What Tet and Gandalf did in the war thread (Nostalgia)

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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Metalchemyst » Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:20 am

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I wasn't one of 'em.
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Gandalf the Red » Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:38 am

My brother was for about five minutes. :lol:
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Tet » Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:40 pm

I wasn't one, but I did have a parka. Which is basically because in the '70s, everyone did...
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Metalchemyst » Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:18 pm

I had this kind of parka:

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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby ocean_of_ypres » Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:17 pm

Someone put up a photo of these on Facebook. I'm surprised anyone else remembers them. Whenever I mention them, people just give blank looks. Clearly, they never truly lived as a child

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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Jim » Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:41 pm

Were they candies? I vaguely remember them...
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Gandalf the Red » Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:18 pm

I don't remember the coffin box but definitely remember the sweets. They tasted like rock hard chalk. :lol:
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Turbo » Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:56 pm

Probably were if this was around the time of rationing. ;)

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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Metalchemyst » Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:10 am

That reminded me of this novelty money box I had:

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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby ocean_of_ypres » Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:54 pm

Jim wrote:Were they candies? I vaguely remember them...

Yeah, though apparently the boxes came in different colours.

Gandalf the Red wrote:I don't remember the coffin box but definitely remember the sweets. They tasted like rock hard chalk. :lol:

They were pretty much like shit alphabet sweets. I remember them being really hard too. Like teeth shatteringly hard

Metalchemyst wrote:That reminded me of this novelty money box I had:

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I totally used to have one of those. Think it came from the Studio Cards catalog or something like that
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Metalchemyst » Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:41 pm

80s Eurovision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4-lKMGII_k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSAoeFYipxc

The second one sounds like a Jim Steinman song.
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Gandalf the Red » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:24 pm

'80s Eurovision! Anyone remember this? :lol:

A band tipped for bigger things trying to get on the Soft Rock Power Ballads bandwagon craze at the time, whilst simultaneously losing all credibility with their Heavy Metal fanbase.

https://youtu.be/9B3k9la1_Is
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Tet » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:30 am

Gandalf the Red wrote:A band tipped for bigger things trying to get on the Soft Rock Power Ballads bandwagon craze at the time, whilst simultaneously losing all credibility with their Heavy Metal fanbase.

https://youtu.be/9B3k9la1_Is

The band later said that Eurovision basically destroyed their career. I discovered them due to having Brian May produce their album - sometimes a big name association really does bring you in new listeners!
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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Green Man III » Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:14 pm

Metalchemyst wrote:Image

I wasn't one of 'em.


So that's what the people who watch over internet forums look like.

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Re: Nostalgia Thread

Postby Big_Sol » Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:23 am

Friends! I like to remember friends! Right from the very begining of BS. People i dont see but remember and keep in my heart! My simple but important nostalgia! :yourock:
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