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For example using teletext instead of looking oline to see whats coming on on tv.
Great thread idea Darren! I guess termonogly is one that springs to mind - I hate these new fangled phrases as such - I can not abide or things like when most Countries use the word "State" for County but if it is reversed they think it makes no sense etc ... all them kind of things, no doubts!
Despite being tech savvy and working in I.T. I still refer to the act of recording a show from the TV onto the Hard Drive of my Set Top Box as "taping" a show.
I also still call Blockbuster et Co "Video Stores" and go there to rent a "film" (not movie). I still mourn the closure of an ex-local store called "Planet of the Tapes".
Yes we still call it taping too.
My late father even had a video tape/CD recorder not that long ago for watching ancient Dads Army.
i must say board games ae still very popular my nieces have tons of them its great to see they still exist when so much from our youth does not.
love playing them myself.
Despite being tech savvy and working in I.T. I still refer to the act of recording a show from the TV onto the Hard Drive of my Set Top Box as "taping" a show.
I also still call Blockbuster et Co "Video Stores" and go there to rent a "film" (not movie). I still mourn the closure of an ex-local store called "Planet of the Tapes".
I read more than watch TV even though after not having one for a few years I finally broke down and recently got a TV (for the housemates, y'understand ). The other thing I do is pay with cash instead of a cheque or credit card, even for big purchases.
I still use a London A-Z to get around unfamiliar places as don't have a Tom-Tom although have recently started using Google Route Finder, or whatever it's called, on my I-Phone and OMG it's fab! talks to you and everything!!
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