Who Remembers This . . . . .

[FlashDrive]

:D You'll be showing your AGE here if you know this. . . . I know what it means.....

' Bob a Job ' .... and where did it originate . . . . us ' old school ' fellas would know.

Flash .....:D

[pfitzgerald]

Ok i'll admit to being that old! I remember doing my bit for three years. Weeding, mowing lawns etc.

:) Paul

[big_dav_2001]

I certainly remember having to to Bob-a-job week every year for several years... It's gone the way of the dodo now though....

Although at 30 I wouldn't exactly call myself old... Hehehe

Edit: just realized the last time I had to do bob-a-job would have been about 20 years ago, perhaps I should retract that statement about not being old...hehe ;)

Davin

[xelasnave]

I came in with 35 shillings one year and it was a bob each job no tips either.
OK did you see sputnik ..I did right over head perfect view at Junee 10 yers old.
Two weeks later an art competition at school subject SPEED... I painted sputnik on on side and the Earth on the other and artistically it was a motionless image but I won first prise cause sputnik was the fastest thing to date..I worked for a man who was alive before planes flew the sky. I goto be the oldest on this forum maybe..1947:eyepop:

[acropolite]

Yep done that as well, I can remember getting some pretty hard tasks for that bob, some would pay more than the customary shilling, others would get you to stack a ton of wood and mow the lawn and only give a shilling.

Alex, re- Sputnik, I named my dog that just after the launch date, he had a habit of grabbing my trouser cuff and orbiting around my leg, the name was very appropriate.

[rally]

I seem to recall it was a Boy Scout badge thing.

You had to raise so much to get a Patch by doing a job for a bob.
But it was probably a generic term - at least until a bob became so worthless due to inflation it wasnt worth the effort !

[xelasnave]

6 pence entry to pictures 6 pence for potatoe chips. We had a self service store open in Junee..they must be mad they will be robbed blind...nevertheless self service continued..who would think such could come to pass....

[alan meehan]

Yep been there that was 45 yrs ago in todays rate it would be $50 a job not a bob,even still got my scout uniform mind it would be a bit tight now
AL

[doppler]

It's probably illegal these days with liability insurance, minimum pay rates, child labour laws etc. Times were a lot simpler then.

[leon]

Yep, sure can remember those days.

Leon

[cfranks]

I've got 10 years on you! There are a couple of IIS'ers that are even older I think.

[xelasnave]

I posted such to produce such a responce..thank you ..you take charge until someone else comes forward..I feel relief that there are elders I am not ready to be one yet..thank you

[xelasnave]

Come on Leon you must be too young ..I follow your adventure and yes you must be too young but your recollection is good for me. Thanks for contributing your experience.

[ZeroID]

Football Club used to do bottle ( beer) collections. Car, trailer and half a dozen kids piled on. Dropping into houses and asking to clear out their under house collections to raise funds for gear.
OSH and Child labour and you name it...... would have a fit nowadays .:eyepop:

Yeah, I remember 'bob a job' before decimal days. :rolleyes:

[xelasnave]

Dam the insurance companies I say and the lawyers who hunt the prize of their funds. If there were no funds to covert cuts and bruises would be treated as such and not as a key to unimaginable wealth via compensation. I am convinced many benefits flowed to kids when they could manage risk for themselves. alex

[AstralTraveller]

Yep, bob a job and bottle drives for the cubs and scouts. I fell out of the back of a trailer when it moved off. Dad was driving. No compensation. He made sure the injuries weren't too serious and told me to be more attentive.

In a similar vein, I paid for my first 'scope and my electric bass by delivering papers and mowing lawns.

[el_draco]

Mongrel...:rofl:

[Rick Petrie]

I can remember one 'bob a job' weekend.
Did two jobs on a Saturday morning for twobob and this was my afternoon's entertainment.
I went to the afternoon theatre matinee which cost 11p entry. Had a hamburger at half time 1shilling (1bob). After the show a bag of lollies for 1p.
Back then, an afternoon matinee included, cartoons, a serial or news report, a movie, after intermission more cartoons and another feature movie.
Aaah the good old days.:)
Today all that would cost about $40+.:(

[xelasnave]

I think we went for a week after school and weekend ...well to get over 30 shillings it was that i am sure...but it was a long time ago..I think around that era I got a microscope for 48 shillings..That was the best time not flash by todays standards it was like the 1009 mag Dept store scope for 150 bucks approach but I worked it even at high mag.I would leave slides to contaminate all over.. slime held so many things..I saw little crab styled things 20% fov at 100mag just like a real crag..I saw many little creatures even did sckets kept ligs etc. Other kids thought I was nerdy is the word today and make the istake of pushing past the point where I was allowed to strike back. My grsndfather told me if I started a fight I would get a flogging but if I was i a fight and lost that fight consider that first glogging nothing co.pared to the one I would get for one I did not win...so when someone threw that first punch..which I had to expect and block. and so developed good defence ..I could finish the fight..so many fights cause I looked easy and differrnt
.they could not handle differnt back then .. I never lost pne and the honor grandfather instilled stood.
Never touch the bob jar for a drink etc.. it was their money.
Thanks for this thread I am recalling stuff I forget.:Doi

[FlashDrive]

Yep ...bang on Rick . . . .did the same most Saturdays for the afternoon ' flicks ' . . .we played up a bit . . . rollin' jaffa's down the isle . . .shakin' your ' fanta ' bottle up and ' spraying ' it everywhere....leaving your ' chewing gum ' on the floor.

