Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[EmailAddress]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 13 December 2023 at 10:31

[Pflanzgarten]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Gargamel]

Waiting for page 341 on Ceefax to update the cricket score..

[silverfoxcc]

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]

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

Happy days!

[g3org3y]

You nostalgia, you lose

Gargamel said:

Waiting for page 341 on Ceefax to update the cricket score..

Bamboozle.

[cherryowen]

[V1nce Fox]

All the sounds and smells of any amusement arcade in the mid 80s.

[generationx]

Sweet cigarettes. For kids.

[Grumps.]

generationx said:

Sweet cigarettes. For kids.

Ah the sweet taste of chalk and sugar.

[Lotus Elan +2]

Taping the top 40

[Last Visit]

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]

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]

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]

“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]

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]

Sleeping under a "continental quilt".
Using WAP on a mobile phone.