TOT: Weeping for long-gone days

Or could it be that, when a person has less of an interest of the ongoing outside world, they spend a little more time in the internal one?

Nostalgia is normal and should not be treated. Celebration of life is different for everyone.

Besides, I liked the story, made me feel a little nostalgic myself.

So, if we were to transpose those things to the young of today, what is it you think they will look back on?

Would I miss the 4 or 5 flyers coming through my door. Phone calls selling me loft insulation or, double glazing. I imagine somemone saying, 'Do you remember when we had to use a mobile device to get in touch with each other.

...Ray.

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RayL12
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I didn't get one, but I saw plenty of them.

Reply to
Peter Duncanson

Yep!

Hahaha! He was a fave.

In the light of the thread, I enjoyed that. Maybe you should allow the comments?

...Ray.

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RayL12

..When it took two hands to switch channels on the TV and, Mars bars were as big as me.

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RayL12

Oh come on. Bill and Ben was actually called The FlowerPot Men'.

Weed anyone?

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Woody

Muffin the Mule. And Twizzle.

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Bob Eager

Do the older generation miss salemens knocking on the door? You still get some like Keeneze and even the odd desperate double glazing salesman plus the annual visit of a Nottingham Knocker* What about regulars like the the Man from the Pru ,do any still exist?

  • The past two years as I have spotted one coming up the path and before he has even started his speil said "You are a Nottingham Knocker" they have got a bit indignant . " I'm not from Nottingham I'm from Yorkshire" Even effing worse** then I replied which seemed to ruin his day. This year it was "but I'm from Derby" Other end of an effing bus route then, now piss off.
** I don't actually mean that Bill.

G.Harman

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damduck-egg

I can certainly remember our first TV being a lot bigger than me, and as for switching channels, there was only one.

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Graham.

And Athlone. Mind you home service and light programme often truncated for clarity.

Brian

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Brian-Gaff

What is this plus ad4 all through this message, akes it almost unlistenable.

The reason for droppers was to cope with dc mains of course, but some radios could not be used as their speakers were in fact part of the ac circuit as I recall, very weird design.

Then there was line cord, lethal stuff.

Brian

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Brian-Gaff

It was known as a hum bucking coil and effectively made the loudspeaker (specifically the magnet core) work as choke in the rectification circuit. Quite a clever idea that generally worked well and surprisingly didn't cause any audible hum - provided the smooting caps were in good state!

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Woody

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Martin

"Mains energised speakers". The coil was used as a choke in the power supply to improve the smothing of the HT rail.

I'm sure the was more than those speakers which stopped the radio being ac.dc. Transformer fed valve heaters, for instance?

Reply to
charles

And was NOT in the AC circuit, but the DC

DC valve radios were a bit specialised.

You needed to use the TV trick of stocking all the heaters in series.

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

Of course - it was in the power supply after the rectifiers.

and with all the valves drawing the same current. Mullard coded some of their valves to show the currrent rating.

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charles

What about Allouis, the masts of which are at the geographical centre of France.

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Woody

Or even a Barretter......

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Phi

Allouis

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charles

Most people here do, and it's not a problem...just thought you'd like to know! In fact it gets more gunged up than the other one.

Reply to
Bob Eager

You are Admiral Lord Nelson AICMFP.

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Tim Streater

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