite a few without feeling sick like other brands (i use them for emergency blood sugar boosts too)

[@rw-xf4cb]

Yep as kid loved them didn't like the black ones not into licorice! so good when they sold them without or for those who did a bag full of them.

[@myopinion69420]

@@rw-xf4cb they still do, you can even get a bag of just the red ones.

[@feelingpaulie3943]

8:07 Yes. Literally had them come out a month ago for a service when my car stopped working. Replaced radiator, then replaced thermostat, then did a full service with grease and oil change!!

[@andrewhall9175]

I just checked and lube mobile still exists! That tv jingle was iconic

[@petergreenham7235]

But different phone number

[@andrewhall9175]

@ 13 30 32 is the one I remember. I’d be surprised if there was regional differences for a 13 number but sure

[@toness05]

i worked for them for 4 years!!

[@grandy2875]

​@@petergreenham7235, I just looked them up, they still have the same phone number... at least the couple that are local to my area do 😊 🙃🐨🇦🇺

[@JulesR67]

My hubby worked for them in Canberra

[@cartoonhuman8150]

9:45 Hi! Aussie here, if you’re still wondering about what those are, they’re Cocktail Frankfurts! Red bit is the sausage casing :D. Good finger food

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

Also sold as "Cheerios" and often known as "little boys".

[@namewithheldbygoogleforsec673]

@@TheCaptainbeefylog and "little Red Sausages". They were a fave of mine as a kid. Still are, when i can find them!!

[@CLAWCUZBRO]

we call em FOOTY franks thankyou very much lol SA

[@Zygon13]

Still eaten at morning teas now.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Cocktail Frankfurts, I remember them at every kids birthday party

[@shezza66]

We had the phonebooks to prop the kids up at the dining table.

[@AndrewB1971]

"Suffer in your jocks". Probably one of the most recognised quotes from The Castle.

[@lindathomas3142]

@@AndrewB1971 we used to say that in the 60's😅

[@shaneb4612]

"Tell him he's dreaming", is my favourite line.

[@natp3408]

@@lindathomas3142 yeah, my parents (Gen Boomer) used to say it all the time before (and after) The Castle came out. However, my Dad quickly added "how's the serenity" and "that's going straight to the pool room" to his vernacular after watching it 😂

[@davecollins6122]

When I was in primary school, we used to have a “milk break” in the morning. Two students (They were called the “Milk Monitors”) would go and collect the classes allotment of free glass bottles of milk and the students would take a break to drink it, I would volunteer every day to go help to collect it as most students didn’t want the collection duty, the perk was the Milk Monitors got to have an additional one from the ones that weren’t consumed. One Parent/Teacher meeting my teacher said how helpful I was to always volunteer, my parents replied, “Didn’t you know that he love’s milk? He’s only doing for the extra milk”. After that the Milk Monitors were by roster only, first time I learnt as a child that you could be disappointed by your Parents. I’m 56 now and yes I’m still bitter for being ratted out by my parents 🙂 We used to save the foil lids throughout the year and string them up as Christmas decoration around the classroom.

[@rw-xf4cb]

Hopefully that was not in QLD where I was told the milk sat out and was warm! If you did I guess the monitors could pick the better ones for themselves?

[@770valiant]

@@davecollins6122 I'm sure they still did this in 1983. I was in grade 6!

[@agirlfrommars3441]

They did this when I was in kindergarten and primary school in Germany

[@davecollins6122]

​@@agirlfrommars3441 It was only done in the larger schools in Victoria, we had it at Lalor East Primary School, but when we moved to the country and went to Drouin South Primary School they didn't. Drouin South Primary School was very small (about 100 students total and still has about that amount today), they heled the kindergarten in the library, years 1,2 and 3 was heled as a combined class and years 4,5 and 6 was also a combined class, so there was only two real classrooms 🙂

[@nobikeman]

I was a delivery driver for a Retravision store (electrical retailer) in the early 90’s, the Sony 68cm/27” tv was 55kgs or 121lbs, back breaking on your own.

