Inspired by something Brazen posted on Facebook. :P
1. Speaking clock.
Good action movies.
Videotape rewinders.
Walkmen.
Nice looking stewardesses.
Pac-Man.
Conker fights.
Bottles of pop/cider with refunds for the returned bottle.
Just three TV stations, afternoon tv shutdowns, the bedtime close of said TV stations at around 11pm, with the announcer wishing you goodnight, before the TV signal reduced to a white spot and a pure tone sound, to remind you to turn it off.
Politicians wearing hats.
Acrylic and wool clothing have largely gone.
wind-up watches warn by all boys over 9-10 years.
Mechano.
Dodgy handed-down/inherited electric appliances.
Open grate coal-fires and making them, also cleaning them out and sweeping the ash into a packet of newspaper.
Diaries?
Football in the park, with jumpers for goalposts, I could go on. :P
Wool is making a comeback. I'm wearing wool underpants right now!
We used to have this for tv at night or during afternoon hours:
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Also: communist party of Poland. :P
Do they still make toaster ovens?
Quote from: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 05:23:10 PM
We used to have this for tv at night or during afternoon hours:
Indeed, and that hellish tone.
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Quote from: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 05:23:10 PM
We used to have this for tv at night or during afternoon hours:
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Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 27, 2015, 05:23:35 PM
Do they still make toaster ovens?
Yes, I nearly bought one the other day, but generally those are so badly made, I turned my broken one upside down instead.
Quote from: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 05:23:10 PM
We used to have this for tv at night or during afternoon hours:
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Testcards are still widely used in the industry, they just don't reach the common public anymore.
Arcades.
Haven't seen Wick, but Guardians of the Galaxy and Edge of Tomorrow were both great action movies from last year.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on February 27, 2015, 05:47:45 PM
Arcades.
Oh that's a good one.
Though I think quite a few English seaside resorts still have them.
Also, Dave & Busters.
I meant they have arcades.
The game selection at Dave and Busters generally suck anyways. I don't know why my nephews like the place. YOU HAVE AN XBOX.
Great Anime Japanese cartoons on the three free channels of analog TV.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 27, 2015, 05:13:47 PM
Nice looking stewardesses.
They're still a thing on several Asian airlines.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on February 27, 2015, 07:37:54 PM
Great Anime Japanese cartoons on the three free channels of analog TV.
Oh that reminds me, European originated programmes once made up a significant proportion of children's TV here, so we:
'The Singing Ringing Tree' from Czechoslovakia
'The Flashing Blade' from France
'Robinson Crusoe' from I think Sweden
'The White Horses' I'm guessing from Hungary
lots of other stuff, like a weird historical series set at the turn of the 20th century about spies and capitalists set in I think the Austro-hungarian empire, but not sure.
Candy cigarettes. I loved those chalky bastards
There seems to be a genuine shortage of realistic looking toy guns. I had a nice set of (plastic) Colt 45s growing up. And a slightly smaller scale (metal) Colt 44 growing up. I never see those in the toy stores any more :(
Quote from: Neil on February 27, 2015, 05:53:04 PM
Quote from: celedhring on February 27, 2015, 05:06:47 PM
Good action movies.
John Wick was good.
Yes, as was The Raid, Raid 2, Kingsman, and some of the comic book movies, although only two or three were good as action films (Iron Man, Thor, X-Men: DofP) rather than superhero dramedies, which sounds about right for movies based on comics, anyway.
My answer is a "prosperous West."
Quote from: Jacob on February 27, 2015, 07:57:04 PM
There seems to be a genuine shortage of realistic looking toy guns. I had a nice set of (plastic) Colt 45s growing up. And a slightly smaller scale (metal) Colt 44 growing up. I never see those in the toy stores any more :(
I don't especially recall many realistic toy guns, though I do recall a child-scale colt, I think made of a light metal. Certainly smaller guns that fired caps were quite popular as were 'spud guns'.
I guess as a modern parent, Jacob, these things are now verboten?
Arcades
Software stores
Fear of being nuked by the Soviets
He Man cartoons
The USFL
Quote from: mongers on February 27, 2015, 08:14:52 PM
Quote from: Jacob on February 27, 2015, 07:57:04 PM
There seems to be a genuine shortage of realistic looking toy guns. I had a nice set of (plastic) Colt 45s growing up. And a slightly smaller scale (metal) Colt 44 growing up. I never see those in the toy stores any more :(
I don't especially recall many realistic toy guns, though I do recall a child-scale colt, I think made of a light metal. Certainly smaller guns that fired caps were quite popular as were 'spud guns'.
