Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life (Vol 31)
Discussion
fatboy18 said:
slopes said:
Bobberoo99 said:
I was born in 1970 so was very aware of the £sd shillings and pence thing, and was taught in both metric and imperial at school, working in the industry I do I have to work in both!!
Pfft! whippersnapper! I was 3 when you were born
nonsequitur said:
I can recall posting on this thread for the first time in that year.
Ah, yes, when the Internet was of wood and rope construction. With metal pins, obviously, but they were used sparingly because of cost implications. The Software was paper or, occasionally, parchment if it was important. nonsequitur said:
fatboy18 said:
slopes said:
Bobberoo99 said:
I was born in 1970 so was very aware of the £sd shillings and pence thing, and was taught in both metric and imperial at school, working in the industry I do I have to work in both!!
Pfft! whippersnapper! I was 3 when you were bornDickyC said:
nonsequitur said:
I can recall posting on this thread for the first time in that year.
Ah, yes, when the Internet was of wood and rope construction. With metal pins, obviously, but they were used sparingly because of cost implications. The Software was paper or, occasionally, parchment if it was important. 
<<(tin can)The post was far too trivial to remember all these years later.
nonsequitur said:
DickyC said:
nonsequitur said:
I can recall posting on this thread for the first time in that year.
Ah, yes, when the Internet was of wood and rope construction. With metal pins, obviously, but they were used sparingly because of cost implications. The Software was paper or, occasionally, parchment if it was important. <<(tin can)The post was far too trivial to remember all these years later.
I remember seeing those tincanoputer things in a museum when i was really young!!! I bet glenrobo remembers them being invented!!! 1970... the year I started school, The Beatles officially split up even though the last time the four of them were in the same place at the same time was for a photo shoot in John's back garden the previous August (proper bit of trivia there, goodness me...;) ), the year of 'Kelly's Heroes', the English world cup squad being gifted brand new Mk2 Cortinas, Jochen Rindt became posthumous F1 world champion and Jimi Hendrix shuffled off to another plane altogether.
I feel old. But not as old as Dicky!
I feel old. But not as old as Dicky!
You young 'uns!
1970? That was a memorable year for me. I got married and we spent our honeymoon on the outskirts of a little fishing village in Spain. It was called "Benidorm" . Our hotel was an artist's impression in the Blue Sky brochure., but was very posh. All was orange marble.
I sold my Triumph TR-2 to pay for the fortnight of heaven.
The Hotel Orange has since been demolished after many long years of stirling service.
Shame.
But Mrs Robbo and I are still going strong with no demolition order served on us as yet.
I remember sweet rationing and when it ended my Mum made my baby sister a winning costume for the parish fête fancy dress competition: "Sweet Rationing Girl".
A little lacy dress covered in faked toffees in colourful wrappers sewn on to it.
I remember watching the first jets flying overhead from the nearby USAF base: F-80 Shooting Stars.
Spitfires were still in service with the RAF.
I remember my first long trousers when I started at big school.
I remember my gran was one of the first people in the village to get a television.
9" black & white. She bought it just before the Coronation
On that day, her living room was packed! But us kids were sat cross-legged on the floor right at the front watching the grainy images of the Queen's carriage and white horses.
1970? That was a memorable year for me. I got married and we spent our honeymoon on the outskirts of a little fishing village in Spain. It was called "Benidorm" . Our hotel was an artist's impression in the Blue Sky brochure., but was very posh. All was orange marble.
I sold my Triumph TR-2 to pay for the fortnight of heaven.
The Hotel Orange has since been demolished after many long years of stirling service.
Shame.
But Mrs Robbo and I are still going strong with no demolition order served on us as yet.
I remember sweet rationing and when it ended my Mum made my baby sister a winning costume for the parish fête fancy dress competition: "Sweet Rationing Girl".
A little lacy dress covered in faked toffees in colourful wrappers sewn on to it.
I remember watching the first jets flying overhead from the nearby USAF base: F-80 Shooting Stars.
Spitfires were still in service with the RAF.
I remember my first long trousers when I started at big school.
I remember my gran was one of the first people in the village to get a television.
9" black & white. She bought it just before the Coronation
On that day, her living room was packed! But us kids were sat cross-legged on the floor right at the front watching the grainy images of the Queen's carriage and white horses.
fatboy18 said:
Remember these?
I bought one at Tooting Market back in the day
I'm still trying to get the hang of this new-fangled decimal stuff.I bought one at Tooting Market back in the day
Edited by fatboy18 on Monday 18th February 20:52
And I struggle with working out fuel consumption since they did away with gallons.
I mean, take 8 miles per litre for instance: Is that good or bad? Nobody knows, do they?
What's more, how come these litres are less than a quarter the size of a gallon, but cost 3 times more? What a rip-off!
It's stupid!
You know where you are with a decent bit of 3 by 2.
Or a sheet of 8 by 4.
Now it's lots of stupid fiddly millithings that have no meaning.
What gets me now is when you watch most motoring programs and they mention distance and speed in kilometers yet we still have signage on our roads indicating seed in MPH and of course speedos in cars also using MPH
Will the trend towards Km still continue after the impending withdrawal from the EU?
I HOPE NOT.
Will the trend towards Km still continue after the impending withdrawal from the EU?
I HOPE NOT.
glenrobbo said:
fatboy18 said:
Remember these?
I bought one at Tooting Market back in the day
I'm still trying to get the hang of this new-fangled decimal stuff.I bought one at Tooting Market back in the day
Edited by fatboy18 on Monday 18th February 20:52
And I struggle with working out fuel consumption since they did away with gallons.
I mean, take 8 miles per litre for instance: Is that good or bad? Nobody knows, do they?
What's more, how come these litres are less than a quarter the size of a gallon, but cost 3 times more? What a rip-off!
It's stupid!
You know where you are with a decent bit of 3 by 2.
Or a sheet of 8 by 4.
Now it's lots of stupid fiddly millithings that have no meaning.
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