[@billdaniel8310]

I've used Lube Mobile for over 7 years now, It's a franchise system and the local Lube Mobile guy lives in my street. So whenever I need my car serviced or repaired I just ring him and he's usually here within 30 minutes. Price is about the same as getting your car serviced at a garage. It's obviously more convenient, if you take your car to a garage, you have to get a lift or a taxi to go home until they ring you to collect it.

[@marvindebot3264]

I'm surprised this isn't a thing in the US.

[@terencemcgeown2358]

I used to get them to come to my work place, much easier for me. An older guy in my street is a touch up guy so any minor scratches are fixed with a 6 pack payment, his son works for Jim's mowing and that's a 6 pack for a quick hedge trim, old guys daughter washes dogs & cleans houses, that's a bottle of Vodka, her son walks dogs my dogs, I give him a weed bud. old guys brother does carpet shampooing, that's a bottle of Johnny Walker black. A great Italian family helping out neighbours for cheap. Plus I'm the BBQ house and often have open invites for the street.

[@marvindebot3264]

@@terencemcgeown2358 Neighbourhoods are great, eh?

[@republicofcasuals]

but do you remember 13 11 66?

[@terencemcgeown2358]

@@marvindebot3264 so long as you have good neighbours, I didn't always.

[@NThomas-xj7bj]

Thanks for the video, Ian. The appliance at 19:29 is an electric frypan. I had one (Sunbeam brand) for many years. You could make anything that you could in any kind of pan. You could even use it for the Sunday roast with the lid on. It was like a large rounded off square frying pan with a built in sealed electric element on the underside. It had legs that lifted it up a couple of inches above whatever hard surface you put it on.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

I am actually using mine tonight, one of those split-birds (greek style)

[@susanjacquier5358]

Lol..we use ours more than the cooktop or regular fry pan. practically every night !

[@Oldbutnotout65]

Still have one in the kitchen cupboard. If I run out of gas, I still pull it out. LOL

[@michaelpillingnow]

The controller cords with the prong were safe because the big prong was the thermometer that told the controller on the cord when to apply power. It probably was also the earth connection. The fry pan socket part had two smaller prongs that went into the controller and they formed the power circuit. By the time you got the controller bit out of the socket in the pan the live parts were more inaccessible than a power point on the wall. I have never heard of anyone being electrocuted by one.

[@amokima2991]

Mum still has hers

[@stuartspencer2161]

Had forgotten about Dot and the Kangaroo, until watching this. I do recall seeing it as a kid, but can't remember a single thing from it. Also remember when you could get a small bag of lollies for 10 cents. Choc drops and freckles were the cheapest, with 3 for 1 cent, red and green frogs were 1c each, and cobbers were the expensive ones at around 2c each.

[@grannym2880]

My favourite as a kid were the chocolate starfish. (60's)

[@republicofcasuals]

I remember around 1990 as a little kid and going to the canteen to get $1 or $2 dollars of mixed Lollie's and they were out of pre packed bags... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39..... "A few minutes later" 178,179,180,181,182,183....... you get the idea 🤣

[@TheTynell1]

you can actualy watch all the dot and the ........... on youtube

[@G.H.O.S.T.254]

I knew quite a few homes with that amber glass. Sliding large and small partition doors, pocket doors, and some houses actually had fixed internal windows between the lounge and entry hallway with that glass. I also remember seeing it on whiskey/bourbon decanters and some other items and furniture around the home. It always reminded me of my old Space Lego and the same yellow coloured windows and transparent pieces.

[@770valiant]

My parents built their house in 1982 with that same orange glass sliding door. It's still there!! There is also a 'hatch' between the kitchen and dining room to pass meals thru, or small children like me at the time😅

[@theGhostWolfe]

15:50 I worked at Maccas as a teen and if you were taking orders in the drive thru, one of your jobs was “assembling” those cardboard rings so they were ready for kitchen staff to use. It took up so much space and so much time,but it was a super chill task and you got to sit down. It kept the larger burgers from being squashed when they stopped using styrofoam and all burgers came paper wrapped. Replaced with the cardboard boxes.

