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By *he love cats OP   Couple  over a year ago

South Wales

that still works fine maybe its a fat back TV or a VCR that's just to good to go to the tip.

Have a lovely Saturday all.

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By *VineMan  over a year ago

The right place

I have a wheel

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By *he love cats OP   Couple  over a year ago

South Wales


"I have a wheel"

Is it a round one?

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By *os19Man  over a year ago

Edmonton

I have a video recorder that chews up the video tape and I have a calculator not sure if that counts as technology.

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan  over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK

I’ve got a VCR, an original ZX Spectrum computer and a 1970’s era Polaroid camera

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By *VineMan  over a year ago

The right place


"I have a wheel

Is it a round one?"

Mostly

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have various bit & pieces of old technology,I'm a television engineer so do get asked to repair old stuff from time to time.

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By *ymster10Man  over a year ago

Ellesmere Port

I’ve got a Wii does that count .. ?

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have a Bang & Olufsen BeoSystem 3300 that still works perfectly from 1987 CD player, radio, tape and vinyl

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By *he love cats OP   Couple  over a year ago

South Wales


"I’ve got a Wii does that count .. ? "

If it has the bowling game yes

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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple  over a year ago

Watford


"I’ve got a VCR, an original ZX Spectrum computer and a 1970’s era Polaroid camera "

Is it a "super swinger"?

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By *RANDMRSJAECouple  over a year ago

chester

We’ve got an old television (17 year old plasma) which works perfectly & as we don’t watch much tv don’t feel the need to replace it!

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Various vacuum tube amplifiers and radios. All work perfectly although the radios only pick up long wave signals.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Loads

I have a tube tv with removable glass from the 80s

3 vcrs mind you two don’t work

Have a old cam corder that takes tapes

Tape player

Mini disk player yes that thing that lost to mp3

Nes and load off other console from nes up

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have a 1930 slide rule that I use for quick calculations.

How many younger people actually know what a slide rule is.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I’ve got a old gramophone that as a winding handle and some records, it still works, my favourite record is “ he’s dead but he won’t lay down “ dated 1903

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have a 16 track recording desk

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By *he love cats OP   Couple  over a year ago

South Wales


"I have a 1930 slide rule that I use for quick calculations.

How many younger people actually know what a slide rule is."

Not the foggiest though I suppose Alexa knows.

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By *elvet RopeMan  over a year ago

by the big field

Still got a VHS player stashed away and if I dig round I have a VHS/C camcorder somewhere.

Although I don’t consider them that old, I prefer to use an IPod classic to a phone for music- none of that ‘too loud’ warning bolox that mainly there so apple don’t get sued in the future

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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple  over a year ago

Watford


"I have a 1930 slide rule that I use for quick calculations.

How many younger people actually know what a slide rule is."

I don't know much about history or biology.

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By *iddle ManMan  over a year ago

Walsall


"I have a Bang & Olufsen BeoSystem 3300 that still works perfectly from 1987 CD player, radio, tape and vinyl "

Bang and olufsen. Now your showing off . Quality stuff there.

Oh and I use a calculator all the time at work, need the scientific calc and the one on your one just doesn't cut it. Yes there is probably an app nowadays but I'm old skool

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By *iaisonseekerMan  over a year ago

Liverpool

I've got a hydraulic based semen delivery system. It's 44 years old and takes a bit longer to get going than it used it to but still gets the job done

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have a tape cassette player. You know the one that’s about the size of a hard back novel. It has a slide out carry handle.

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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple  over a year ago

Watford


"I've got a hydraulic based semen delivery system. It's 44 years old and takes a bit longer to get going than it used it to but still gets the job done "

Just wait. The water delivery system reduces to a trickle eventually

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By *ymster10Man  over a year ago

Ellesmere Port


"I’ve got a Wii does that count .. ?

If it has the bowling game yes "

It has , along with Tennis and other fun sport Titles , all best played naked ..!

I miss those Wii nights ..

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By *lynJMan  over a year ago

Morden


"that still works fine maybe its a fat back TV or a VCR that's just to good to go to the tip.

