I remember...

Senna

..when I was filling out online forms and when it got to my date of birth, I didn't have to scroll down far to get to my year. Those were the good old days.

Fart

I hear ya Senna

Latchy

'' memory's are made of this ...do do do doo do do ''

southsiderosie

Online forms weren't that common until fairly recently - are you aging in dog years or something?

KKkitty

I remember when kids played outside and not on computer games.

Kxiii

I remember when all this was fields.

Call Me Jimmy

I remember the panoramic perception of childhood!

guppy

I remember when ads had the possibility of being just as entertaining as the tv programme. Kit kat panda bear ad has brought it all back......

PaurGasm

I remember Opel Fruits

KKkitty

guppy wrote: »

I remember when ads had the possibility of being just as entertaining as the tv programme. Kit kat panda bear ad has brought it all back......

Seeing that ad was a great blast from the past. I also remember a time when ads weren't in your face as much and women weren't scantily clad to advertise the most banal product.

Senna

southsiderosie wrote: »

are you aging in dog years or something?

Ya wouldn't open the door there and let me out for a quick pee, I'll just scratch when I want back in. cheers bud.

guppy

PaurGasm wrote: »

I remember Opel Fruits

You lie! OPAL fruits! (made to make your mouth water)

Mickey H

Kxiii wrote: »

I remember when all this was fields.

Ah, beaten to it!!

I remember when there were only 8 channels on the TV. We counted the VCR as 9.

DEFTLEFTHAND

When we used to sit in a government yard in Trenchtown.

Fromthetrees

I remember when you could smoke around children.

Those were the days indeed.

I had a great childhood.

#Wipes away tear, takes a deep inhale of a cigarette#

guppy

KKkitty wrote: »

Seeing that ad was a great blast from the past. I also remember a time when ads weren't in your face as much and women weren't scantily clad to advertise the most banal product.

I remember the shock of side-boob in shower gel ads! Of course, they were usually "European"!

Timmyctc

Mickey H wrote: »

Ah, beaten to it!!

I remember when there were only 8 channels on the TV. We counted the VCR as 9.

I Remember the VCR :pac:

guppy

Timmyctc wrote: »

I Remember the VCR :pac:

May I ask your thoughts on BETA-MAX?

Kxiii

Mickey H wrote: »

Ah, beaten to it!!

I remember when there were only 8 channels on the TV. We counted the VCR as 9.

I remember there was only two channels on tv and one of them didnt come on until 1978

NuckingFacker

I remember when 5 miles away on your bike was a new and strange place, full of wonder.

KKkitty

guppy wrote: »

I remember the shock of side-boob in shower gel ads! Of course, they were usually "European"!

Arthur Murphy's mailbag would have been jammed with complaints from incensed auld ones On the subject of VCRs I remember having to rewind them and making sure you didn't tape over something important.

Skerries

finding porn in the bushes was quite the delight

guppy

KKkitty wrote: »

Arthur Murphy's mailbag would have been jammed with complaints from incensed auld ones On the subject of VCRs I remember having to rewind them and making sure you didn't tape over something important.

Ah yes, then discovering that breaking that little tab prevented that! Then hearing that taping over it meant you could re-record, all through word of mouth! Google would really have come in useful back then......

Fromthetrees

Pausing a film when a boob came out and the screen going all over the place.

guppy

KKkitty wrote: »

I remember when kids played outside and not on computer games.

On this, I still throw my son and his friend out on nice days. They complain, but then have lots of fun when all the other kids you never see come out to join in. Sadly, it's still lovely to see when it happens, as opposed to a normal occurrence

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

1995, the hottest summer ever. All day football marathons on a neighbours front lawn, camping out nearly every night (albeit in the back garden) and a tan that Big Fat Gypsy weddings would die for.

Senna

I remember thinking Quicksand would be a problem I would encounter many times in my life:(

iamstop

Jumpers for goal posts

KKkitty

guppy wrote: »

On this, I still throw my son and his friend out on nice days. They complain, but then have lots of fun when all the other kids you never see come out to join in. Sadly, it's still lovely to see when it happens, as opposed to a normal occurrence

I think with abductions of children some parents are afraid to let their kids out of their sight and coupled with more games consoles than you can shake a stick at the appeal for the outdoors isn't always there.

