Crazes: A flash in the pan - then it's gone.
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What about those really big stickers that had the type of car like Xr4i that went on the back window.wildcat45 said:
Yes. I may be confused here. I now think about it, those stickers were called Backflash.
I had one in the back window of my Fiesta; it said "FIESTA".
I also had very trendy little back windscreen roller blinds - you can make them out in this picture - there's the "backflash" as well.
While we're on about it
- white "tyre art" pens
- Ring "Rally Giants"
- I also had a set of Cibie Super Oscars as in the days of that car I lived in France and my best friends uncle worked for Valeo and got me some for free
Only thing was that I hardly ever had them fitted as I was terrified of them being stolen (very common occurrence back in the day).- Which reminds me that the French lass ^ there got me to get a 'backflash' from the UK for her Metro.
wildcat45 said:
I was reminiscing with a mate the other day about life in the early 1990s.
Who remembers 0898 chat lines? I don't mean w
k lines but premium rate numbers you could call to be put through to a load of strangers all talking at once,
As pissed students we'd call them. Utterly pointless. Los of shouting swearing people just saying "Hello" repeatedly. I recall there was some sort of moderator who would cut you off if it got out of hand.
I guess the cost and the soon to come Internet with its U.K. Local boards killed it. That and it was utterly pointless.
At the time, you'd see the numbers in the papers, and your hear or read stories about kids running up mega bills on their parents' accounts.
Then it was gone. A flash in the pan.
CB radio is another.
Do any other odd in-fashion activities spring to mind. Things that just stopped seemingly overnight.
I seem to remember a craze which involved spraying a kitchen cleaner into a cooking utensil.Who remembers 0898 chat lines? I don't mean w
k lines but premium rate numbers you could call to be put through to a load of strangers all talking at once, As pissed students we'd call them. Utterly pointless. Los of shouting swearing people just saying "Hello" repeatedly. I recall there was some sort of moderator who would cut you off if it got out of hand.
I guess the cost and the soon to come Internet with its U.K. Local boards killed it. That and it was utterly pointless.
At the time, you'd see the numbers in the papers, and your hear or read stories about kids running up mega bills on their parents' accounts.
Then it was gone. A flash in the pan.
CB radio is another.
Do any other odd in-fashion activities spring to mind. Things that just stopped seemingly overnight.
Didn't last long.
Dog Star said:
I had one in the back window of my Fiesta; it said "FIESTA".
I also had very trendy little back windscreen roller blinds - you can make them out in this picture - there's the "backflash" as well.
While we're on about it
- white "tyre art" pens
- Ring "Rally Giants"
- I also had a set of Cibie Super Oscars as in the days of that car I lived in France and my best friends uncle worked for Valeo and got me some for free Only thing was that I hardly ever had them fitted as I was terrified of them being stolen (very common occurrence back in the day).
- Which reminds me that the French lass ^ there got me to get a 'backflash' from the UK for her Metro.
The long gone 17 year old in me loves that Fiesta. I also had very trendy little back windscreen roller blinds - you can make them out in this picture - there's the "backflash" as well.
While we're on about it
- white "tyre art" pens
- Ring "Rally Giants"
- I also had a set of Cibie Super Oscars as in the days of that car I lived in France and my best friends uncle worked for Valeo and got me some for free
Only thing was that I hardly ever had them fitted as I was terrified of them being stolen (very common occurrence back in the day).- Which reminds me that the French lass ^ there got me to get a 'backflash' from the UK for her Metro.
I never knew about Tyre Art pens. My solution was trainer whitener in a bottle with a sponge on the end. I'd didn't work very well looked horrible and washed off in the first puddle.
wildcat45 said:
WD39 said:
I seem to remember a craze which involved spraying a kitchen cleaner into a cooking utensil.
Didn't last long.
I don't get that. Do I need a parrot Didn't last long.
TL;DR: Yes.
droopsnoot said:
Think of different makes of kitchen cleaners that are available, with particular reference to the title of the thread - though I'd accept that the one in question is not specifically a kitchen cleaner. And then think of another word for a cooking utensil, one that you might put stuff in to cook, again with particular reference to the title of the thread.
TL;DR: Yes.
Are you Barry Scott? :-)TL;DR: Yes.
Dog Star said:
I still miss it, 26 years after it went 
I'd be embarrassed to drive it now, although at the time it was pretty cool. I love how I thought my 185x13" wheels were MASSIVE!
1980s mode ON- Yeah that's more than a foot across. But you need them for the he big powerful brakes! 1980s mode OFF. I'd be embarrassed to drive it now, although at the time it was pretty cool. I love how I thought my 185x13" wheels were MASSIVE!
:-)
wildcat45 said:
I think they were called a Backflash. Reflective panels that went between the back lights and which necessitated the repositioning of the number plate and it's lights to the back bumper.
They usually bore the model of the car.
Looks like a lot of faff for some tat now.
Heckblende, quite desireable now in a way, along with rear louvres, for period correct stuff.They usually bore the model of the car.
Looks like a lot of faff for some tat now.
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