Popular everyday stuff that didn't exist when you were a kid! - Page 2

BBx · 06-08-2010, 23:13

Compact cameras with viewfinders/sending away films 2 get processed.

BB x

Garp · 07-08-2010, 02:17

For me:
Phones , got one when I was 18 / 19 as they were starting to take off. Find it hard to conceive of living without one now. The phone I carry in my pocket is more powerful than a desktop computer from barely more than 8 years ago.

Computers, natch.
TV - Having more than 4 channels.

MP3s. I thought mini-discs were awesome because I could carry albums on something significantly smaller than a CD. Then the Creative Nomad came out and my mini-disk player died a few months later. Not looked back since. It stuns me that I have a bulky by todays standards Zen Vision:M that holds my entire album collection (350+ CDs).

Digital Cameras. Being able to take a photograph and instantly see how good/bad it is is such a revolution. It's causing such huge changer with amateur photographers getting instant feedback and being able to re-take and tweak their way to a better understanding of the art. No more "Shoot a reel and pray".

Darrin · 08-08-2010, 04:15

Radial tyres, unleaded petrol, disc brakes, air bags, ABS. Fuel injection, computers in cars. My first car stereo (factory option in the Oldsmobile) played 8 tracks and had a built in CB in it.

Microwave ovens, cordless phones for the landline. Plus all of the above.

I am still amazed how I can stuff my entire music collection (and then some) into something smaller than my keyring.

BBx · 08-08-2010, 08:39

Dishwashers- i think my parents are the only household in the world not to have one! email - cant imagine how anything got done...i suppose they had memos & the phone, but still.

BB x

Haly · 08-08-2010, 11:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBx

Dishwashers- i think my parents are the only household in the world not to have one!

We haven't got one either!

BBx · 08-08-2010, 13:04

LOL!

GHDs

BB x

LeperousDust · 08-08-2010, 14:24

I remember most of these technological advances even being slightly younger than you guys. I remember the day when we got analogue cable, and i could watch "millions" of channels, but to be fair sky had been out for forever then i guess, i'd just never seen it...

Mobile phones, i still remember being given my first hand me down, which i truly loved, it was funny how little you could do with mobile phones when i first got mine. Lots of people didnt have them, there wasnt facebook for mobile, and we just spoke to each other if we were "playing out"!

MP3 players, i remember my first Zen before the whole iPod charade, totally loved it, stuck with them untill iPod gen 5, when there wasn't really any large capacity players in competition anymore.

Digital cameras, i also remember the first time an older family friend brought round a camera that took pictures onto floppy diskettes, christ i thought that was clever, digital polaroids!

Those to name a few

Bring back good memories!

Goose · 08-08-2010, 21:50

Nice girls. I don't think they existed for any boy until a certain age is hit.

Blighter · 08-08-2010, 22:25

DVDs and flat screen teles are about the only things I can think of

Oh, and Xbox 360

Blighter · 08-08-2010, 22:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goose

Nice girls. I don't think they existed for any boy until a certain age is hit.

I haven't seen many "nice" girls around my age tbh, they're all tarts that like to wear as little as possible, get wasted every weekend, and seem to try and wear as little as possible.

However, I have lived in Gravesend for 99% of my life

07-08-2010, 02:17	#12
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	For me: Phones , got one when I was 18 / 19 as they were starting to take off. Find it hard to conceive of living without one now. The phone I carry in my pocket is more powerful than a desktop computer from barely more than 8 years ago. Computers, natch. TV - Having more than 4 channels. MP3s. I thought mini-discs were awesome because I could carry albums on something significantly smaller than a CD. Then the Creative Nomad came out and my mini-disk player died a few months later. Not looked back since. It stuns me that I have a bulky by todays standards Zen Vision:M that holds my entire album collection (350+ CDs). Digital Cameras. Being able to take a photograph and instantly see how good/bad it is is such a revolution. It's causing such huge changer with amateur photographers getting instant feedback and being able to re-take and tweak their way to a better understanding of the art. No more "Shoot a reel and pray". __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

08-08-2010, 04:15	#13
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Radial tyres, unleaded petrol, disc brakes, air bags, ABS. Fuel injection, computers in cars. My first car stereo (factory option in the Oldsmobile) played 8 tracks and had a built in CB in it. Microwave ovens, cordless phones for the landline. Plus all of the above. I am still amazed how I can stuff my entire music collection (and then some) into something smaller than my keyring. __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

08-08-2010, 14:24	#17
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I remember most of these technological advances even being slightly younger than you guys. I remember the day when we got analogue cable, and i could watch "millions" of channels, but to be fair sky had been out for forever then i guess, i'd just never seen it... Mobile phones, i still remember being given my first hand me down, which i truly loved, it was funny how little you could do with mobile phones when i first got mine. Lots of people didnt have them, there wasnt facebook for mobile, and we just spoke to each other if we were "playing out"! MP3 players, i remember my first Zen before the whole iPod charade, totally loved it, stuck with them untill iPod gen 5, when there wasn't really any large capacity players in competition anymore. Digital cameras, i also remember the first time an older family friend brought round a camera that took pictures onto floppy diskettes, christ i thought that was clever, digital polaroids! Those to name a few Bring back good memories! __________________

08-08-2010, 21:50	#18
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08-08-2010, 22:25	#19
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06-08-2010, 23:13	#11
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Compact cameras with viewfinders/sending away films 2 get processed. BB x

08-08-2010, 08:39	#14
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Dishwashers- i think my parents are the only household in the world not to have one! email - cant imagine how anything got done...i suppose they had memos & the phone, but still. BB x

08-08-2010, 13:04	#16
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	LOL! GHDs BB x

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