What was daily life like in the 80s/90s/00s?

[Cuzz09]

I heard you can get done drink walking?

or drink on a horse?

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[Dogs_R_Us]

No one wears helmets these days.

I've seem so many guys with baseball caps and helmet hanging on the handlebars.

They're life I guess.

Is it an actual law to wear one??

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Yes it is. My son got chased home by the police once, when he was about 14, for not wearing a helmet. Stern warning. They were having a crackdown, but that seems long gone now. You see many without helmets, on bikes and scooters.

 

[Shell]

I heard you can get done drink walking?

or drink on a horse?

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Surely not.

If you are operating a vehicle, or animal, I'm sure you can, yes.

 

[Shell]

I mean if you were operating a horse and carriage drunk, that be a major hazard on the road.

 

[Billy ray]

finding a rolled up girly magazine like playboy in the bush made your day

 

[Gough]

If you lived in Eire Mike Scott turned up at your school assembly.

 

[peternorth]

Those big USA ones would be insane for sure.

Wet n Wild was fun but I like a good coaster

As horrible as it was I feel really bad for Dream-world

Wonder how it's going now? Loved that rapid ride, would go on it time after time actually trying to get the seat where you get drenched on a hot day

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Oh yeah I wanna go to OS ones too but seems unlikely.

GC is still a good day out.

Used to plan trips around (go to parks on a Tuesday/Wednesday, no school holidays/ get there as it opens/stay til close/make the most of entry ticket)

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Yeah i went to Dreamworld years before that occured, so idk.

Been to Movieworld several times and Wet n Wild twice.

Only one i havent been to is Sea World.

AFAIK Wet n Wild is the only theme park that stays open late.

Was brilliant being there all day + night, till 9pm iirc.

i some 5 days ago was at dreamworld. so many rides were closed and i felt like i walked around and through the park dozens of times in a few hours. To quote Thor:




The place didnt grab and shake me unfortunately for me, but i can see it provides excellent value for everyone. Also many food establishments were closed. wtf.

Anyway, all the parks on GC closed at 5pm. Probably so locals who worked there can get home before it gets fully dark. And its off peak season which is undertstandable

According to the internet (thanks aussie broadband), Movieworld closes at 6 over the summer. And wait for it....wet and wild closes at 730 over the summer!!!!!


white water world at dreamword was ok.

 

[Shell]

Yeah it's absolute bullshit re the parks closing times.

 

[Shell]

But doesn't really matter to me since I won't be attending them anytime soon

 

[BomberManU]

Anyone ever go to GRUNDYS at Surfers Paradise?

Was probably my sisters and I favourite place when we were little.

Was up on top of/inside a shopping precinct thing

We liked it more than the theme parks View attachment 1849663

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If I've got the right place, it had a legendary video game arcade - heard about it from school friends who went there (early 80's) and finally visited a few years later on a family holiday to the GC.

 

[peternorth]

Yeah it's absolute bullshit re the parks closing times.

its strange, odd and bizarre.
also opening time 10am in qld

 

[Shell]

its strange, odd and bizarre.
also opening time 10am in qld

Dont even get me started on their no daylight savings..

 

[rocker_oz33]

finding a rolled up girly magazine like playboy in the bush made your day

Pages stuck together

 

[rocker_oz33]

Yes it is. My son got chased home by the police once, when he was about 14, for not wearing a helmet. Stern warning. They were having a crackdown, but that seems long gone now. You see many without helmets, on bikes and scooters.

Sometimes you see two on a elc scooter ...no helmet no shoes ...shorts and tee shirt ...

 

[kickazz]

Event tickets.

These days it's all about waiting online, overloaded websites, etc.

'Camping' in line overnight with other die-hard fans at your local Ticketmaster or Bass outlet is a pleasure the young-uns of today will never experience.

 

[Shell]

Event tickets.

These days it's all about waiting online, overloaded websites, etc.

'Camping' in line overnight with other die-hard fans at your local Ticketmaster or Bass outlet is a pleasure the young-uns of today will never experience.

Well that's not true. There were a tonne of them lining up for Taylor Swift tickets just a few days ago.

 

[kickazz]

Well that's not true. There were a tonne of them lining up for Taylor Swift tickets just a few days ago.

Really how does that work?

 

[Shell]

Really how does that work?

 

[MP_]

Really how does that work?

Taylor Swift concert ticket frenzy sees fans sleeping in queues

Australian Taylor Swift fans have been camping out overnight and queuing throughout the day in the hope of securing tickets to the US singer's Eras tour concerts.

www.abc.net.au

 

[kickazz]

Well there you go... (maybe they were all Optus customers lol).

It certainly would be less of a thing these days I'd imagine

 

[Shell]

Well there you go... (maybe they were all Optus customers lol).

It certainly would be less of a thing these days I'd imagine

Only way you can really guarantee a seat if you are desperate to go to the big events.

 

[Shell]

Taylor Swift concert ticket frenzy sees fans sleeping in queues

Australian Taylor Swift fans have been camping out overnight and queuing throughout the day in the hope of securing tickets to the US singer's Eras tour concerts.

www.abc.net.au

Some ppl were even paying ppl thru idk some site to sit in the queue for them. Paid from $50-$250 for it

 

[MP_]

Some ppl were even paying ppl thru idk some site to sit in the queue for them. Paid from $50-$250 for it

there's a video of a woman who paid the guy who was first in line for a new iphone 1k for his spot and she was going to buy a tonne of iphones. she gets in and was only allowed one, and this guy went to the back of the line and still got his iphone

 

[Shell]

there's a video of a woman who paid the guy who was first in line for a new iphone 1k for his spot and she was going to buy a tonne of iphones. she gets in and was only allowed one, and this guy went to the back of the line and still got his iphone

There should be a picture of those ppl in the dictionary under "imbecile"

 

[MP_]

There should be a picture of those ppl in the dictionary under "imbecile"