[@steveheywood9428]

Lubemobile was around from earlier than 1997 and was a great way to service your car while you worked. Glucojel jelly beans are a staple at every pharmacy and they are made from Glucose instead of sugar. I buy them to this day.

[@-sandman4605]

They are for diabetics.

[@ray73864]

LOVED the metal slides, ABSOLUTELY loved them as a kid. But I'm a west aussie, we grew up with tougher skin! You even walked up them :)

[@ACDZ123]

West Aussies are just built different..look at Melbourne, crying about the heatwave of 35 to 37 degrees 😅

[@garycorbin2789]

​@@ACDZ123yeah but they whinge like pommies about the cold .

[@joandsarah77]

I was born in the mid 60's and even if I had 5cents in my pocket as a kid, I would go across the road after school and get some lollies. They had 1c, 2c and 5 cent ones. You would point to what you wanted and into the white bag they would go to be eaten on the bus going home. 10 cents you were doing well, 20 and you were set. I never had 50 to spend but 20 cents was plenty.

[@SuzsSpace]

Absolutely. And you could ask for 1c of a lolly and get three or four. Those were the days

[@davecollins6122]

We had the same, three kids would get 20 cents pocket money every Friday night. On Saturday we would pool the money and buy 20 cents worth chips (The minimum at the time, wrapped in newspaper) for lunch and then spend the 40 cents on mixed lollies, most were ½ cents each, but some were ¼ cent and the best were 1 cent each. We also had a Maltese neighbour that would give us kids 50 cents when we visited, it was like wining the lotto and because I was the only boy she would give me an extra 50 cents when we left and say “This is for the other hand”. I felt like the riche’s boy in the world

[@Sonia-e9t1e]

Who here reckons he needs to watch "Kath n Kim" ? My fav 90s show !! Still on repeat in 2025

[@alvintostig1676]

I would recommend Ian watch Mr Inbetween.

[@oaktreeman4369]

Milk crates! I used to make them. The machine was set to a 60 second cycle. That's how long it takes to make one - 60 seconds in the machine, plus 30 to 40 seconds to trim off the flashing.

[@deMOCKracy-xk8dj]

Hi Ian, another great 😊 I'm in the UK so I can't speak of Australia, but mobile mechanic services by actual companies is a thing here too still. My neighbour just had Halfords out the other week to get his car checked out, oil change and a tire change I think. Also fun fact, Big Brother is a Dutch tv show, created in 1997, first broadcasted in 1999 in the Netherlands, hitting British and American tv screens in 2000 and licensed all around the world.

[@republicofcasuals]

This triggered something deep in my brain from the early 90's as a kid and i still remember it crystal clear. 13 11 66, 13 11 66, 13 11 66... Pizza Hut Delivery 🤣 Remember those good old all you can eat pizza and ice cream bar days... god damn Pizza Hut used to be the pinnacle of fast food, and Sizzler! 😁

[@natp3408]

Damn I miss those dessert bars and cheezy bread!! Pizza Hut also gave out the best toys. Blinky Bill and The Land Before Time rubber puppets, also these Battle Ball things... good times to be a kid 😁

[@republicofcasuals]

@@natp3408 OMG YES! I remember the Land Before Time hand rubber puppets, and they were so cool. Now you reminded me of another movie I forgot about "An American Tail", i might watch that tonight, cheers 😁🍻

[@Sonia-e9t1e]

Yes ! Sizzler and the cheese toast ! The pizza hut buffet was a real treat back then they were one of the few places that had red creaming soda refills !!

