boetie Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 They had telephone directories in phone booths. Do you remember when........ 3 1 2
adambar Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 1 hour ago, boetie said: They had telephone directories in phone booths. Do you remember when........ Indeed, man they had phone booths everywhere. 3 2
Stillwater Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 .. there was no GPS and you had to navigate with maps & brain? 3 5
wain71 Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 do you remember when - you could set off on a planned days work and just do it without getting constant calls on a mobile causing pointless distractions and costing about an hour or two in wasted time... 2 1 2
adambar Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 43 minutes ago, wain71 said: do you remember when - you could set off on a planned days work and just do it without getting constant calls on a mobile causing pointless distractions and costing about an hour or two in wasted time... Not me Wayne I hate the dang things. I take mine with me in the car, but it's never on unless I'm ordering a pizza or something and at home I have a private number on my landline telephone. 😀 3 3
Ken Q Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 I remember when the White Pages and the Yellow Pages were separate big fat books. As a little kid one or both books served as a booster seat at the dining room table. The new combo book would not serve that purpose at all; it's only 3/4 inch thick, if that! Ken 5
Rodger Pettichord Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 ...flying Microsoft 98 with a Sidewinder joystick and being thrilled by the realism. 1 5 1
John Burgess Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 ... You actually had to leave your house to go and meet up with your friends. Fortunately I still have enough old fashioned friends. But we do move with the times What's app is a great way of arranging when we'll get together in the pub All the best, John 5 3
wain71 Posted February 5, 2024 Posted February 5, 2024 21 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: ...flying Microsoft 98 with a Sidewinder joystick and being thrilled by the realism. me to, first experience... 2
wain71 Posted February 5, 2024 Posted February 5, 2024 21 hours ago, John Burgess said: What's app that's the only thing I use, not FB or X or any others, take over your life looking at teens of today... 3 2
pilot100 Posted February 6, 2024 Posted February 6, 2024 politicians resigned when caught lying to the public (gee thats a long long long time ago).... 4 2
gumbypickett Posted February 6, 2024 Posted February 6, 2024 Attaching a playing card and peg on your bike spokes to make a ridiculous noise when you pedaled. I now have ribbons as well out of my handlebars. I think it suites my Penny Farthing.👍 cheers Gumby 1 5 1
adambar Posted February 6, 2024 Posted February 6, 2024 4 hours ago, gumbypickett said: Attaching a playing card and peg on your bike spokes to make a ridiculous noise when you pedaled. I now have ribbons as well out of my handlebars. I think it suites my Penny Farthing.👍 cheers Gumby Did that as well Gumby. Probably drove people crazy as there were about five of us. 4 4
boetie Posted February 7, 2024 Author Posted February 7, 2024 You could only purchase flightsim software on a disc 2 2
wain71 Posted February 7, 2024 Posted February 7, 2024 On 2/6/2024 at 4:50 AM, gumbypickett said: Attaching a playing card and peg on your bike spokes to make a ridiculous noise when you pedaled. I now have ribbons as well out of my handlebars. I think it suites my Penny Farthing.👍 cheers Gumby yeah I did this, took a card from mums pack that they used to use with friends, bet that caused a few issues in some of their games... 5 hours ago, boetie said: You could only purchase flightsim software on a disc around here it was only in WH Smiths, and because we had no internet there were never any updates.... 2 1 2
adambar Posted February 8, 2024 Posted February 8, 2024 On 2/7/2024 at 5:55 AM, wain71 said: yeah I did this, took a card from mums pack that they used to use with friends, bet that caused a few issues in some of their games... around here it was only in WH Smiths, and because we had no internet there were never any updates.... Probably got time out over that one Wayne. 😄 2
Aussieflyer38 Posted February 9, 2024 Posted February 9, 2024 On 2/4/2024 at 6:12 PM, boetie said: They had telephone directories in phone booths. Do you remember when........ Yep, and when they went out of date, my uncle used to drill a hole in the corner and we'd hang it behind the dunny door and wipe our bums on all the people and relatives we didn't like. 😄 After the war, there was no such thing as toilet paper so you did the best you could. 🙄 6 1
Aussieflyer38 Posted February 11, 2024 Posted February 11, 2024 On 2/7/2024 at 3:54 PM, boetie said: You could only purchase flightsim software on a disc Back then boetie, it was flightsim, what's that? 2
John Burgess Posted February 11, 2024 Posted February 11, 2024 Anyone else remember the A drive I started on FS5 or whatever it was then named. From memory it came on floppy discs. Probably still have them buried in the attic! All the best, John 2
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