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Old Jun 19th 2013, 1:00 pm
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Pot Black in black and white.
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Old Jun 19th 2013, 1:24 pm
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Old Jun 19th 2013, 1:43 pm
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Having a beer in an Ontario Bar, Passively choking and smoking on everyone else's cigarette smoke, being unable to see the far wall for the fug, having to de fumigate your clothes on returning home from a' la tobac.
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Old Jun 19th 2013, 1:48 pm
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Being an unaccompanied minor and being able to go to the local chemist store and easily persuade the pharmacist to sell you some quantities of potassium nitrate and sulphur.
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Being able to walk places from primary school without the need to wear high-visibility vests (Britain).
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Old Jun 19th 2013, 2:05 pm
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Being an unaccompanied minor and being able to go to the local chemist store and easily persuade the pharmacist to sell you some quantities of potassium nitrate and sulphur.
A high school mate of mine was a talented chemist and had an unhealthy interest in explosives. He had no trouble in obtaining various chemicals from which he could make real high-explosives.
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Polar bears.
England winning the World Cup.
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I'm only guessing, but I'll bet not many schools have smoking shelters for the pupils any more.
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Fingering.
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Let's find out how old we are.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-revealed.html

I did rather badly but I would have done 20 years ago.
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- Long drop lavatories

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Old Jun 19th 2013, 3:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Souvy
Let's find out how old we are.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-revealed.html

I did rather badly but I would have done 20 years ago.
11ish. Less of an old git than you then.
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Old Jun 19th 2013, 3:43 pm
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THE CANE!
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Old Jun 19th 2013, 3:43 pm
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You can still buy it of course..
What, Vesta products? Really?

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Good heavens, so you can.

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