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What's my age again?
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Without saying your age, say something a young person today wouldn't understand.
Did you blow on it? You've got to on blow in it and stick it back in.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Recording the top 40 of the radio onto tape. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Spin it round on a pencil and play it again! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It doesn't have a rewind button, I'll have to turn it over and fast forward. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's five and a quarter inches and floppy. |
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By *.R.MMan
over a year ago
Norfolk |
Load it before you can play it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Test card |
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Blow on it before putting it in its slot |
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Having to go to a phone box to make a call when you're out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Rewinding VCRs in fact VCR in general.
Bulky tvs |
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Get up and change that channel! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Have you got paper for the dot matrix? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bedroom covered in posters ripped from Just 17 magazine |
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Write a letter for swinging or cuckolding |
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Have you change for the phone box? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Turn off the internet, I need to use the phone. |
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Phonecards for phone boxes (some of the photo ones are apparently worth a few quid now) |
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By *mma29Couple
over a year ago
wirral |
I've never seen a young person read a newspaper. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Phonecards for phone boxes (some of the photo ones are apparently worth a few quid now)"
This is the only one that's thrown me so far. |
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The speaking clock, making a phone call to find out the time!
Dial a disc, making a phone call to listen to music! |
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The Pop Man driving around the streets on a Saturday morning. 15p a Litre bottle, 5p back when you gave back the empty bottle! How ironic it was Corona Pop  |
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Can you get up and change the television channel, i want to watch the top 40 and put the volume up  |
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Use the tongs or you'll burn your fingers. Don't get your fingers in the rollers or you'll have no arm left. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Open the Canister to get the 35mm out |
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"Open the Canister to get the 35mm out "
Don't let the light in .........Oh FFFS ......... you ruined it !! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nowhere to go?
Try going there and back, to see how far it is. |
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You'll need a 45 rpm insert to play that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Don't put it away without rewinding it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Put a bit of tape over the hole and recover over it … |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tape loading screens for computer games |
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over a year ago
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I'll meet you there in 2 days time at 8pm & I'll not see you or speak to you again before that......... but yet we will both turn up on time |
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Stick cardboard in the holes and then you can record on it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A one pound note
Half a pence coin |
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Hang on a minute, I'm just filling in the Pools Coupon, then I've gotta stick these Green Shield stamps in the book |
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https://g.co/kgs/X1fubR was the first thing that came to mind!
Cutting your parents off a phonecall by logging onto AOL/CompuServe  |
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Those click clack / clackers balls thingies  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Beetamax |
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"Those click clack / clackers balls thingies "
Newton's cradle? |
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over a year ago
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The green cross code |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to work at walter willson's. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cigarette packet logos |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Have a look on Ceefax. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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White dog shit
Body kits for cars
Unleaded petrol |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
Green Shield Stamps |
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"Black & White Television
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We had a B&W TV when I was a kid though! Some of this doesn't work if your family were cheapskates |
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Vinyl records from Ronco or K-Tel... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No words needed, just that dial up broadband screech. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Those click clack / clackers balls thingies
Newton's cradle?"
Im thinking the ones that could break your wrist and got banned from the school playground |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Wall papering school book's. |
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"Those click clack / clackers balls thingies
Newton's cradle?"
No, quite different and apparently too dangerous  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Can you use your initiative please |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Don't stand so close to that bonfire in your shellsuit. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Fingering. |
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"Those click clack / clackers balls thingies
Newton's cradle?
No, quite different and apparently too dangerous "
Oh the ones used at football matches to make a racket?! |
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Space dust... Why Don't You? In school holidays... comedians doing Frank Spencer impressions... paisley kipper ties, Evel Knievel... and give us a twirl Anthea. Oh take me back lord  |
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Is that the White Arrow van? That'll be my Grattan delivery, I posted the order form 6 weeks ago so it's just about due. |
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"Those click clack / clackers balls thingies
Newton's cradle?
