Life before computers

[BigonaBianchi]

...the grass was greener right?

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

nope, fraid not. It was a dull grey... Life is so much better in HD

 

[ianrauk]

Hold on... I will just ask our humble telex operator.

 

[Melonfish]

life in the 1930's wasn't all that bad. some good programmes on the wireless.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

..yeah...the top 20 on a sunday night!

 

[Sandra6]

Mr6 was just saying yesterday he regrets introducing me to the internet.

 

[Davidc]

Typing pools were really interesting places to work I'm sure.

 

[tyred]

Excuse me while I untangle my tie from the typewriter carriage.

 

[accountantpete]

Yes - in the pre-internet era there there were all those ultra rare, extremely expensive psychedelic records which reportedly (since no-one had heard them) put the likes of Pink Floyd to shame.

Since the rise of youtube however these rarities have mysteriously vanished only to be replaced by crappy little pop songs with a 5 second bit of 'wild' feedback and a coda where the the drums are played backwards.

 

[Shaun]

I'm not saying anyfink ...

 

[Rob3rt]

TBH, the quality of life was perceptibly the same.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Computers are great and have changed a lot for the better. Not sure about Farcebook I could live without that.

 

[tyred]

On the other hand, no emails telling me my Great-Uncle Joe in Australia has died and left me money or trying to sell me Viagra or Ford Mondeos.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

[QUOTE 2139437, member: 259"]Cyclechat was rubbish when we used to have to fax each other. The younger members probably don't recall getting seventeen badly typed pages about road tax every five minutes.[/quote]
I remember buying my first fax machine,only my bigger clients could afford them.Within a month,most of our work arrived by fax,& all clients had them.Thats how fast things moved .

 

[Davidc]

On the other hand, no emails telling me my Great-Uncle Joe in Australia has died and left me money or trying to sell me Viagra or Ford Mondeos.

Used to get some dodgy snail-mail shots though. Pyramid selling scams for one.