Can you name anything that youngsters of today won't know?

Or even filling up my Triumph bike @ three shillings and nine pence a gallon at the National Benzole filling station
JohnnyO. o/

And on a related note, being sent by the old man to 'the Benzole' to get a can of paraffin from the vending machine. Ours didn't have a busty blonde though - that would have been a dream. It did have a vending machine for fags though... mostly Woodbines.
 
And on a related note, being sent by the old man to 'the Benzole' to get a can of paraffin from the vending machine. Ours didn't have a busty blonde though - that would have been a dream. It did have a vending machine for fags though... mostly Woodbines.

Sorry bout that Glenn, just to rub it in, she was a drop dead gorgeous half Italian with a mane of long, raven black hair and a million watt smile.

JohnnyO. o/
 
2400 baud, you mean! ;)

Just two years ago I finally got rid of a Miracom Courier Modem that started life as a 2400 baud (V.21?). I was a Fidonet sysop back then. I kept sending it back for upgrades until eventually it was a 'V.Everything'. The only original piece was the plastic case, and by that time Miracom had become USR, and then (I think) 3Com.

By which I mean... back then stuff was upgradeable. These days, everything is disposable.
 
Sorry bout that Glenn, just to rub it in, she was a drop dead gorgeous half Italian with a mane of long, raven black hair and a million watt smile.

JohnnyO. o/

Stop it at once, odd things are happening to my trousers.

To restore order, I will remind you of Watney's Red Barrel*, party sevens, Cinzano and Babycham. Well it's nearly Christmas.

* As my old bloke loved to say "Don't take the piss out of Watney's... there'd be nothing left".
 
These ;)

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All of the above

They really don't know they're born kids these days
Initiative and motivation is lacking in lots of youngsters too.
I think a large part of the problem is that they seem to live in a different world to the one we grew up in
They have their entire life at their fingertips, being connected the the internet is their main priority.

They certainly wouldn't recognise a 2p bus ticket from a conductors ticket machine.
Them were the days. . . . . Getting the 140 bus from Mandeville Road to the Target Roundabout to school. Routemaster buses were the best.

I bet they've never bought a penny sweet either. . .
 
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