ls2270
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I still use an iPod for music on the train and CDs at home. My technical capabilities are usually about 20 years behind the current trends!
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Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now
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dangie
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Hang on to what you’ve got. Give it time they’ll come back into fashion e.g. vinyl & cassettes**
**Yes I know for many they never went away
When we moved last year, I randomly found an old iPod shuffle (the ones about an inch-square). £1.49 from Amazon later for a replacement charging cable, and that was one hell of a walk down memory lane!!
I have an original iPod (A1136, technically called 'Special Edition U2', but I'm not sure why as it's plain black, not red and black as Apple would have me believe).
It has one of my first girlfriend's playlists on it.
Don't actually have the cable to charge it I don't think.
I do still use a tiny MP3 player though, as it fits well under a swimming hat.
It has one of my first girlfriend's playlists on it.
Don't actually have the cable to charge it I don't think.
I do still use a tiny MP3 player though, as it fits well under a swimming hat.
Is that the one that came pre-loaded with the infamous U2 album? I remember a lot of media coverage / outrage about it at the time!
I genuinely can't remember!
And I'd have to get a cable to boot it up and see if it still has it!
Somewhere I've still got a Minidisc recorder, used to think it was great being able to record/erase/re-record stuff so easily. Then getting an MP3 player and being able to carry thousands of songs on such a small device seemed incredible at the time.
Yep I found my Sony one in the same box as the iPod! Still works as well. Also has an AM / FM radio built in. I also found my copy of Now! 43, which (according to a cursory google) might be worth a few bob!
Pete_uk
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"Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now"
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I’m so old, I can remember when U2 were a rock band.
Islineclear3_1
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I had need to buy a new cable. I got funny looks in every tech shop I tried; most thought I meant i"pad" and they looked clueless when I said i"pod". I eventually found one in an "Exhange Mart" store. I was away so couldn't order from Amazon
I'm so old, I can remember when U2 was a size of battery
Mcr Warrior
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Or even a late 1950s / early 1960s era spy plane!
After 65 years I can still remember the name of the pilot shot down by the Russians. Wish I could manage that with people I last met 6 days ago.
Bridge Rolls aka Finger Rolls.
At one time they were a popular and more substantial alternative to sandwiches particularly if it was a special occasion e.g. a post-wedding or post-funeral buffet. Not dissimilar to brioche in appearance but more akin to a soft normal roll in texture and lack of sweetness. It may be they are still popular and plentiful in some parts of the country but in my earlier years they were almost an inevitable feature at parties and other special occasions often loaded with egg and cress.
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At one time they were a popular and more substantial alternative to sandwiches particularly if it was a special occasion e.g. a post-wedding or post-funeral buffet. Not dissimilar to brioche in appearance but more akin to a soft normal roll in texture and lack of sweetness. It may be they are still popular and plentiful in some parts of the country but in my earlier years they were almost an inevitable feature at parties and other special occasions often loaded with egg and cress.
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"Groovy" is another word which has all but disappeared with its connotation of vinyl records.
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Boot scrapers outside front doors. They can still be seen in some Victorian terraces but I doubt that many people now what they are, and even fewer know why they were required.
Dr Hoo
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Still very common on farms and in rural areas generally. You can buy new ones.
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I was more thinking of those physically attached to the house during its construction.
TheTTTEGeek
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Having to buy a show at episodes per tape/diisc. That might not sound bad or your Brits who have short shows but just to own the first season (or as you brits call series) of Star Blazers you had to buy 13 tapes or if you waited for the other seasons to released (which took 15 years after the first appeared on home video) you could get them on 3 sets of 7 tapes. What makes it even worse this version is that each episode is watermarked on the intro to say what part of the box set you're watching despite the VHS sleeve the stamping where the long skinny label would go & where the tiny fat label would go.
gg1
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Back in the 90s I knew someone who did that with all the Star Trek series, buying each VHS tape the day it was released. Each tape had two episodes and IIRC was released a few weeks before the episodes aired on TV.