[@robman2095]

The amber glass was a sliding glass door usually separating the living room from another room or the front entry hall

[@danieljob3184]

When a Millennial says 'nostalgia' & proceeds to show you pictures of stuff you still use! 😐 The Electric frying pan was that mystery device. Think of it like a kettle for food! 😅 I'm old... 😢😭

[@mickbrown8991]

Definitely give the steak sanga a go , with some fried onion, tomato, cheddar cheese , egg and a squirt of sauce MMMMM Yum !

[@maursyf16]

Cut the cheese and egg add some beetroot.

[@scottneil1187]

I had one of those pocket tvs, the exact model shown, I'm in Scotland, they didn't regionalise them, it still said color!. Barely worked, didn't tune half the time, dad got me it with cigarette coupons, you got one in your pack of cigs and saved them, there was a catalogue and everything!.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

The 'Wake in Fright' movie...."It left me Speechless" - Martin Scorsese. Yep Lube Mobile is mobile like it says Ian. Pretty sure they're still going strong. Those red 'snags' are called cocktail franks or 'little boys' at least here in WA 😁 Truth! & They're a big fave still at kids parties, with fairy bread of course. Also at adult parties(not those ones lol) or just an easy snack whilst watching the footy with mates 👍

[@grahamejohn6847]

I remember helping my mum when she downsized to an apartment and it was on the second floor. I dropped her damn telly on the stairs and by the time it hit bottom, it was demolished, sigh. The glucojel jelly beans were great for diabetics to keep handy but everyone else just ate them for what they were. I remember when Macca's burgers came in Styrofoam containers. Milk crates were excellent storage for tools and fishing gear. I definitely remember the pirated copy of Windows XP. Every home had an electric frypan my mum could even bake sponge cake in it.

[@marvindebot3264]

They are great for diabetics because they have a regulated amount of glucose, there is a specific dose for recovery from an episode.

[@caylem00]

jelly beans *are great. you can still get them!

[@Just_For_Kixz]

@@marvindebot3264they were good if you had to have blooddrawn/donating…

[@joandsarah77]

Just jelly beans, really good ones. 19:37 My mother had one, we called it the electric fry pan. That sun and moon print, my husband had that as a quilt when we first met 25 years ago.

[@mjb7015]

The fun thing about Johnson and Friends (you skipped past it, Ian) is that they were not puppets or marionettes. They were full-sized adults in costumes, in a giant sized room set. Pretending to be toys that came alive when the humans were gone. (Yes, it was Toy Story a decade before Toy Story).

[@DeborahMcnaughton-y2p]

Gotta remember that they were right beside an airport so cheap houses👍✌️🌻

[@robthomson1327]

I watched the 2002 AFL Grand Final on a portable TV at my sister in laws wedding. I had a bigger crowd around me than the wedding party! Got me in a bit trouble!!!

[@jenniferharrison8915]

We had that phone, I think the extra buttons were for stored numbers! They were so flimsy they always fell down and the cords tangled up - memories! I think the mini hotdogs were called saveloys, not common food now! Mum used to buy the glucose jelly beans from the chemist! We had those hot metal slides at the local park! The amber glass door has a sliding track! Sunbeam electric frypan, family roasts! I loved the mix of favourite lollies bag! 😋

[@DarkMatter1992]

9:57 the official name is Cocktail Frankfurt. Depending on where you're from, they might also be called; Cheerios, Little boys, Saveloy, Baby sav, Footy frank Cocktail weenie, Appetizer sausage, Mini hotdog, Vienna sausage, Lil smokies, or Baby wursts.

[@lindathomas3142]

Savaloys are the large fat hot dogs

[@DarkMatter1992]

@@lindathomas3142 Tell that to the South Australians.

[@josnova68]

Don Franks are The Best Give Them a Try

[@lindathomas3142]

@DarkMatter1992 different strokes for different folks😅. I

[@Just_For_Kixz]

Cock Doggies as well!

[@livertic]

We have loads of mobile mechanics !

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Got 3 milk crates with all my vinyl albums in them

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

I have 2 of those glass sliding doors, a double one to block off the kitchen, and one to block off the bedroom areas (Used when I have the aircon on in the lounge). Mine are not orange though.

