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Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now
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In my house it is a monthly thing, by direct debit!
Shouldn't it be four weekly?
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Iron framed rucksacks. Sold at the time as essential items for a day/holiday in the countryside....but in fact instruments of medieval torture.
do you mean steel framed rucksacks?
GusB
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Steel is made from iron...
But it isn't iron then. Iron would either be too brittle or too weak and ductile as a reinforcement for a heavy duty rucksack.Steel is made from iron...
Industrial single hole punch made of metal and a box of big brass paper binders to make the punched papers into a file.
Also the fun office game of filling colleagues folded umbrellas (another anachronism?) with all the tiny paper discs stamped out by the hole punch.
And the little adhesive rings to reinforce the holes.
That reminds me of the finer hole punches used the banks to cancel cheques. That also oeads on to the rubber crossing stamps use to show where a cheque was paid in.
Killingworth
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Prompted by this discussion I've spent a nostalgic hour this morning reviewing some of the many ring binders of interesting stuff I've accumulated over too many years. Some of it is being disposed of. So many memories, so many subjects that no longer matter. Boxes and boxes of them.
Was there an ancient species of ticket issuing device which punched a hole in tickets but retained the tiny cardboard discs within its innards (until it was full up)?
D6130
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Ultimatic machines?
SargeNpton
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My framed rucksack was aluminium. Wouldn't have wanted the extra weight of the steel!
D6130
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Mine too! It stood me in good stead for numerous trips around Europe in the 'seventies and 'eighties.
Traditional steel rucksack frames are made of narrow rods/tubes. Much less metal than the now common aluminium frame. Aluminium framed rucksacks are much larger than steel framed.
Still available:
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Killingworth
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Ah, those primitive swiping machines to create a carbon copy of the voucher, one of which was kept by the retailer who'd pay it into the bank like a cheque, the other handed to the customer. It seems they can still be bought and used in emergencies but most retailers won't risk it offline.
It's probably been mentioned before, "replies/entries on a postcard to...before a set date". I still have a stack of old postcards ready to use up in this way.
When the role of "housewife" was widely accepted as a perfectly natural full-time unwaged occupation. Often those within the role would be highly self-disciplined with stringent self-imposed standards of cleaning, polishing, dusting, hoovering and so on. Routines would be scheduled consistently with, for example, beds always being changed on a particular day. The routines would embrace shopping requirements at specific pre-determined times and where applicable childminding and conveying to/from school. Also factored in would be cooking, washing up and arranging appointments, tradesmen etc. when required and dealing with household administration such as banking and the paying of bills.
Bell Punch.
For London bus passengers, - the rasping sound of the Gibson ticket machine running off a families tickets.
When younger car owners tended to be more self-sufficient in dealing with minor maintenance issues and the sudden unwanted appearance of (say) an oil warning light did not precipitate an expensive resolution by a third party and an initial reaction akin to post traumatic stress disorder.
Killingworth
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Know what you mean. Warning light came on, offside stop light failed. Simple? No!
Massive electronic unit screwed very tight into the wing. I used to keep a set of bulbs, not this one. Took it to local garage. 15 minutes it took with all the special kit and tools to get at and replace it. Apparently a side light was also out so 2 for the price of one!
Apparently a BMW driver round here took her car to the garage because of a warning light flashing on the dash she hadn’t seen before…. a green arrow….
(Coat please).
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When a nurse would bring you an ashtray and ask if you'd like a glass for your lager (Orthopedic Ward,Lewisham Hospital 1979 )
Really? I had a new debit card from my bank in November and it has the raised numbers like every previous card I've owned. I didn't realise there was a drive to phase them out.
gg1
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Depends on the bank. I've had new 5 cards issued the past 12 months or so, only one of them had raised numbers (a Co-Op bank debit card).
Until I received those 4 I'd never seen a card without them so it must be a very recent thing.
If there aren't any regular users of carbon image printers, there's no need to manufacture raised text cards.
Killingworth
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There are several factors at play. Card issuers will need different machines to print or emboss cards. Different card designs and stocks will be used for each.
It may be that Co-op Bank is using up old stocks of cards with a new design imminent.
I have 6 bank/credit cards in my wallet. 2 have raised numbers, one issued in 2022, the other in early 2023. Everything issued since then (to me) is just printed.