Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

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12,233 posts

219 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Pflanzgarten

3,989 posts

26 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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EmailAddress said:
The glossy-eyed joy of being chosen, as you drove into a carpark by an exitee. Given the window-wind signal and handed the slip of precious ticket: That's got an hour and a half left on it mate. Nodding with exalted thanks at the saving of a whole English pound. The camaraderie. Sticking it to the carpark-man.

Over to you...
I still do that.

Super Sonic

4,986 posts

55 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Getting the deposit back on empty fizzy drink bottles.
This one may only be a small village thing but the bakers van coming round w fresh bread and cakes. Also greengrocer van w tins, fresh vegetables etc.
ETA corporal punishment! Getting hit w a plimsoll for not handing in homework.
Plimsolls!

Edited by Super Sonic on Monday 19th June 18:42

shed driver

2,177 posts

161 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Late night post pub TV adverts for mobile phone ring tones that seemed to cost several pounds.

And red triangle films on Channel Four.

SD.

airsafari87

2,619 posts

183 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Licking your arm and putting on a tattoo whilst having cheeks like a hamster that had been filled with bubblegum.

Gargamel

15,022 posts

262 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Waiting for page 341 on Ceefax to update the cricket score..

silverfoxcc

7,696 posts

146 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Having the main spine road ( Monmouth Rd Edmonton in my case) resurfaced with smooth tarmac. Within minute all the Kids form adjacent streets out on their Jacoskates ,doing speeds they only dreamt off and not worrying should a small stone gets caught under a front wheel and sends you home with skinned knees and elbows

dundarach

5,084 posts

229 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Watching my dad get all excited by Tuti Fruti on the German satellite channels in the early 90's / late 80's.

Wonder whatever happened to the 3D glasses smile

Happy days!

g3org3y

20,655 posts

192 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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You nostalgia, you lose

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Gargamel said:
Waiting for page 341 on Ceefax to update the cricket score..
Bamboozle.


cherryowen

11,729 posts

205 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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V1nce Fox

5,508 posts

69 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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All the sounds and smells of any amusement arcade in the mid 80s.

generationx

6,828 posts

106 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Sweet cigarettes. For kids.

Grumps.

6,470 posts

37 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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generationx said:
Sweet cigarettes. For kids.
Ah the sweet taste of chalk and sugar.

Lotus Elan +2

459 posts

266 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Taping the top 40

Last Visit

2,856 posts

189 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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The joy of making a mobile phone call, there being no answer. But then being called back. No longer worrying about spending 42ppm or whatever the circa 1995 rate was, someone elses problem now.

The Rotrex Kid

30,371 posts

161 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Last Visit said:
The joy of making a mobile phone call, there being no answer. But then being called back. No longer worrying about spending 42ppm or whatever the circa 1995 rate was, someone elses problem now.
‘Pranking’ is what we used to do, when you had no ‘credit’ and couldn’t send a ‘text’ either.

Or go to a phone box and do a reverse charge call.


Saleen836

11,136 posts

210 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Pflanzgarten said:
EmailAddress said:
The glossy-eyed joy of being chosen, as you drove into a carpark by an exitee. Given the window-wind signal and handed the slip of precious ticket: That's got an hour and a half left on it mate. Nodding with exalted thanks at the saving of a whole English pound. The camaraderie. Sticking it to the carpark-man.

Over to you...
I still do that.
I also still do this, sadly become a rare thing now as having to enter your reg put paid to this to line the pockets of the car park owners!

generationx

6,828 posts

106 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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“Sonic Control” cars.

<<Click-clack… click-clack>>…

I had a gold Porsche 911 - there’s no way we could afford Tamiya in those days.

Lotusgone

1,200 posts

128 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Finding it weirdly exotic that milk could come in cartons rather than bottles.

Making a phone call to hear the no.1 single.

Blocks of ice cream between two wafers.

maccboy

633 posts

139 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Sleeping under a "continental quilt".
Using WAP on a mobile phone.