Things you don't see any more

Phil_aka_Pip

Rocker said:

Telex...

I worked on the Hasler MkIII telex box in the late 1980s. I wonder how many they sold and whether there was ever a MkIV

MagicPigDetective

Teletext & Ceefax
Atari ST’s
Unimogs
Gobots
Beach spades with timber shafts
Tennis rackets made of wood

guitars4you

Flip open mobile phones

Amstrad Computers

4560 bass bins + 2x12 or 1x12 mids + RCF flared horn

Not sure when I last saw any piezo tweeter horns in a pa cab

HH amp used live on a stage - those green lights

Phil_aka_Pip

guitars4you said:

HH amp used live on a stage - those green lights

The Blues Boys used HH amplification for everything. They also carried their mains, coax & speaker leads coiled up in aluminium beer kegs, and would set up their cabs & amps on top of the kegs once they'd unloaded. Don't know if the band is still operating, but I found this on youtube

EricTheWeary

Just drove past Feckenham. So, Barrett's of Feckenham. 

Phil_aka_Pip

loo cisterns above your head with a chain to pull

outside sh1thouses

Sporky

MagicPigDetective said:

Unimogs

Our local fire brigades have them - we have a lot of heathland. The forestry workers hereabouts tend to have at least one as well for places a Defender or pickup just can't go.

I do love Unimogs. Lady BMcH won't let me buy one, which is (a) a shame and (b) entirely reasonable.

Phil_aka_Pip

Hey, I want a unimog!

guitars4you

Phil_aka_Pip said:

loo cisterns above your head with a chain to pull

outside sh1thouses

we still have one - 110 year old terrace town house - Obviously with inside loo as well - but left outdoor - handy when in the garden etc

Bridgehouse

Phil_aka_Pip said:

loo cisterns above your head with a chain to pull

outside sh1thouses

You clearly didn’t take a crap in Bob’s at the weekend - they are over the head chain pullers!!!!

guitars4you

Bridgehouse said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

loo cisterns above your head with a chain to pull

outside sh1thouses

You clearly didn’t take a crap in Bob’s at the weekend - they are over the head chain pullers!!!!

In 'uddersfield aren't they a new innovation

Bridgehouse

guitars4you said:

Bridgehouse said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

loo cisterns above your head with a chain to pull

outside sh1thouses

You clearly didn’t take a crap in Bob’s at the weekend - they are over the head chain pullers!!!!

In 'uddersfield aren't they a new innovation

Very possibly...

pintspiller

I've eaten so much I rarely see my feet...





Or my Willie.

pintspiller

As in my dog, Willie.

scrumhalf

I was going to say Dunlop Green Flash trainers but a quick google shows that they are still available.

Hard toilet paper

Women in rain hats

Men in bowler hats (aside from during marching season)

Men in black jackets and pinstripe trousers

Really bad combovers

Rag and bone men with a horse and cart

Bus conductors

boogieman

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Rocker said:

Telex...

I worked on the Hasler MkIII telex box in the late 1980s. I wonder how many they sold and whether there was ever a MkIV

Just before I left BT I helped clear out a whole floor full of international telex equipment. Must have cost the equivalent of millions at the time. It all went into the skip. 

pintspiller

The Test Card

pintspiller

Flashing Blade

Heartfeltdawn

MagicPigDetective said:

Biros with several selectable colours

@MagicPigDetective ;

I have four Normal one, one with sparkly blue outside, another with a silver exterior, and one with three Biros and a retractable pencil-type affair going on. Bloody marvellous things. 

MagicPigDetective

Heartfeltdawn said:

MagicPigDetective said:

Biros with several selectable colours

@MagicPigDetective ;

I have four Normal one, one with sparkly blue outside, another with a silver exterior, and one with three Biros and a retractable pencil-type affair going on. Bloody marvellous things. 

Suprised that they are still being used! I hardly use any biros these days; what are you all using these multibiros for? And don’t you find them way to bulky to use?