Things you never see anymore

[DJW1]

On 28/03/2026 at 20:08, Parafox said:

When I first started playing computer games, you had to "download" the game from a cassette tape onto the game console.

 

It took ages to load up and then you got this:

 

 

Or this:

 

 

I seem to remember I could make my own games using some method of programming. 

I remember the tennis game. There were 2 "bat" sizes - the smaller one being for "advanced" players

[DJW1]

In the 70s, one of the first course options at our local Chinese restaurant was a glass of orange juice. We thought it was a treat. Those were the days when orange juice came in a tin, or as crystals that you dissolved in water.

[DJW1]

14 minutes ago, DJW1 said:

I remember the tennis game. There were 2 "bat" sizes - the smaller one being for "advanced" players

In fact I think it was just a box you connected to the TV, no downloads or programming involved

[Trav Le Bleu]

Metal detectors and Secret Service at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

[DJW1]

9 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Metal detectors and Secret Service at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

The security checks are tighter at the Leicester turnstiles 😃

[Free Falling Foxes]

11 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Metal detectors and Secret Service at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

[davieG]

[DJW1]

12 minutes ago, davieG said:

OK, I´ll bite. Are they toys from the 70s and 80s? You stuffed them with caps and chucked them at the ground to make them explode?

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, DJW1 said:

OK, I´ll bite. Are they toys from the 70s and 80s? You stuffed them with caps and chucked them at the ground to make them explode?

Yep. Minutes of fun for all.

 

Edited 6 May by Parafox

[davieG]

1 hour ago, DJW1 said:

OK, I´ll bite. Are they toys from the 70s and 80s? You stuffed them with caps and chucked them at the ground to make them explode?

Throw them up in the air as far as you can or drop them off a tall building

[DJW1]

11 hours ago, Parafox said:

Yep. Minutes of fun for all.

 

Phew. At least my memory is still okay. Only another 5-6 weeks before the fixtures come out and we can talk about that 😃. Until then it'll be other childhood stuff: Raleigh Choppers, Subbuteo, Top Trumps, trainspotting.....

[The Bear]

I still have my heroes and villains Top Trumps. All comic book characters like Plant Man, Iron Man, etc. Galactus was always the card you wanted as he has 99 everything. 

[Jon the Hat]

3 hours ago, DJW1 said:

Phew. At least my memory is still okay. Only another 5-6 weeks before the fixtures come out and we can talk about that 😃. Until then it'll be other childhood stuff: Raleigh Choppers, Subbuteo, Top Trumps, trainspotting.....

I had a Raleigh Grifter.  Honestly who came up with these product names?

[Trav Le Bleu]

On 27/04/2026 at 21:36, DJW1 said:

In the 70s, one of the first course options at our local Chinese restaurant was a glass of orange juice. We thought it was a treat. Those were the days when orange juice came in a tin, or as crystals that you dissolved in water.

Appeal. I quite like them.

[Trav Le Bleu]

28 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

I had a Raleigh Grifter.  Honestly who came up with these product names?

Once a grifter, always a grifter.

 

[Parafox]

6 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

I had a Raleigh Grifter.  Honestly who came up with these product names?

I often wonder the same about cars. Who the feck suggests and is accepted, some of the stupid, meaningless names we see.

[Trav Le Bleu]

4 minutes ago, Parafox said:

I often wonder the same about cars. Who the feck suggests and is accepted, some of the stupid, meaningless names we see.

Personally I'm not keen on numbered models, such as BMW, Peugeot and Porsche do.

 

Having said that, some names are laughable. I've had a Mitsubishi Charisma for years. Dependable, economic and fairly comfortable yes, but it definitely wasn't charismatic.

[DJW1]

After a game, people (like me) walking close to a bloke with a radio, to hear the results.

[Free Falling Foxes]

2 hours ago, DJW1 said:

After a game, people (like me) walking close to a bloke with a radio, to hear the results.

Indeed, then when we reached the city centre, we would then watch the TV's in the Visionhire shop window to see all the results on Grandstand before catching the bus home.

That reminds me of another memory. Other folk on the bus spotting your scarf and asking 'Did they win?' 

[Trav Le Bleu]

On 08/05/2026 at 23:01, Free Falling Foxes said:

Indeed, then when we reached the city centre, we would then watch the TV's in the Visionhire shop window to see all the results on Grandstand before catching the bus home.

That reminds me of another memory. Other folk on the bus spotting your scarf and asking 'Did they win?' 

Or, if you hadn't been to the game, waiting eagerly for the "buff" sports mercury, which incredibly could turn up at the newsagents within an hour of the game finishing.

[davieG]

2 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Or, if you hadn't been to the game, waiting eagerly for the "buff" sports mercury, which incredibly could turn up at the newsagents within an hour of the game finishing.

Yes used to rush up to the London Road station to get the Sports Edition then pop into town for an early evening film followed by the pub, then post 11am either the Lee Circle Bowling Alley or the Kenco Coffee house an actual rarity in those days

[MC Prussian]

Drivers indicating lane/direction changes. A lost art.

[davieG]

3 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

Drivers indicating lane/direction changes. A lost art.

Especially when leaving a traffic island.

[Trav Le Bleu]

23 hours ago, davieG said:

Especially when leaving a traffic island.

Have you ever tried traveling in convoy following someone who doesn't indicate?

 

It's an adventure!

[davieG]

14 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Have you ever tried traveling in convoy following someone who doesn't indicate?

 

It's an adventure!

No but i remember travelling on holiday with my brother and our wives in our own cars. When we stopped for a break his wife dragged him over to me and insisted he tell me to stop driving too close to them. I was leading