[@susanjacquier5358]

We rented a house while building....they had those glass doors, both in the lounge and kitchen 'display' cupboards. terrified we'd break the bloody things.

[@laurenolney3969]

I got burns on slides and blisters on metal monkey bars, the glucogel beans are first aid for diabetics, loved Ren & Stimpy, still have my stolen milk crates, the little red sausages are cocktail frankfurts or ‘Cheerios’ - still popular :) Steak sandwich with the lot is still my favourite.

[@TheAverageGuy12]

70's door...just like looking through a beer glass. Classic.

[@archiesshowtell8094]

I would never have remembered the extraordinary without this video - I suddenly could hear the intro in my head so I found it on KZbin to see if I was right and it was. Mind blown 🤯

[@kaz1313]

The Castle, Bonnie Doon, my neck of the woods. Ah the serenity!!!! I remember everything in this video.

[@rw-xf4cb]

I even hear the zapping of the mozzies now recalling this film - oh the serenity!

[@MsTtilly]

Saveloys are still a Birthday party staple! 😂

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

Mobile mechanics/auto-electricians/tyre and brake guys are everywhere here in Queensland. My kids just aboout lived on cheerios and sauce, just like I did and now my grandkids do. If you haven't had fairy bread, luke-warm cheerios and nuclear-hot mini pies then you haven't been to a REAL Aussie kids party. I don't own a house, but we've got 5 cars, 2 dogs and 2 boats. Still "poor" though. One of our cars is only 2 years old (under finance, of course), but the rest are all 15+ years old. 20:00 is an electric frying pan. Likely a Sunbeam, Breville, or Kambrook model. There's one on my kitchen counter as we speak.

[@natp3408]

Arrrgh! All the memories flooding in!! The Dot movies were my childhood; fave was Dot and Keeto (the mosquito). I had the original Dot and the Kangaroo novel, too. I remember the book being kind of sad/melancholy... like Charlotte's Web vibes. Yoram Gross has also just unlocked the memory of collecting the Blinky Bill Rubber puppets from Pizza Hut. 😂 20:12 haha, that was the contact paper design I had on my school exercise books in primary school. (Weird that I still remember this 🤨😅) Thank you Peter Duttons Butt Wipe!! 😄

[@JohnHollands]

Those red sausages are party franks or cocktail franks (frankfurters). Kids parties or adults parties, often on a toothpick with cheese. Also known, even by parents, as “LBDs” (little boys doodles). More innocent times.

[@Sonia-e9t1e]

Also known as footy franks. Because in the 90s you didn't just have them with tomato sauce at a party you had them watching the footy with your parents. (Not to be confused with AFL) Footy Is known as NRL here in NSW

[@Just_For_Kixz]

I’ve heard Cock Doggies but not LBDs though!

[@myopinion69420]

16:50 yep, a personal pizza. think they only came in ham and pineapple. we used to order our lunch by writing what we wanted on the front of a paper bag with our name and then taping the money to the front. we would do that before class started and place it in a tub. each week 1 it would be 1 students job to take the tub to the canteen just after class starts, then go up to the canteen and pick it back up just before lunch. your order would be placed inside the paper bag. 19:30 that is an electric frying pan. used to cook pretty much anything you would normally cook in a fryingpan, but they tended to be a lot bigger and most people cooked strews and things in them. If i remember correctly, the middle spike did not actually conduct electricity, it was the probe for the thermostat in the plug. the contacts for the electrical were on either side of the spike. 20:30 had one last night, was good.

[@6226superhurricane]

the "air fryer" thing is just an electric frying pan, we still use one and you can still buy them. they're perfect for cooking pancakes, burgers, bacon and eggs etc etc.

[@Zygon13]

Everyone had one back in the day and we all cooked a baked dinner and used for everything else as well.

[@theGhostWolfe]

I’d forgotten about them, but through my childhood and teens, this was used for almost every dinner. I hated washing it up, it was so bulky.

