Who remembers?

[Hairy]

We used to gooi at the passing trains on their way to Kempton from Pretoria, until the railway police came calling in the veld one day. Usain Bolt? Bliksem we ran and got away.

Brings back memories.

 

We used to live on a military's base and a fun game was standing on the bridge over the rail way lines seeing who could drop/throw gravel (Ok that big bloody stones/gravel between the rails) into the top of the rail engine funnels/exhausts ........

[Cois]

Look, I don't care how pretty it is, if my new bike comes with a pain job, I'm sending it straight back for a replacement.

My Scott came out with a pain job and not a paint job. What idiot thought Matt was a great colour for cycles? Must be some marketing idiot who has seen a bike on a drawing once.

[Warthog]

We used to gooi at the passing trains on their way to Kempton from Pretoria, until the railway police came calling in the veld one day. Usain Bolt? Bliksem we ran and got away.

Usain Bolt??? No man, they were Stasie Blompotte... You walked away from them....

[CAAD4]

No Boet they were still Khaki clad polieste trained at Esselen Park railway college

[Bateleur1]

No Boet they were still Khaki clad polieste trained at Esselen Park railway college

 

I see scenes from a Leon Schuster movie ... Blou ... Blou .... Blou ....

[MrJacques]

'Woer Woer' - Vintage fidget spinner? We were easily entertained

 

[Ispeed_V]

For those 60+ plus (before the sceintific calculators)

[Bateleur1]

'Woer Woer' - Vintage fidget spinner? We were easily entertained

 

 

That is like the deluxe model.  Its go handle things at the end of the string.  We were "armgat" so just the string and the button for us

[MrJacques]

For those 60+ plus (before the sceintific calculators)

 

I have one that belonged to my Grandfather. Not quite sure how it works though 

[MrJacques]

That is like the deluxe model.  Its go handle things at the end of the string.  We were "armgat" so just the string and the button for us

 

I had a metal one my Grandfather made for me. It was quite powerful. No handles though.

[Andymann]

'Woer Woer' - Vintage fidget spinner? We were easily entertained

 

 

Jaaaaa until the string broke and your woer went woer-woering down the passage scaring the living daylights out of the dog, or even worse, hit you square in the face

[Andymann]

I had a metal one my Grandfather made for me. It was quite powerful. No handles though.

 

we used the foil insert you had to cut out with a tin opener from the Milo, Nesquik or Clifton tins.  They were real mini-buzzsaws!

[The Ouzo]

'Woer Woer' - Vintage fidget spinner? We were easily entertained

 

thats luxury version, we never had handles when we made them.

 

Made some for the kids during lockdown, they werent entertained with them for  nearly as long as I remember being entertained with it.

[Warthog]

[Spokey]

That is like the deluxe model.  Its go handle things at the end of the string.  We were "armgat" so just the string and the button for us

We used to use the Jakaranda seed pods at boarding school in Rhodesia days.

[MrJacques]

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The thumbtack was to prevent someone from splitting yours when throwing / playing Not really a concern with the plastic ones though. I sometimes replaced the tip with a pop rivet if it got too worn out or I wanted a smooth one, which is nice when doing tricks like picking it up and letting it spin on your palm.

Edited October 24, 2020 by MrJacques