Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

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21st Century Man said:

The electronic larynx.

If that isn't a 'thing' now, what has the World replaced it with?

Interesting.

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21st Century Man said:

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21st Century Man said:

The electronic larynx.

If that isn't a 'thing' now, what has the World replaced it with?

Interesting.

Seeing someone using one was a fairly common (daily) sight, but I can't say I've seen one in the last 20-30 years.

Perhaps that's medical advances, cancer treatments etc more than tech.

Something to have look into

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Yes, or course. Good shout too.

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Johnspex said:

Sawdust on butcher's floors.

Wow, that gave me instant smell-o-vision.

Also, quite peckish for whatever off-cuts the Butcher's hawking now!

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bodhi said:

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Currently picking the wife up from a wedding, and I'm here at the point where the old tunes come on. We've just been treated to Reef - Place Your Hands.

Were you even about in the 90s if you don't immediately start singing "It's your letters it's your letters"?

Sorry. No idea. Much too old I suspect.

It's from TFI Friday, which was very much of its time:

https://youtu.be/WFxnyoPU4GM?feature=shared

That and Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllll

That's sent me down a nostalgic YouTube rabbit hole.

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Fermit said:

Back in the day, in my youth, it was the Game Gear for me.



Played Mortal Kombat on it none stop. As a teen I worked at Rumbelows, and quite handily for me, the Sega rep gave me numerous cheat codes, and the sequences to key in to the controller, to unlock extra gore. 'Finish him!!'

Absolute lies.

You'd have been changing the batteries every few hours

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Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

Except they never show the same deference. So for me, it's a polite hello until proven otherwise.

No person in society has any standing above any other until proven otherwise.

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Any one else can have first names.

Beyond that it's Victorian subservient bks.

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dickymint said:

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Ordinary folk addressing one another formally as Mr or Mrs. First names were for immediate family or friends.

My grandparents did it right up until my paternal grandfather died. Then my mother's parents invited my widowed gran to Christmas Dinner and my grandfather called her Nan. Both my grandmothers studiously avoided the names situation.

I remember travelling to meet the girlfriends parents for the first time. I said to her "What do I call them?" she said "Mr and Mrs Smith of course."

Same here. Always addressed older people as Mr or Mrs and waited until a response "call me Jim/Jane". It's just polite.

Except they never show the same deference. So for me, it's a polite hello until proven otherwise.

No person in society has any standing above any other until proven otherwise.

The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Any one else can have first names.

Beyond that it's Victorian subservient bks.

Yeh I get that but it (for me anyway) it depends how/who does the introducing. If somebody says "hello Mum this is Dicky" then says "this is my Mum" It's a quick shake of hands normally followed by "Call me Jane" if not I'd carry on calling Her Mrs X. It's really simple.

You were born before 1970.

Not a slur.

I doubt anyone would bother since maybe 1981.

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Super Sonic said:

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The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Have you seen the news lately?

Don't tell me Bruce Jenner is doping too?

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Super Sonic said:

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The only person I would presume to defer to would be the one true Queen Elizabeth II.

Have you seen the news lately?

Don't tell me Bruce Jenner is doping too?

Nope you're gonna have to explain that one.

I guess if I'm going to be out of date, I should lean into it.