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List of things you don't see nowadays...

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    #31
    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I saw some of those little boxes of "sweet cigarettes" in a shop the other day. You know, the white things about three inches long with red dye on one end.

    They've ditched the red dye and just call them "candy sticks" now, so sweet cigarettes can be added to the list, though their pure white ghost lingers on
    aha

    'sweet tobacco'

    in little pretend tobacco pouches. I have no idea what the ingredients were
    (\__/)
    (>'.'<)
    ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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      #32
      Sunshine
      While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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        #33
        Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
        aha

        'sweet tobacco'

        in little pretend tobacco pouches. I have no idea what the ingredients were
        YES! "Spanish Gold", with a picture of a galleon on the pouch

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          #34
          Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
          - Tea pots (in private houses) Everyone uses mugs these days and/or drinks coffee

          - Electric bar heaters - have one for green tea

          - Hand-pushed lawnmowers - available from Argos

          - Non-cordless phones - have 4 in the house so I can find one, the cordless phones get littered

          - Rag and bone men (with a horse and cart)

          - Rover cars - still a few round here
          disagree on many

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            #35
            Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
            - Rag and bone men (with a horse and cart)
            Yes they still exist, except now they drive around in a pickup and are mainly looking for scrap metal. I see one almost every time I visit the North.
            "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester Freamon

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              #36
              Originally posted by bless 'em all View Post
              White dog-poo
              Because owners clear it up these days.

              I don't see AndyW these days.

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                #37
                Originally posted by stek View Post
                Following on from the earlier thread I CBA linking....

                4. Orange Juice in Milk Bottles
                That's still around. I had to flag down a milkman very early in the morning last week and get one off him whilst walking to the station.
                I was still a bit pissed from the night before and desperate for a drink.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
                  PCs in Dixons where someone has typed:

                  10 PRINT "PI** FLAPS"
                  20 GOTO 10
                  FTFY
                  Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by stek View Post
                    .

                    1. Penny Tray
                    3. Beer glasses with handles
                    4. Orange Juice in Milk Bottles
                    These all still exist, only last night the pub I was in had pint glasses with handles on request
                    Coffee's for closers

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by doodab View Post
                      Sunshine
                      haha - very true

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