One for those over a certain age
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davhill said:
rovermorris999 said:
Yes I had one, great fun. But not as much fun as sitting in the middle if the front bench seat of my Dad's MK1 Consul and changing gear using the column shift. He used to operate the clutch and I did the shifting. He reckoned it was like having a semi-auto. At the risk of trumpet-blowing it worked extremely well, upshifts and downshifts. All the while with him smoking Guards cigarettes and knocking the ash out of the quarterlight window.
Yep, I was put in charge of our A35 van's central indicator switch but only when Mum was driving. Exige77 said:
NDA said:
Exige77 said:
Anyone remember Laskys ?
A proper Hi Fidelity shop.
I worked in the Hi Fi industry in the early 80's and Laskys were huge. But I'm not sure I'd have called them 'proper hi fi' - they had some good brand names, but I always thought of them as a bit like Comet.A proper Hi Fidelity shop.
I grew up in Devon so anything with a light on was virtually witchcraft - there were certainly no hi fi shops.
Someone’s posted this on another thread I’m following. Thought it a good mention here.
The original “Supercar”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8m9Z010pM4
The original “Supercar”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8m9Z010pM4
V8 FOU said:
They and GW Smith bought out a Hi Fi shop in Tunbridge Wells that I worked in in 1973. Left soon after, terrible company.
Previous owner was briliant. We used to sell Amstrad amplifiers marketed by Alan sugar. Had the misfortune to deal with him with regard to warranty problems. Total nob then... nowt changes, eh?
What was the hifi shop in Camden road - KAC Electrical? - that was always rammed on Sat afternoon, staffed by middle-aged men in suits but always very keen on prices, and you got a quote printed on a Sinclair thermal roll (sophisticated or what!).Previous owner was briliant. We used to sell Amstrad amplifiers marketed by Alan sugar. Had the misfortune to deal with him with regard to warranty problems. Total nob then... nowt changes, eh?
Spent thousands there over the years, but all long gone. Richer Sounds has a similar ambience but with pubescent staff (that know a lot more tbf).
Anybody mention the change over from town gas to natural gas - now that was a project.
AMG Merc said:
The Don of Croy said:
Anybody mention the change over from town gas to natural gas - now that was a project.
I remember that. Bloke came round with a wrench in the late 60s and changed the burners.
"Jehovah's Witness?"
"No, North Thames Gas"
Frank Muir, Radio 4 1970
john2443 said:
AMG Merc said:
The Don of Croy said:
Anybody mention the change over from town gas to natural gas - now that was a project.
I remember that. Bloke came round with a wrench in the late 60s and changed the burners."Jehovah's Witness?"
"No, North Thames Gas"
Frank Muir, Radio 4 1970
AMG Merc said:
Good one - Very Muir
I still use a line that he took when the BBC Accounts department wrote to him asking for their money back because they had paid twice for the same script.He never heard anything more when he wrote back, 'we regret to advise you that this organisation has no machinery for the return of money'.
Wacky Racer said:
Anyone else have an "Airfix" junior driver?
You stuck a steering wheel on the dashboard on the passenger side and "steered" the car while your dad drove.
(No seatbelts in 1959)
A friends son had a similar thing, they put him in the car with it, mum said "Now you can drive like Daddy". Kid (aged about 3 ) said "Out of the way sYou stuck a steering wheel on the dashboard on the passenger side and "steered" the car while your dad drove.
(No seatbelts in 1959)
thead". Mum was very not amused!
john2443 said:
AMG Merc said:
The Don of Croy said:
Anybody mention the change over from town gas to natural gas - now that was a project.
I remember that. Bloke came round with a wrench in the late 60s and changed the burners."Jehovah's Witness?"
"No, North Thames Gas"
Frank Muir, Radio 4 1970
Robbo 27 said:
First home computer I saw used a cassette player as a memory, the only game was flying a plane, no images you gave instructions on the height you were flying and speed and the game was to come into land, words on the screen told you if you had crashed or not.
Indeed, and not only that, before cassettes, we had to type in the code to make it work, and a single ANYTHING out of place it would crash.....and when we turned it off, all the work was gone.
Something strangely Zen and magical about it all though. Magic now gone.
GetCarter said:
Indeed, and not only that, we had to type in the code to make it work, and a single ANYTHING out of place it would crash...
..and when we turned it off, all the work was gone.
Something strangely Zen and magical about it all though. Magic now gone.
I missed the early computer revolution, we had one at school around 1980 which took up a whole room, but only the S level Maths boffins we’re allowed to touch it...and when we turned it off, all the work was gone.
Something strangely Zen and magical about it all though. Magic now gone.
My parents had no interest, in fact my Father is now 82 and has never used a computer, mobile phone or tablet.
The first computer I used was in the mid 1990s and I had to go on a course to learn how to use it. How times have changed!
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