Have a lovely Saturday all. "

I have both of those.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

We have an open fire.

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By *erms and conditionsCouple  over a year ago

Alton

Mr occasionally brings out the spectrum 48k for some classic horrace goes skiing time

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By *lynJMan  over a year ago

Morden


"that still works fine maybe its a fat back TV or a VCR that's just to good to go to the tip.

Have a lovely Saturday all.

I have both of those."

Oh, and my hifi stuff is from the late 1970s.

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By *he love cats OP   Couple  over a year ago

South Wales


"I’ve got a Wii does that count .. ?

If it has the bowling game yes

It has , along with Tennis and other fun sport Titles , all best played naked ..!

I miss those Wii nights .. "

Isn't that a Cliff Richard song

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By *tephanjMan  over a year ago

Kettering

I have a few items like a VCR, even still got my original playstation with lots of games also got an old video camera an old Polaroid camera can't seem to get the film for it now

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By *ev257Man  over a year ago

cardiff

Got an old stereo stack system with record player, CD n tape player/recorder from early 90's

That I still use.

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By *agneto.Man  over a year ago

Bham

I still have a VCR.

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By *ymster10Man  over a year ago

Ellesmere Port


"I’ve got a Wii does that count .. ?

If it has the bowling game yes

It has , along with Tennis and other fun sport Titles , all best played naked ..!

I miss those Wii nights ..

Isn't that a Cliff Richard song "

It could be but I didn’t think the Wii was that old ..

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I've got a sega megadrive tucked away with lots of games

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Not personally but at work we still use dial up modems!

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I’ve got an old Binatone Pong game machine that still works and hi-go separates from the early 70’s

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By *errysMan  over a year ago

milton keynes and kent

I have an atari console from 1977 with pacman and space invaders.

Bad news is that i bought it new.

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By *harpDressed ManMan  over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

Original Nintendo Game Boy.

Early 90s Kenwood separates system.

My laptop is about 12 years old and still going fine (has had a memory and SSD upgrade, admittedly, but even those were well over 5 years ago), which is pretty good for modern tech

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By *oodmessMan  over a year ago

yumsville

Had one of those small 12" keyboards that came in a beige vinyl cover, you could make funk music to uum tis um um tis beats. Still worked on it's original battery so gave it to charity last year.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Got a few gameboys knocking around that still work and held on to a video player to watch old stuff.

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By *partharmonyCouple  over a year ago

Ruislip

I have a four-track minidisc recorder. It's tragic to just bin it.

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By *nliveneTV/TS  over a year ago

Selby

My television as almost 20 years and most people think is a last generation television model all the time they see it I really love my television,is a Bang and Olufsen 7-32 with the 7.1 beolab sound bar speaker that sounds amazing loud and amazing sound quality

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By *nliveneTV/TS  over a year ago

Selby

I also have a cassette from Queen, album Kind of Magic from 1986

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By *valanche1001Man  over a year ago

Leeds

Mini disc player - my second, will I never learn

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have a Pioneer midi system that was my dad's and is from 1985 so is older than me

Plays vinyl, CD's and 2 x tapes and radio and still works fine

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By *inky_couple2020Couple  over a year ago

North West

My Dad has a filter coffee machine from circa 1989. Works brilliantly.

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By *2000ManMan  over a year ago

Worthing

BBC Micro got it in 1983. Needed replacement power supply and keyboard. Found a few disks with old programs on them. Managed to recover most of the old Basic games I created!

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By *eyondhornyMan  over a year ago

Abercynon-ish

I've got a Sony Minidisc Walkman,

Was convinced in the early 00s that CDS would be obsolete with this little gem around. I may have been wrong.

Well fuck that I say, I'm going back to vinyl! Nothing quite like having to get out of your chair and walk across the room, lift a lid and needle and eyeball a thin line of deadwax in order to skip a song.

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By *eavenNhellCouple  over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

i have a fully working fm cb radio

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Portable TV, VHS video combo.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"I have a wheel"
what colour is it ?