When leaving a tip (or not) for services rendered e.g. in an eating place, hotel etc. was usually entirely a matter for the customer and not something which would automatically be incorporated or suggested within the billing arrangements. Also when free access public buildings e.g. museums, galleries etc. did not specify a "recommended minimum donation amount" on their donation receptacles.
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uglymonkey
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I had a coffee in a shop in Greenwich today, take away. something like £3.70?. I bished my card on the usual contactless machine, stood back and waited for it to arrive. I was amazed to see in the middle of the counter a upright " tipping machine" with a screen and a big £4 shown in the middle of it. Only when I looked closer was there a much smaller option to alter the amount. Amazing. Not only £4 was seen to be a fair amount to tip when setting up , but even if you wanted to faff about with it to change the amount and swipe your card again, it would seem to be counterproductive. I would put a few coins in a bowl ( or box) for good service, but be put off having a "£4" in your face and having to fiddle with it to change the amount, as I'm sure a lot of other people would as well. So less tips given for the shop for over complicating things ?
TheTTTEGeek
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Calling the restaurant for delivery instead of using a website/app that lists each one in your area you can order from
You can ring my local Chinese takeaway and order your food but you have to collect it yourself, no deliveries. Also they only accept cash, no cards. They do a roaring trade!
Our local Chinese takeaway only takes orders by phone or in-person. They have their own driver, who I'm confident has business insurance on their motor and pays a significant sum in income tax.
The food is great.
Peter Mugridge
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He was my late Mum's boss for a while at a chemicals and plastics division ( in Middlesex ) of The Distillers Company...
I worked in a card payment processor for a few years. In my first week I was given the history of Diner's Club cards, believed by many to be the first (depending on your definition I guess) credit cards (charge cards, strictly).
I've never seen one in real life though, and we didn't process their payments, even though they're still going.
I remember having a Maestro card though, which was Switch behind the scenes. Maestro still exists and is popular in parts of mainland Europe. I'm not sure of any UK card issuers using Maestro now though.
I'm trying to remember if I had a Solo card at some point or not as well.
Steddenm
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Maestro became MasterCard Debit and most banks in Europe have changed to this now or are in the process of.
Switch became Maestro in the UK when Switch became more difficult to process in Europe on the Cirrus network (also owned by MasterCard).
Solo was a version of Switch for those who had bad credit or it was a more basic account and, like Visa Electron, requires the transaction to be authorised electronically at the till. Solo couldn't be used for fallback transactions using the old card roller (clunk-click) machines with the carbon imprinter.
In Ireland there was Laser as a debit card but this was superceded by Visa Debit, Visa Electron or MasterCard Debit depending on the bank.
Most Switch and Laser cards were also cheque guarantee cards. Solo and Visa Electron weren't. Visa Electron has been supercceded also by a version of Visa Debit for those with lower credit scores.
Eurocard and Eurocheque became part of the MasterCard network as well and JCB was incorporated into both MasterCard and Visa depending on the country.
Visa Cash was trialled in Leeds for a while which was the first chip card but could only be used in specific shops using the chip technology or to withdraw small cash amounts at some retailers or on special ATMs. The trial was a failure and wasn't launched in the UK but think the USA and Europe did run it for a while.
Switch became Maestro in the UK when Switch became more difficult to process in Europe on the Cirrus network (also owned by MasterCard).
Solo was a version of Switch for those who had bad credit or it was a more basic account and, like Visa Electron, requires the transaction to be authorised electronically at the till. Solo couldn't be used for fallback transactions using the old card roller (clunk-click) machines with the carbon imprinter.
In Ireland there was Laser as a debit card but this was superceded by Visa Debit, Visa Electron or MasterCard Debit depending on the bank.
Most Switch and Laser cards were also cheque guarantee cards. Solo and Visa Electron weren't. Visa Electron has been supercceded also by a version of Visa Debit for those with lower credit scores.
Eurocard and Eurocheque became part of the MasterCard network as well and JCB was incorporated into both MasterCard and Visa depending on the country.
Visa Cash was trialled in Leeds for a while which was the first chip card but could only be used in specific shops using the chip technology or to withdraw small cash amounts at some retailers or on special ATMs. The trial was a failure and wasn't launched in the UK but think the USA and Europe did run it for a while.