No, quite different and apparently too dangerous
Oh the ones used at football matches to make a racket?!"
No
Two large glass marbles each attached to a tiny handle by a piece of string.
You held the handle bit and tried to get the glass balls to hit each other.
There must be a YT video |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
somewhere, someplace |
Can you get off the internet so I can use the phone please |
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over a year ago
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Be kind rewind! |
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"Those click clack / clackers balls thingies
Newton's cradle?
Im thinking the ones that could break your wrist and got banned from the school playground"
Yes those ,
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Take the phone of the hook.
The old fashioned version of blocking people. Lol |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
somewhere, someplace |
L shift + O....press play....command key..... R shift +U......wait 30 minutes to play |
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Nipping to Fine Fare, then Bejams |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Nipping to Fine Fare, then Bejams"
Bejams!!!! |
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Donkey Jackets, Shell Suits, leg warmers! xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Those click clack / clackers balls thingies
Newton's cradle?
Im thinking the ones that could break your wrist and got banned from the school playground"
Klackers? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Nipping to Fine Fare, then Bejams
Bejams!!!! "
My mum still calls Icelands Bejams lol x |
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I used to have to remember information
Phone cards
Snake on a Nokia 3310
Arranging a meeting and having to turn up on time |
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You could go out on a Saturday night with a fiver.
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over a year ago
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Bursting for the loo, wish the ad break would hurry up. |
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Tingha and Tucker
Bet that gets some of you Googling |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pogs |
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Opal fruits, made to make your mouth water |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Commodore 64s. Loading a game up to 467 on the dial and it just stops. Bastard.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Beyblades
Space Pinball
Man United vs Arsenal being the biggest game in English football *sigh* |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have clackers  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Virgin megastores. You could buy record's, books and condoms in one go. Bring back the 90s. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Scratch n sniff in magazines |
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over a year ago
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Getting those Kellogg’s reflective lights for your bike out of cereal packs |
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"Getting those Kellogg’s reflective lights for your bike out of cereal packs "
We've got a Rice Krispies bowl that we got by collecting coupons from cereal boxes! |
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Argh, my game has crashed. Rewind the cassette and load it up again, I'll be able to play again in 5 mins. |
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"Virgin megastores. You could buy record's, books and condoms in one go. Bring back the 90s."
AHH, on the quays. Spent many hours in there! |
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over a year ago
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Cheat codes handwritten on paper |
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over a year ago
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"Recording the top 40 of the radio onto tape. "
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over a year ago
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“For those of you watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green” |
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By *amish SMan
over a year ago
Eastleigh |
4* please
Pint of mild
Babycham
Special vat
Platform busses.
Use the starting device (fab refuses the word for it)
Beta max
DOS |
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over a year ago
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"Virgin megastores. You could buy record's, books and condoms in one go. Bring back the 90s.
AHH, on the quays. Spent many hours in there! "
Great days.. pile of record's then pints in Temple bar. |
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It takes ages to load this site on my ZX81 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Joe Bloggs jeans.
Insignia deodorant. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Before straighteners - ironing my hair  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Car won’t start, where’s that Haynes Manual? |
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over a year ago
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"Getting those Kellogg’s reflective lights for your bike out of cereal packs
We've got a Rice Krispies bowl that we got by collecting coupons from cereal boxes! "
My grandad used to save the coupons and got my cousin and I a Sindy doll from cereal pack |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Woolworths
C&A
Tammy Girl
Etam"
Oh I lived for Tammy girl ! Always think about it when in the town centre ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Penny sweets actually cost me a penny each and I used to get 10p back for every Corona fizzy bottle I returned to the shop! |
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By *umourCouple
over a year ago
Rushden |
Cuban heeled boots... |
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over a year ago
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Shell suit. |
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By *dd_soxMan
over a year ago
Suffolk |
"It's five and a quarter inches and floppy. "
Eight inch floppy |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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School milk...Tufty club |
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Don’t use the phone, I’m on the internet! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You could go out on a Saturday night with a fiver.