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"My television as almost 20 years and most people think is a last generation television model all the time they see it I really love my television,is a Bang and Olufsen 7-32 with the 7.1 beolab sound bar speaker that sounds amazing loud and amazing sound quality "

Bang & Olufsen are fantastic I love the design. I have the BeoSystem 3300

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By *undance_KidMan  over a year ago

London

I have a pager ! Used to think I was the bees knees walking around with that tucked into my trousers!! Page me !!!

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By *rtyIanMan  over a year ago

Gateway to the Beacons

A kenwood chef from 1961 that still works and i still use to make bread lol

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By *eneralKenobiMan  over a year ago

North Angus

Still got a couple of VCRs and an old Amiga 1200

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By *ornynorfolkguyMan  over a year ago

North Norfolk

I still play Mario Kart on the N64

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Still got a couple of VCRs and an old Amiga 1200 "

I miss my ST. Sensi soccer and champ man stole my childhood!

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By *annaBeStrongMan  over a year ago

wokingham

I kept an old CRR from the 90s for as long as I could because it could run at 120hz

Eventually I had to upgrade but that thing was a beast that kept giving

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I still have my separates hi fi system complete with record deck and I still play records on it.vinyl is back in and cd's are out

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By *gent CoulsonMan  over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

Hi fi separate system from the 80s, amp, graphic, tuner, mini disc player, cassette player sl1210 deck,

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By *andJ69Couple  over a year ago

Preston

Nice bit of kit B&O

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By *bonybbwWoman  over a year ago

London

I have a 20-year-old DVD player. Does that count as old?

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS  over a year ago

chichester

Commodore 64 and amiga 500 that I use from time to time

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By *eneralKenobiMan  over a year ago

North Angus


"Commodore 64 and amiga 500 that I use from time to time "

You still use it? I couldn’t be bothered waiting half an hour and changing floppy’s every two minutes just to play Monkey island

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS  over a year ago

chichester

I do other stuff while it loads a game. Amiga is mostly fast games I play anyway.

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By *eneralKenobiMan  over a year ago

North Angus


"I do other stuff while it loads a game. Amiga is mostly fast games I play anyway. "

I might need to head to the attic to see if it was as slow as I remember

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By *ackandtheunicornCouple  over a year ago

liverpool

I've got an old pentax film camera. Not sure how old it is but it's old and good working order

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Hubby has a model 1876 Winchester it's been passed down through generations. The history is amazing. It's still highly functional.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I still have the original ipod mini. Gold colour. I know its not vintage. I believe Apple has stopped making ipods though.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I love old analogue Hifi, mechanical slr cameras and watches

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have a calculator from my teens, and a Sinclair ZX Spectrum that still works..

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By *eneralKenobiMan  over a year ago

North Angus

Had a look around and came across a Sony minidisk player

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By *inky_couple2020Couple  over a year ago

North West


"I have a calculator from my teens, and a Sinclair ZX Spectrum that still works.. "

I still have my scientific calculator from school. And my German dictionary from 1997

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Have a cam corder that takes tapes

All of our old mobiles with chargers

Psion organiser

Few cameras that take film and a Kodak instamatic which we took mostly naughty pics with.

Sony PSP when they first came out

A bright yellow special edition Pokémon game boy.

Sure there’s lots more in our loft too.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Sega master system

Binatone games console

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By *eroLondonMan  over a year ago

Mayfair

A 1955 Bush radio. It still works.

And a 1962 Cinni Fan.... which is keeping me cool in this heat.

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By *i_guy_sloughMan  over a year ago

Langley

I have a Commodore PET computer from the 1970s that is fully functional. It belonged to a relative and was the first computer I learned to program.

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By *uke olovingmanMan  over a year ago

Gravesend

I've got a beomaster 901

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By *ilverjagMan  over a year ago

swansea

I've got a 1920s wind up gramaphone, no volume control as that hadn't been invented back then, and on the turntable is Cliff Richard and The Drifters, yes, The Drifters as that's what they were called before becoming The Shadows, on a 78 rpm disc which sounds like it was recorded in a chip shop with the deep fat fryer keeping tempo. It's always a talking point when I have friends round.

