The "Remember when........." thread

Col200sx

So the idea of this thread is to bring about a bit of nostalgia for people. Remind folk of things they would have forgotten about:)

Rules:

1. Must start with: "Remember when"

2. Only 1 fact per post

3. Can be anything, whether big, small or just trivial - but has to be a fact.

I'll start:

Remember when Xtra Vision used to rent videos, and if you didn't rewind them they'd fine you 25p:D

You get the idea, next.......

meditraitor

remeber when a 10 pack of John Major smokes was only 63 pence

keano_afc

Remember when your friends called to your door instead of texting?

Captain_Generic

Remember when people used to call each other "benders".....good times

Sleepy

Remember when you could enjoy a pint and a smoke at the same time?

antodeco

Remember when the first "smart" or "witty" post in AH used to get a load of thanks?


/waits for thanks to roll in

alwaysadub

Remember when it took you bout 10mins to dial a number on the old phones with the numbers all in a circle(can't remember the proper name for them!).

Lillylilly

Remember when the most important part of your day was to rush home from school to take off your uniform and go out and play!

antodeco

Lillylilly wrote: »

Remember when the most important part of your day was to rush home from school to take off your uniform and go out and play!

Im 28 and still do that.

Buford T Justice

Remember when the people and government of this country had money?

mikom

A window was something you hated to clean.
RAM was a male sheep.
Hard drive was a long trip on the road.
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived.
And a backup happened to your toilet.

antodeco

Remember when you had £1 and you could get could a 20p bag of sweets, a bottle of panda/cadet cola, pack of crips (generally banshee bones, bag 'o chips or burger bites, some liquirice laces, anaceed balls, postman pat/black jacks/apple jacks/fruit salad sweets and a wham/desperate dan bar. You would still have change left over to get a flying saucer or two.

Heisenberg.

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mikom

Remember when you could put a whole "Roy of the rovers" bar in your mouth.
Your saliva would practically flood the floor.

Big Knox

Col200sx wrote: »

Rules:

1. Must start with: "Remember when"

2. Only 1 fact per post

mikom wrote: »

A window was something you hated to clean.
RAM was a male sheep.
Hard drive was a long trip on the road.
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived.
And a backup happened to your toilet.

Remember when people used to follow the rules!!

mikom

Big Knox wrote: »

Remember when people used to follow the rules!!

Round about the time I actually read the rules.

projectmayhem

Remember when houses were given water and 3 inches of snow didn't bring a city to its knees...?

sorrywhat

I remember when crisps packets were see through and costed a mere 10-ish P !

Funkfield

Remember when the Trent thread was good?

thomond2006

Remember when we had threads like this:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055800252

Spunge

Remember you could rent consoles in xtra vision ?

Ebonyellie

Spunge wrote: »

Remember you could rent consoles in xtra vision ?

and video boxes ( that only had a "play" and "stop" button)

token56

Remember what you used to do before there was any internet.... nope me either

DazMarz

Remember when cartoons were brilliant and not the crap they're forcing on kids nowadays?

no1beemerfan

Remember spending hours playing the racing car game on my Amstrad Computer.....man things were SOOOOOO much simpler then!

Iron Hide

Remember all that Y2K crap where computers were supposed to go nuts....

bonerm

Remeber when it was cool to hate the Brits?

NothingMan

Remember when you could spend hours canoodling with your favorite priest feeling the love of Jesus all over your face.

Dr. Feelgood

Remember when you used to watch TCC after school.

minidazzler

Remember when TV used to be something you wasted your life in front of?

topper75

Remember when any adult could give a hiding to any bould youngfella.

Agricola

Remember when you had to call your mates using landlines in order to organise your fledgling social life! You'd invariably get their mother or father or brother, if you were lucky you'd get their sister! Then you'd have to ask them to get your mate on the phone! No twatter or myface, no mobiles phones even. Good simple days.

blindpilot

Remember when men were men and sheep were scared?

SeaFields

Remember when cars had different coloured panels and a coat hanger stuck in for an aerial. Oh and had reg's like "926 JZK"

meditraitor

Remember when you could leave your keys in the front door

bonerm

newblue08 wrote: »

Remember when men were men and sheep were scared?

They still remember that in Izmir. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,1,26587307-5013016,00.html

Coriolanus

minidazzler wrote: »

Remember when TV used to be something you wasted your life in front of?

Instead of a pc monitor?

NothingMan

meditraitor wrote: »

Remember when you could leave your keys in the front door

I grew up in Tallaght so.......no!.

Remember watching winning streak after my weekly bath with my sister.

Manic Moran

Remember when flying commercial air used to be fun? People would dress nicely, you'd be able to stand on the balcony on top of Dublin Airport and look at the airplanes, you had real silverware and proper food...

Remember when CIE busses in Dublin were cream and black?

NTM

blindpilot

bonerm wrote: »

They still remember that in Izmir. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,1,26587307-5013016,00.html

I fancy an omelette after seeing that. Actually no, that was a bit weird looking.

Sean Quagmire

Remember those sweet, warm New England summers? Remember sipping lemonade underneath a shady tree? Remember when you hit that pedestrian with your car at the crosswalk and then just drove away? Pepperidge Farm remembers, but Pepperidge Farm ain't just gonna keep it to Pepperidge Farm's self free of charge.

ibarelycare

Remember when the highlight of your week would be watching Gladiators on a Saturday evening, followed by Blind Date?

Hard Larry

Remember when....no sorry, its gone...I'll get me coat

Morlar

Remember when Netscape navigator was the bees knees ?
Remember when seeing a black person on O'Connel street would cause people to stop and stare ?
Remember when Tv used to 'close' at 11.30 at night and not start again till 9am ??

actingthegoat

Remember when the mere mention of "The Wooden Spoon" would make you cop yourself on fairly lively?:P

thatsa spicy

remember when 72 % of your gross wage went in tax

wilson10

Really giving my age away here.

Remember when you could get drunk for a £.

2/10 a pint.

Majority won't have a clue what 2/10 is.

InkSlinger67

Remember when you could go a week without tripping over your own testicles?

BlackMamba

Remember when penny sweets were actually a penny. Could get so many for £1......good times:)

Photi

Remember when people used to look forward, 'Tomorrow's World', 'Beyond 2000', all the time; rather than wallowing in nostalgia?

annabellee77

thatsa spicy wrote: »

remember when 72 % of your gross wage went in tax

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

wilson10 wrote: »

Really giving my age away here.

Remember when you could get drunk for a £.

2/10 a pint.

Majority won't have a clue what 2/10 is.

Nup!!! Do tell?!

BlackMamba wrote: »

Remember when penny sweets were actually a penny. Could get so many for £1......good times:)

Remember when sweets were 1/2p......those strawberry sweets.......20 for 10p.........nice one!!! :cool: