Can you name anything that youngsters of today won't know?

[Eeyore68]

I think LED watches were too rich for where I grew up [emoji14]

 

[isaiah53]

I think LED watches were too rich for where I grew up [emoji14]

you got burnt as a witch for them where i grew up

 

[JohnnyO]

Our workshop reverse engineered them from crashed UFOS we found and cannabilised for spares ... was useless sending to Meriden for parts from Triumph !

JohnnyO. o/

 

[Norfolkdick]

Greetings

Re- threading a 'tangled' eight track cassette tape of 'Moving Waves' by Focus.

Regards
Dick.

 

[SeanC]

9+ minute drum solos ala Moby Dick

Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

 

[halvor]

The dial-up connection tone.

Remember it from my childhood but I doubt many kids these days know it (I'm only 26 as it is).

Edit: this includes being unable to use the phone whilst connected to t'interwebs.

Good memories, that! And for those getting the jitters from lack of exposure to said 28.8 (or the, in comparison, incredibly fast 56K!) modem dial-up sound, here's your solution: https://www.dialupsound.com. *Ahhhhhh*

 

[Benz3ne]

Good memories, that! And for those getting the jitters from lack of exposure to said 28.8 (or the, in comparison, incredibly fast 56K!) modem dial-up sound, here's your solution: https://www.dialupsound.com. *Ahhhhhh*

*sigh* Music to my ears.

 

[Geechy]

White tennis balls.

 

[Eeyore68]

Good memories, that! And for those getting the jitters from lack of exposure to said 28.8 (or the, in comparison, incredibly fast 56K!) modem dial-up sound, here's your solution: https://www.dialupsound.com. *Ahhhhhh*

28.8?

2400 baud, you mean!

--
Pitralon forever - Real pens have a nib - If it doesn't tick, it's not a watch.

 

[Wayne Pritchard]

 

[Gairdner]

Spangles sweets, Texan bars, Cremola foam fizzy pop drink.

Amstrad CPC464 computer and its predecessor, my almighty powerful Commodore VIC20 with a massive 5k of RAM!

Telephones with a dial.

Televisions with curved screens like a goldfish bowl in a faux-wooden cabinet that weighed at least a tonne.

2-star and 4-star petrol. Was there 3-star?

 

[Wayne Pritchard]

Cant remember if this has been mentioned before...

 

[Northam Saint]

Spangles sweets, Texan bars, Cremola foam fizzy pop drink.

Amstrad CPC464 computer and its predecessor, my almighty powerful Commodore VIC20 with a massive 5k of RAM!

Telephones with a dial.

Televisions with curved screens like a goldfish bowl in a faux-wooden cabinet that weighed at least a tonne.

2-star and 4-star petrol. Was there 3-star?

Remember filling up with 2 Star in my Ford Fiesta Pop 957cc, until I had the free conversation to unleaded.

 

[captain_hx]

A young man in his early twenties came up to me at the post office holding an envelope and some stamps that he had just bought. He asked for advice to get his letter posted. I realized, after helping him to post his letter, that he didn't know how the stamps stick and where they where to be placed.

 

[chris.hale]

At primary school only being allowed to write with a pencil until you were judged worthy of moving onto a fountain pen. Ball-points were not allowed.

Teachers being allowed to mark in red ink, throw chalk / board rubbers at you or deliver a clip around the ear. Linked to this, being afraid of your parents finding out because they'd side with the teachers.

Bobbies on the beat.

 

[pjgh]

... when you had to eat it all...

Oh, yes ... and only one choice: what Mum cooked.