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By *naswingdressWoman  over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I have a Roget's thesaurus?

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By *eavenNhellCouple  over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

We have a colour sports bat & ball TV game from the late 70s still works fine

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Have got I pod defunked now

Apparently

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By *eroLondonMan  over a year ago

Mayfair


"I have a Roget's thesaurus?"

Three days on and she's still got his Thesaurus. Some people take utter liberties.

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By *naswingdressWoman  over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I have a Roget's thesaurus?

Three days on and she's still got his Thesaurus. Some people take utter liberties."

Old style Aussie. Petty larceny etc. (It was a gift )

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By *nliveneTV/TS  over a year ago

Selby


"Nice bit of kit B&O"

Couldn't agree more the only issue is how unbelievable heavy they are!

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By *nliveneTV/TS  over a year ago

Selby


"I've got a beomaster 901 "

They are quite collectable

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By *elvet RopeMan  over a year ago

by the big field


"I have a Roget's thesaurus?

Three days on and she's still got his Thesaurus. Some people take utter liberties."

She’s got a word for people like you…actually, several words

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan  over a year ago

Torquay

I have something that straps to my wrist and I can tell the time with it

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By *uke olovingmanMan  over a year ago

Gravesend

I used to have a R1155....I bet no one knows what is is ...or where it came from

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"I used to have a R1155....I bet no one knows what is is ...or where it came from "
If I remember rightly it's a short wave radio receiver that was used in among others Lancaster bombers.

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By *eus n EuropaCouple  over a year ago

louth


"I have a 1930 slide rule that I use for quick calculations.

How many younger people actually know what a slide rule is."

So have I and a setof Log Tables

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By *eroLondonMan  over a year ago

Mayfair


"I have a Roget's thesaurus?

Three days on and she's still got his Thesaurus. Some people take utter liberties.

She’s got a word for people like you…actually, several words "

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By *gentJMan  over a year ago

East Lancashire

I've got an Ipad 2 but compared to some of you this is cutting edge. Amazing

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By *yesgreenMan  over a year ago

north and south


"I've got an Ipad 2 but compared to some of you this is cutting edge. Amazing "
Shotgun by Fred Williams double barrel passed to me third generation 1925 , technic midi system records CDs double cassette player 80s , 60 Elvis records too

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have a PS2 that I still play occasionally. My parents still have my brother's NES too but I'm not sure if that works

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By *atnip make me purrWoman  over a year ago

Reading

A keyboard kindle

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By *rHotNottsMan  over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

My phone died at the weekend , I’m

Currently using an old iPhone 8 until my new one arrives , it’s basic but fine for web & WhatsApp

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By *entlemanFoxMan  over a year ago

North East / London

I still use an IBM AT 'clicky-clack' keyboard. I love the solid feel of it

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By *rHotNottsMan  over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"I have something that straps to my wrist and I can tell the time with it "

A single function device…very retro

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man  over a year ago

BRIDPORT

I have, amongst other things, a Panasonic music centre, you know the ones with the wireless across the front and the tape and record deck side by side above, under a smoked perspex lid.

I also have a Canon 8mm cinea camera and projector

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By *tead88Man  over a year ago

nine elms

Got an old DVD player and a HD tv, both perfectly working?

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I've still got a Tesco Hudl. even an LG G3 with the interchangeable components.

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By *uke olovingmanMan  over a year ago

Gravesend


"I used to have a R1155....I bet no one knows what is is ...or where it came from If I remember rightly it's a short wave radio receiver that was used in among others Lancaster bombers."
correct ...well done

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I was working with a colleague who was driving. We had a call to go somewhere and I got out the map. He asked what was I doing?

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have a sybian machine that I’ve had some years now seen some action too

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Yeah my Hudl is still working too. The apps will all still stop working eventually.

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By *exymarvelMan  over a year ago

cardiff


"that still works fine maybe its a fat back TV or a VCR that's just to good to go to the tip.

Have a lovely Saturday all. "

Vcr

Hifi with cassette deck and no bluetooth

Nokia 3310 in drawer

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