I guess as a modern parent, Jacob, these things are now verboten?
I dunno, but I don't see them in the toy stores like I used to.
Quote from: Valmy on February 27, 2015, 08:46:50 PM
Arcades
Software stores
Fear of being nuked by the Soviets
He Man cartoons
The USFL
Don't worry 'someone' is working on that.
That reminds me: "hope of being rescued by the Soviets."
Quote from: Ideologue on February 27, 2015, 09:04:13 PM
That reminds me: "hope of being rescued by the Soviets."
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Mr. Spock. :cry:
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on February 27, 2015, 07:37:54 PM
Great Anime Japanese cartoons on the three free channels of analog TV.
The film board of Canada used to have these little short animated features about the quarter, or log riding, or black flies. They were great. And Hinterland Who's Who, which was about animals.
Lawn darts.
Murphy's.
Rotary dial phones?
American Motors Corporation.
Am I missing something? There's still a bunch of arcades around...
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 27, 2015, 09:17:04 PM
Mr. Spock. :cry:
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Quote from: celedhring on February 28, 2015, 01:59:43 AM
Am I missing something? There's still a bunch of arcades around...
Yeah, lots of things I'm seeing in this thread are either still around or enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
I'm trying to think of the last time I saw a pinball machine.
I miss having all Bundesliga matches on one day, at the same time (Saturdays 3:30pm).
Now you have one match on Friday 8:30pm, 5 in the old time slot, one Saturday 6:30pm, and two Sunday at 3:30pm and 5:30pm. They're considering to move one more match away from Saturday.
The televised game from England on Norwegian state TV.
Tall glass bottles of soda or beer
Single cigarettes bought in kiosks
Quote from: Norgy on February 28, 2015, 04:33:33 AM
Tall glass bottles of soda or beer
Yeah, glass bottles have pretty much disappeared with the exceptions of beer, liquor, small cokes, and some fruit juices/syrups.
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 28, 2015, 02:12:29 AM
Quote from: celedhring on February 28, 2015, 01:59:43 AM
Am I missing something? There's still a bunch of arcades around...
Yeah, lots of things I'm seeing in this thread are either still around or enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
In the old days, you could even see an arcade game in some bars or cafés. Not so anymore. There are only a couple of real arcades around nowadays in Paris to give an example (La Tête dans les Nuages et Arcade Street). The only other I know are smaller and are in IMAX multiplexes outside Paris (Gaumont Eurodisney and Pathé Quai d'Ivry).
Yeah, they aren't as common as they were when I was a kid, but they are far from nonexistent. I can think of two pretty big ones in Barcelona, and pretty sure there's more.
I was in a couple when I lived in NYC, too. And to another in LA.
Liberace
Quote from: HVC on February 27, 2015, 07:53:06 PM
Candy cigarettes. I loved those chalky bastards
Those are still around. There is a huge candy store in Maine that carries them. I got Laura big box of them once from Amazon.
The Saturday Morning Cartoon preview shoes with stars like TOny Danza or Alf.
Quote from: Norgy on February 28, 2015, 04:33:33 AM
The televised game from England on NorwegianDanish state TV.
Tall glass bottles of soda or beer
:yes:
Jeux sans frontières, I loved that show.
Quote from: celedhring on February 28, 2015, 09:11:13 AM
Jeux sans frontières, I loved that show.
Yeah, and better Europe?
Yeah, what Dave & Buster's calls an arcade is pitiful; the best arcades I've seen are at laundromats- the only place one can still play pinball. ;)
Been considering just building my own arcade cab, either from scratch or from something like a JAMMA kit.
Quote from: mongers on February 28, 2015, 09:19:37 AM
Quote from: celedhring on February 28, 2015, 09:11:13 AM
Jeux sans frontières, I loved that show.
Yeah, and better Europe?
As in the only Europe the Brits were prepared to accept? :P
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on February 28, 2015, 10:01:04 AM
Quote from: mongers on February 28, 2015, 09:19:37 AM
Quote from: celedhring on February 28, 2015, 09:11:13 AM
Jeux sans frontières, I loved that show.
Yeah, and better Europe?
As in the only Europe the Brits were prepared to accept? :P
:D
Possibly, for many Brits perhaps that is the case?
110 film cameras, you know like the kodak pocket instamatic:
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And yes I do know hipsters have tried to review the format recently.
This:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pvFulUd98
Edit: Oh Christ. There are whole episodes on Youtube. That's my weekend sorted.