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Thread ID: 149549	2021-01-31 06:08:00	I Can Remember............	B.M. (505)	PC World Chat

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1474814	2021-02-02 17:08:00	Electric vehicles are great with all the advantages that Dugimodo has listed, the big but though is the batteries which are dammed expensive to replace,will not last forever and are not environmentally friendly either in production or in eventual disposal. The government is already talking about increasing the tax on petrol with the aim of reducing its use. It will be like the tax on tobacco products eventually rising and making it far more expensive than ordinary people are able to afford. That will get petrol powered vehicles off the road. Nobody in power seems to have even considered how we are going to produce or to distribute all the extra electricity that we will need.	CliveM (6007)
1474815	2021-02-02 19:04:00	That will get petrol powered vehicles off the road. . And what do the poor drive then? Don't say buses, doesn't work everywhere. And what about motorbikes? They have to be electric too?	piroska (17583)
1474816	2021-02-02 20:43:00	And what do the poor drive then? Don't say buses, doesn't work everywhere. And what about motorbikes? They have to be electric too? The Government does not give a tinker's continental about that.	CliveM (6007)
1474817	2021-02-02 22:03:00	We have to impress Paris accord, what else. We sure don't need all those Remuera/Fendalton trucks, trying to impress us. lurking.	Lurking (218)
1474818	2021-02-04 10:04:00	There are 100's of electrical vehicles made in China. www.alibaba.com	mzee (3324)
1474819	2021-02-05 07:06:00	2 billion people, they would need to make a few and they will. lurking.	Lurking (218)
1474820	2021-02-07 22:39:00	While this is all very interesting, what has it got to do with: I Can Remember.........:illogical - not much nostalgia there. Pity. Some recollections of the past would have been fascinating. For example: Did you used to ride the trams in the 50s? Those were the days of the penny section (roughly the equivalent of one cent). On a wet day we were given a penny to take the tram to school - there were no school buses in Wellington. We would have a look to see which end of the tram the conductor was and we would board at the opposite end. We would be at our school stop before the conductor got to our end to collect our fare so we had a penny to spend at the sweet shop and in the 50s one penny bought a lot of sweets.:drool	Roscoe (6288)
1474821	2021-02-07 23:23:00	I'm sure you and a few others on this site will relate to this little poem Roscoe. :) I remember the cheese of my childhood and the bread that we cut with a knife. When the children helped with the housework, and the men went to work, not the wife. The cheese never needed a fridge and the bread was so crusty and hot. The children were seldom unhappy and the wife was content with her lot. I remember the milk from the bottle, with the yummy cream on the top. Our dinner came hot from the oven, and not from the fridge in the shop The kids were a lot more contented, they didn't need money for kicks. Just a game with their mates in the road and sometimes the Saturday flicks. I remember the shop on the corner, where a pen'orth of sweets was sold. Do you think I'm a bit too nostalgic? Or is it....I'm just getting old? I remember the 'loo' was the lavvy and the bogey man came in the night. It wasn't the least bit funny going "out back" with no light. Hung on a peg in that loo, were interesting items to view, from newspapers cut into squares. It took little to keep us amused. Dirty clothes were boiled in the copper, with plenty of rich foamy suds. But the ironing seemed never ending as Mum pressed everyone's 'duds'. I remember the slap on my backside and the taste of soap if I swore. Anorexia and diets weren't heard of and we hadn't much choice what we wore. Do you think that bruised our ego? or our initiative was destroyed? We ate what was put on the table and I think life was better enjoyed. But a huge fact not hereto mentioned in this tale of nostalgic rejoice, is the reason we all "enjoyed" our lot We had NO BLOODY CHOICE! ;)	B.M. (505)
1474822	2021-02-07 23:46:00	Loved your poem, thank you, B.M. "We ate what was put on the table." And if we did not eat it, it was there at the next meal, and the next until we ate it. While we were not poor, we could not afford to waste food, so we ate everything and were thankful for it. And that last line was very true.	Roscoe (6288)
1474823	2021-02-08 00:02:00	There are 100's of electrical vehicles made in China. www.alibaba.com trouble is looking at their prices its good, BUT add on all the BS you would need to get them here and you can easily quadruple (or more) the Price. Example this one is in NZ Dollars, 10793	wainuitech (129)
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