The_Kincardine Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Heart of Northern said: Sounds wrong but a "guider" in Edinburgh! Big pram wheels at the back obviously. They big silver cross ones. Right about the pram wheels and wrong about the name. "guider"? Really? BTW you had to steer it with your feet. This "maw's washing line" as a steering system was wrong. I still have the scars to prove it... Edited February 16, 2017 by The_Kincardine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbhoy Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: Right about the pram wheels and wrong about the name. "guider"? Really? BTW you had to steer it with your feet. This "maw's washing line" as a steering system was wrong. I still have the scars to prove it... Both feet on the front wheels to act as brakes ruining the shit out of yer good school shoes, by the way we used to attach a rope, not for steering but as leverage to dig those shoes into the front wheels so we could stop quicker. Sometimes the heat from the friction was almost unbearable. Even funnier is watching them fall apart going downhill because they were badly made. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Zen Archer said: Flexi Discs, I've still got this one somewhere, it came free in the NME. Flexi Discs were the tits. Seem to remember one of my comics getting pulled from the shelves because they included some naughty language on the B side of one. I discovered a few Flexi DVDs at work a while back, which is something I'd never seen or heard of before, but led me to ask aloud "mind when all the magazines gave away a flexi disc record at one time or another?" Met with blank looks, because I'm apparently an old fart 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowArab Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Magic Eye books Mouse head? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Heart of Northern said: Sounds wrong but a "guider" in Edinburgh! Big pram wheels at the back obviously. They big silver cross ones. Was a "cartie" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_62 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 No collection was complete until you had 3 of this man... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkneil Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Was reminded of this blast from the past last night 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 BSE / vCJD I was reminded of this cheery subject last night when I randomly discovered that Canadians still can't give blood if they were resident in the UK during '95/96. At the time, word on the playground was that burgers turned you mental and could make your brain explode. I also vividly remember the reek of toasted cow in the air when visiting family outside Dumfries. Eta: along similar lines, the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak of '64. The Fray Bentos that killed off Willie Lows in town to the point that Aberdeen only got its first Tesco just a fears ago. Introduced the disposable paper handtowel to public toilets though (actual fact). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: BSE I was reminded of this cheery subject last night when I randomly discovered that Canadians still can't give blood if they were resident in the UK during '95/96. At the time, word on the playground was that burgers turned you mental and could make your brain explode. I also vividly remember the reek of toasted cow in the air when visiting family outside Dumfries Two cows in a field. Which one has BSE? The one that is on fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Fullerene said: Two cows in a field. Which one has BSE? The one that is on fire. Two cows in a field discussing BSE. Cow 1: "There's a lot of this mad cow disease going about at the moment." Cow 2: "Doesn't bother me. I'm a helicopter." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Mouse head? Don't know what that particular magic eye is meant to be, but I thought it was a lame effort at a birthday cake lined with candles tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Saturday nights used to be so much better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 BSE / vCJD I was reminded of this cheery subject last night when I randomly discovered that Canadians still can't give blood if they were resident in the UK during '95/96. Eta: along similar lines, the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak of '64. The Fray Bentos that killed off Willie Lows in town to the point that Aberdeen only got its first Tesco just a fears ago. Introduced the disposable paper handtowel to public toilets though (actual fact). In Australia you can't give blood if you lived in UK for 6 months or more between 1980-1996, think New Zealand is the same.The Summer Cup Final in 1964 between Aberdeen & Hibs was put back to early in the next season because of the typhoid outbreak. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The Sporting Post plus the pinks (Evening News & Evening Times?) and greens (Evening Citizen & Evening Express?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 36 minutes ago, Eednud said: In Australia you can't give blood if you lived in UK for 6 months or more between 1980-1996, think New Zealand is the same. The Summer Cup Final in 1964 between Aberdeen & Hibs was put back to early in the next season because of the typhoid outbreak. Australians and their bloody rules!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Cracking games. (Treasure Island was a personal favourite) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, Slenderman said: Cracking games. (Treasure Island was a personal favourite) Codemaster in general did some cracking games, including my favourite, BMX Simulator. The best thing about them, though, was the covers of the tapes which contained descriptions such as "This is game is fantastic". All written by themselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Northern Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 49 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Yas, still got mine and it still works (lost the battery cover so they're parcel taped in. Tremendous fun. They're about £60 apparently on eBay. Spent hours on that thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 12 hours ago, Heart of Northern said: Sounds wrong but a "guider" in Edinburgh! Big pram wheels at the back obviously. They big silver cross ones. Definitely guider in Midlothian too... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 14 hours ago, Zen Archer said: Flexi Discs, I've still got this one somewhere, it came free in the NME. "Really made me squeak" - Hamster and Furry Rodent Weekly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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