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[realityhack]

I remember when Wireless meant a big brown polished wooden thing in the corner of the room with a magic eye tuning indicator and a lovely smell of hot valves... oh those were the days... no pcs... no colour telly, no videos, no cds, no dvds... and Dr Who on a Saturday afternoon.

That sounds like utter bliss.

Sigh.

[BrilloPad]

No.

He got a life.

I hope I get one someday...

[BA to the Stars]

Morning all

[zeitghost]

That sounds like utter bliss.

Sigh.

It was...

Until you realise that Purchase Tax (VAT before VAT came along) on stuff like tellys was a mere 66%...

And we have proper pennies, ha'pennies, farthings, thrupenny bits with 12 sides, sixpences, shillings, florins, half crowns, crowns, ten shilling notes, pound notes, and £5 was a fortune.

[BrilloPad]

Morning all

Hi BATTS

How are you?

[zeitghost]

I hope I get one someday...

And me...

[zeitghost]

Morning all

[BrilloPad]

It was...

Until you realise that Purchase Tax (VAT before VAT came along) on stuff like tellys was a mere 66%...

And we have proper pennies, ha'pennies, farthings, thrupenny bits with 12 sides, sixpences, shillings, florins, half crowns, crowns, ten shilling notes, pound notes, and £5 was a fortune.

zeity - please tell us all about thrupenny bits. or do you want to wait until Friday?

[BrilloPad]

And me...

too late for you - you are institutionalized...

[KathyWoolfe]

Morning RH............

That sounds like utter bliss.

Sigh.

WHS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^