Mariasofia

..........How happy you made me oh Mannddy

iamanengine

I remember when tree fiddy was a thing.

STILL makes me laugh to this day.

brummytom

KKkitty wrote: »

I remember when kids played outside and not on computer games.

I have to say, I find this really depressing.

I'm only 19 myself, but now I look at my younger cousins (around 6-8 years old), and instead of going out in the garden playing, or playing hide and seek or whatever, they're all sat around the living room with their DSs or tablets or whatever the fúck they have now.

Senna

KKkitty wrote: »

I think with abductions of children some parents are afraid to let their kids out of their sight and coupled with more games consoles than you can shake a stick at the appeal for the outdoors isn't always there.

There was a little girl abducted (and never found) only a few miles from my home the year before I was born. My parents still let me and my older siblings play outside, it was a different time and without looking through rose-tinted glasses, it was a better time.

KKkitty

brummytom wrote: »

I have to say, I find this really depressing.

I'm only 19 myself, but now I look at my younger cousins (around 6-8 years old), and instead of going out in the garden playing, or playing hide and seek or whatever, they're all sat around the living room with their DSs or tablets or whatever the fúck they have now.

Too much gadgets around these days. The only way you'd get some kids to play old school games is if there was a ds game or an app made.

I remember off licences opening till 11pm

KKkitty

Senna wrote: »

There was a little girl abducted (and never found) only a few miles from my home the year before I was born. My parents still let me and my older siblings play outside, it was a different time and without looking through rose-tinted glasses, it was a better time.

That's awful:( Some parents can over obsess about stuff like that though.

The Backwards Man

I remember my mother having a fit when she caught me watching this

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

If she could see me now. . . .

Duggy747

I remember when crisps like Burger Bites were tastier, they just taste bland now.

Equium

... The ice-cream man. Every kid on the green would drop their football, skipping rope, shovel, bike or whatever they were playing with to scramble home and collect a few pence for a cone. We'd sit there in the sun, eating our spoils, blissfully unaware that this was the zenith of existence.

iamanengine

Equium wrote: »

... The ice-cream man. Every kid on the green would drop their football, skipping rope, shovel, bike or whatever they were playing with to scramble home and collect a few pence for a cone. We'd sit there in the sun, eating our spoils, blissfully unaware that this was the zenith of existence.

Out of curiosity what games did ye play with the shovel?

Knifey/shovely? :pac:

PizzamanIRL

I remember Jolly Rancher sweets.

Sauve

Duggy747 wrote: »

I remember when crisps like Burger Bites were tastier, they just taste bland now.

That's cos our tastebuds are fried Duggy.

Dipdabs, meanies, frosties, jawbreakers.... lethal stuff!!

Reamer Fanny

I remember not rewinding the VHS when returning it back to xtravision

.Henry Sellers.

I remember when the sitting room floor was Lava and having a sup' of Dad's beer, when Pog's where all in fashion and summer holidays would last a year. Hey that rhymes!

Blondie919

I remember when Taytos cost 6p.

carrick79

I remember walking to school.

Tonto86

southsiderosie wrote: »

Online forms weren't that common until fairly recently - are you aging in dog years or something?

Bout 15 years ago, that's 15 more numbers to scroll!

Ihatecuddles-old

I remember mauling the cereal trying to get the toy I'm gutted they don't do them anymore, I loved them as a child.

Imagine giving a tamagotchi to a kid now, they'd be disgusted. With all their cool stuff on their tablets.

I remember astros, made by cadburys!! and onken frufoo.

I used to love superted vitamins too I'm 21 and I feel old.

Novella

I remember getting 10 penny mix-up's on a Sunday morning after mass.

A 10 penny mix-up costs €1 now in the very same shop!

Smidge

I remember when a bag of chips was 35p for a "small single" and 45p for a "large single":(