HeyYou Posted September 19, 2018 Share First trip to the States, it was R3 something to the Dollar. We felt sooooo sorry for ourselves. Should have bought the place. First time I went to the US $1 = R2.20!!! Rented a car in White Plains New York and drove through Niagra Falls, Toronto, Quebec City through to Montreal and then down through Boston, back to NY. Petrol in the US was $0.80 a gallon, I think. Went to live there in '90, exchange rate was about $1 = R2.70. Then Mandela was released, my wife missed her folks, so we came back to SA. Eight months later we were divorced, man life is messed up!!!!! Milkman and DJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted September 19, 2018 Share I remember in 1987 odd on a school tour we were discussing it...R1 to the dollar and R2 to the pound. When I went overseas in 1995 it was R4.25 to the pound and we stayed with some guys from zim and the zoom dollar was 17 to the pound Seventeen years before your date (above) I was at varsity in Durbs. At that stage the Zim$ 1 = R1.25!!!Petrol was around R0.11 a litreCastle/Lion was R0.18 a bottleCadburys choc was R0.20 a slab. I lived like a king on my monthly pocket money of Zim$35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Posted September 28, 2018 Share If you lived in Durbs, or visited Durbs in the past, you might remember this place: Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Frosty and intern 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Posted September 28, 2018 Share Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and intern 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted September 28, 2018 Share Triple chip and cheese, please... Fruity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted September 28, 2018 Share Yuuuuup. That SK was legend, back in the day. Like Sanlam Centre used to be, as well. Used to be a Longhorn / Spur or something outside... Catch a movie and a beer. If you lived in Durbs, or visited Durbs in the past, you might remember this place: intern and Fruity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted September 28, 2018 Share I would totally suck at it now, no option to save the game.well what do you know, there goes your friday afternoon https://oldgameshelf.com/circus-charlie-190.html Hairy and Fruity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranswurm Posted September 28, 2018 Share Ari Souvlaki Edited September 28, 2018 by Kranswurm J∆kk∆ls and GLuvsMtb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted September 28, 2018 Share Ari SouvlakiI can swear they are still in Sea Point. Had a meal there about a year ago? Am I confused or something? It's Friday and it was a bloody long week! Where is my whiskey? GLuvsMtb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebel Posted September 28, 2018 Share Yuuuuup. That SK was legend, back in the day. Like Sanlam Centre used to be, as well. Used to be a Longhorn / Spur or something outside... Catch a movie and a beer.We watched the movie " The Doors" at The Wheel. We were stoned at the time... back in the days when you could still smoke in a cinema. There was also that Moroccan market thing on the one side and the restaurant that you accessed over that suspended bridge if I recall. A few years later a guy that I worked with almost had his kid kidnapped from there! Two guys just picked the lighty up and carried him outside towards a waiting taxi. Luckily they weren't successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted September 28, 2018 Share Snip. And maybe a Star Wars, although I didn't really get the point of Star Wars and still don't.What the actual F!! The point of Star Wars?? What’s the point of the Mona Lisa, what’s the point of anything really if you can’t like Star Wars! Imploder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranswurm Posted September 28, 2018 Share I can swear they are still in Sea Point. Had a meal there about a year ago? Am I confused or something? It's Friday and it was a bloody long week! Where is my whiskey?Nope...I believe they still are there DJR and GLuvsMtb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted September 29, 2018 Share We were talking about the rise and fall of shopping centers this morning. Wendy was telling me that, back in the day, the Flora Center was "the place to be" :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Nope...I believe they still are thereSince they moved to the other end of Main road, they have become forgettable.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted September 29, 2018 Share Didn't they relocate to the Waterfront for a while once that became the happening place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 29, 2018 Share If you lived in Durbs, or visited Durbs in the past, you might remember this place:And close by was the Pink Panther restaurant - it was the restaurant's name? Tromp and coppi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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