Things you never see anymore

[Fox1norfolk]

On 27/07/2026 at 18:05, Trav Le Bleu said:

Rain.

Radio Times

[davieG]

2 minutes ago, Fox1norfolk said:

Radio Times

Still published

 

[Parafox]

10 minutes ago, davieG said:

Still published

 

Never seen it on any newspaper shelves for quite some time. Maybe it's subscription only and gets delivered to your door.

[Trav Le Bleu]

14 minutes ago, davieG said:

Still published

 

Matt Baker

[NAKC20]

31 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Matt Baker

And Shep

[davieG]

Do they still make/sell this. Use to play for hours with it. Had metal rods, so probably not sold anymore.

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

 

If you look deeper you'll find it's been turned into a sanitised, organised game that doesn't even involve kerbs

 

[Doozer]

The Argos Catalogue. aka The Laminated Book of Dreams (Bill Bailey)

[Free Falling Foxes]

From my experience of Argos, I thought it stood for, All Required Goods Outta Stock.

[davieG]

9 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

From my experience of Argos, I thought it stood for, All Required Goods Outta Stock.

or - All Required Goods & Other Shop.

[davieG]

 

[Zear0]

3 hours ago, davieG said:

 

Go to New Jersey where it's the law someone has to use the pump for you.  It's infuriating.

[davieG]

 

I think these were mentioned a few weeks ago. I had to make mine out of pencils

[DJW1]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

 

I think these were mentioned a few weeks ago. I had to make mine out of pencils

I had that game. It came in a plastic tube I think.

We also had the board game "Wembley", based on the FA Cup.

[The Bear]

I had the Test Match board game cricket thing, with the hexagonal green playing surface and the bowler that you tipped his arm up and the little metal ball ran down the little tubing. Then you hit the ball by flicking the batters bat forwards. 

 

Literally minutes of fun. 

[when_you're_smiling]

28 minutes ago, The Bear said:

I had the Test Match board game cricket thing, with the hexagonal green playing surface and the bowler that you tipped his arm up and the little metal ball ran down the little tubing. Then you hit the ball by flicking the batters bat forwards. 

 

Literally minutes of fun. 

Still got mine.

[Parafox]

Green grass

 

Also Greengrass.

[pSinatra]

I had to have some boots re-soled about a year ago.  Cost me over £100.  The same boots look like they're wearing a bit quick for my liking.

 

So I thought, can you still buy Blakeys?  I hadn't seen them for years.

 

You can still buy them. 

 

I don't think I'll bother though.  Don't much fancy sounding like Lionel Blair, tap dancing down the street

[Trav Le Bleu]

14 hours ago, pSinatra said:

I had to have some boots re-soled about a year ago.  Cost me over £100.  The same boots look like they're wearing a bit quick for my liking.

 

So I thought, can you still buy Blakeys?  I hadn't seen them for years.

 

You can still buy them. 

 

I don't think I'll bother though.  Don't much fancy sounding like Lionel Blair, tap dancing down the street

Why not? You look like Lionel Blair tapdancing down the street.

[Jon the Hat]

Us signing defenders.

[davieG]

Driver and Conductor.

[Trav Le Bleu]

5 hours ago, davieG said:

Driver and Conductor.

TV shows with lecherous, ugly, middle-aged men who were somehow apparently attractive to young women.

Edited 29 August by Trav Le Bleu

[davieG]

4 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

TV shows with lecherous, ugly, middle-aged men who were somehow apparently attractive to young women.

[Trav Le Bleu]

25 minutes ago, davieG said:

Phwoar!!

[The Bear]

It always makes me laugh when you see older tv shows and the main leads are always white blokes in their 40s and 50s. 

 

Whereas nowadays it's all teenagers and twenty somethings.