hellbhoy Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just now, 8MileBU said: We all get our wuckin fords muddled up mate, I'm just jesting with you! I mind everyone hated The Million Dollar Man when I was a nipper. My auld man used to do impressions of his cackle to piss me off! He said he loved the character he played because he got to throw money about like it was confetti at times and got to treat people like shit to get money off him. I preferred the old UK wrestling because I didn't know any better and thought the wrestling was real. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 He said he loved the character he played because he got to throw money about like it was confetti at times and got to treat people like shit to get money off him. I preferred the old UK wrestling because I didn't know any better and thought the wrestling was real. Are you in your 40's Hellbhoy? I'm 36 but I can only barely remember the old UK wrestling but it's a total blur. I can remember Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks etc but not really from watching it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbhoy Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just now, 8MileBU said: Are you in your 40's Hellbhoy? I'm 36 but I can only barely remember the old UK wrestling but it's a total blur. I can remember Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks etc but not really from watching it. 48 mate and don't act like it. I intend to be a fun Grandpa for the grand kids and total embarrassment to my kids. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Old man bought one of these. Not sure what he was thinking. Four kids in the back was a real squeeze. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, Arabdownunder said: Old man bought one of these. Not sure what he was thinking. Four kids in the back was a real squeeze. Was that a Renault? Handbrake on the dashboard? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just now, Zen Archer said: Was that a Renault? Handbrake on the dashboard? Yep. Renault 4. Not just the handbrake (red arrow in the pic) but the gear lever stuck out of the dashboard as well (knob to the left of the steering wheel) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 This was my gateway song to good music. The Beautiful South remain a very underrated band. I was 10 when this came out and this was the first cassette album I ever bought with my own money(accumulated pocket money) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 I was at a quiz last night on a team with a young Scottish PhD student who didn't know the name of this guy: He's also never heard of a Sega Mega Drive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 14 hours ago, 8MileBU said: Are you in your 40's Hellbhoy? I'm 36 but I can only barely remember the old UK wrestling but it's a total blur. I can remember Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks etc but not really from watching it. Vague memories of an Irish guy who used to get battered off his wife whenever he lost and auld grannies running belting haystacks with their bags. Did big daddy used to advertise sauce? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Does anyone remember the weird rumour that you could get free calls by tapping the digits of the telephone number on hang up button? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Cerberus said: Does anyone remember the weird rumour that you could get free calls by tapping the digits of the telephone number on hang up button? Not certain if it was free but you could definitely tap out the number that way. Hard to do without messing up, especially with a few zeros. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Northern Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 15 hours ago, Arabdownunder said: Old man bought one of these. Not sure what he was thinking. Four kids in the back was a real squeeze. Another my dad had. A Renault 4 if my memory is right? I had a 5 to learn in,had the dash mounted gear stick. Cost me £50 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Cerberus said: Does anyone remember the weird rumour that you could get free calls by tapping the digits of the telephone number on hang up button? You used to be able to get free calls out of these if you used a lollipop stick in the money slot to trick the mechanism that you had pushed a coin in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Northern Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 We can rebuild him!! Had one of these as well. Rolled back the arm skin and you looked through that magic eye. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Cerberus said: Does anyone remember the weird rumour that you could get free calls by tapping the digits of the telephone number on hang up button? Doesn't Hannibal Lecter do that in Red Dragon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 hour ago, bennett said: Vague memories of an Irish guy who used to get battered off his wife whenever he lost and auld grannies running belting haystacks with their bags. Dave "Fit" Finlay and Princess Paula. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Heart of Northern said: We can rebuild him!! Had one of these as well. Rolled back the arm skin and you looked through that magic eye. I had one these. I don't remember it being so camp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MuckleMoo Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Not sure if posted already? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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