[@6226superhurricane]

@@theGhostWolfe they've got all the fancy non stick on them now. ours is some sort of diamond pattern non stick, can just wipe it out and wash it up easy as.

[@leannewith3]

My friend had one of those pocket TVs in 1988. I remember hiding it behind our school books and watching TV 😅 (Melbourne)

[@gerhal7076]

15:40 sliding partion door popular in the 70's houses were mission brown everything.

[@rw-xf4cb]

burnt orange/pale lime green breakfast bars too.

[@johntaylor6654]

'The Castle' definitely my favourite movie, quotes from it are part of the Australian lexicon, you all know what they are !

[@andrewhall9175]

Ah yes. The ol Telecom TF200. The pinnacle of push button convenience 😅

[@retrozmachine1189]

I still have one for my VoIP ATA but it hasn't been used for ages.

[@caltravels9454]

Yep, Lube Mobile is still current and big. Pretty reasonable in pricing too. My grandparents house had the exact amber sliding door to the living room, big memories, Fun fact, my granddads wood fired stove is now in Sir Donald Bradmans museum home kitchen, the family sold it to the foundation after his passing.

[@pricklyprospector1208]

Electric hooded frypan was a Batchelor's dream. You can cook anything in/on those things. As a single dad I still utilise one.🙃🙂

[@natp3408]

17:09 Those pizzas are up there with the Sizzler Cheezy B😢read as something I have lamented I will never get to eat again 😭😭 Used to sell them at the skate rink/arcade that was my pre-pubescent hangout in the 90's.

[@bernadetteaustin8577]

Remember all of these. And still have a few milk crates. Still love little boys, or cherrios and tomato sauce. 😃

[@namewithheldbygoogleforsec673]

yep, milk crates tied to the handlebars of bikes to carry things. Paperboys used them to carry newspapers, Kids in general used them to carry things fron the shops, or carrying their school books if they rode to school. and their swim gear if they rode to the local pool. plus many othe things, even dinking their friends/brother/sister.

[@TheGwydion777]

Sliding doors to create multiple rooms. We had them here in our house in the NL. Before insulation became a thing it helped keep the heat in better.

[@Notric]

Milk Crates - under every drum kit in every pub.

[@alexradojkovic9671]

5:30... I had a 4" black & white TV for my nightshift work in the 90s. A normal CRT TV with rabbit ear aerial and all the channels in range.

[@antheabrouwer3258]

Love love love Dot and the Kangaroo

[@toness05]

The most amazing part about The Castle was that it was made on a budget of 750000 AUSD in the day!! I watch it once a year religiously as theres no way you cant come out feeling better.

[@MelodyMan69]

12:25. That is a 'Frame' from an Aussie Movie called THE CASTLE. You are not Aussie until you see it. FAMILY VALES. ❤

[@colla555]

15:30 sliding doors (we had one between the kitchen and dining room, but only made of wood without glass)

[@kittyr6534]

0:55 I couldn’t help it, said “oh yeah!!” out loud so excited. Gave my hubby a bit of a surprise lol. I’d forgotten all about that film, but it was cool. Must admit I barely remember it, I would’ve been about 4 when I saw it, but I have happy feelings associated with it. Maybe it was time spent with Dad to watch it or something. But I do remember enjoying it and liking the cartoons against the real scenery.

[@MsTtilly]

Best Jelly Beans ever!

[@ClownWorldSurvivor_Cass82]

Great memories❤🇦🇺

[@top40researcher31]

It goes to show that America and the Australia live in two different worlds as you never seen these before

[@Dr_KAP]

America and the USA? You sure ? 😂

[@top40researcher31]

@@Dr_KAP What does America have that Australia Dosnt that is School Shootings and riots since trump has become president he's going to make america the laughing stock of the world yes that is *MY OPINION* and i am sticking to it

[@PaulLees-wr9fb]

Lol, I remember those metal slides. It was worse hitting the bark landing, having to pull out all the splinters lol.

