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

Col200sx · 2010-01-15 13:35:41

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…

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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.......

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#2 15-01-2010 02:37PM

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

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#3 15-01-2010 02:37PM

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

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#4 15-01-2010 02:39PM

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

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#5 15-01-2010 02:39PM

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

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#6 15-01-2010 02:39PM

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

/waits for thanks to roll in

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#7 15-01-2010 02:42PM

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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!).

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#8 15-01-2010 02:43PM

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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!

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#9 15-01-2010 02:44PM

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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.

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#10 15-01-2010 02:45PM

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

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#11 15-01-2010 02:47PM

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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.

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#12 15-01-2010 02:49PM

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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.

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#14 15-01-2010 02:52PM

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

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#15 15-01-2010 02:53PM

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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!!

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#16 15-01-2010 02:54PM

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Big Knox wrote: »

Remember when people used to follow the rules!!

Round about the time I actually read the rules.

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#17 15-01-2010 02:55PM

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#18 15-01-2010 02:56PM

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

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#19 15-01-2010 02:57PM

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Remember when the Trent thread was good?

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#20 15-01-2010 02:57PM

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Remember when we had threads like this:

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

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#21 15-01-2010 03:06PM

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Remember you could rent consoles in xtra vision ?

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#22 15-01-2010 03:07PM

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Spunge wrote: »

Remember you could rent consoles in xtra vision ?

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

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#23 15-01-2010 03:10PM

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

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#24 15-01-2010 03:11PM

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

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#25 15-01-2010 03:13PM

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

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#27 15-01-2010 03:16PM

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

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#29 15-01-2010 03:26PM

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Remember when you used to watch TCC after school.

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#30 15-01-2010 03:46PM

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

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