not quite the remit of this thread, but what happened to quiz machines in pubs ?
Don’t see them at all these days.
Do still see them but nowhere near as much as 10, 15 years ago, seems to be going back towards fruit machines if anything at all.
I wonder whether the quizzies had less of a profit margin given there's some skill over the percentage payout on fruit machines?
I think also that the people who make quizzes can monetise their work more easily now by making them available on the internet for bored commuters and the like. Back then there were no smartphones to allow this, so the pub quiz machine was the best outlet available.
Borrowing random things of mates , like yh it seems normal now that you might still borrow things like a lawn mower it Item of clothing peharps, but we constantly lending each other videos , LPs , books and in a strange instance some lent me their warhammer collection
Did you type this with your feet? Next time first take your shoes off😉
creep up to someone’s house only for them to open and tell you to f***k off after watching you on their security camera
My eldest mentioned it the other day - they call it 'ding dong ditch' now. Actually makes more sense I think, though its in the days of more doorbells!
The bloke putting the half time scores up. You needed the programme to know what game the scores related to.
I’m sure they used to go on a wind up. So match A was say Spurs v Arsenal. They would dig into the box of numbers and slot in a 0 to the pitchside holder, so we all knew it was Spurs 0….. Then pull out a 3 from the box , we,d all go NEVER, FUCKING HELL 3 up half time. Then drop back into the box and get out another 0.
Ha, that is a great picture. Remember loads of people bought into that on the Ferrier. House was mysteriously burgled the next day. Even had a box removal gang. Happy days
Back in the day when the pickle used to be able to get up when the milk man would plough through the town chucking out milk and advertisement papers used to love the little funny riddles and stories on the back of the paper haha lol.
Back in the day when the pickle used to be able to get up when the milk man would plough through the town chucking out milk and advertisement papers used to love the little funny riddles and stories on the back of the paper haha lol.
Biggles books, Jennings books, gobstoppers, getting the cane (or slipper) across the arse at school (often for no good reason other than a sadistic twunt of a schoolmaster getting his kicks) Twin tub washing machines, black n white TV, playing football in the street, war games on the bombsites (I am VERY old lol), slam door trains etc etc
One of my kids saw a landline in a relative's house the other day and got really confused - we've never had one, just use mobiles.
She knows what landlines are but always thought they were more a work/office type thing, not that people had them in their houses.
Remember a mate who lived up the road, they had a house phone, but they had a party line (not that) and shared the line with next door and got the line rental for half price. It mean that only one household could use the phone at any one time.
Drink driving. My dad used to be the worst for it. 10 pints down the football club then drive me home. Then a big campaign come out and the whole attitude changed. Mental cos he was a fireman and always told us stories of a bloke getting decapitated and cutting people out of cars from doing it. Not one to be proud of but it was definitely worse 25-30 years ago.
My old man did this his entire life and finally got caught and done about ten years ago, his response was “country’s gone”.
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Evocative memory.
creep up to someone’s house only for them to open and tell you to f***k off after watching you on their security camera
Graham Poll, Tring
Kelvin Morton, Bury St Edmunds
rather than ...
Bloke selling programs outside the Valley.
"Peanuts tanner a bag".
Remember loads of people bought into that on the Ferrier.
House was mysteriously burgled the next day.
Even had a box removal gang.
Happy days
She knows what landlines are but always thought they were more a work/office type thing, not that people had them in their houses.
Twin tub washing machines, black n white TV, playing football in the street, war games on the bombsites (I am VERY old lol), slam door trains etc etc
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Like the smoking indoors ban I guess, lots of people whinged at the time then realised it made complete sense and got on with it.
Feels weird now that your clothes even as a non smoker would stink of cigarettes the morning after every night out.