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Everyday things from back in the day that seem really weird now
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Having to choose whether to go home or go to a club at 11 as the pubs all closed, then the decision being made for you as one of the group was wearing jeans or trainers.14
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Being driven around in the boot of the car15
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Filling up your car with fuel.
Smashing back loads of pints.
Without thinking about how much it might cost.
And maybe even combining the two, smashing back loads of pints and driving home in your car you filled up and not worrying too much about breathalyser tests.3 -
Doorstep milk deliveries. Glass pint milk bottles.
Oh and mum washing up the empty bottles to leave out overnight to be collected.
Pound notes.7 -
My mum still uses maps. Despite having a mobile, and a sat nav sitting unused in the glove box.Scoham said:Sitting in the back of the car while one parent was driving and another looked at a paper map
And misses the turning without fail to end up about 10 miles away and turning back.6 -
Tracing paper for toilet paper.6
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Teachers on post-match shower duty.2
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Texan bars of chocolate - superb7
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People called Reg.7
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Fish and chips wrapped in actual newspaper3
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Blue disabled cars
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Lonely hearts adverts in newspapers.1
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Me: “I don’t know how to get there, it’s alright I’ll use maps on my iPhone.”North Lower Neil said:
My mum still uses maps. Despite having a mobile, and a sat nav sitting unused in the glove box.Scoham said:Sitting in the back of the car while one parent was driving and another looked at a paper map
And misses the turning without fail to end up about 10 miles away and turning back.Dad/Uncle/father-in-law: “Naaahhhh you don’t need all that, you know the mini roundabout off the A road? Take the second left after that, then at the pub that ain’t there anymore, turn right, then it’s about half a mile on from there you can’t miss it, big building on the corner.”21 -
Pulling out the choke8
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3 gallons of 2 star
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Typing pools. Photocopies on shiny paper you had to send off for and wait three days. Carbon paper.3
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The national anthem being played when the BBC closed down about 11.30 pm.11
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Putting Sellotape over the holes so you could record over a ‘read only’ cassette.The Red Robin said:Recording songs off the radio via cassetteBuying metal TDK cassettes to show off.Comparing how smooth the eject was on the cassette player compared to your mate’s one
fucking about randomly with a graphic equaliser that seemed to make no difference to the sound.19 - Sponsored links:
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Worrying that the millennium bug might crash planes, set off missiles etc.6
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That was my Father in Laws nameNorth Lower Neil said:People called Reg.0 -
Working in an office with others smoking all day.5
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I got paid £1k for working that NY eve night. Sat looking at a terminal in my office in the city to report back if anything calamitous happened.North Lower Neil said:Worrying that the millennium bug might crash planes, set off missiles etc.13 -
seats at the back of the plane for smoking6
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Tape to tape to get a copy of your mates latest zx spectrum game7
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Genuine question, before kebab shops etc became popular, was it fish and chips or nothing on the way back from the pub?0
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Drinks at work on a Friday lunchtime 😎4
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Waiting for the telly to warm up before you got a picture, then moving the aerial around the room to get a decent signal. And, when the set was playing up, thumping the top which always seemed to fix it.6
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