Fings ain’t what they used to be
- Bob Whysman
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14 July 2019 16:12358320Neil Moors on the Brexit forum wrote:
( Quote). Hi Jan, not my assumption at all that only Tory voters own their own property (you are quite right). Rather, it was demographics - that Tory voters are typically older and are therefore more likely to have had the opportunity to buy their property when it was more affordable. Again - that's a generalism and of course won't cover everyone. (Unquote).
As Neil qualified his remarks by saying it was a generalisation I will refrain from opening a debate on the subject. Suffice to say that when we were buying our first property in the early sixties the price was increased by £100 which was a blow........our old car had to go to make up this money.
What his comments did do though was to nudge me into thinking how much aspirations and priorities have changed.
A modern iPhone found in many youngsters pockets can set you back almost £1000.............enough to buy a top of the range dishwasher and washing machine and still have some change!
Clearing my Pandora’s box to save family the trouble of binning it later on I found some items which may awake memories of some forumers.
My 1st mobile ‘phone.
There’s plenty more tat where that came from!
What memories or memorabilia do you have?
Do nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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15 July 2019 20:31358342Remember the Notepad? A great little gadget for on the move office tasks and a chance to practice your BBC basic programming skills, if you had the patience!
It could be used on battery or transformer and thermal printing on the move was possible or used with a normal printer indoors.
The screen is quite small which was a little inconvenient but there was no means of connecting to the internet.
............and there’s more!Do nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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16 July 2019 18:48358357I used this old ‘walkman’ to assist in converting my favourite cassettes to digital files on my computer a few years ago as more modern iPods and other players became available.
Rescued it from my ‘tat’ box recently and found it still played ok!
Vinyl records and turntables are becoming more popular again but I think these may take a long time, if ever, to catch on again!Jan Higgins likes thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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18 July 2019 20:25358380How digital cameras have progressed from when they first became available! This Jenoptik camera must be 20+ years old. Note there isn’t a preview screen and it has a small built in memory.
To upload the pictures onto a computer was a work of art in itself using a programme that came with it which also had a mind of it’s own.
One press of the wrong setting on the camera or the batteries expiring and all was then lost!
Progress marches on at an ever increasing pace!Jan Higgins likes thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - 20 July 2019 06:06358389I bought my first digital camera (Sony) around 1997. It used a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk to record its images on. Seems primitive now but back then it seemed like magic.Bob Whysman likes this
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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20 July 2019 10:45358390My husband gave me a digital camera for my birthday a couple of years before he died and I loved it as it was so easy to delete the pictures that went wrong. It was 'loaned' to my grandson quite a few years ago for a school trip, I never saw it again.
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20 July 2019 17:47358392[QUOTE="Pablo"]I bought my first digital camera (Sony) around 1997. It used a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk to record its images on. Seems primitive now but back then it seemed like magic.[/QUOTE
Your mention of floppy disks reminded me of the first desktop computer that I owned which used floppy disks for back up and data storage.
When it was time for a change I loaded all the disk data onto the hard drive and encased it for future use.
Here it is today and still holds many images from the past!
I believe it was originally 50 gigabytes but it has only 38.3 of useable gigabytes now.
Compared to today’s hard drives where storage capacity on many computers is measured in terabytes (1024gb), it is minuscule.Do nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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20 July 2019 18:10358393Jan Higgins wrote:My husband gave me a digital camera for my birthday a couple of years before he died and I loved it as it was so easy to delete the pictures that went wrong. It was 'loaned' to my grandson quite a few years ago for a school trip, I never saw it again.
Perhaps he wasn’t impressed with your selfies Jan!
Jan Higgins likes thisDo nothing and nothing happens. - Jan Higgins
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20 July 2019 19:24358395Bob Whysman wrote:Perhaps he wasn’t impressed with your selfies Jan!
More like he loves his own , I have never ever taken a selfie I would break the camera. 
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23 July 2019 15:30358442Found this one in the bottom of the box......digital photo frame still working and an old SD card installed with old memories.
The wife’s little helper many years ago:
A cold memory on a warm day!
The usual settings required for static or moving images.
..............and there’s more!!
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23 July 2019 18:13358446Jan Higgins wrote:More like he loves his own , I have never ever taken a selfie I would break the camera.
Not if you are careful and don’t drop it Jan.Do nothing and nothing happens. - Bob Whysman
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7 August 2019 13:38358638More memory joggers!
Photo’s indexed and stored on DVD’s.
This Pheasant used to follow me on my morning walk in the lanes in 2008 .......usually on the other side of the hedgerow.
Then he got bolder and I was able to take a short video clip of him:
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- Location: Dover
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7 August 2019 17:22358640Nothing like a good old fashioned raised game pie or pheasant curry, I do miss my gamekeeper contact since we left the rural life.Bob Whysman likes this-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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