God I feel old

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  1. flynn07

    flynn07 New Member

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    Good thread this :p what about the most over rated toy of the 80s.............BIG TRACK!!!

    The thing needed that many batteries it could only move 4 yards before they ran out!
     
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  2. ShinySideUp

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    My first pc had dos 5, a highly advanced 386 processor ram was single digit megabyte figures and a 40 megabyte (yep i did mean megabyte!) hard drive! :D
     
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  3. Freedom of choice

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    Here we go again........274 posts and you think you know it all and what’s gone before. I will try really hard to breathe out and let it go as it’s the season of good will.
     
    #63 Freedom of choice, Dec 20, 2013
  4. lambchops

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    wow 40meg hard drive, think I had a 20 in my first pc!!
     
    #64 lambchops, Dec 20, 2013
  5. lambchops

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    I had a zx81 with the 16k add on ram pack. Who remembers when you bought a mag they would have the games you copy out of the mag (text code) on to the computer. Take you hours then run the dam thing and it wouldnt work!!! arrrgh
     
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  6. ShinySideUp

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    That was only because you had missed a decimal point somewhere in the thousands of lines of code! :D
     
    #66 ShinySideUp, Dec 20, 2013
  7. lambchops

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    haha yes, took two hours to type in then another two to debug, then it was 50 /50 if the code was buggered in the first place!!
     
    #67 lambchops, Dec 20, 2013
  8. Dave V

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    This ruled

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  9. kpone

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    Did you get the blisters on the inside of your trigger finger?
     
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  10. t0m541

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    No offence meant but just looking out for the cabin boy...:D Seaman Staines is old enough to know better ;)
     
    #70 t0m541, Dec 20, 2013
  11. Si.

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    Remember Spangles??

    anglo bubbly gum?

    dossing early fully hirsute porno mags in the bushes of someone's front garden on the way to school?

    pea shooters?

    black widow catapults?

    The cane?

    chocolate pudding with minty custard?


    quarter of a pint if milk?


    nitty Nora, the bug explora? ( the nit nurse)

    sugar lump from the school nurse?
     
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  12. Dave V

    Dave V Elite Member

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    Oh yes
     
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  13. Si.

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    Mamod steam engines!!!!!
     
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  14. Dif950

    Dif950 Active Member

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    Can't believe no one has mentioned the best toy ever!


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  15. Dave V

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    Wicked- I had one of those!
     
    #75 Dave V, Dec 20, 2013
  16. t0m541

    t0m541 Senior Member

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    I always wanted a mamod steam engine...just could never afford one, then when I could my ex-wife wouldn't accept that it was an appropriate toy for a new born baby !!
     
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  17. Dif950

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    Just looked on flea bay. Yours for a bargain £75!
    Where's my old toy box....
     
    #77 Dif950, Dec 20, 2013
  18. Si.

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    Naa, this was the best:


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  19. Dave V

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    Not that old, but don't these as much as I used to.

    I've bought them!

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  20. Dif950

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    I forgot all about that! Yep that trumps Evel Knievel. Superb


     
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