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

laraghrider · 12-02-2015 8:24am

Itzy wrote: »

Getting up to devilment as a child, randomly dialing numbers with one of these :P

I much preferred dialing 171 and running quietly up the stairs, waiting for brother, sister, mother to run out to the phone and answer a non existent phone call. Cordless phones have stolen us of such simple moments!

Liam McPoyle · 13-02-2015 7:14am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUdEorW3EMI

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

L.Jenkins · 13-02-2015 9:53am

1980s Spaceship guy!

renofan · 18-02-2015 1:49pm

I was up in the Parent's attic last year looking for something and found the packaging for my first mobile phone. I think it was around Oct '98 when I got it.

Anyways as I no longer had the phone, my sister had it after me and lost it, I put a search on ebay and got one recently for 99p in the UK. Massive thing! Only problem is I have no charger but I didn't realise everything except the phone and charger was in the box, which I only opened last night.

Brings back memories!

I still have the same mobile number today! :cool:

Wichita Lineman · 18-02-2015 1:53pm

I used to love this game, you put the ball at their foot and press the heads to make them kick. Hours of fun as a kid with this.

everlast75 · 18-02-2015 1:59pm

Loved this game - started me on D&D and then Warhammer... good times

Into The Blue · 18-02-2015 7:38pm

Homestead, ag teacht cun tí..

McChubbin · 21-02-2015 9:23pm

Used to absolutely adore these growing up in the 90s. So much sugar, though. Good old fashioned, stick-to-your-teeth goodness!

I'm told you can still get them in certain shops but I'd given up hope of ever finding them after a long and fruitless search.
Then, today, I was in Tiger in the Pavillions and I found that they sold their own brand of what I and t'Mammy called "Midget Gems".
Currently munching away on a handful of them right now!

blastman · 23-02-2015 3:47pm

These are Midget Gems, I remember them well. There's probably one or two still stuck to my teeth!

BeerWolf · 23-02-2015 8:46pm

Toys inside cereal boxes - because of stupid kids that swallow them :mad:

The Pheasant2 · 23-02-2015 9:37pm

BeerWolf wrote: »

Toys inside cereal boxes - because of stupid kids that swallow them :mad:

I only found out this wasn't a thing any more recently - when did that change come about? I'm not even old either!

BeerWolf · 23-02-2015 10:54pm

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

I only found out this wasn't a thing any more recently - when did that change come about? I'm not even old either!

About a decade ago... :pac:

byte · 24-02-2015 9:08am

Into The Blue wrote: »

Homestead, ag teacht cun tí..

Ah, you're missing the fiúntas! Need the value!

"Homestead-Fiúntas, ag teacht chun tí" I think Homestead and fiúntas were nearly said on top of each other.

dan1895 · 07-03-2015 12:56am

Riamfada · 07-03-2015 10:12am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mybg0l2Alaw

matchthis · 08-03-2015 9:24am

Anyone else remember this? Yer one knocks on the door.... Idiots grotbag!

Myrddin · 08-03-2015 11:46am

Anyone remember these?

Gamesmaster

Bad Influence

Lucena · 08-03-2015 12:34pm

renofan wrote: »

I was up in the Parent's attic last year looking for something and found the packaging for my first mobile phone. I think it was around Oct '98 when I got it.

Anyways as I no longer had the phone, my sister had it after me and lost it, I put a search on ebay and got one recently for 99p in the UK. Massive thing! Only problem is I have no charger but I didn't realise everything except the phone and charger was in the box, which I only opened last night.

Brings back memories!

