Stuff happened longer ago then you think...

will.i.am

Well I will be turning 21 this year and I just can't believe how the years have flown.
The arrived Ford Focus in 1998 I can remember when these were brand new.
Gay Byrne gave up presenting the Late Late show in 1999.
9/11 nearly 12 years ago also we had Foot and Mouth I can remember loads of the St Patrick Parades were cancelled because of this.
The outbreak of SARS happened between 2002 and 2003.
The Madrid train bombings were 9 Years ago.
X-factor/Strictly come dancing/Desperate Housewives/Lost were all launched in 2004.The Northern Bank Robbery happened in December also,
London being awarded the Olympics the 7/7 bombing happened in 2005. Georgie Best and Pope John Paul also died this year.
The disappearance of Madeline Mccann in 2007.
In late 2008 we had the Irish Pork crises.
Time really does fly.

wandatowell

LizT wrote: »

I tried to start mine up the other day but it won't work

Goldeneye is working a treat for me here :D:D


Sorry to hear your bad news though

Solair

RosyLily wrote: »

Beetlejuice is 25 years old this year. Love that film!!

And Tim Burton's Batman will be 24 years old this June!:eek:

It looks every day of 25 years old though! Saw it recently.

Time flies when you're having fun so we must all be doing something right!

Patser

Schindler's List is 20 years old.

Say Your Number

Wayne Rooney made his Premier League debut in 2002
Johnny Cash will be dead 10 years in September

JohnC83

Its over 20 years since we were waiting outside phoneboxes for someone to finish so we could run in and hopefully get that illusive callcard. Remember the Blink

TheNap

Eminem released his 1st single 'My Name Is' 14 years ago

harry Bailey esq

the omagh bomb was in 1998,but its still very fresh in my mind

Arpa

Even things that I consider to be only around since yesterday stumped me.

Twitter is 7 years old. Feck off

SimonTemplar

Pierce Brosnan starred in his first Bond movie, GoldenEye, 18 years ago.

For some reason, my Business Studies teacher in first year told us she was 27. I'm now older than her at the time and she'll be 41 this year!!

I was born in 1985 and I am a child of the 1990s. It's still difficult for me to accept that the 1970s weren't 20 years ago.

LindowMan

Originally Posted by Dave0301

Young ones nowadays aren't familiar with the joy that was Saved by The Bell!

I remember that. But only because my brother was a fanatic of the show.

LindowMan

Believe it or not, it is forty years ago today - 3rd April 1973 - that the first mobile phone call was made.

Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival colleague at another telecoms company and announced he was speaking from "a 'real' cellular telephone".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22013228

And believe it or not, text messaging celebrated its 20th anniversary on 3rd December 2012. The first ever text message, or short message service (SMS), was sent on 3rd December 1992 by 22 year old British software engineer Neil Papworth of Reading via the Vodafone network to the phone of Richard Jarvis, and read simply "Merry Christmas".

However, text messaging seems to be in decline. SMS messages in the UK fell to 38.5 billion in the second quarter of 2012, down from 39.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011.

renofan

Raven Uninterested Exterminator wrote: »

I would imagine most kids in secondary school now don't remember when the PS1 and the N64 were considered high-tech, cutting edge entertainment.

Who remembers Windows 95? MS Paint and Solitare FTW :eek:

LindowMan

renofan wrote: »

Who remembers Windows 95? MS Paint and Solitare FTW :eek:

I remember the original Blockbusters, which ran from 1983 to 1993.

"Can I have a P, please, Bob?"

There was a new series of the show last year hosted by Simon Mayo.

HalloweenJack

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/Puduface/teletubbies_baby.jpg

SimonTemplar wrote: »

I was born in 1985 and I am a child of the 1990s. It's still difficult for me to accept that the 1970s weren't 20 years ago.

Similarly, I can remember when the 25th anniversary edition of The Exorcist came out. Now, the film's 40 years old.

flyingsnail

We changed the speed limit from miles to kilometers in January 2005 :eek:

Say Your Number

Ken Doherty won the World Snooker Championship 16 years ago
Brian O'Driscoil scored his hat-trick against France 13 years ago

K-9

1990-96, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Casino, Natural Born Killers, Leon, Bad Lieutenant, the Piano, In The Name of the Father, True Romance, The Player, Pret-a-Porter and so many others.

I felt I had the joy of going to the cinema when Hollywood was at its best, mainstream Hollywood and Indie movies were one in the same.

Twas the time they were sick of sequels and long before re-boots.

Didn't last long but it was a glorious period.

Smidge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvLKBIBXMc

This is 23 years old :eek::(

An extra face for all who danced to this on a night out;)

Galwayguy35

K-9 wrote: »

1990-96, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Casino, Natural Born Killers, Leon, Bad Lieutenant, the Piano, In The Name of the Father, True Romance, The Player, Pret-a-Porter and so many others.

I felt I had the joy of going to the cinema when Hollywood was at its best, mainstream Hollywood and Indie movies were one in the same.

Twas the time they were sick of sequels and long before re-boots.

Didn't last long but it was a glorious period.

I agree with you on most of those films except The Bad Lieutenent, couldn't make head or tail of that film.

April O Neill

K-9 wrote: »

I felt I had the joy of going to the cinema when Hollywood was at its best

The 1970s? Comparatively the '90s were pretty poor cinematically.

phill106

MadsL wrote: »

*submits new comedy show treatment to CBS.

Can you imagine if they brought out "Buddies", the kids of friends show?

Ash.J.Williams

Serious question...slightly OT but relevant! Do you still walk up to the cashier when purchasing petrol and say "20 petrol" etc? With the advent of numbered multi pumps I get the feeling it's time to quote pump numbers!

SEPT 23 1989

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Serious question...slightly OT but relevant! Do you still walk up to the cashier when purchasing petrol and say "20 petrol" etc? With the advent of numbered multi pumps I get the feeling it's time to quote pump numbers!

20 petrol/diesel and then the pump number(don't forget to point to the pump in question in case they forget where it is)

Ash.J.Williams

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

20 petrol/diesel and then the pump number(don't forget to point to the pump in question in case they forget where it is)

followed by the car colour!

MrVestek

Original Power Rangers was 23 years ago.

admiralofthefleet

cartell_best wrote: »

The Euro is with us 11 years. It's genuinely like it was yesterday. I still can't help but think I was ripped of during the transition period, especially when I had a skin full in the pubs and night clubs.

Almost 20 years since Riverdance. The laughs that were to be had in the night clubs when almost everyone on the dance floor danced in debatable sync the night it played on the Eurovision and for many weeks after. I don't think I'll ever experience like that again (even when there's just totally fookin stoopid tunes like that gangnam style).

bottle of coke and 20 benson and hedges was my first purchase with the euro, still remember it like it was yesterday

the groutch

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I remember buying this for £149.99 with an N64 in Electronics Boutique.

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i remember being told it was sold out then being handed it at xmas. i nearly fainted

this you admiral?

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

bridget84

Dawson's Creek started 15 years ago. People who were born in the year that it started are now the same age as the teenage characters in the first series!

Da Shins Kelly

Britney Spears released her first singe 15 years ago. She's only 31 now. :eek: