Things you never see any more No.361

[EltonFrog]

Volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica

 

[EltonFrog]

Psion Organisers

Hewlette Packard PDA's

Motorola 3200

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Middle aged men wearing suits and cravats without a hint of irony, particularly when the look is topped off with the addition of a sailing hat.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The world being brown

 

[ianrauk]

Volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica salesmen knocking on your door.

 

[Bollo]

[QUOTE 2073228, member: 259"]Seen a few at charity shops now, though. Two full sets in Carrickfergus just a couple of weeks ago. £1 per volume - late eighties. I wonder how much they'd have cost originally?.[/quote]
I inherited a complete set from the 1940s, including the yearbooks, from my grandparents. I'm a bit of a book freak anyway but these are fabulous - they even smell great. It's surprising how little they're worth though. I saw a set from the early 1900s in Barter Books in Alnwick (famous for discovering the "Keep Calm" poster) for less than £200.

 

[Milo]

Porn films with gratuitous amounts of muff.......according to a friend anyway.

I will never understand this modern day obsession with pubic hair. A little bit of a trim here and there wont hurt but come on people it wont hurt you.

 

[Archie_tect]

I inherited a complete set from the 1940s, including the yearbooks, from my grandparents. I'm a bit of a book freak anyway but these are fabulous - they even smell great. It's surprising how little they're worth though. I saw a set from the early 1900s in Barter Books in Alnwick (famous for discovering the "Keep Calm" poster) for less than £200.

My grandparents had one volume, A-C, presumably they couldn't afford the rest just after the war.
I knew so much about Aeronautics, Architecture, Biology and Chemistry but sadly....

 

[Benn Townsend]

Psion Organisers

Hewlette Packard PDA's

Motorola 3200

them big nokia 900 communicator that was a laptop in a phone, i had one for business and used it for 2 days befors realising that my fuel consumption on the car was low due the fact that i was carrying a very heavy phone, ditched it and got small nokia and fuel consumption rose back up

 

[Benn Townsend]

The POP(manchester Term for Fizzy Drink) man that used to come round and drop off 5 bottles of pop for £2 and then give you 20p back for each empty bottle when you exchanged them for full ones Ha Ha

 

[phil_hg_uk]

My first laptop ( not that exact one but you get the idea )

 

[accountantpete]

The good old white dot on the TV when it was shut off.

 

[Cheddar George]

My grandparents had one volume, A-C, presumably they couldn't afford the rest just after the war.
I knew so much about Aeronautics, Architecture, Biology and Chemistry but sadly....

Poor young Archie, doomed to pursue a career starting with the letter A,B or C.

 

[Archie_tect]

Never got past Ar...

 

[swee'pea99]

[QUOTE 2074356, member: 259"]The ICL OPD. By the grace of God.

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As a graduate, I applied for a job with them, as a technical writer. Apparently the company initials were held, internally, to stand for It'll Come Later.