Remember when ...

bingefeller

You guys are all really old.  

Phil_aka_Pip

bingefeller said:

You guys are all really old.  

To a 20-something, 40-something is OLD, and I've been dead for 10 years

Gizmo

You could get more than 1 item in a 10p mix up.

You had to rent VHS tapes because films cost £60 to buy

You had to wait 5 mins for a game to LOAD “”

iseverynamegone

Vinyl picture discs. Had a Rush Power Windows one I turned into a clock. Probably for the best.

richardhomer

Legs & Co were a) Naughty and b) Their name was considered non-objectifying and non-sexist....

Bellycaster

You could actually see the Crisps inside a packet of Walkers.

Dentists were coining it in from the invention of Texan Bars

Avocado was an acceptable colour scheme for a Bathroom Suite

The Tarmacadam on the pavements was uniform and even and not like a patchwork quilt

Only posh voices were allowed to read the continuity on T.V

Your Uncle had a "Shit Brown" Allegro

You were 17ish (and if your an old cnut now) you had to take a call from or ring your Girlfriend from the only phone in the house (and your Brother or Sister were listening through the wall and laughing)

There was only 1 Kebab shop on a row of 10 shops

iseverynamegone

You were 17ish (and if your an old cnut now) you had to take a call from or ring your Girlfriend from the only phone in the house (and your Brother or Sister were listening through the wall and laughing)


Haha. Forgot this. I used to fob to the bottom of the stairs with the blower.

richardhomer

People used phone boxes....

rlw

a mobile was something you hung in the kids bedroom

boogieman

richardhomer;548391" said:

People used phone boxes....

...with button A and Button B. Sometimes you'd get lucky by pushing B and get someone's forgotten change too.

Also: smokey bacon crisps seeming exotic.

Blackjacks and fruit salads were 4 for an old penny.

Mars bars were so big, you couldn't eat a whole one without feeling sick.

Rolf was just a harmless nutcase on kids tv.

Sassafras

When life was dangerous and exciting before Health & Safety crushed all the joy out of living on the edge.

Remember when motorbikes were the poor mans form of transport.

Gassage

Phil_aka_Pip said:

rlw said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Wireless was something you listened to the Home Service on?

Coke was something you put in the Rayburn?

Only if you were posh mind.

We used to dream of putting coke on the Rayburn.

he he ... the posh had Agas. Rayburn did exactly the same job, but for less money.


The OP was more about the way words change their meanings. This may be the passage of time, but also probably growing up. When I were a kid, a "dog" was a quadruped that went woof, and "pussy" was a term of endearment for a cat.

Incorrect..originally.....a Rayburn heats the house, an aga is a stove. I'm a farming boy...we know these things.

rlw

Gassage said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

rlw said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Wireless was something you listened to the Home Service on?

Coke was something you put in the Rayburn?

Only if you were posh mind.

We used to dream of putting coke on the Rayburn.

he he ... the posh had Agas. Rayburn did exactly the same job, but for less money.


The OP was more about the way words change their meanings. This may be the passage of time, but also probably growing up. When I were a kid, a "dog" was a quadruped that went woof, and "pussy" was a term of endearment for a cat.

Incorrect..originally.....a Rayburn heats the house, an aga is a stove. I'm a farming boy...we know these things.

Although, to be fair, you can now get Agas that heat the whole house..............which I think you allude to with the word originally.

ToneControl

A 1989 Korean Epi LP is now 26, as old as a 1959 Gibson was in 1985

ToneControl

& you could get in a pub when you were 14 without worrying about ID

Bellycaster

richardhomer said:

People used phone boxes....

Blimey, Richard, you were made of money when you were 17. I never had a 10p left after taking a girlfriend out at the weekend.

:-D

Phil_aka_Pip

@Gassage our Rayburn heated everything at one end of the cottage*, and did hot water too, which passed by convection to a tank up in us kids' bedroom. Just as well the convection worked 'cos we didn't have no lekky! Mum or Dad would rake out the ashes & clinker and put them on the path from the back door to the wooden bridge that went over the stream. Saved it turning into mud. We had a fireplace at the other end. My mum could also cook on the Rayburn, but in addition there was a gas cooker in the kitchen which ran off big bottles outside at the back.

* everything within range of its not inconsiderable heat-throwing capabilities!

holnrew

Milky way's were brown in the middle.

Phil_aka_Pip

holnrew said:

Milky way's were brown in the middle.

IIRC they were beige. The brown bit was the choccy on the outside.

jonnyburgo

You couldn't go abroad without getting the shits.