Oh How Things Have Changed

[Bazile]

Just had a chat with a colleague about things that have disappeared / almost disappeared over very recent years -

Remember carbon paper ?

I remember writing a letter out long hand - sending it to the typing pool - receiving letter back - correcting typing errors - sending back to typing pool .

Oh how technology have come on a pace in a very short while .

What are your recalls

[BlackadderV]

You can still get Tippex.

[trt]

Pressing the B button in the telephone boxes, hoping to get pennies that somebody had forgot to push.

[trt]

#You can still get Tippex.#

I know, but do you see it being used smarty pants?

[BlackadderV]

The trick was to stuff newspaper up the button B chute then go round the boxes the next morning to collect your winnings.

[DaisyNonna]

Dtc Izal loo paper when you ran out of tracing paper

[andy-hughes]

Trivia fans - did you know that paper correction fluid, which became trademarked as Typex, was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith from The Monkees.

When she died, Mrs N left half her $30 million dollar fortune to a charity, and the other half went to Mike.

Mike went on to carve out a second eight-figure bank balance as a musician and song-writer, and then a third when he was in on the ground floor of pop videos on TV, which evolved into MTV.

[SlackAlice]

Standing in the 'Co-op' watching the change whizzing around overhead on wires and cables to/from the cashiers booth.

I reckon BOO can remember that ☺☺☺

[Robinia]

Whizzy overhead cash carriers in larger shops...as a child I thought they were magic, there was none of this self service till malarkey back then

http://www.ids.u-net.com/cash/images/antemp5.jpg

[Robinia]

lol Alice, SNAP!

[paddywak]

When you could actually get electrical things you could actually mend yourself instead of just being full of modules you can't open let alone repair.

I knew that Andy,at one time it seemed to be asked at every pub quiz I went too.

[mikey4444]

Spangles !

[New Judge]

Yes Mikey, and do the remember the "Olde English" varieties?

[Samuraisan]

I still use tipex trp

[Samuraisan]

Trt

[BlackadderV]

Most large department stores had the 'Lamson' system, a network of tubes through which canisters were propelled by vacuum to the cashier. I can still remember the 'thud' it made when returned with the change.

[Zacs-Master]

I think ASDA still use vacuum tubes.

[Zacs-Master]

Saisburys do
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2780392/Thief-hides-Sainsbury-s-roof-collects-14-500-cash-pods-sent-tubes-register-cash-office.html

[BlackadderV]

If these systems are still in use then it is internal transfer of cash. I was thinking of the time when the salesperson wrote out a receipt, put it in the canister with your money, sent it off and you had to wait for the change coming back.

[BlackadderV]

In those days prices in large stores mostly ended in 11d, so quite often you were waiting for a penny change.