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Mk2 Jim

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543 posts

215 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Has anyone else seen this?
I've just seen it twice whilst watching wheeler dealers on Sky.
Just made me smile that they have got all the 80's touches such as Wimpey and Our price aswell as peoples clothing spot on, in case your wondering the advert is celebrating 25 years of them operating.

Kinky

39,941 posts

298 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Yeah - just seen it on Dave, watching old TG's, and it's a brilliant ad thumbup

whitechief

4,432 posts

224 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Mk2 Jim said:
Has anyone else seen this?
I've just seen it twice whilst watching wheeler dealers on Sky.
Just made me smile that they have got all the 80's touches such as Wimpey and Our price aswell as peoples clothing spot on, in case your wondering the advert is celebrating 25 years of them operating.
Just seen it on ITV+1, it brought a smile to my face smile

rfn

4,607 posts

236 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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CatherineJ

9,586 posts

272 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Excellent advert.

Mk2 Jim

Original Poster:

543 posts

215 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Thats the one!

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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There are some good adverts around at the moment, love the PG Tips one, and the new Hovis one is a cracker too.

LHDisbest

17,002 posts

216 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Brilliant ad, saw it this morning during the ad's in The Sweeney. thumbup

Gun

13,432 posts

247 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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This is my current favourite

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ust9YBlEfY

rfn

4,607 posts

236 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Gun said:
This is my current favourite

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ust9YBlEfY
That is brilliant - as is the associated website!

Pork

9,455 posts

263 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Were mobile phones that "small" in 1984?

Gun

13,432 posts

247 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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rfn said:
Gun said:
This is my current favourite

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ust9YBlEfY
That is brilliant - as is the associated website!
comparethemeerkat.com is hilarious!!

www.comparethemeerkat.com

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Pork said:
Were mobile phones that "small" in 1984?
No, I spotted that too, but wasn't quite sad enough to post about it biggrin

Pork

9,455 posts

263 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Balmoral Green said:
Pork said:
Were mobile phones that "small" in 1984?
No, I spotted that too, but wasn't quite sad enough to post about it biggrin
Ha. The devil is in the detail! biggrin

whitechief

4,432 posts

224 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Balmoral Green said:
Pork said:
Were mobile phones that "small" in 1984?
No, I spotted that too, but wasn't quite sad enough to post about it biggrin
It's a Motorola Dynatac, they were released in the States in 1983, not sure when they made it over here though.

chr15b

3,467 posts

219 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Gun said:
rfn said:
Gun said:
This is my current favourite

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ust9YBlEfY
That is brilliant - as is the associated website!
comparethemeerkat.com is hilarious!!

www.comparethemeerkat.com
haha thats ace lol

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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A quick Google shows the first brick handset as being 1973, but I don't think it was commercially available, as there wasn't a network until 1978.

I don't think we had a proper network here until 1985?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_pho...

In the mid eighties, most portables were handsets attached to a briefcase with the transceiver, I remember walking around the Earls Court Caravan show with one in 1988 and being very envious of one or two folks who had the very first 'bricks' paperbag

chr15b

3,467 posts

219 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Balmoral Green said:
A quick Google shows the first brick handset as being 1973, but I don't think it was commercially available, as there wasn't a network until 1978.

I don't think we had a proper network here until 1985?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_pho...

In the mid eighties, most portables were handsets attached to a briefcase with the transceiver, I remember walking around the Earls Court Caravan show with one in 1988 and being very envious of one or two folks who had the very first 'bricks' paperbag
it was a bit like having a carphone handset attached to a car battery

that and paying line rental with no inclusive minutes and having to pay for incoming calls

Edited by chr15b on Sunday 4th January 15:12

black1

979 posts

226 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Balmoral Green said:
A quick Google shows the first brick handset as being 1973, but I don't think it was commercially available, as there wasn't a network until 1978.

I don't think we had a proper network here until 1985?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_pho...

In the mid eighties, most portables were handsets attached to a briefcase with the transceiver, I remember walking around the Earls Court Caravan show with one in 1988 and being very envious of one or two folks who had the very first 'bricks' paperbag
your older than you look lol

cazzer

8,883 posts

277 months

Sunday 4th January 2009
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Shame that they're not allowed to choose stewardesses on looks these days either.
Sorry, Flight Attendants.
Bet they don't look like that on board now.
(if they ever did)