One for those over a certain age

[cuprabob]

techiedave said:

Label makers similar to these.

I use to love those

[P5BNij]

Remember when 'Tomorrow's World' promised us we'd all be living like this in the future...?









I'm still living in a house that was built in 1937, I demand a recount...

[driverrob]

Not only do I remember most of the above - I still have them, in working condition. I even have the calculator's case (and its manual, somewhere).

Edited by driverrob on Sunday 25th February 16:37

[Voldemort]

On telephone numbers, I once lived in a flat in Newcastle that had the number 2722727. There was a local taxi company that had the number 2772727.
We quickly learned that on Fri/Sat evenings there was absolutely no point explaining to drunk Geordies that they had the wrong number, so you’d wait for them to pause, say ’20 minutes’, hang up and hope they’d dial the right number next time.

[nicanary]

Voldemort said:

On telephone numbers, I once lived in a flat in Newcastle that had the number 2722727. There was a local taxi company that had the number 2772727.
We quickly learned that on Fri/Sat evenings there was absolutely no point explaining to drunk Geordies that they had the wrong number, so you’d wait for them to pause, say ’20 minutes’, hang up and hope they’d dial the right number next time.

My dad had a number one away from Willhire Van Rentals, and got so fed up he would play along for several minutes before he told them the truth.

[nonsequitur]

nicanary said:

Voldemort said:

On telephone numbers, I once lived in a flat in Newcastle that had the number 2722727. There was a local taxi company that had the number 2772727.
We quickly learned that on Fri/Sat evenings there was absolutely no point explaining to drunk Geordies that they had the wrong number, so you’d wait for them to pause, say ’20 minutes’, hang up and hope they’d dial the right number next time.

My dad had a number one away from Willhire Van Rentals, and got so fed up he would play along for several minutes before he told them the truth.

Same for me when I took over a spare Barclay's bank number. Loans, mortgages, overdrafts, I signed 'em up for everything.

[NDA]

P5BNij said:

Remember when 'Tomorrow's World' promised us we'd all be living like this in the future...?

I just watched an episode of UFO on YouTube.... In their vision of the future all women wore short skirts/cat suits and were being harassed by their colleagues and everyone was smoking. Quite realistic I thought.

[driverrob]

So few people had telephones when I was a teenager I managed to find where a girlfriend lived by reverse lookup of her number (Newton Ferrers 123 or similar) in the Plymouth telephone directory. Only took an hour, at most.

[FiF]

nicanary said:

Voldemort said:

On telephone numbers, I once lived in a flat in Newcastle that had the number 2722727. There was a local taxi company that had the number 2772727.
We quickly learned that on Fri/Sat evenings there was absolutely no point explaining to drunk Geordies that they had the wrong number, so you’d wait for them to pause, say ’20 minutes’, hang up and hope they’d dial the right number next time.

My dad had a number one away from Willhire Van Rentals, and got so fed up he would play along for several minutes before he told them the truth.

Our current number is one away from a ladies hairdresser. Before we put in a Truecall unit to deal with other cold callers it was not unknown, when faced with a caller who refused to accept they had dialled the wrong number, that some nameless person would relent and give them an appointment time.

[Gunk]

1960’s Habitat Catalogue, my parents were big fans, our house resembled this, I also had the same hairstyle!

[NDA]

driverrob said:

So few people had telephones when I was a teenager I managed to find where a girlfriend lived by reverse lookup of her number (Newton Ferrers 123 or similar) in the Plymouth telephone directory. Only took an hour, at most.

Stalker.

[eldar]

Laurel Green said:

Toy submarines that came in a packet of cornflakes that were 'powered' by baking powder.

Needed a screw top bottlr like Lucozade to make the rise and fall.

[Wacky Racer]

1977 TVR price list:-

[Funkycoldribena]

Plinth said:

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I remember in the 1970's eating my total bodyweight in Weetabix to collect enough tokens to get one of these:

I had one of those.
Must be '76ish?

[Morningside]

NDA said:

driverrob said:

So few people had telephones when I was a teenager I managed to find where a girlfriend lived by reverse lookup of her number (Newton Ferrers 123 or similar) in the Plymouth telephone directory. Only took an hour, at most.

Stalker.

This generation with mobiles would not understand the cold sweat of fear telephoning their house and the shock of their father answering the phone and you asking to speak to their daughter.

[Bluedot]

Morningside said:

This generation with mobiles would not understand the cold sweat of fear telephoning their house and the shock of their father answering the phone and you asking to speak to their daughter.

[motco]

Bluedot said:

Morningside said:

This generation with mobiles would not understand the cold sweat of fear telephoning their house and the shock of their father answering the phone and you asking to speak to their daughter.

Then him saying "Ah it's YOU! I want a word with you!"

[Dog Star]

NDA said:

driverrob said:

So few people had telephones when I was a teenager I managed to find where a girlfriend lived by reverse lookup of her number (Newton Ferrers 123 or similar) in the Plymouth telephone directory. Only took an hour, at most.

Stalker.

I can beat this! About 4 years ago I managed to get the address and send a Valentines card to a rather plump council bird I know on FB in Bulgaria. I did this from a photo on her profile which had her down the side of the house. I could see mountains in the background, and knowing it was summer (grapes on vines, leaves, clothes) and from the direction of the shadows I could tell that she lived at the northern side of Kyustdentil. I could see the house opposites front gate (distinctive) and a drain cover in the road.

I then went on Google streetview and with a bit of work found the house.

I've probably got some kind of restraining order on me in Bulgaria

[The Mad Monk]

V8covin said:

That's the one !
I knew it wouldn't take the PH massive long

massif

[jmorgan]

Bluedot said:

Morningside said:

This generation with mobiles would not understand the cold sweat of fear telephoning their house and the shock of their father answering the phone and you asking to speak to their daughter.

Erm, ( oh damn, its the Dad......thinks up least likely name) is Fred in?

Hang on, I'll get him now....


Press the switch hooks down so hard you nearly break the 746 (in fetching brown).