What we used to do back then...

[luckyfox]

I could be stuck in a time warp but i liked the 80's/90's. Too much has changed these days. I have no idea what the earlier years were like but here's a few things i still do regardless.

I home bake, microwave food may be convenient but nothings nicer than home made
Holiday photos are printed out, put in a frame and shown to people in person rather than uploaded to 217 people i hardly see, went to infant school with or worked with for a bit.
I make mixed tapes
My mobile phone is switched off daily
If a fuse goes or I mow over the cable or a plug needs rewiring... i fix it, i have friends who can do none of these
When going for a walk ,i walk there and then walk, i dont drive for an hour to somewhere to go walking for 30 mins
When the house phone rings, i have no idea who it is and thats fine (this is from a discussion i had with a friend about who actually had a house phone because any stranger can ring you...)
If my jumper has a hole in it it gets a cool patch sewn on, because patches are cool (way cooler than a cheap jumper)
I write reminders on the back of my hand because writing a note on my phone has a 15% chance of being seen again
The milk arrives like magic every other morning in glass bottles

I'm sure i'll think of more

 

[Cycleops]

That's why all my bikes are from that period. I was thinking of buying a new one but each time I considered it I thought, what will a new one give me?
Don't agree with jumper patches as they make you look down at heel but everything else .

 

[Speicher]

I forget that there is such a thing as a spell chequer.
I have my bottles of milk delivered by the milkman.
I always have some stamps in my purse.
Most of the furniture in this house is over thirty years old.
I like silence.
In the seven years since I bought my mobile phone, I have only made a total of four hours' of calls.
I can replace zips in clothes. I am determined to "turn a collar" one day, on a favourite blouse.

There may be others that I will think of later.

 

[ianrauk]

We still have a mile delivery every day - though it is getting very expensive now compared to shop milk.
79p a pint compared to 49p in the shops.

 

[tyred]

I've had people question how I can manage to drive a car without power steering and don't I feel tired...

 

[Saluki]

We don't have a milkman here. Or at least we don't have one that will deliver to this side of the railway lines. Our bread delivery man has recently retired to so it's off to the shop I have to go. Cheaper though but the bread is not so nice.
I don't turn off my mobile every day but only because my number is the one that the transplant people have, otherwise it would go off at 6pm and on again at 8am like it used to.
My old Weird Fish jumper has so many patches it's now mostly patch and no longer leaves the house or garden. I still love it.
I can wire plugs, I wired the cooker in too. I can change fuses and have been known to perform these tasks for the neighbours who are a bit useless (Not malcolm though, he's an electrician and can do his own when he's not in prison for D&D).
I can change spark plugs too, and change the oil on my car. I shocked someone the other day as I can fix a p******* and do other wee tasks on my bike such as indexing my gears (God bless Youtube). That someone was shocked that I didn't go to a bike shop for routine maintenance.

I'm about to go outside and put a fence up, with the aid of Hubster as it's a two-bod-job.

 

[Speicher]

I own an atlas and regularly consult it.

In the interests of keeping up to date, I recently bought "The Times" folding map of the world. I spoke to a very helpful lady at The Map Shop and she sent it to me in the post.

I also have a copy of the Thomas Cook Railway Timetable of Europe.

 

[slowwww]

Go to the pub in 1980, and get 2 pints and two packets of peanuts for £1

 

[cosmicbike]

When I go out for dinner/lunch with the wife/family/friends I don't post a picture of said meal on Faecebook for my 'friends' to see and comment on. Same applies for photos, trip out, and the rest of my life...
I go on holiday in a 25 year old trailer tent by choice, it's fun and the kids love the freedom you can only get with camping.
I have no idea what the lawyer'smust have' gadget is. I'm only now trying to figure out iTunes for the kids..

 

[snorri]

That's nothing, when we were young we didn't have shoes

Give the thread half a chance to get going before coming in with that old chestnut Rocky, please.

 

[cosmicbike]

That's nothing, when we were young we didn't have shoes

You don't know how good you had it. I didn't even have socks

 

[Archie_tect]

I also have a copy of the Thomas Cook Railway Timetable of Europe.

Is it signed?
I've only got up to the first three volumes so far [A to Ac], 177 to go...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Go to the pub in 1980, and get 2 pints and two packets of peanuts for £1

If I gave you 50p would you get a pint in for me, please?

Anyhow, I have no dishwasher or washing machine. My mobile won't even take pictures. I don't actually own a car but I seem to have become the family chauffeur. It's in for repair after somebody shunted me and I had to tell the insurance people twice that I didn't want a courtesy car and explain why. I don't think they got my ''It'll be nice not driving for a few days'' response.

 

[tadpole]

Oh the irony, boasting how you avoid technology, don't need technology, on an internet based forum.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Used the radio the other day, a big old Sony TFM 6200w PSB. What a nice device.
Japan
Manufacturer / Brand: Sony; Tokyo
Year: 1980 ??Type: Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 TunerSemiconductors (the count is only for transistors)Semiconductors present.
PrincipleSuper-Heterodyne (Super in general)
Wave bandsWave Bands given in the notes.
Details
Power type and voltageDry Batteries / 9 Volt
LoudspeakerPermanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6.6 cm = 2.6 inch
Power out0.29 W (unknown quality)
from Radiomuseum.orgModel: Solid State FM/AM/PSB 3-Band Radio TFM-6200W [US Model] - Sony; Tokyo
MaterialModern plastics (no Bakelite or Catalin)
ShapeVery small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
Dimensions (WHD)156 x 92 x 40 mm / 6.1 x 3.6 x 1.6 inch
NotesSony TFM-6200W, Solid State 3-Band Radio (US model);
AM: 530 - 1.605 kHz,
FM: 87.5 - 1.605 kHz,
Police Band: 147 - 174 MHz,
metal front, earphone jack.
Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)0.420 kg / 0 lb 14.8 oz (0.925 lb)
Collectors' prices
Source of data- - Manufacturers Literature
Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.