User Profile

[Richard1978]

Well Said!...

[Richard1978]

I remember this happening, Edwina Currie if anything was too honest about the situation which caused people to panic & stop buying eggs!

My Mum stopped making anything with raw egg after it happened, but we kept on eating cooked eggs.

[Richard1978]

Same here, I never knew it was a Fry's brand!...

[Richard1978]

There really are some pathetic morons around, hopefully they were quickly shown the door!...

[Richard1978]

I've not been able to work out which set my parents rented from Granada, but it seemed quite old by the time it was replaced. I think they kept renting it for years at a reduced rate rather upgrade to a new TV & pay a higher fee. My grandad had ex-rental sets as he wasn't too fussed about having...

[Richard1978]

Even though my family was comfortably well off we still rented a set until 1984, mostly because of the cost of buying as set & any repairs were included in the rental fee. Eventually sets became cheaper & more reliable so a Philips one was bought that was still working at the digital switchover,...

[Richard1978]

Thanks I like a good laugh!...

[Richard1978]

It might have been a repeat that was delayed....

[Richard1978]

I think it was in that storm that Gorden Kaye was injured when a billboard was blown onto his car. I can remember Allo Allo was taken off the air for a week or two while he recovered....

[Richard1978]

I had an Acorn Electron with all the software on tape. Occasionally the tape needed positioning to a particular place, & the data recorder had a feature where the speaker could be used to listen to the tape to help things. It was a screechy sound, but not too bad when you fast forwarded or rewound...