Things we used to do

[Big Dave laaa]

Swap your drop handlebars for "cow horns" and snap or bend them at the first wheelie attempt.

 

[Illaveago]

Yeah, but only on "Toy Day" other wise you'd be sent to Mrs Sharp, the head mistress ' office and get the ruler across the hand. Don't ask me how I know this.

Did your school playground have tall towers in the corners.

 

[Profpointy]

Did your school playground have tall towers in the corners.

it was a good school; it was "approved"

 

[Mrs M]

Yeah, but only on "Toy Day" other wise you'd be sent to Mrs Sharp, the head mistress ' office and get the ruler across the hand. Don't ask me how I know this.

I took my toy phone to school and put it in my desk so I could phone home when I'd had enough.
Miss Morgan (scary and reminded me of the gran in the Waltons) took it off me .

 

[Sunny Portrush]

Making telephone calls using two baked bean tins and a long piece of string. Magically, you could hear the other person speak, or was that because they were only four feet away lol

 

[midlife]

Party lines, to keep the phone bill down

Shaun

 

[Illaveago]

I don't know if anyone has said this but I can remember many, many years ago at the end of each week receiving a brown envelope with money in it. They were called wages.

 

[Dirk]

Driving cars with bench front seats, no seat belts and a column gear changer - great for courting.

 

[Profpointy]

Making telephone calls using two baked bean tins and a long piece of string. Magically, you could hear the other person speak, or was that because they were only four feet away lol

the free gift from Nokia at a telecomms conference was a couple of tins of boiled sweets - joined by string. Nice touch and a bit of fun - even had an "expansion kit" (labelled as such) consisting of additional tin with a loose end of string. I can confirm that 3-way works too

 

[Mrs M]

Always wanted a walk it talkie, like they had in Daktari.
Never got one so made my own from mecanno, it was a "bit rubbish" .

 

[postman]

We had D E R whatever that meant I don't know.

We had one from them.I think they were called Domestic Electrical Rentals,but don't quote me on that.Just looked it up,That is the name.In 1968 they had over 360 shops.

 

[Sunny Portrush]

using a 14.4 kps dial-up modem to connect to that new fangled internet thing

 

[postman]

Used to chase the GREEN FINAL paper man on a Saturday evening.Dad read it first.For those who have never heard of it,it was a sports newspaper.In Sheffield it was called THE PINK.

 

[Profpointy]

using a 14.4 kps dial-up modem to connect to that new fangled internet thing

14.4k : luxury !

In my day we had 110 baud and were greatfull. Just to be clear, that's 110, NOT 110k. The 'phone handset went into a cradle thing which "beeped" into the microphone.

In them days it was illegal to connect a proper modem up unless you got it from BT - and I think they were £10k or even £30k or some such.

 

[Illaveago]

Watching the tele printer on the BBC Saturday afternoon waiting for the programmes to start. I've had a more thrilling time watching paint dry.