Things that dont happen anymore

[victorbrunswick]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

When cars had a distinct silhouette where you could tell at a glance what make it was. Now they all look alike with the same three colours: black, white or silver-gray. Today you could switch the badges and most people probably wouldn't know the difference.

[Twocky61]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Do not forget the chocolate and chewing gum machines.

And those vending machines that dispense 'Kinder Egg' style plastic eggs containing kiddies watches

I wonder if the watches actually worked, or were they just toys

[darren]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Things thar are built to last be it washing machines or whatever.
Things are made to look good but not to last like twin tubs did.

[battyrat]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Do not forget the chocolate and chewing gum machines.

[Twocky61]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

+Cigarette vending machines outside shops (Really!)

+Paraffin vending machines

[Richard1978]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Mountain bikes seemed to start the trend for bikes not having mudguards.

[battyrat]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Kids on bicycles that do not have splat lines up their back. Bikes had mud guards not all that long ago, for a very good reason I may add. However todays bike manufacturers seems to have forgotten what they were for and no longer add them to bicycles.

Men that would tilt their hats to people they knew.

people wearing proper winter clothes and not some stupid shorts and wellies.

People looking where they are going. Today it seems too many people live with their noses stuck in their mobile phones, heck these people probably don't even realise there is a real world beyond that tiny 2 inch screen.

[Buchholz]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

When August used to be a lovely sunny month,how many years now has it been a total washout

Decent roads to drive on,not anymore with all the pot holes to avoid

Seems to me these days that it's the pot 'eads that need avoiding!
The way some people drive, they must be on something surely?

[Mulletino]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

I presume you mean the telescopic ones, sometimes they were motorised on upmarket cars.

My 82 Toyota Celica 2.0ST Liftback had an electric one, strangely it had its own switch to raise or lower it in the console instead of it just happening when the radio was on. It had an electric sunroof but manual window winders for some reason.

[amethyst]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

When August used to be a lovely sunny month,how many years now has it been a total washout

Decent roads to drive on,not anymore with all the pot holes to avoid

[Richard1978]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Cars with aerials

I presume you mean the telescopic ones, sometimes they were motorised on upmarket cars.

Often they were snapped off & ended up being replaced by a coat hanger.

[zabadak]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Cars with aerials

[Richard1978]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

was thinking of those only the other day

There were some cars with metal bumpers painted black to look like plastic in the early 1980s when chrome was going out of fashion & many new cars started to have plastic bumpers.

[Elbmek]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Cars with metal bumpers...

was thinking of those only the other day

[zabadak]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

Cars with metal bumpers...