Things that time forgot.

[P. G. Tipps]

..because no flights had been taken to disprove this absurd notion, presumably...

If one, as is one's wont, simply presumes 'no flights had been taken' how can one disprove or make any sort of informed judgement on this radical Muggletonian 'notion' and, furthermore, describe it as 'absurd', ahinton?

Illogical, sir!

[teamsaint]

Freeman's and Littlewoods catalogues.




the monthly hand wringing over the balance of payments.

[Beef Oven!]

Green Shield Stamps

[Beef Oven!]

Pink Shield Stamps

[Beef Oven!]

Parafin Heaters

[Beef Oven!]

Wing Mirrors

[Beef Oven!]

Public Baths

[vinteuil]

Wing Mirrors

... traffic indicators in the form of little orange signals rising up and out from the side of the car

[vinteuil]

... Mamod stationary steam engines, the much-desired device which could be attached to meccano sets.

Amazing they were allowed in to the hands of teenage (or younger) boys - my brothers and I delighted in such at ages c. 8, 12, 14 -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamod

[Nick Armstrong]

... traffic indicators in the form of little orange signals rising up and out from the side of the car

.... and indeed other rear indicators with character:

[Beef Oven!]

... traffic indicators in the form of little orange signals rising up and out from the side of the car

My dad had a green Austin A35 van that had those. I had to bang the side of the car from the inside, in the vicinity where the the indicator arms were, or they wouldn't flip up!!!

[Stanfordian]

Jock straps.
Blue packets of salt in chrisps.

[teamsaint]

Jock straps.
Blue packets of salt in chrisps.

Not a cricketer then Stan?

Those packets of crisps are a cricket tea staple......

[Ferretfancy]

Jock straps.
Blue packets of salt in chrisps.

I really miss the H in crisps!

[Petrushka]

Conversations with total strangers on trains.

These days you're more likely to get arrested and, in any case, most people seem to have things stuck in their ears or on phones/laptops etc telling you to keep away. Heck, I even do it myself!

I recall a lovely conversation I had with a fellow lady passenger quite a number of years ago about thematic transformation in Elgar's 1st Symphony and Mahler's 3rd. I really don't think such a thing would happen now.