boetie Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 They had telephone directories in phone booths. Do you remember when........ 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 .. there was no GPS and you had to navigate with maps & brain? 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Q Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 ...flying Microsoft 98 with a Sidewinder joystick and being thrilled by the realism. 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Burgess Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 ... 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 21 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: ...flying Microsoft 98 with a Sidewinder joystick and being thrilled by the realism. me to, first experience... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilot100 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 politicians resigned when caught lying to the public (gee thats a long long long time ago).... 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 You could only purchase flightsim software on a disc 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Burgess Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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