[@helenstenner8172]

I still have my Dot and the Kangaroo book. There are some very scary things in the book, eg. Dot is lost in the bush and after falling asleep under a tree she wakes up with a snake on her, but is saved by a kookaburra. It's when the Willy Wag Tail became my favourite bird. So many things in the book remain with me now that I'm quite old.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

That Win XP key is the same one I used, back in the day! My local shop when I was in primary school (midish 70's) we had 2 for 1c lollies.

[@southron_d1349]

The electric frying-pan is a later model of one I still use.

[@Smokey7186]

Still got.one... hmm

[@austalien1]

just got new one the other day, great for spag bogg

[@marvindebot3264]

Yup, I still have and use the original version, thick un-treated alloy with no non-stick BS. The newer ones are crap.

[@katherineschmidt2075]

The 70s glass is called "coke bottle glass". The amber coloured circular panel with wood frame. Absolutely everywhere and still about in some houses.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Ah the old touchfone, mum used it well into the 2,000's. She especially liked using it to annoy the telemarketers and scammers, remember one time someone can't demand she pay her Internet bill or they'd cut her off. She told them to cut her off, she didn't have a computer 😂😂

[@johncunningham4820]

Australian TELECOM , back in the day were World LEADING technologists , as well as the Owner/Operators of our Network . Yes , Lube-mobile is still definitely a thing . Minor and Major service and Repairs (with prior arrangement) up to the complexity of CV joint replacement or an Exhaust replacement . All done In Your Front Yard or some other Outdoor area . Work Carpark quite OFTEN . That Appliance @19:50 was an Electric Fry-Pan . EVERY household had one , and they were FABULOUSLY versatile . The big silver Prong on the plug was a thermocouple , and yes ! , you could indeed do a Roast in the damn things . Wish I had one still today .

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

My current lounge is an old door on milk crates with lounge cushions on top lmao

[@lizthomas6347]

Pocket Colour TV's 😂...I remember black and white TV's and even when there was no TV in my state. We were fortunate enough to get one of the first ones and it was one of those big tube TV's. Yes it has all happened within my lifetime. I could still sing the Lube Mobile ad word for word and yes we certainly do have mechanics come to you house to fix your car, fairly commonplace here.. Cocktail franks are yummy and we still have them. Jelly beans are always available in the chemist. Often bought for diabetics to eat when their sugar drops. Oh heavens, orange glass/perspex/counter tops was a thing in the 70"s Hopefully never again. Oh my goodness the electric frypan, probably most homes had one, I know I did and I am sure some still do. The bag of lollies was the best. Steak sandwiches are still great. I do remember Diva. This was fun and I remember most of these things..

[@greghunter4383]

Yep, pre internet was awesome.

[@Dr_KAP]

Hi Ian- yes mobile mechanics are a big thing here, it’s going to cost you a bit more and some things obviously can’t be done in your driveway, but I have used them a few times over the years and you can also get your registration inspection done at home. Also those cocktail Frankfurts (called little boys in Victoria) definitely a thing!!

[@leniere309]

I remember a lot of these, the one I remember the most though is what we called a steak van, it was an extended caravan built as a kitchen, it was parked out side a hotel/pub and it had the best steak sandwiches ever, my whole family and all of our friends loved that place.

[@grantodaniel7053]

There's one of them in the Cavan Hotel carpark in Adelaide... I use it regularly and their full-tilt steak sandwiches are the duck's guts... best I've ever had (and I've had a few)! It's been working at that location for donkey's years. 😛😛👍

[@leniere309]

@@grantodaniel7053 Hi, That is the caravan I was talking about, Cheers.

