@Sprout posted:I remember we had one that had shutters on the front and no remote. You had to get up off your arse to change the channel and our buttons sounded like machine guns when we did that
nope no remote when I was little
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I had a slot when I was first married, it was a bill less...pay as you watched
We need to go back to that now 
Better value for money 
@Baz posted:I don’t think we had a remote until in the 1980s
@Sprout posted:Oh, don't get me wrong. I think this was a Reddifusion one that was rented and that's where the box came in
seem to remember a card of some type and they went in to pay every week or so
@Baz posted:I don’t think we had a remote until in the 1980s
we had a video recorder remote on a wire in the 80's and it must have cause countless broken legs and ankles
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:seem to remember a card of some type and they went in to pay every week or so
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:we had a video recorder remote on a wire in the 80's and it must have cause countless broken legs and ankles
PMSL! Yes, we had one too!
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:seem to remember a card of some type and they went in to pay every week or so
Yes, I remember my mum sending me to pay for ours with a little booklet thing
@Sprout posted:PMSL! Yes, we had one too!
fecking lethal
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:we had a video recorder remote on a wire in the 80's and it must have cause countless broken legs and ankles
@Baz posted:Yes, I remember my mum sending me to pay for ours with a little booklet thing
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:fecking lethal
we had a video recorder but don't remember that
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:we had a video recorder but don't remember that
Are you younger than me?
@Sprout posted:An innovator he was really
He's gone to extraordinary lengths to get film when you think....
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:we had a video recorder but don't remember that
if you had one in the 80's it would be a wired remote, remote controls didn't come in until the early 90's
awww the tortoise was ancient
@Sprout posted:Are you younger than me?
no -meant I don' t remember it being attached to the video but prob just forgotten or just used the buttons
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:awww the tortoise was ancient
had a sweet face
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:no
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:had a sweet face
he was all wrinkly and old
There were some scary dudes around then weren't there?
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:if you had one in the 80's it would be a wired remote, remote controls didn't come in until the early 90's
we did but just forgotten or used the buttons -
@Sprout posted:There were some scary dudes around then weren't there?
you've never drank in our pubs
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:we did but just forgotten or used the buttons -
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:you've never drank in our pubs
Rofl
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
yes but he had a twinkle about him and a little sort of smile
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes but he had a twinkle about him and a little sort of smile
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:you've never drank in our pubs
PMSL!! Actually, I should've added....there's some scary dudes around now too