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Little article on the radio this morning pointed out that the kids starting secondary school this week have never lived in a world without......The X Factor!

Not exactly earth shattering stuff, but it got me thinking about what else has always been around for their entire lives, like Facebook. Google. Broadband Internet.

Also what about the things they'll never have the "pleasure" of. The screech of a 56k modem. Mobile phones the size of a brick but with only a tiny green screen and backlit buttons. Books!! (Well, not yet, but getting there).

I'm sure there's tons more, but the X Factor thing is still blowing my noggin!
 
I remember a couple of years back the office I worked in had a work placement girl on a year out from university. One day the older members of the department (and by older I only mean in our 30s) were having a discussion about terrible singles made by TV actors and Robson Green's name came up. "Oh, the fishing guy you mean?" she asked, and was surprised he'd previously had a singing career. Then we had to explain he'd actually once been an actor...

Made me feel very, very old.
 
It's a couple of years ago now but we had a 16 year old lad on work placement. We asked him to do a bit of a count up on how many lengths of steel we had lying around the workshop. He found three lots, 1 piece on one rack, 9 pieces on another and 10 pieces on a third rack...1+9+10 he asked where our calculator was, we refused to give him one. He walked out, went home and came back with his mother who had a right go at us for refusing to help him.
 
Sat Nav.

I remember the days when the family would all jump in the car and my Dad would be studying his AA Road Atlas, plotting a route to our destination. Really good/accurate sat nav on mobile phones these days (I use it myself). My Daughter will never have to learn to read a map.
 
Nikon_Nick said:
Sat Nav.

I remember the days when the family would all jump in the car and my Dad would be studying his AA Road Atlas, plotting a route to our destination.
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I still do although I plot my route on Google maps now. It also gives you a good sense of direction on the rare occasion you get lost.
 
Nikon_Nick said:
Sat Nav.

I remember the days when the family would all jump in the car and my Dad would be studying his AA Road Atlas, plotting a route to our destination. Really good/accurate sat nav on mobile phones these days (I use it myself). My Daughter will never have to learn to read a map.
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*Wags finger* You should still teach her to. ;)
 
slightly off topic but what amuses me is computer software still uses the floppy disk symbol for saving. most teenagers today probably have never seen a 3.5" disk
 
Computer games and Mobile phones,how many remember the days when all you had was board games and Red Phone Boxes.
 
Cassettes and video tapes would be a mystery to many youngsters nowadays, and a friend's teenage kids even think that CDs are some strange throwback and can't see beyond downloads. :rolleyes:
 
dizidav said:
Computer games and Mobile phones,how many remember the days when all you had was board games and Red Phone Boxes.
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I remember when we first got a house phone.
It was a party line! Shared with the old couple next door. :lol:
 
Peter B said:
Cassettes and video tapes would be a mystery to many youngsters nowadays, and a friend's teenage kids even think that CDs are some strange throwback and can't see beyond downloads. :rolleyes:
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I've still got plenty of both. ..and the means to play them! :-)
 
Peter B said:
Cassettes and video tapes would be a mystery to many youngsters nowadays, and a friend's teenage kids even think that CDs are some strange throwback and can't see beyond downloads. :rolleyes:
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My good lady still asks me are you taping that program on sky tonight? :)
 
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Many years ago I had a company carphone 'System3' basically a radiophone, you had to call the operator to get connected, lots of people thought I was some sort of udercover cop because of the big whip ariel on the car.
 
At 80... every thing seems to have come and much gone, in my lifetime.
My Grand father spent most of his life, inventing ways and manufacturing them, of moving electricity around the world.
He was described at the time as the first of the new men.
I am sure that neither he nor I would have ever been suprised about new things.
 
Peter B said:
Cassettes and video tapes would be a mystery to many youngsters nowadays, and a friend's teenage kids even think that CDs are some strange throwback and can't see beyond downloads. :rolleyes:
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My great granddaughter was amazed at our record deck, first time she seen it in action, she asked why I didnt just use my phone like everybody else.
 
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dizidav said:
My great granddaughter was amazed at our record deck, first time she seen it in action, she asked why I didnt just use my phone like everybody else.
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Not all are like that, my 20 year old daughter has her own record deck and stacks of vinyl, puts me to shame with my iPhone and iTunes.
 
bigfub said:
I remember moving house with my parents in the early 80's to a place that didn't have running water at the time, just a hand pump :p
Also the at least once a week power cuts :/
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Forgive me. ....The 1880's? ;)
 
Peter B said:
Cassettes and video tapes would be a mystery to many youngsters nowadays, and a friend's teenage kids even think that CDs are some strange throwback and can't see beyond downloads. :rolleyes:
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I loaned a dvd to a lad at work. Then he realised that he didn't have a dvd player.
 
Teddy boys
winkle pickers
drainpipe trousers
starting handles
lamplighters
no dwarfs in the police force (or should I say service)
"scrambles" (pennies and half pennies thrown from wedding cars departing from church)
 
Lots of things even in my lifetime:

Gameboy (yes there is the DS but most people just use their phone to play games nowadays)

LPs, cassettes, CDs, videos and even DVD to some extent as people move to downloading / streaming.

Slow computers and Internet (my first computer had 1mb RAM, didn't even have Internet)

CRT telly's

Recording TV (didn't even have a video recorder originally and the hired one at first).

More than 4 TV channels

Everyone at work having a computer. My first job we had to share and only had about 3 in the office.

The list is endless.
Pretty much anything technology wise has changed radically.
 
Well I am old enough to remember life without mobile phones, the internet or even computers. I've mentioned it before but what made me feel old was a kid at work not knowing who Cherie Blair was when I said she was smiling like her. I turn 30 next month. :confused:
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
Well I am old enough to remember life without mobile phones, the internet or even computers. I've mentioned it before but what made me feel old was a kid at work not knowing who Cherie Blair was when I said she was smiling like her. I turn 30 next month. :confused:
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I'm approaching 46 at the speed of sound, but there were computers (at school unless you were really lucky) when I was a teenager....before you were born!! :eek: :eek:
 
rjbell said:
Remember Heinz ketchup without the dribbley watery bit that wrecks your chips if you forget to shake it :)
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We were too poor for ketchup.
Just showed the chips a picture of a tomato. :(
 
We were lucky to be allowed to use a Slide Rule at school.:banana:
 
:plus1: I bet most people here dont know what they are.
 
mike_6480 said:
Recording TV (didn't even have a video recorder originally and the hired one at first).
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Radio Rentals, Granada etc. TV's with a payg slot at the back for those that couldn't afford it. Hehehehe happy days
 
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