General Chat

I used to love doing all kinds of competitions and was always picking up entry forms in the supermarket and buying products with competitions on the label. I also used to buy the Competitors Journal a paper that was full of competitions, ideas on slogans etc. The type of competition that you now see on the television, chose answer a, b or c, to a very simple question and pay high telephone rates to enter just doesn't have the same appeal.

I enjoyed making up slogans and would do this whilst ironing or doing the housework. I always had a pen and paper close at hand to jot down ideas and I went to the library to research the answers. Before the day of home computers. Maybe the arrival of computers has put a stop to this kind of competition.

Although never winning the elusive luxury holiday or open top sports car I have won loads of small prizes the best being a huge Harrods Christmas hamper of food. The most useless being a years supply of tights - 52 pairs all size small and all in American Tan. I am 5' 10" and couldn't stand the shade American Tan but I did find someone else who was pleased to receive them.

Is there anything that you wish you could still do or have that isn't available today

Wendy x

I wish I could clean my house from top to bottom in one day as I used to, I wish I could clean all my windows and curtains in one day as I used to.Now due to being in constant pain and not having the energy I used to have I take one room a day and one window a day.(when i feel like it lol) but hey ho I have a lot to be grateful for so shouldnt complain. :-) :-) :-)
There are lots of things I wish I could do now that I used to years ago but unfortunatly my head still thinks like a 30yr old but the body tells me different ;-) ;-)

I am the same as you Wendy, used to love the competitors journal and was always writing slogans for competitons. We used to scour the supermarket. It all seemed to seize up about 10 years ago when we stopped seeing that sort of competition. I won lots of small prizes, my favourite was a day at Gatcombe for the horse trials for two of us including parking and entrance to one special area.
I also won a couple of large toys for grandaughter and thatw as about the last I won. Don't like the send a postcard draw type competitions, it was the keeping my brain active I enjoyed.

Other than that I miss being able to walk up a mountain (even a small one) not that we have been up many but we did have the ability and did go up Old Man Coniston and Haystacks.

Same as ann, and i miss working full time, dancing , walking , camping, having more children, its strange when i was younger and well ish i didnt care my house was a home with kids and toys and clutter, now theyve left home and im in too much or it would cause pain to do house work, although specky is very good.

Its interesting to read about what others miss from ... way back when ... and although I wouldn't want to be without the internet I think that a lot of things have changed since its arrival. Children don't play outside so much now, although there is always the safety aspect to be considered, but play inside with computer games etc. i have to admit that there have been times when I have thought that I would go for a walk and get some exercise and then thought that I would just look on GR before I go and ended up staying in and doing look ups or research, which I love doing.

The internet a blessing and a curse Wendy!!

I miss dancing and partying, loved walking now cant manage it much, I also miss my singing , breathing is not good...maybe a blessing .... lol...I did comps too won quite a lot biggest being a holiday in Florida, lots of small ones once I won £ 1000 pounds, but had put my daughters name on it and she claimed it ...grrrr.
also baking , now I can put weight on just thinking about it,

JUST EVERYTHING I USED TO DO AND MOST OF ALL WALKIING OH HOW I TOOK SUCH THINGS FOR GRANTED

I WALKED THE YORKSHIRE MOORS
CLIMBED UP WATERFALLS,,LOL NOW
FALL FLAT ON ME FACE

Dizzi and Jean puts mine in perspective.

Dizzi do you have lots of photos, can you re-live the walks through photos? Not the same I know but something.

Jean I am agree with you re the baking I only have to look at a cake to gain a xfew pounds.

Dizzi, hope you are feeling better now. It is sad when we can't do the things we used to be able to, trouble is my brain says I can but it lies to me!

Ann the photo idea is good I often look at the you tube clip and I think you are right I think you were there with us

I am sure that I took a photo of the two of you but haven't tracked it down yet. Thought I'd sent you a copy but maybe not. T thinks we were there too. I remember a good night and several amarettos. :-D

i miss my very happy childhood,so innocent and so free. :-D

Oh dare I say it ...LOL

I miss the smell of Pine Christmas trees........and all my mothers Christmases , we never had much .but what we had was magic.. :-D

Also I miss being on the school PTAand playing the part of Dandini when my children's school put on th panto Cinderella. The after rehearsal drinks in the pub were quite good too.

Lust :-D

Gobstoppers :-D

Marilyn we posted at the same time I love an english Christmas as there is nothing special anout 25 th December here, it's just a day off and back to work on Boxing
Day but we do have the spanish celebrationson Kings Day 6th January.

Wend you can still have lust...no effort involved you can keep it in the mind.

I guess you could still have gobstoppers too PH I still buy sticks of liquorice.

I do Tenerife Sun - I just miss the effort :-D

I miss holding my OH's arm or hand when we walk along as since his accident he now has to use a wheel chair / mobility scooter. :-(

Ahhh mummo I think that is both lovely and sad at the same time. You still have him that is the most important thing. My husband and I never went anywhere that we weren't holding hands and I loved every minute of it.