I’m so old I remember…

[hugh_jarce69]

I know, we used to have to watch TV for the adverts with a pen and paper to get the phone number

That reminds of the days when you trawled through teletext for holiday deals. Desperately trying to press ‘hold’ to stop it going onto next page

 

[snexxer]

I know, we used to have to watch TV for the adverts with a pen and paper to get the phone number

Ceefax and teletext
Playing Bamboozle on channel 4s teletext

 

[sunset_dreaming]

Can’t play British Bulldogs either

Is that when you have one person in the middle of a field and 30 kids run at them and they have to try and 'catch' someone...? Then as the tables turn... that last smart-ass kid who has survived the running has to face 30 angry snotty nosed kids.... oh, those were good times

We called it 'Bull Rush'

 

[sunset_dreaming]

teletext

 

[angelofthenorth]

That reminds of the days when you trawled through teletext for holiday deals. Desperately trying to press ‘hold’ to stop it going onto next page

Oh yes, booked it, packed it ...ucked off

 

[angelofthenorth]

Ceefax and teletext
Playing Bamboozle on channel 4s teletext

I was ace at Bamboozle

 

[hugh_jarce69]

Think I remember when Channel 4 first started

 

[snexxer]

That reminds of the days when you trawled through teletext for holiday deals. Desperately trying to press ‘hold’ to stop it going onto next page

I remember my older sister and her boyfriend sitting on the sofa looking for a cheap holiday to Spain for the following week.

 

[angelofthenorth]

Is that when you have one person in the middle of a field and 30 kids run at them and they have to try and 'catch' someone...? Then as the tables turn... that last smart-ass kid who has survived the running has to face 30 angry snotty nosed kids.... oh, those were good times

We called it 'Bull Rush'

We also used to play "What Time Is It Mr Wolf?"

 

[Zephreck]

Kids were allowed to play outside... you knew you had to be home before dark... people had manners and said no sir / ma'am etc... we were read to each night, and you were not worried about neighbors. You actually talked and socialized outdoors.

 

[hugh_jarce69]

Metal Mickey

 

[angelofthenorth]

Metal Mickey

It's a knockout

 

[Zephreck]

We had a tire swing and this clown head that you could connect to a water hose. The hat would fill up with water and spin around and we would jump through it. Then came slip and slides... riding bicycles with cards in the spokes to make cool sounds. Penny candy at the grocery store...

 

[Vitriolhack]

A network card that whose speed was measured in “baud rate!”

 

[Vitriolhack]

I remember the days before cable TV when all you had was 5 or 6 tv channels and we all saw more or less the same shows on the tube!

 

[Zephreck]

America online... listening to the program trying to connect and then using AOL instant messenger...

 

[hugh_jarce69]

It's a knockout

Runaround

 

[hugh_jarce69]

America online... listening to the program trying to connect and then using AOL instant messenger...

“You have mail”

 

[angelofthenorth]

We had a tire swing and this clown head that you could connect to a water hose. The hat would fill up with water and spin around and we would jump through it. Then came slip and slides... riding bicycles with cards in the spokes to make cool sounds. Penny candy at the grocery store...

We used to do that with cards on our bikes. We had Tarzan swings, just a piece of wood knotted on a rope, you used to hope to God that it didn't snap while you were on it

 

[Vitriolhack]

I remember the 70s and 80s music receivers!

 

[Zephreck]

It was so cool having mail... hearing that was great. Now most of the emails are ads and spam mail.

 

[angelofthenorth]

Runaround

uhhh,, aye Mick Reed, yeah... and of course Crackerjack.

 

[Zephreck]

We called them boom boxes in the 80s...

I remember the 70s and 80s music receivers!

 

[hugh_jarce69]

C30, C60, C90 tapes

 

[Zephreck]

uhhh,, aye Mick Reed, yeah... and of course Crackerjack.

Everyone wanted the prize inside cracker jack boxes...