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    #842
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Still on the topic of drink, those ad videos suggest that the only wine available was black tower and Piat D'Or. We only ever had those at Christmas.
    Nowadays we're eloquently quaffing Rioja Crianza or Albariños etc. :)


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    #843
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,364 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Still on the topic of drink, those ad videos suggest that the only wine available was black tower and Piat D'Or. We only ever had those at Christmas.
    Nowadays we're eloquently quaffing Rioja Crianza or Albariños etc. :)

    Glad you mentioned Black Tower, found this when looking for an old Advocaat ad

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #844
    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    Young people may not remember the time when most people
    over 18 emigrated to the uk or america for a few years in order to get a job.Every family had one or 2 children working abroad.
    we were in a boom before the pandemic happened .
    phones did not come with had camera,s or app stores.
    it was a big deal if you could download a ring tone on your phone.
    you could not go into a chemist to buy condoms .
    If you wanted contraception you had to go a doctor.


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    #845
    the purple tin
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    Lt. Columbo


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    #846
    branie2
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    Goods on Hire Purchase


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    #847
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,099 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    silliussoddius wrote: »
    Is Cavan Cola and Angel Delight still on the go? Obviously not at the same time.

    Angel Delight can still be got, haven't seen Cavan Cola in years!


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    #848
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,298 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Clinic shampoo


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    #849
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,898 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    byte wrote: »
    Angel Delight can still be got, haven't seen Cavan Cola in years!

    I had two dental surgery’s this year, I was instructed only soft food for a few days after and picked up a couple of packets of strawberry and chocolate angels delight .... tasty, cooling and deliciously gooey, hadn’t had any in about 20 years, getting a few packs now with each supermarket visit...


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    #850
    JimmyVik
    Registered Users Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Still on the topic of drink, those ad videos suggest that the only wine available was black tower and Piat D'Or. We only ever had those at Christmas.
    Nowadays we're eloquently quaffing Rioja Crianza or Albariños etc. :)


    Dont forget this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBthQyw7gkE


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    #851
    topper75
    Registered Users Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    branie2 wrote: »
    Goods on Hire Purchase

    By those very words, no. But - in effect buying on the 'never, never' is still very much a thing and always will be.


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    #852
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    JimmyVik wrote: »
    Dont forget this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBthQyw7gkE

    As a child, I always found that label and the cartoon deer very appealing!
    :D

    Blue Nun was another wine brand around back then.

    As kids we were allowed a small glass of wine with Christmas dinner, it never appealed to me until much later on in college when I discovered Jacobs Creek (obligatory Father Jack reference) and Blossom Hill chardonnay! :D


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    #853
    The Continental Op
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Goods on Hire Purchase

    The words give the wrong impression to the modern consumer who is quite happy to tie themselves into a phone contract for a couple of years so they get a "free" phone.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #854
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,217 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    As a child, I always found that label and the cartoon deer very appealing!
    :D

    Blue Nun was another wine brand around back then.

    As kids we were allowed a small glass of wine with Christmas dinner, it never appealed to me until much later on in college when I discovered Jacobs Creek (obligatory Father Jack reference) and Blossom Hill chardonnay! :D

    I remember my older brother buying a bottle of Goldener Oktober one christmas as he though he was very sophisticated. I tried it and it was like drinking turps.


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    #855
    branie2
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    The Carry On films


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    #856
    partyguinness
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    Payphones


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    #857
    whysobecause
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭whysobecause


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Payphones

    A payphone that wasn't covered in graffiti on the inside.


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    #858
    the purple tin
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    Nits and lice.


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    #859
    bonzodog2
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    Army escorts for cash deliveries to banks


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    #860
    ClydeTallyBump
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    Collecting Telecom Eireann callcards and bartering them in a pub:)


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    #861
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,364 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Nits and lice.

    Don't think they have gone :mad: Only last year neighbors kids had a note sent home to watch out for them as they had been spotted in the school.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #862
    whisky_galore
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    People who gawped at concrete holy statues expecting them to move.


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    #863
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Payphones

    And by extension, Phone Cards. Some people used to collect them.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



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    #864
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,427 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    People who gawped at concrete holy statues expecting them to move.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #865
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    That must have been Fr Stone's parish :D


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    #866
    Whestsidestory
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    People calling to the door unannounced at all hours.


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    #867
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Army escorts for cash deliveries to banks

    That only stopped a few years ago, banks were told they would have to pay for the service rather than the people paying


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    #868
    RandomViewer
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    The Continental Op wrote: »
    Don't think they have gone :mad: Only last year neighbors kids had a note sent home to watch out for them as they had been spotted in the school.

    Letter used to come from the school late September when my daughter was in National school so 2018


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    #869
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,364 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    bodhrandude wrote: »

    Not many left with the round florescent lights set up as halos.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #870
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,878 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    RandomViewer wrote: »
    That only stopped a few years ago, banks were told they would have to pay for the service rather than the people paying

    The volume of cash has also collapsed; as well as the destructive tech that makes it pointless stealing what is there.


    As well as the general reduction in cash in use, the in-store ATMs that are reloaded by the shop owner from the till made a huge impact in the amount of cash moving through bank branches and their on-site ATMs.
    branie2 wrote: »
    Goods on Hire Purchase

    PCP cars are just that.

    We also had FlexiRent here until a few years ago; that was good old fashioned hire purchase.


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    #871
    Lucy8080
    Registered Users Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭Lucy8080


    This generation has not grown up with the Height of technology that was a record player that could also fit (charge free) in an over-head locker.

    That record player looked like a modern day (airline, carry on)small case, but when you opened the latches on that "strange/other" case......MUSIC was the only travel available.. if you had a record.

    Music to your tastes or offensive to your tastes! Still, it was music.

    To be more precise, a box that could accommodate any taste! The box (Today's equivalent/size, of a little case) was something to behold, and also anticipate(on opening),if you had a record handy, more delight's ! .


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