Why was the forum down for so long?

[grympy]

Was down (in AUS) from around 11 AM Sat, this morning, 9PM Fri US East coast time.

 Yeah, I noticed. Went over to Atheist Republic, then did other stuff.

[Minimalist]

I went to bed.

[grympy]

I went to bed.

South Oz is at least an hour behind the Eastern States, so bit early to go to bed even  for me. . .

[SYZ]

It was a phrase around my house growing up 25 years before that came out, Dad being former Army.

The Aussie army's equivalent is to get up "at sparrow fart" or just "at sparrows".    

[Gwaithmir]

Okay, what did I miss? 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Okay, what did I miss? 

The '80s and the '90s.

[Gwaithmir]

Okay, what did I miss? 

The '80s and the '90s.

Heck! In those years, I was still in my prime. 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Okay, what did I miss? 

The '80s and the '90s.

Heck! In those years, I was still in my prime. 

Likely story.

[grympy]

Okay, what did I miss? 

The '80s and the '90s.

 That was a great time to be in Oz. That was when the 60's arrived here.

[Dom]

Okay, what did I miss? 

The '80s and the '90s.

 That was a great time to be in Oz. That was when the 60's arrived here.

There were 60s? I must have missed those. Some faint recollections of drugs, sex and rock 'n roll is all I got.

[grympy]

The '80s and the '90s.

 That was a great time to be in Oz. That was when the 60's arrived here.

There were 60s? I must have missed those. Some faint recollections of drugs, sex and rock 'n roll is all I got.

Until 1968, I was an insufferable little prig, president of a local church youth group.  

Then in '68, I was conscripted.  First time I saw weed  was in Malaysia in '69; Buddha sticks (1oz) were $1 . I'm allergic; I throw up and hallucinate on weed.  If youse wanted sex, youse had to pay for it, with a better than even chance of getting the clap. A medic who treated that complaint, such an experience held no allure for me. 

When I got home, it was 1970. I actually did a lot of drinking and  rooting in that decade . Got married in '79 and that was the end of that.  

As for the fashions; the less said about them the better ---relating that I once fell off my platform shoes and hurt myself pretty much says it all.

[Fireball]

Okay, what did I miss? 

The '80s and the '90s.

Heck! In those years, I was still in my prime. 

I know the feeling. I used to be able to pick up an assembled small block Chevy short block (block, crankshaft, rods and pistons, cam, timing chain and gears) unassisted and put it in the back of a truck. That's ~325 pounds, nearly twice what I weighed (170) at the time. And there are no convenient handles. My bad lower back and hemorrhoids are a testament to that activity. Man, those were the days! Now I weigh 40 more pounds and can hardly pick up a 60 pound sack of concrete mix.   The older I get, the better I was.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

First time I saw weed  was in Malaysia in '69; Buddha sticks (1oz) were $1

I was getting pot in a small town in Indiana in 1965.

[Gwaithmir]

The '80s and the '90s.

Heck! In those years, I was still in my prime. 

I know the feeling. I used to be able to pick up an assembled small block Chevy short block (block, crankshaft, rods and pistons, cam, timing chain and gears) unassisted and put it in the back of a truck. That's ~325 pounds, nearly twice what I weighed (170) at the time. And there are no convenient handles. My bad lower back and hemorrhoids are a testament to that activity. Man, those were the days! Now I weigh 40 more pounds and can hardly pick up a 60 pound sack of concrete mix.   The older I get, the better I was.

I know what you mean. During the 80's and 90's I spent about six weeks of each spring harvesting firewood from my land and stacking it near the house. My favorite hobby was building stone retaining walls. When autumn came around, I brought the firewood into the cellar (up to five cords) a wheelbarrow at a time. I heated my house solely with firewood until about 2014, when I realized I was past the age for that sort of thing. It was during the early 1990's that I started my caterpillar farm, which also entailed a lot of work. Nowadays, my activities are pretty much relegated to reading, watching movies and playing Mahjong.