I still have the same mobile number today! :cool:

Does that say 80p a minute daytime in the top right-hand corner?!!:eek:

pajor · 08-03-2015 1:15pm

Lucena wrote: »

Does that say 80p a minute daytime in the top right-hand corner?!!:eek:

I think it says 50p but still, a lot.

marcbrophy · 08-03-2015 2:21pm

^^^

It was definitely 80p.
I remember it being an 80/20 price plan.
5 whole minutes for £1 at evenings/weekends :pac:

pajor · 08-03-2015 3:43pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

^^^

It was definitely 80p.
I remember it being an 80/20 price plan.
5 whole minutes for £1 at evenings/weekends :pac:

Oh. Right. I still pay as much with 3 PAYG. :pac:

marcbrophy · 09-03-2015 1:52pm

pajor wrote: »

Oh. Right. I still pay as much with 3 PAYG. :pac:

Haha, really?

I remember digifone had a 75p/20p option and that's what swung me to them!
You could also choose whether the higher tarriff was days or nights with their Early Bird or Night Owl tarriff plans

mister gullible · 09-03-2015 2:03pm

Cantona's Collars · 11-03-2015 10:04am

Watch 90's tv,on a 90's style tv.

http://my90stv.com/#BFwYPhGzNQ4

Mister Robinson · 11-03-2015 10:40am

Does anyone remember frufoo?

everlast75 · 11-03-2015 10:54am

mister gullible wrote: »

great tune!

pajor · 11-03-2015 12:00pm

Mister Robinson wrote: »

Does anyone remember frufoo?

Wasn't allowed to have them. Just a waste of money I remember my dad telling me.

Mister Robinson · 12-03-2015 1:39pm

pajor wrote: »

Wasn't allowed to have them. Just a waste of money I remember my dad telling me.

My dad was the same so I just went to my friends house and ate his!

bnt · 04-04-2015 7:29pm

40 years ago today, an institution was born ... three years later, these people were working there. :cool:

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Microsoft

roashter · 06-04-2015 3:49pm

elfy4eva · 08-04-2015 8:08pm

Cantona's Collars · 17-04-2015 9:44am

elfy4eva · 02-05-2015 10:47am

Before Channing tatum this was the original magic mike! :P

bnt · 20-05-2015 10:12pm

I don't know whether you got this in Ireland, but hey ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbF1tBzOukk

pappyodaniel · 21-05-2015 8:18pm

Pretty much every Xmas in the O'Daniel homestead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ALzsH-yRs

Tabnabs · 25-06-2015 1:27pm

Nabber · 25-06-2015 11:06pm

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dan1895 · 25-06-2015 11:31pm

Torlac · 26-06-2015 11:40am

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My cousin had this and i remember borrowing it a few times...GOOD TIMES!!

Wichita Lineman · 29-06-2015 8:44pm

I remember getting this as part of my Christmas present that year. I could still remember the cover and the year even now when I was googlying it to pop it on here.

cocoman · 03-07-2015 12:43pm

<<<snip>>>

My cousin had this and i remember borrowing it a few times...GOOD TIMES!![/QUOTE]

We had one of these at home aswell. Brilliant. It may have come from an uncle who had moved to London. No fancy stuff like it available in the shops near us at the time.

elfy4eva · 05-07-2015 1:17pm

3 buttoned mouse...

elfy4eva · 05-07-2015 1:19pm

Playing Bamboozle on teletext

NBTD · 06-07-2015 6:21pm

NBTD · 06-07-2015 6:28pm

also, anybody remember Minicalls? I never met anyone who actually had one, but they were pagers back in the nineties. The ad was spoken by the guy off Eurotrash, and the catch line was "Get a life, get a minicall"
cant find the ad anywhere online

Fred Swanson · 06-07-2015 6:30pm

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blastman · 07-07-2015 11:52am

I had one, you had to ring a premium number to leave a message on them. My friends were all too tight to do that....

Liam McPoyle · 09-07-2015 8:59am

Lucena · 09-07-2015 10:38am

@Business Cat

Talk about taking the p1ss!

*shudders*

Liam McPoyle · 09-07-2015 11:51am

Lucena wrote: »

@Business Cat

Talk about taking the p1ss!

*shudders*

Used to be worse when you stood on the mat beside the toilet and it was soggy.

A staple in Irish homes throughout the 80s

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