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Oh yes... |
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By *959femxCouple
over a year ago
Weston super mare |
I’m away for a couple of days can’t ring you there’s no phone box there . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Proper size Monster Munch |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"And Bully's Star Prize...." |
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over a year ago
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"Open the Canister to get the 35mm out "
Thats a bit modernist... what's wrong with a roll of 120... |
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"Recording the top 40 of the radio onto tape. "
this  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have clackers "
Can you get cream for it |
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over a year ago
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"Having to go to a phone box to make a call when you're out. "
And some dirty bugger had pissed in it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have clackers
Can you get cream for it "
I nearly had broken fingers from them |
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over a year ago
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"Have you got paper for the dot matrix?"
yes found it under the stair last wk!! do you want some |
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Bill and Ben, Jackanory, Crackerjack |
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By *HaRiFMan
over a year ago
Beyond the shadows. |
There's a voice that keeps on calling me
Down the road, that's where I'll always be. |
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How to make a trolley using old pram wheels. String for steering , and your feet for brakes. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Having a phone number with only 3 digits |
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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago
Chippenham Malmesbury area |
Learning about decimalisation at infant school |
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over a year ago
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What’s the scores on teletext |
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over a year ago
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over a year ago
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"What’s the scores on teletext
'Oh check if there's a new Bamboozle too'"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mork calling Orson Come in Orson Come in Orson |
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By *ixedMan
over a year ago
blackley, manchester |
Ring 3 times so I know your home x |
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By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago
London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact |
Got, got, got, need... Swap you my shiny for it. Go on... I'll be your best friend I promise. |
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The magic roundabout...time for bed! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ooh, I could crush a grape. |
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By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago
Milton keynes |
The damn noisy dial up modem.. enough said lol
I still sometimes hear that screeching sound in my sleep haha |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The damn noisy dial up modem.. enough said lol
I still sometimes hear that screeching sound in my sleep haha"
T'was enough to give you nightmares! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Go play outside. And don’t waste your 50p on seeing Donnas tits |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I want to see Donna's tits. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My green screen on my amstrad cpc 464 keeps going fuzzy |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Saved by the bell, sweet valley high and California dreams.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Northern Ireland qualified for their 1st World Cup in Spain! |
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By *ltrMan
over a year ago
sheffield |
Grandstand tv game playing breakout and tennis  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Champion's League final on a Wednesday night. |
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Trying to make a quick phone call, but upon picking up the receiver you have to wait until someone gets off the party/shared phone line.
(Hoping they didn’t hear the ‘click’ and think you’re listening to their boring conversation) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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queuing outside HMV overnight for concert tickets. |
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The test card girl playing noughts and crosses when the TV programmes stopped for the night. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Saved by the bell, sweet valley high and California dreams.."
Yes!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Leaving the pub smelling of fags when you dont smoke |
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"Leaving the pub smelling of fags when you dont smoke"
And smelling of smoke in the morning and your clothes still stank. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Leaving the pub smelling of fags when you dont smoke
And smelling of smoke in the morning and your clothes still stank."
The only smell I wanna be smelling is the sex from the night before! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You and 2 mates all sat on a Raleigh Chopper and the seat having a label saying only suitable for 1. |
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CB radio - One four a copy...over
Pagers - Before them mobile phone thingies |
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Needing to put 50p into an electricity metre! WHO…… |
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50p for the leccy meter and glass cheques (known as Rammys where I come from) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fingering."
Is that how you got the wallpaper to stay on your school books?. |
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"The test card girl playing noughts and crosses when the TV programmes stopped for the night. "
Yes |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Beta max or vhs !
Mary Millington !
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fingering.
Is that how you got the wallpaper to stay on your school books?. "
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An aerial on top of your television
Snow on the screen, only it wasn't snow |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Being able to but a sweet for 1/2p |
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over a year ago
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