You Nostalgia, you lose - Don't Quote the pictures!

Clareman · 31-08-2012 12:52pm

Custardpi wrote: »

Not sure if this comes under nostalgia as I haven't been in a school in yonks but I imagine this stuff isn't used anymore. Went through tons of it in geography class.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Carbon_paper.jpg

Had to explain to someone recently what CC meant on an email, then had to explain what carbon paper was

iregk · 31-08-2012 1:19pm

Clareman wrote: »

Had to explain to someone recently what CC meant on an email, then had to explain what carbon paper was

Just tell them it was the reason why you weren't allowed to do your lines in black pen and just see the blank stare you get back...

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 31-08-2012 9:50pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlgEH2IAKHI

krudler · 02-09-2012 10:38pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFplcvLwV_Q

Mmmm_Lemony · 08-09-2012 11:24am

For a while my brother had his own office in dublin. It was basically 2 rooms split by an archway. It had 2 PC's linked together by network cable. I used to go in of an evening and kick his ass in Quake.

It was by far the greatest moments I spent with my brother...It was glorius!

el dude · 08-09-2012 10:20pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Yi8XmYBr4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDnEDb4uBcY

Scioch · 08-09-2012 10:25pm

Loved this show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTfj7vxqWkE

08-09-2012 10:45pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3l7penC0lI

08-09-2012 10:49pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-5GAY7JfWU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jAlE_HLDj8

RUCKING FETARD · 09-09-2012 12:44am

antodeco · 10-09-2012 11:48am

uch · 20-09-2012 2:14pm

risteard7 · 20-09-2012 6:22pm

risteard7 · 20-09-2012 7:13pm

Duggy747 · 23-09-2012 12:10am

The man, the myth, the legend........

Only just realised you don't see him around these days.

krudler · 23-09-2012 11:01am

gimmick · 24-09-2012 4:16pm

^ What a Christmas that was. I got a SNES and a buddy got a megadrive. StreetFighter and Sonic almost nonstop for the entire Christmas hols. AWESOME

krudler · 24-09-2012 4:42pm

gimmick wrote: »

^ What a Christmas that was. I got a SNES and a buddy got a megadrive. StreetFighter and Sonic almost nonstop for the entire Christmas hols. AWESOME

I love opening a new console, even nowadays, unwrapping everything, the smell of it, awww yeah thats the stuff.

Duggy747 · 24-09-2012 7:49pm

Still have the Snes and Gameboy boxes, surprisingly in great condition too. That TV / AV adapter is still in it's wrapping and the inside of the box still has that "new" smell.

A quick sniff and I'm back in 1992 :pac:

tallaghtmick · 24-09-2012 10:21pm

I cant remember the opening of the snes so I reckon my bro must have opened it but ill never forget the N64 oh god that was awesome even the horrible squeek of the stirofoam couldnt do anything,ill say one thing about my parents who lacked money they never let us down at xmas

sephir0th · 24-09-2012 10:23pm

krudler wrote: »

I love opening a new console, even nowadays, unwrapping everything, the smell of it, awww yeah thats the stuff.

I still remember the excitement of getting the Megadrive. I genuinely don't think I'll ever experience that again - I wonder if kids these days get that, I know I had to anticipate it for so long.

25-09-2012 1:36am

Sleepless nights at Xmas waiting on the Snes and then the ps1 a little older. That wait was horrid but worth it every time. Remember Wipeout with Firestarter blaring going around those corners, ****ing quality. A year or so after that, the shock of Resident Evil 1, you just wont get experiences like that again!

nunchuks · 25-09-2012 1:38am

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Potential-Monke · 25-09-2012 2:33am

That SNES box, my god that brings back memories. I remember getting mine, it was the last xmas i spent at home instead of going to the pub from then on. I was 11 or 12, the mother waited until everyone else had gone up for pints before bringing it out and surprising me with it at about 8pm on christmas eve. I was so pee'd off that everyone was gone to the pub but me, and when she brought out the box, wrapped, i genuinely didn't know what it was. It took me about 30 seconds to get it out of the box and hooked up to the tv, and it was SMB All Stars until about 3am, and the whole of the following day.

Then, in '96, i was with mam in town when she bought me the PS1. Just had to sit through a haircut and i was on my way home to play Destruction Derby 2 and Tomb Raider 2 for the whole of christmas eve until i was back in school in January. But, on the way home a thunderstorm started. Grand, it's ok. Got home, unpacked slowly to savour it. EVerything hooked up, pushed the on button. Got the first millisecond of that beautiful sound and---black screen. Electricity gone. Didn't come back for 6 days... What a long christmas that was.

I'm off to listen to the PS1 start-up now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GJ3dCE2wIA

iregk · 25-09-2012 1:25pm

Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »

For a while my brother had his own office in dublin. It was basically 2 rooms split by an archway. It had 2 PC's linked together by network cable. I used to go in of an evening and kick his ass in Quake.

It was by far the greatest moments I spent with my brother...It was glorius!

Of course you didn't pick any of those entrances. You went for the one under the water. Who's with me?