[@BlackPanther-is8yy]

Memories!!!🥰🥰

[@brendoncrofts6714]

Making popcorn in the old frypan tip the whole bag in and cover the entire kitchen floor with popcorn ,mum use to go off

[@acatnamedtaz2167]

I got a lower score on a spelling test after watching Sesame Street before school, one-time Color/colour was one of those words on the show and the test 😂

[@meganpaull6140]

Wow great video certainly a great trip down memory lane back in the good old days the best times

[@johnwest291]

I use to fix those TVs. Had to carry them in and out of peoples cars all day. And Im old enough to remember paying 1 cent for that bag of lollies

[@shoresaresandy]

LOL I remember getting two lollies for half a penny.

[@dresdyn100]

Mobile mechanics are still a big thing in Australia. I remember I blew up an engine once, the guy got me a reconditioned replacement and did the job in my driveway. He had a portable hoist, airbag lifts.. The works. Took him about two hours.

[@Bomaderry]

The one with the stars, sun & moon, My kids that that on the PJ's

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Celestial! 😁

[@grannym2880]

My favourite coffee mug had that pattern on it. Got if for $1 at Crazy Clarks. Had it for almost 8 years before I finally dropped it and it shattered into a million pieces. Still have never found another cup to fill that hole in my heart. This was at least 25 years ago. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@myopinion69420]

14:30 we had one of these at our infant school (kinder to grade 2, it was later shut down and combined with the primary school, so that then offered the normal kinder to grade 6 instead of being 2 separate schools) it was in the shade in the morning and only just started getting sun about halfway through lunch so was never hot. I made the mistake once of going down it after school while I was waiting to be picked up one day and burned all down the back of my legs.

[@Jeni10]

That’s an Electric Frying Pan and you can still buy them, they’re made by Sunbeam, and Kambrook, possibly a few other brands.

[@ACDZ123]

We have a 1960s sunbeam that still works .silver lid no paint with the cloth electric chord 😅

[@terencemcgeown2358]

I still have & use one of those friers, it takes a little longer to do a roast but the meat us always more tender, its a cross between an oven & a slow cooker.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

Around The Twist was a crazy bit of television!

[@spcanales]

Cocktail frankfurts are definitely still a thing, found in most delis to this day! They’re about thumb size and you would normally have mini skewers to pick them up with, so you don’t burn your fingers, then you’d dunk them in tomato sauce!

[@grannym2880]

Omg I had one of those tiny colour TV's back in the late 80's, early 90's. Watched the Melbourne cup on it in the storage cupboard at the childcare centre I used to work at.

[@joandsarah77]

9:54 Those are cheerios Ian. Heat them up, dip in tomato sauce, very popular at parties. it *is* a thing, still.

[@rw-xf4cb]

Speaking of lollies used to go down to the corner store and pick out lollies with my 50c and often would by a packet of smokes lollies had the tip and the end on fire all sugar no other flavor just super sweet!

[@durv13]

those hot dogs are cocktail franks , or as my mum use to call them , little boys . lmao . im serious , she was so kool . lol

[@theGhostWolfe]

I still call them cheerios, even after we finally got the cereal here.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Over Christmas I was at a church supper with some of my grandsons. I took out my fountain pen to write a quote for someone and the teenagers sitting either side of me asked me what it was. They claimed never to have seen one before. When I told them that when I began junior school, each classroom desk had an ink well, and each of we boys had a dipping pen and a blotting paper to use whilst learning cursive in Year 1, they were incredulous.

[@marvindebot3264]

I still use one now and again, I collect nice inks.

[@nick54thegreat]

I've still got the yellow glass sliding doors in my house, and the cooker as well.

[@sirepaulos]

I live in a hotel complex that was abandoned for 20 yrs & recently found phonebooks from 98 - 2000! looking up the old takeaway store menu's & whatnot lol we had enough tech for rainy days but it didn't dominate our lives yet

[@Jeni10]

The red snags are Cocktail Frankfurts. We often serve them at kids parties because they’re easy for little fingers to manage.

[@GarnetDart]

the cocktail frankfurts we used to call them little boys. They are still available. You can even get circumcised (skinless) versions these days. I still use my electric frying pan to do a roast or fried rice