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Curmudgeon' s Corner. I blame it on the heat. (2)

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    My Mum had one of those hairdryers too. I can still remember  her using it  :)
    Picidae's right - when you think what TVs, washing machines, video recorders [remember those?] even radios,  cost back in the seventies and eighties, it was a small fortune compared to how cheap they are now. 

    Ruby2, I really ought to get one of those tailgater signs... :D

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    @Fairygirl, I still use my video/dvd recorder.
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hostafan1 said:
    @Fairygirl, I still use my video/dvd recorder.
    Ach - but you're from the Victorian era, Hosta.... :D
    I have a DVD player, but I don't use it. I think I only have about three anyway! It belonged to the girls when they were younger but they play them on their TVs or 'pooters. Most TVs have a slot for DVDs now too.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Grr, more spam flagging required. Too early in the day for me !
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It is much quicker to report a post to the mods than to wait for 5 flags and more efficient when the orientals invade.

    We have 2 working DVD players.   I have one in my sewing room, mostly used for watching but mostly listening to Geoff H videos while sewing stuff.  The other is in the living room cos I like to watch films on the bigger screen.   Not about to watch a whole film on a PC screen or teeny TV.

    We have freesat in the kitchen which allows me to watch English language TV - mostly news - but also record stuff for while I'm cooking.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I bought an expensive laptop for work purposes and was surprised when it turned up with no CD/DVD drive and only 2 USB drives. Any kind of hardware input is apparently a dying technology. I don't like the idea of that at all. The reduction of plastic DVDs etc is fine but I can just picture the day when I can't have a cup of tea because my phone won't talk to the kettle or something stupid like that.

    All said while I'm sat here listening to a book being streamed from Amazon  :# The future is silly.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    OH has a very basic PC which keep everything in "the cloud".   Far too nebulous and nefarious for me.   I like my info to hand, in front of me and USB sticks and external hard drives for my backups and I need a CD/DVD reader cos that's how I buy music and films and then make my own mixes for long car journeys.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
     I can just picture the day when I can't have a cup of tea because my phone won't talk to the kettle or something stupid like that.
     

    NOOOOOOOO! What will I do then w.edges?  :#  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I remember somebody back in the early '80s bragging about buying a CD player.  It cost about £1500 at the time and kept breaking down.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Fairygirl said:
     I can just picture the day when I can't have a cup of tea because my phone won't talk to the kettle or something stupid like that.
     

    NOOOOOOOO! What will I do then w.edges?  :#  :D
    *American movie voice* then we pray, Fairygirl. Then we pray :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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