Weren't they good times . . . . .:lol:

By the Way . . . I can apply for a ' Seniors Card ' next year . . . .:lol2:

Col .. . . . .

[ZeroID]

Just got mine in March, haven't found a use for it yet ... :P

[Camelopardalis]

:lol: maybe the term dissipated here after you booted out the £ ;) :lol: but I remember my brother doing it when I was in single digits, and I'm a decent way from retirement :D

[Monstar]

Where I come from in East London we had a couple of our own variations being "rob a shop" and "pick and nick" :rofl:

[GeoffW1]

Hi,

A lot of my victims as a cub scout gave me more than a shilling. We would target the professional people at home, not the pensioners, beady-eyed little businessmen we were.

David, what electric bass did you buy for your first one?

Cheers

[AstralTraveller]

My first and only electric bass is an Ibanez copy of a Rickenbacker - one of the early ones before the copies got so good Rickenbacker started to complain. The sole reason for choosing it was that my bass playing hero at the time, Chris Squire of Yes, played a Rick. I've heard many more bass players since then but Chris still rates very highly.

I liked it a lot at the time but now hardly play it. I stopped playing at all for decades but got back into it during the mid-life crisis and as a way to slow my drinking - you can't hold a glass while playing. I then got a chance to play with others but in a purely acoustic setting, so I bought a second hand Monterey acoustic bass guitar which I used for a couple of years. Then one day I was in the local music shop and saw another ABG, which I tried out. I wasn't in the market for a new bass but the next day I dropped $2k on it. It's a Tacoma Thunderchief and it's beautiful. Quite loud for an ABG and with awesome tone (especially with Elixir Nanoweb strings) . Everywhere I go I get asked about it. It has a Fishman pickup so even when playing amplified I use it. Later Tacoma was bought out by Fender and then closed down. Sad, to say the least, as the Tacoma eats any Fender ABG I've seen. In fact it eats every ABG I've tried and reviewers have rated it up with Martins costing twice as much.

Sorry about getting off topic but I do love luv that bass.

PS I'm still not much of a player but it does keep me amused.

[uwahl]

Not only do I remember bob a job week and rolling Jaffas down the wooden floor that was the local cinemas aisle but I got MY seniors card last week!;)

[xelasnave]

Yes but do you remember where you put it

[Larryp]

I must be really old! I've had my senior's card for 4 years

[Brian3.]

Thank God I'm not the oldest pair of eyes on IIS! (1946)
Bob a Job seemed like organised servitude to me back then and I thought of other more profitable ways to spend my time. My dear father agreed and worked me twice as hard for half that amount...ah the lessons I learned.
Good old days? Childhood for me was an adventure but life for the parents was much harder than today. In so many ways they were not good days but hard days. In truth these are the good days. I mean they must be, telescopes are less than half the price and twice as good!
I do remember a few noteworthy occasions, once in my early teens chatting to an elderly neighbour (90+) who as a young man had come out from England on a Clipper! On another occasion in 1973 the old lady 2 doors up explained how she travelled from Kalgoorlie to Esperance by coach to attend boarding school. She was 95 in 1973 and explained it was a Cob and Co. horse drawn coach!
Now where did I put that damned walker???

[FlashDrive]

The ' stories ' are coming out now .. .. we did have ' fun ' didn't we.

Aaaah . . . a question arises.....

Do you get ' discount ' when buying / ordering a Telescope or Bit's and pieces when you mention you have a Seniors Card.... :eyepop:.....
OR ... am I in ' fairy ' land to think such a thing was possible.;)

Flash . . . . :D

[xelasnave]

It should entitle you to everything free
We built this country we deserve it.

[xelasnave]

Who remembers billy carts
They were great
I won't go on about it for fear that is going back just a little to far

[el_draco]

Yippeeee I am just a little sprout '61 :rofl::rofl::thumbsup::welcome:

[mithrandir]

You beat me Larry. I've only had mine for a bit under 2 years.

Do you reckon the Opal Concession cards will ever show up? Now they've rolled out Opal buses in our region you can't buy "Pensioner Excursion" tickets on the bus. Even finding a shop that sells them is hard.