Re: I can remember when...

From	felix <me@nothere.biz>
Newsgroups	aus.tv, aus.computers
Subject	Re: I can remember when...
Date	2016-01-13 16:24 +1100
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On 13-January-2016 2:09 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
> felix <me@nothere.biz> wrote
>
>> .. drinks in glass bottles had a screw top that could easily be 
>> removed because it wasn't made of light aluminum and pressed on by 
>> machine. it was actually screwed on and so could be screwed off 
>> relatively easily.
>
> Yeah, do remember those. But now we have PET bottles that still
> have easily removed tops

say what?! those plastic drink bottles have the tops pressed on too. 
almost just as hard to remove.

> that can be easily screwed on again and
> don’t have the problem that they are so easy to break accidentally.
>
>> thought I would start a thread.
>
> Too radical by far. I'd have you publicly flogged if
> you hadn't so obviously enjoyed it the last time.

I did! I did!!

>
>> anyone else got any?
>
> I can remember when silly little kids didn’t have usenet to do this on.

and computer geeks used bulletin boards..

>
>> how about this one for the old codgers..
>
>> I can remember when milk and bread were delivered door to door.
>
> I can remember when that was done with a horse and cart
> with the horse running in self driving mode so the fella
> doing the deliverys only had to walk around behind it.
>
>

yep. I think he would say something to it to make it stop or start


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