Old stuff I still knowOur Ginger Fuhrer says that he could still code up a simple game idea in Amstrad Basic, while I'm your man if you ever need to rebuild the suspension on an Austin Allegro (1750 Equipe version). This stuff doesn't leave your mind - tell us about obsolete talents you still have.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 17:04)
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PSHas any sod had "0181 811 8181" yet? I'll take that one to the grave.
(, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 12:17, 12 replies)
Back in my dayit was 01 811 8181. Presumably asking what the number is to call Saturday morning kids' TV is an accurate method of calculating someone's age, like carbon dating or counting the rings of a tree...
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daikoku has been on a ragga tip since, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 12:32,
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You might be right.I remember it as 081 811 8181.
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That's how I remember it as wellIt never seemed to work as well with 0181, and I think the presenters knew it.
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thistle, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 22:37,
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AgreedThey tried to use the same tune, but the extra 1 just didn't fit.
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Surely it's "01 (if you're outside London) 811 8181"
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Ghoti Fingers, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 17:32,
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One for the older generation there.That said, I somehow can't see those digits without Edmonds's face appearing hazily before me like the blobs you get after looking straight at a lightbulb.
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John Q Wagonwheel Spent, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 18:06,
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0118999881999119725. 3(
Terry Oblong There's nobody here but us chickens on, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 13:26,
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Thats a much easier numberto remember than 999..Go on the Moster!
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When I say it in my head I always hear a group of audience kids saying it..........which is a bit weird considering it was also the number for Crimewatch. Couldn't Auntie afford two telephone lines?
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