Things that your children will never experience

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that feeling of rage when you put your video into the player and you realise someones taped over your recorded TV programme

Reply 121

bonfire_heart

Original post by WhimsicalSloth

The scratchy fast-forwarding of a VHS tape with no scene selection or subtitles option.

I actually do believe that scene selection and subtitles are one of the most useful inventions of the 21th century :smile:

For all the people feeling sorry for the next gen: not everything is better just because it's old fashioned, I would have had much more of my spare time if those options had been around then. Nothing to miss about waiting forever for VHS to rewind/fast-forward, not being able to efficiently pick up where one had left off, or not understanding foreign tapes.

Oh and also having to carry a bunch of CDs on vacation for your portable CD player and having to change the entire CD every time you wanted to hear your favourite songs from different CDs. I hated that so much. MP3 player was the best thing that ever happened to me.

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Reply 122

FREYA2898

Original post by GB1996

Foreigners in the UK

Hopefully, they won't miss ignorant people like you :smile:

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Reply 123

muj121

No tuition fees

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Reply 124

honeywhite

Original post by SMEGGGY

Rucksacks? are they still available? only seen Manbags
CD Player
DVD Player
Normal TV [without the SMART]

Of course rucksacks are still available; I saw a nice leather one at John Phillips of London the other day.

Reply 125

Eternal*

asl?

Spoiler

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RoyalBlue7

Clean air

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Reply 127

cole-slaw

1) Getting into nightclubs aged 16 without getting Id'd. Those were the days. Just mutter "alright mate" to the bouncer and stroll up to the bar like you own the place. "a pineapple bacardi breezer please".

on a similar theme:

2) Getting a girls number in a nightclub... but of course, its her home phone number because these are the days before everyone had mobiles.

You ring it, and her dad answers... and you realise you can't remember her name. So you're like "do you have any daughters?"

Reply 128

GB1996

Original post by FREYA2898

Hopefully, they won't miss ignorant people like you :smile:

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lol condescending smiley. klassik

Reply 129

FREYA2898

Original post by GB1996

lol condescending smiley. klassik

I know, it adds to the overall effect :tongue:

Polio

Original post by FREYA2898

I know, it adds to the overall effect :tongue:

The tongue poke, you're going all out today!

Reply 132

ryan9900

Being able to have fun without a 'Health and Safety Officer' intervening in some way.

Reply 133

chocolatesauce

Does Tom and Jerry go on anymore?

Reply 134

buchanan700

Marriage inequality (in this country)

:biggrin:

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alexschmalex

Bad cooking from their father, I have been practicing!

Reply 136

SMEGGGY

Original post by Eternal*

asl?

Spoiler

Haha so true.

On MSN - :frown:

Reply 137

LilyLouise2

Original post by RK

The chance to celebrate a millennium. Possibly even the turn of a century as my first child is due any day now and would need to live to 86 to see the next century in. Far from impossible, but many people born this year won't see it.

A lot of people will live to 86 plus here; average life expectancy statistics etc can be misleading. It also depends on the area where you live etc for some statistics- there is a high chance your child will live past eighty six :smile:

Sorry if I'm misinterpreting what you're saying! Good luck with the new baby, how exciting :smile:

Bin Landen

they'll miss the feeling of only having a friend's home telephone, and so you ring and their dad picks up "hi, umm this is ...from school, can i speak to ... please?"