Ya Bezzer! Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 When I was a kid a guy down the street had one of these. Was considered cool as f**k at the time! . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said: When I was a kid a guy down the street had one of these. Was considered cool as f**k at the time! . An Opel Manta? You're from Motherwell(ish) and about my age. There can't have been more than one about. Still, cool AF. Edit: Referencing another post - I am 95% convinced that the chip shop when you came out of Motherwell Baths and turned right (the one just up from the library) was Gino's rather than Mario's. Edited March 19, 2020 by The_Kincardine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I learned to drive in my Dad’s Viva 1300 GLS, almost identical to the one shown above except ours was yellow.Pretty dreadful car TBH 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) If we’re doing ‘yer da’s company car’ mine hit his peak with one of these. Granada Ghia 2.8. Seemed like something unworldly at the time. Had to wash it weekly for my pocket money but the wheels were an utter bitch to clean. Edited March 19, 2020 by alta-pete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Old man had a black one of these too: 33 Sportwagon (well, they were hardly going to call it an “estate”) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 9 hours ago, Nutz_the_Squirrel said: The millennium bug. Load a shite. Yes. Imagine thinking some bug was going to cause chaos and send the world into meltdown. Ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 You never see custom cars these days... Shitty Max Power boy racer efforts don't count. It's time for a custom car revival... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 That reminds me. Custom Car magazine was a decent source of grot back in the day... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I remember as a young teen being packed off to bed at someone’s big house party. Was in for a miserable evening until I found the giant stash of custom car mags. Was probably totally dehydrated by the morning. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 12 hours ago, Nutz_the_Squirrel said: The millennium bug. Load a shite. When i were a lad, the year 2000 was so futuristic it had a dystopian comic named after it. Now it's a "blast from the past" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 22 hours ago, coprolite said: When i were a lad, the year 2000 was so futuristic it had a dystopian comic named after it. Now it's a "blast from the past" I grew up thinking the World Cup in Japan was so far away in the future. Scary to think it was 18 years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
get_the_subbies_on Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I grew up thinking the World Cup in Japan was so far away in the future. Scary to think it was 18 years ago.When I started work (at 17), I thought the folk who had 2 years service were old timers. 34 years later.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 7 hours ago, get_the_subbies_on said: When I started work (at 17), I thought the folk who had 2 years service were old timers. 34 years later.... Last week was my 41st anniversary of starting work...thoroughly depressing! My second line manager is 34 to make matters worse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
get_the_subbies_on Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Last week was my 41st anniversary of starting work...thoroughly depressing! My second line manager is 34 to make matters worse.Ouch! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) i was a huge fan of Moviedrome in my youth. For the uninitiated, this was a BBC2 series devoted to cult classic movies. It was on a Sunday night and each film was introduced by Alex Cox. I developed a real love for cult movies watching Moviedrome. Edited April 4, 2020 by tongue_tied_danny 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 19/03/2020 at 08:04, tongue_tied_danny said: You never see custom cars these days... Shitty Max Power boy racer efforts don't count. It's time for a custom car revival... That looks like Commercial Street in Dundee. BTW agree with you about a custom car revival. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 19 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: i was a huge fan of Moviedrome in my youth. For the uninitiated, this was a BBC2 series devoted to cult classic movies. It was on a Sunday night and each film was introduced by Alex Cox. I developed a real love for cult movies watching Moviedrome. Used to enjoy Moviedrome on BBC 2. Very influential for me in finding some unusual independent movies. Cox directed Sid & Nancy, Repo Man which were pretty decent films. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I wonder if anyone ever did a study on the success rate of penalties taken from a divot you hacked out of the ground with the heel of your shoe, for some reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 If you get bored during the lockdown and you have a spare hour, give this a listen. Probably not for everyone but so much 80s nostalgia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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