Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[Missy Charm]

Puzzles said:

Really like crittall windows.

I haven’t seen one of these in ages. Always wondered how they worked as a kid.

I'm not sorry those things are history. The smell...

Another one, albeit recent: sunflower lanyards. I saw two yesterday, one being sported by a fellow bus passenger and the other by a bloke walking along the pavement. Why?

[Cotty]

Missy Charm said:

Another one, albeit recent: sunflower lanyards. I saw two yesterday, one being sported by a fellow bus passenger and the other by a bloke walking along the pavement. Why?

Seems to be something about letting people know you have a hidden disability
https://hdsunflower.com/

[Cotty]

Puzzles said:

I haven’t seen one of these in ages. Always wondered how they worked as a kid.

Thats The Hung Drawn & Quartered pub behind it.
Grade II listing:- Dated 1914 so thats not going anywhere

[CT05 Nose Cone]

I recently moved and have an additional room, so the plan is to set up all my old games consoles there. First step was to get a CRT tv, although the larger ones are surprisingly expensive these days, to say nothing of their size and weight. My sister had a Mega Drive that's been sitting in the loft for about 20 years, after figuring out how to tune into the RF socket it worked first time.Yes I know there's far easier and better ways to play Sonic the Hedgehog, but you can never properly replicate that CRT glow



I also had a birthday tape VHS, a review of the year I was born presented by the lovely Sue Carpenter. Surprisingly that worked as well, although it would have none of the Jurassic Park tape I got off Ebay.

[nobrakes]

Strangely Brown said:

dandarez said:

They're the stty 5 vane 'copy' ones, from later on in the 80s.
'Proper' ones that worked (late 60s early 70s) ie: prevented lift, were 3 vane ones that clipped on tightly, the decades when every possible car accessory on earth was available!
I know. I couldn't resist buying them!

Here you go.

They look to be fitted the wrong way round in the top picture.

Yes, I did notice the hood ornament. Who wouldn’t?

Edited by Strangely Brown on Sunday 30th June 08:47

And aftermarket (place over the seat) headrests?

Picture fully studied PH style.

[eldar]

nobrakes said:

And aftermarket (place over the seat) headrests?

Picture fully studied PH style.

Paddy Hopkirk racing style wing mirrors. No chequered sticky tape, though.

[nismocat]

Randy Winkman said:

The Princess looks fabulous as well.

Said no one, ever.

[BigBen]

DodgyGeezer said:

have we mentioned this company yet?

I used to go to Venture Scouts with the owner's son. Wouldn't be surprised if he were on here, was (as you would expect) a petrolhead although perhaps a bit more barry boys than PH

[anonymoususer]

Full size sim cards



And Vodafone Euro Digital tariff



But does anybody remember Vodafones "Metyro Digital" tariff offering ?

[eldar]

Election posters. Some people used to have posters of their favoured candidate in their windows/gardens/doors and the like.

Just about gone now, in my local town, Hinckley, I've seen a single dwelling with a poster, Liberal Democrat.

[nobrakes]

anonymoususer said:

Full size sim cards



And Vodafone Euro Digital tariff



But does anybody remember Vodafones "Metyro Digital" tariff offering ?

Pre-paid phone cards, have we had them yet?

Used to think you were smooth if you had a BT phone card and didn’t need to use coins.

[Discendo Discimus]

eldar said:

Election posters. Some people used to have posters of their favoured candidate in their windows/gardens/doors and the like.

Just about gone now, in my local town, Hinckley, I've seen a single dwelling with a poster, Liberal Democrat.

There's 3 or 4 by me too, all Lib Dem. That's odd.

[paulguitar]

Discendo Discimus said:

eldar said:

Election posters. Some people used to have posters of their favoured candidate in their windows/gardens/doors and the like.

Just about gone now, in my local town, Hinckley, I've seen a single dwelling with a poster, Liberal Democrat.

There's 3 or 4 by me too, all Lib Dem. That's odd.

I've seen loads whilst I have been out and about but not a single Conservative one.

[Fermit]

CT05 Nose Cone said:

I recently moved and have an additional room, so the plan is to set up all my old games consoles there. First step was to get a CRT tv, although the larger ones are surprisingly expensive these days, to say nothing of their size and weight. My sister had a Mega Drive that's been sitting in the loft for about 20 years, after figuring out how to tune into the RF socket it worked first time.Yes I know there's far easier and better ways to play Sonic the Hedgehog, but you can never properly replicate that CRT glow



I also had a birthday tape VHS, a review of the year I was born presented by the lovely Sue Carpenter. Surprisingly that worked as well, although it would have none of the Jurassic Park tape I got off Ebay.

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



Played Mortal Combat 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!!'

[Fas1975]

nobrakes said:

Pre-paid phone cards, have we had them yet?

Used to think you were smooth if you had a BT phone card and didn’t need to use coins.

144

156056093082


I was in my 2nd year of uni in 1995, my friend gave me the above number and I could ring friends and family all day long. Worked for about 3 weeks before disconnected. Found out later that it was shared across Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmhingham uni's. Must have been hundreds of us who hammered the crap out of that. Wonder who got the bill

Good memories, nice trigger and nice that I remember that number

[hidetheelephants]

I had one of them, acquired about the same time. I was greatly disappointed when they discontinued it, about 10 years ago or so, very convenient when the mobile has gone flat/been sat on/stolen/forgotten etc and there's a phone box handy.

[Doofus]

Puts me in mind of this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaking

[EmailAddress]

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

[generationx]

EmailAddress said:

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

I had a mains adapter for mine. Weirdly (as I have no interest in the “real” sport) I played a lot of golf on it

[Purosangue]

Sprint from 1976 double steering wheel , so you could race your dad