How did people pre 1998 survive?

Kermit.de.frog · 12-06-2015 01:42AM #1

No broadband
No digital television
No mobile phones (except rare gigantic bricks)
No lots of other things we have now.

Even worse - how did people in the 80's survive?:eek: At least they had discmans in the 90's.

And how about the 70's?:eek::eek: Some tvs still did not have colour!

It just, it just does not bare thinking about how bleak life must have been.

Is there any boardsies of this vintage on AH to share their experiences of these desolate times?

Duke O Smiley · 12-06-2015 01:43AM

Lots and lots of ****

Young Blood · 12-06-2015 01:45AM

It was a lot more social back then.

StewartGriffin · 12-06-2015 01:45AM

They lived under a rock in a swamp, held rampant homophobic views, and predicted extraordinary snow events every time they saw a cloud on the horizon.

Niemoj · 12-06-2015 01:46AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Loads and loads from ****

FYP

Just a little Samba · 12-06-2015 01:46AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Lots and lots of ****

To the pictures of women in the lingerie section of clothes catalogues.

Was a particular fan of the plus size girls in the oxendales catalogue myself. Was boob obsessed as a young lad.

c_man · 12-06-2015 01:46AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Lots and lots of ****

Dunnes Winter/Christmas Catalouge, lingerie pages :cool: I'm getting hot under the collar just thinking about it.

NachoBusiness · 12-06-2015 01:47AM

It was great.. you could fcuk off for the day and people had to deal with the fact that they couldn't get in touch with you until you came back.

Mister Vain · 12-06-2015 01:47AM

The Sega Mega Drive kept me occupied for most of the 90's. That and the lingerie section in the catalogs.

Charlie19 · 12-06-2015 01:49AM

A couple of chess nuts and a pair of laces.

Great crack

SHOVELLER · 12-06-2015 01:57AM

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Junkyard Tom · 12-06-2015 01:58AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is there any boardsies of this vintage on AH to share their experiences of these desolate times?

In the summer I spent quite a lot of time riding the rapids of the local river on an inflated lorry tyre tube, climbing up rock faces/trees/drain pipes, playing soccer and other games outside, jumping off shed roofs, building stuff like 'camps' and go-karts out of wood and rusty nails etc.

I think we were more free back then than kids are these days - there was a lot less elfen safety back then for litte'uns.

RayM · 12-06-2015 02:00AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Lots and lots of ****

Over what though? Live at Three?

Ah, Thelma...

emigrate2012 · 12-06-2015 02:08AM

I found regular breathing and 3 square meals did wonders....

Also dial up internet had it's good points,them **** were so much more rewarding when it took twenty minutes for the pic to load.

Kermit.de.frog · 12-06-2015 02:11AM

emigrate2012 wrote: »

Also dial up internet had it's good points

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0

efb · 12-06-2015 02:11AM

iol.ie

KungPao · 12-06-2015 02:11AM

This nonsense annoys me.

Life was actually better back then, much more social and less narcissistic.

I do like widescreen TVs with a decent resolution though!

Grab All Association · 12-06-2015 02:11AM

I had a Nokia 5110 in 1998/9
We had dialup (like 3 midband only faster)
Cablelink
Rté Two showed TV shows like Frasier, The X-Files and Happy Days
Dunnes Stores in Thurles had a vending machine which sold cans of Dunnes Cola for 20p (Coca Cola was 50p at the time)

Swanley · 12-06-2015 02:14AM

Chris___ wrote: »

I had a Nokia 5110 in 1998/9
We had dialup (like 3 midband only faster)
Cablelink
Rté Two showed TV shows like Frasier, The X-Files and Happy Days
Dunnes Stores in Thurles had a vending machine which sold cans of Dunnes Cola for 20p (Coca Cola was 50p at the time)

Did you have any colored/custom facias for the '10?

efb · 12-06-2015 02:15AM

Chris___ wrote: »

I had a Nokia 5110 in 1998/9
We had dialup (like 3 midband only faster)
Cablelink
Rté Two showed TV shows like Frasier, The X-Files and Happy Days
Dunnes Stores in Thurles had a vending machine which sold cans of Dunnes Cola for 20p (Coca Cola was 50p at the time)

Happy Days??? You're bring Happy Days to the table?

efb · 12-06-2015 02:16AM

KungPao wrote: »

This nonsense annoys me.

Life was actually better back then, much more social and less narcissistic.

I do like widescreen TVs with a decent resolution though!

Bollix. Life is better now.

KungPao · 12-06-2015 02:17AM

efb wrote: »

Happy Days??? You're bring Happy Days to the table?

Sure, I watched Mork and Mindy. What of it!?

porsche959 · 12-06-2015 02:18AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

No mobile phones (except rare gigantic bricks)

Mobile phones were common enough among the yuppie types in London from the early 1990s on, in fact Norman Lamont put a tax on them in one of his budgets, describing them as a "modern-day curse".

By the mid 1990s in Ireland, they were becoming reasonably common among business types but even then it was considered rather poor etiquette to use one in a public place such as on a bus or in a rail carriage.

You think progress is always good? I beg to differ!

KungPao · 12-06-2015 02:19AM

efb wrote: »

Bollix. Life is better now.

Na. Life is boring when everthing is so easy. No challenge, no mystery, maaan.

efb · 12-06-2015 02:19AM

KungPao wrote: »

Sure, I watched Mork and Mindy. What of it!?

Its wasn't exactly 90's tv, Friends would have been a better example. :pac:

efb · 12-06-2015 02:20AM

KungPao wrote: »

Na. Life is boring when everthing is so easy. No challenge, no mystery, maaan.

We now have Negative Equity.

ardinn · 12-06-2015 02:21AM

I dunno about this argument that it was better - It was better for me because I was a child and was carefree - but life gets tougher. I do remember being outside ALL the time - not coming home until it was dark during the holidays and getting into all sorts of adventures.

I imagine Kids nowadays are gonna grow up to be unsociable twats tho - I am a gamer myself but cant imagine being stuck inside on a console all summer, which alot of kids do nowadays apparently!

KungPao · 12-06-2015 02:23AM

efb wrote: »

Its wasn't exactly 90's tv, Friends would have been a better example. :pac:

Jesus. Ok then, fcking Rosanne! Will that do?

What a ****e show.

efb · 12-06-2015 02:24AM

KungPao wrote: »

Jesus. Ok then, fcking Rosanne! Will that do?

What a ****e show.

I liked Rosanne. (the sitcom)

Grab All Association · 12-06-2015 02:24AM

Swanley wrote: »

Did you have any colored/custom facias for the '10?

3 covers. One blue and one red genuine Nokia express on covers and a cheap Matrix style flip cover with GSM wrote on it.

efb · 12-06-2015 02:25AM

ardinn wrote: »

I dunno about this argument that it was better - It was better for me because I was a child and was carefree - but life gets tougher. I do remember being outside ALL the time - not coming home until it was dark during the holidays and getting into all sorts of adventures.

I imagine Kids nowadays are gonna grow up to be unsociable twats tho - I am a gamer myself but cant imagine being stuck inside on a console all summer, which alot of kids do nowadays apparently!

did you have 3 friends and a dog? Was one of the girls a bit butch?

How did people pre 1998 survive?

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