Who remembers and used.

[London]

I had several.

Who remembers listening to Radio Luxemburg on their transistor radio the signal used to come and go but the station was the business.

And radio Caroline.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

And radio Caroline.

I remember it well.

 

[Hop_it]

Yep. I did it. Weren't they called "flairs"?

Couldn't you also buy some excessively faired trousers called "loons"? They were usually cheap, and in bright colours. I remember having some red ones ✌

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Something you don't see in modern cars.

An ashtray and 12v cigarette lighter.

 

[jayk34]

Using the BBC micro computer in school to control the robot turtle. Still even remember the commands to make it move

 

[An Ankoù]

Using the BBC micro computer in school to control the robot turtle. Still even remember the commands to make it move

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BBC Model B. A legendary bit of kit, which had an optional second processor almost as large as the unit above. Look at that slot just to the left of the keyboard it's for EPROMs, which are the paleolithic precursor of the USB flash drive. Trying to make a viable EPROM was a nightmare, but when they worked they were miles better than trying to load a piece of software from an audio cassette. Of course, if Vroomfondel and Majikthise had had their way, none of this would have evolved to plague us as it does today!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Movie rental shops.

 

[chillipickle]

I remember my dad bringing a bbc micro home in the very early 80's, then a couple of years later acornsoft released Elite....the best thing since sliced hovis.

 

[MmmBeer]

Common sense

Or a sense of humour.

 

[Clint]

Weirach (spelling)?

 

[chillipickle]

Very close clint Weihrauch.
Got a little hw100kt .177 (11.4ft lb) that is lazer accurate,

 

[Clint]

Me and my brother had a couple many years ago.

 

[raymondo]

What did you own or use back in the day that the youth of today wouldn't believe existed if you told them today.


Who remembers these public phones, if i remember right you put your 2p in pressed A dialled the number then when someone answered pressed B.



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4d in my day!
Dial a disc, press B to get your money back. A new single every Sunday if I remember.

 

[raymondo]

Still on the telephone topic.
Dial 0, operator answers, give the number you are dialling from and the number you want to speak to.
Operator manually connects you.

 

[johncrobinson]

Chippy Do you remembet radio caroline and the goodies take on it with the underwaters headquarters.
It was considered halarious in my day

 

[Donegal john]

There was a similar set up for slot/poker machines but you wrap aluminium foil around the 10p and it clocked up 50p or you would have 50p with a piece of light fishing gut through a drilled hole a kept plunging and it would keep knocking up the credits so I've been told....

Got barred from a local snooker hall (pot black) for filling up the poker machines with bits of lead cut in the shape of 50p’s. Made a nice packet in one day but the owner got a hell of a shock cashing up that night lol

 

[Donegal john]

I do and we found you could open it with a hairpin, i kid you not.


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I used one of the “unknown use for” bits on the back of my Swiss Army knife.
Ahh there’s one. Every male at some point owned one.

 

[Ade McDade]

Movie rental shops.

The Blockbuster in Goreleston High St is still there. And whoever changed that window above it needs shooting.

 

[Ade McDade]

Olympus Trip 35mm. 'Who do you think you are, David Bailey?'

 

[johncrobinson]

OMG i remember selling those years ago
there was also another variant with f1.8 lens.
Like the OM1 superb cameras