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    Posted: September 18 2006 at 14:16
Welcome to The Grey Room - for those members who are the wrong side of forty (or thirty for that matter!) here's a place you can discuss gigs from long ago, the price of hair restorer, how lucky the kids are today - are they spoilt brats? Have they never had it so good? Did we have more freedom in the sixties/seventies (eighties) ? Look at the lighter side of maturity - not strictly to have a moan like grumpy old men, unless Rick W. decides to pop in and have a grouse!!  Did we have things better when we were teenagers? Has nothing really changed? Are you chuffed that your favourite classic Rock and Prog is still being found and appreciated by new generations, and new bands creating new music and following a strong tradition? Did you dig your Dad's record collection - i never liked my Dad's music - Glenn Miller and The Sound of Music, i was a rebel, i wanted something they hated - Prog!! I find it amazing that todays young people are into music their parents liked, things have certainly changed. Do you like the world we're in today - did girls look better in frocks? Did you recently buy a motorbike and are reliving your adolescence? Do you believe in the Mid-life Crisis? Are we eating chemically infused rubbish? Did Grandad's tomatoes taste better? How did we manage without computers, mobile phones and digital TV with all those channels - was TV better  when there were just three? Where is Rock heading in the future - will it change completely or continue to go round and round in circles?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 14:23
You said you would start this one, and you did, Great.
A lot of questions you ask. I think my kids have it better then i did, I can't remember I had a television in my room when I was 11. Am curious about the response here. Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 14:24
The TV rota was strictly controlled by Dad in my house - any arguments it went off!
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 14:26
The same at my parents house, He watched a lot a football, so I didn't mind that much. Just a bit of moaning then, I bought albums at the price of 16 guilders, now they are twice that much.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 14:30
LP's were £1 /17shillings and sixpence (37/6d), about £1.75 to buy new.
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:13
Are useless posts permitted?????????????????
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:21
hmmmmmmmmm.......not too much so, constructive topics mostly welcome!Wink
 
 
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:28
At last, a civilized area!  Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:30
Aaaaaaaaaaah, Vr rubbing off. Oh well...........My oldest daughter just began a new school. Our system is different then yours. It is much more serious now, new subjects like French and Arithmatics. She is getting there. A question, when do you use then and than?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:32
Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

At last, a civilized area!  Wink
 
You're almost too young!!  Wink.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:34
^ At thirty-two ?  You gotta be kidding me!Wink  Isn't this a place for people on the wrong side of thirty as well?  I hope I have more in common with you than with teens (girlfriend, daughter, work, life,etc...LOL).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:37
You will have, I think..........Melomaniac .
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Originally posted by glass house glass house wrote:

You will have, I think..........Melomaniac .
 
Cry ok, just let me know when I can be a member of this club... and when I can have my senior's discount as well!   LOLWink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:46
Anyone who wants to post here is a member Big smile. Do you know your then's and than's?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:47
[QUOTE=glass house]Aaaaaaaaaaah, Vr rubbing off. Oh well...........My oldest daughter just began a new school. Our system is different then yours. It is much more serious now, new subjects like French and Arithmatics. She is getting there. A question, when do you use then and than?[/QUOTE]
 
 
well it is quite simple, really....one would use then rather than than if you were saying "back then" ....i would also say "i would  have this rather than that..."Confused
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:51
So, f.e. : our system is different than your?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:51
then : when speaking of the past
than : when comparing
English is my second language by the way... so don't be too hard on me!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:51
Originally posted by glass house glass house wrote:

So, f.e. : our system is different than your?
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:52
Cry ok, just let me know when I can be a member of this club... and when I can have my senior's discount as well!   LOLWink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2006 at 15:53
Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Cry ok, just let me know when I can be a member of this club... and when I can have my senior's discount as well!   LOLWink
 
 
 
 
 
answer one of the questions at the top of the thread and you're in!Thumbs Up
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