Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

[Ken X]

We recently received a three figure payment from NatWest complaints dept following an upheld dispute. It came in the form of a hand written cheque. Quite surprised us that did. The teller at Barclays was amused as well. We would have processed it ourselves but the writer must have been an ex-doctor and I wasn't sure if the automated system was up to the task.

 

[SargeNpton]

Sprinkling talcum powder in your hair when it was too greasy.

Talcum Powder itself now seems to have disappeared from sale, presumably because of the realisation that a lot of it is contaminated by asbestos.

If you can find any body powder on sale in major stores these days it is invariably made from vegetable starch.