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By *exycarlashane181 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa

Remember snapping the tabs of tapes to prevent them being recorded over...and them covering them with tape to use them again

Anything else we used to do that we don't any more

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By *imply DeeWoman
over a year ago

Wherever

You forgot to mention rewinding on a pencil

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

Using a pencil or BIC biro to rewind said cassette tape

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Having to get up to change the TV channel, when there were only 4 of them.

And having to run to the loo during the adverts.

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By *exycarlashane181 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"You forgot to mention rewinding on a pencil

"

Yes I was waiting for this one...

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By *exycarlashane181 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"Having to get up to change the TV channel, when there were only 4 of them.

And having to run to the loo during the adverts."

And someone shouting up the stairs... ITS BACK ONNNN

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

White dog shit spotting.

I miss those joyous days

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

Tape splicing kit to repair cassette tape after the car player had chewed it up

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By *he Silver FuxMan
over a year ago

Uttoxeter

Pressing stop on the recording when the DJ talked over the song at the end #Top40Sunday

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By *exyCarla181Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"White dog shit spotting.

I miss those joyous days "

I thought I'd found one of them in the summer from my dog in the garden turns out it had just been bleached with the sun the underside wasn't white

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Taking the cream off the top of the milk bottles

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By *exyCarla181Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"Taking the cream off the top of the milk bottles"

My mum used to go mad if we didn't shake the bottle before we opened it lol

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"White dog shit spotting.

I miss those joyous days

I thought I'd found one of them in the summer from my dog in the garden turns out it had just been bleached with the sun the underside wasn't white"

A sunny side up dog poop?

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By *exyCarla181Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"White dog shit spotting.

I miss those joyous days

I thought I'd found one of them in the summer from my dog in the garden turns out it had just been bleached with the sun the underside wasn't white

A sunny side up dog poop? "

Haha what a nice way to think of it.. I think

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


"Tape splicing kit to repair cassette tape after the car player had chewed it up "

Ah the good old sellotape, good as new again until it gets stuck the player again and snaps

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

Computer games for the ZX Spectrum that used to load via a cassette tape.

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By *exyCarla181Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa

How about dial up Internet... Lol

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


"How about dial up Internet... Lol "

Oh god yeah, used to piss my parents off by hogging the phone line.

Cost the f’kin earth too.

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By *exyCarla181Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"How about dial up Internet... Lol

Oh god yeah, used to piss my parents off by hogging the phone line.

Cost the f’kin earth too. "

And trying to upload on it and someone had to use the phone so you had to wait ages for it...lol

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


"Computer games for the ZX Spectrum that used to load via a cassette tape. "

Typing code into the Commodore 64 from a magazine. Then after 6 hours of typing a little ball would bounce across the screen.

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


"Computer games for the ZX Spectrum that used to load via a cassette tape.

Typing code into the Commodore 64 from a magazine. Then after 6 hours of typing a little ball would bounce across the screen. "

You got to the end of one?

I used to give up after the first 2000 lines

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By *he Silver FuxMan
over a year ago

Uttoxeter


"Computer games for the ZX Spectrum that used to load via a cassette tape. "

The sound of that is forever in my head…

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By *exycarlashane181 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"Computer games for the ZX Spectrum that used to load via a cassette tape.

The sound of that is forever in my head…"

I can hear that squealing and screeching noise now

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


"Computer games for the ZX Spectrum that used to load via a cassette tape.

Typing code into the Commodore 64 from a magazine. Then after 6 hours of typing a little ball would bounce across the screen.

You got to the end of one?

I used to give up after the first 2000 lines "

Tried a few times, always a sodding syntax error or something. Once it did work though!

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By *illy IdolMan
over a year ago

Midlands

So this is what they talk about in the over 50s thread

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By *exycarlashane181 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"So this is what they talk about in the over 50s thread"

Not necessarily if you can think of something... Although I am over 50

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By *addad99Man
over a year ago

Rotherham /newquay


"You forgot to mention rewinding on a pencil

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can't do that on my 8 trak and you can only get 4 of the buggers in a duffle bag there that big.

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By *illy IdolMan
over a year ago

Midlands


"So this is what they talk about in the over 50s thread

Not necessarily if you can think of something... Although I am over 50"

Reversing the charges from the telephone box to call your mum or dad

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By *addad99Man
over a year ago

Rotherham /newquay

I remember having to put tokens in the milk bottle for the day after

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

Using little round pieces of silver and copper to pay for things.

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By *exycarlashane181 OP   Couple
over a year ago

Leamington Spa


"So this is what they talk about in the over 50s thread

Not necessarily if you can think of something... Although I am over 50

Reversing the charges from the telephone box to call your mum or dad"

Waiting for the pips and then talking faster

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By *ruceyyMan
over a year ago

London

No I don't. Because I'm a spring chicken.

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By *rimson_RoseWoman
over a year ago

Tamworth

Making polite chit chat with your mates’ parents while you wait for them to come to the landline.

And waiting till after whatever time it was to ring because it was cheaper.

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