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Taping music off the radio....
But remember folks... |
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Children's tv
Swap Shop was for squares |
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Open back buses that you could jump off while still moving. None of this newfangled nanny state stopping of buses and opening doors. Just wait till it slows down round a corner and jump off! First time I did it, I jumped off in the opposite direction and fell flat on my face....
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Anti-television tv....great stuff: |
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The old HP-25 calculator. I still have mine, and it still works! |
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The Rambler station wagon. On family trips, we'd lay down in the back and enjoy the ride. |
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Game consoles that survive being dropped off a tall building.
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Perfect summers.
When I were a lad, there were 8 weeks of perfect weather in the summer holidays. It would be a constant 78 degrees fahrenheit in the daytime (none of this celcius rubbish then), and 70 in the nightime with a nice cooling breeze. It was never too hot and never too cold, but just right. These days, its cloudy 5 days out of 7 and when it does get hot, it reaches about 97 degrees. Theres no ozone left either so you burn to a crisp within seconds of walking out the door. I really dont know what happened to the weather, but I suspect its to do with chemtrails. And where have all the bloody butterflies gone?? |
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Lead water pipes.
In the house where I grew up (council), we had lead water pipes. In the morning we had to run the water for a few minutes to get rid of most of the poison which had accumulated during the night. Seems quite shocking to think of now and I wonder what effect it had on us at the time. Maybe that's why the summers seemed so nice; we were all stoned on lead (don't try this at home kids). Now, lead pipes are illegal, so the government puts flouride in the water instead. |
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Chocolate doesn't taste the same now. A Toblerone bar used to be my favourite when I was a kid but since 2000 it tastes like oil. I also miss the old brand names like Marathon and Opal Fruits. Today these bars have really stupid names.
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Im sure I remember the launch of BB2? I just remember ITV and BBC.
I also remember free school milk and head checks from Nitty Nora. |
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yes - do you remember them?
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Cheers (I'm really enjoying this! Most fun I've had for a long time. I know. I need to get out more. I wish) Theo Last edited by Cleo; 22nd April 2012 at 10:26. Reason: Another thought! |
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Are you having a dig there? |
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I don't remember this, but I do remember our black and white tv. It took bloody ages to warm up (!) and when you turned it off, youd get a little dot in the centre for a while. When we got a colour one, I thought it was the most amazing thing ever. It even had a remote control. Im not sure how this worked, but you could also turn the tv over by shaking the dogs chain. Ahh the many hours spent annoying my brother with that. "Muuuuum, tell Stuart, hes shaking the chain!!" "I'm not mum, he's lying". <ouch!> "Muuuuuuum...he kicked me!!!" Stuart exits stage left in tears. |
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Remember the old mangle and washing tub coming out on a Monday morning and the sweet taste of Camp coffee - the height of sophistication (my teacher would have been thrilled to see I spelt icy with an 'e') Never mind your caffertierres (certainly spelt that incorrectly) there was nothing like Camp! Best Theo |
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Caffertierres....were those the aluminium percolators with a glass thing on top where you could watch the coffee bubbling through? They were great! Speaking of kids songs: Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, might as well go and eat worms, fat ones, thin ones, long ones, short ones, ones that squiggle and squirm. Bite their heads off, suck their juice out, throw their skins away! Nobody knows how I survive on worms three times a daaaaay. |
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Tomatoes that tasted of something. Seriously, what the hell happened to the taste of tomatoes? And the smell!. I blame the gubbermint.
photo (and tomatoes with taste) by clawhammer |