Things you never see any more...

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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Catholics being burned at the stake. Used to be a rollicking good night out.
  • Tempestas
    Tempestas Posts: 486
    Ford Cortina's
  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    APIII wrote:
    Spangles
    Fruit polos

    do they still make Caramac?
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Tempestas wrote:
    Ford Cortina's

    i saw one last week. Took a photo of it too.
  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    Porgy wrote:
    Tempestas wrote:
    Ford Cortina's

    i saw one last week. Took a photo of it too.

    There's a guy on my road who restores them and has 4 or 5 outside his house at any one time and they're bloody hideous.
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    20/20
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Manners.

    Ohh went daily mail, sorry. :cry:
  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    Roadside bongo-mags. Not seen some kerbside grot for years - Internet kills another childhood experience.

    LOL. :lol:

    20 mph average speed. :cry:
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    sampras38 wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Tempestas wrote:
    Ford Cortina's

    i saw one last week. Took a photo of it too.

    There's a guy on my road who restores them and has 4 or 5 outside his house at any one time and they're bloody hideous.

    Ford Cortina = my next car 8)

    what's his phone number? :D
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    The sun.
    Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/243 ... 8d.jpg?v=0
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  • BigJimmyB
    BigJimmyB Posts: 1,302
    CHRISNOIR wrote:
    Roadside bongo-mags. Not seen some kerbside grot for years - Internet kills another childhood experience.

    Yes indeed.

    Shortcuts through wasteland to where I walk the dog contain zero bush-filth at all.

    It was the only way a young lad could lay his hands on jazz when I was 14 or so...

    :lol:
  • BigJimmyB
    BigJimmyB Posts: 1,302
    I'm going with sweet stuff....

    Ice Magic
    Texan Bars
    Banjo choc/coconut bars
    Cabana coconut / fruit bars
    Pacers
    Spangles

    Any more?
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    edited November 2009
    Swisskits

    Oh and bananas that are neither green or black
    Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/243 ... 8d.jpg?v=0
    http://img362.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 076tl5.jpg
    http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3407 ... e001af.jpg
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057
    Um Bongo
    54321
    Opal fruits
    Marathon
    Record players
    Cassette Walkmen
    BBC 32KB computers in schools
    People leaving door keys on the outside when in
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    The police driving British cars.
  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    A canned fizzy drink called "Quantro" from the 80's.

    I feckin' loved that stuff! Anyone else remember it?
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Kate Bush or XTC playing live.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Porgy wrote:
    British cars.


    Fixed that for you.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 992
    This might help

    http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/
    Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
    Joseph Gallivan
  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    bobtbuilder wrote:
    A canned fizzy drink called "Quantro" from the 80's.

    I feckin' loved that stuff! Anyone else remember it?

    Quattro wasn't it? Like a Lilt rip-off
  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    APIII wrote:
    bobtbuilder wrote:
    A canned fizzy drink called "Quantro" from the 80's.

    I feckin' loved that stuff! Anyone else remember it?

    Quattro wasn't it? Like a Lilt rip-off

    Yes, you're right. But it was way better than lilt!
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    British cars.


    Fixed that for you.

    No - I still see old Tory duffers in chislehurst and Bromley out and about in their decade old Rover - wondering what the hell to buy next time. :lol:
  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    Cressers wrote:
    Walking boots with distinct heels rather than the heel being a part of the flat sole.

    Friction shifters.

    Feel free to add your own...

    Friction shifters on the bike I use for local riding so I see them often.

    ... and yes, the old TV line standard was 405 lines (a line frequency of 10.125khz - geez the cr@p stored in my brain)

    What don't you see? Real shops that are unique to their locality rather than just another high street identical the ones everywhere else. Cheque books. Rubber pedals. Broken down cars littering the hard shoulder of the motorway. Kids going out in the morning, not returning until dark and their parents not worrying. Tweed plusses for cycling.

    Geoff
    Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster
  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    sampras38 wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    pst88 wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    I'm going to get white dog poo in there quickly :lol:
    The girlfriend is always (ok, maybe twice) talking about white dog poo but I've never seen it. What's the deal with that?

    I think dog food used to contain more bone meal ( and calcium?)

    Can't remember exactly. I think it has to be left out a long time though, and hopefully people actually clean it up nowadays!

    Yeah, it's all due to the fact the ingredients of modern dog food is different, so that's why you don't see white doo doo anymore. As far as I know it's not been around for years..

    I always thought it was from poodles. I haven't seen it since 1988 or thereabouts. If the internet was around then and I had a straight to twitter camera phone i'd certainly have a home page documenting my sightings so therefore could be a lot more specific on the exact sighting date.
    When a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.
  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    bobtbuilder wrote:
    APIII wrote:
    bobtbuilder wrote:
    A canned fizzy drink called "Quantro" from the 80's.

    I feckin' loved that stuff! Anyone else remember it?

    Quattro wasn't it? Like a Lilt rip-off

    Yes, you're right. But it was way better than lilt!

    My apologies, you are correct. Lilt is dogpoo.
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    ricketts
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    Vision On...what were those guys smoking? As a young kid in the 70s I didn't grasp the phsycadelic culture on at the time.

    Benotto tape, esp hot pink. And people complain about Fizik tape providing no cushioning! Stiched leather handlebar covering.

    In my day narrow tires were 27x1 or 27x1 1/8. It's as if 700c tires were not invented (or sold anyway) until about 1983.

    Tommassini frames. Ciocc frames. CBT frames. Tommaso frames. San Rensho frames. Zunow frames. Battaglin frames. Land Shark frames. Frames with no seat bottle bosses. That was stricty 90s+ in my memory.

    A beautiful celeste Bianchi with a painted-to-match Silca frame pump.

    The Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer. The orginal Bontrager frame with the sleeved seatsatys. IRD rear suspension frame using a cable wrapped around the BB connected to a stack of bumpers. Crazy smart idea. Google it.

    Detto Pietro holey leather shoes (have a pair in my Mom's basemet still).

    Too many more to mention.
    When a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    APIII wrote:
    bobtbuilder wrote:
    APIII wrote:
    bobtbuilder wrote:
    A canned fizzy drink called "Quantro" from the 80's.

    I feckin' loved that stuff! Anyone else remember it?

    Quattro wasn't it? Like a Lilt rip-off

    Yes, you're right. But it was way better than lilt!

    My apologies, you are correct. Lilt is dogpoo.

    did it used to be white?
  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6zC4XbavP8
    The bit with the bloke catching it and the end sticks in my memory for some reason.

    For the list of things you never see anymore: kids walking to school.
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Porgy wrote:
    XTC playing live.

    Well didn't Andy Partridge have some massive nervous breakdown on stage or something?
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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