The 90s thread

[Shell]

Wow. Almost thought typewriter was just about gone in early 80's anyway.

Quick google:
"From the early 2000s onwards, computers started dominating. All the manufacturers of office typewriters stopped production, except us. 'Till 2009, we used to produce 10,000 to 12,000 machines a year. But this might be the last chance for typewriter

 

[craigos]

Buying gamer magazines for a tenner to get the dermo versions and flogging the hell out of them. When you didn't have much money the thought of blowing it all on a game that was going to be rubbish was anxiety in spades. Resident Evil 2, legitmately scary.

 

[Cruyff14]

Buying gamer magazines for a tenner to get the dermo versions and flogging the hell out of them. When you didn't have much money the thought of blowing it all on a game that was going to be rubbish was anxiety in spades. Resident Evil 2, legitmately scary.

Still have a lot of my old Playstation magazines, they were great.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Video games were social in the 90s. Sure I burned through hours at a time playing side scrolling Super Mario Bros but who didn't enjoy riding their bike over to someone's house with a bunch of controllers for a Goldeneye or Mortal Kombat session? Sitting in a fancy office chair wearing a headset sounds more like working in a call centre than playing video games with friends.

They still are, it’s just done online now.

And people still go to their mates house to play. The availability of online play just means they can play together more often.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

I started prep in 99 so my memories of the 90s are minimal.

 

[Cuzz09]

That's the thing about football by G.Champion
Camping out for days for Grand Final tickets
Cheersquads chucking up newspaper and streamers after goals
Whole merger with Fitzroy and the AFL giving them the final punch in the guts- last game ever in Perth. campaigners.
Scoreboard on fire at the MCG
Blackout at Waverly
Lockouts at Optus Oval
McIntyre Final 8 System.

Oh man I loved those logos.

Remember those sticker books - I always tried so hard to stick them inside the lines [emoji16]

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[Cuzz09]

I recall learning to type on a typewriter. They would have been phased out tho very soon after that.

Yeah we had typewriter class in HS but also computing. Mustve been right on that phase in/out.

I remember everyone being so excited about being able to check live NBA scores straight from America [emoji44]

Oh yeah dunno if anyone remembers the basketball card phase??

I still have all my 1993-94 bball cards [emoji23]

Worth 0.1c

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[Cuzz09]

Yep, we had one of these too until the mid 90s I reckon.

Same. They were great.

The old joke of if someone had 0s or 9s they were dead to you [emoji1787]

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[SHAKESPEARE]

I started prep in 99 so my memories of the 90s are minimal.

****ing hell child out of here

 

[Silent Alarm]

Thread is now just anything pre-2000 ie 'remember when Jary didn't have iPhone'

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

That's the thing about football by G.Champion
Camping out for days for Grand Final tickets
Cheersquads chucking up newspaper and streamers after goals
Whole merger with Fitzroy and the AFL giving them the final punch in the guts- last game ever in Perth. campaigners.
Scoreboard on fire at the MCG
Blackout at Waverly
Lockouts at Optus Oval
McIntyre Final 8 System.

Something about seeing those logos on the news after the games makes me have good memories about the good old days about footy.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

This was my families landline phone until we finally upgraded to push button iirc in the late 90s.

Good luck finding ‘hash’ on that!

 

[Plugger35]

This was my families landline phone until we finally upgraded to push button iirc in the late 90s.

We had a phone like that too but then we got a cordless push button phone in the 90s which we thought was pretty fancy, being able to make and take phone calls in different rooms of the house rather than in the one place was a real game changer.

I also got my first mobile phone in the late 90s but the reception for it was so poor I hardly ever used it and still mostly used the landline.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Thread's now talking about a phone designed in the late 1970s. Kinda not the same as talking about that primo batch of dutch imports swirling 'round those Docklands parties, is it now?

 

[peternorth]

I recall learning to type on a typewriter. They would have been phased out tho very soon after that.

and then when you made a spelling mistake, you put this white out stuff/tape over the affected word, go back, line up and made the correction.

 

[Gough]

and then when you made a spelling mistake, you put this white out stuff/tape over the affected word, go back, line up and made the correction.

I used to go into my old man's office on weekends to use his secretary's typewriter to do my essays and she had one of those whizz bang ones that could white out the word by itself.

 

[peternorth]

Yeah we had typewriter class in HS but also computing. Mustve been right on that phase in/out.

I remember everyone being so excited about being able to check live NBA scores straight from America [emoji44]

Oh yeah dunno if anyone remembers the basketball card phase??

I still have all my 1993-94 bball cards [emoji23]

Worth 0.1c

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Pro Basketball newspaper. Boxscores and summaries etc, just a week after the events. But it was great.

 

[peternorth]

I used to go into my old man's office on weekends to use his secretary's typewriter to do my essays and she had one of those whizz bang ones that could white out the word by itself.

Whoa. We got a big playa here

 

[Cuzz09]

Something about seeing those logos on the news after the games makes me have good memories about the good old days about footy.

Yeah the 2 teams next to each other.





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[peternorth]

I started prep in 99 so my memories of the 90s are minimal.

You still grew up in the 90s!

 

[Scotland]

where did you get that kit from? I'd love some Glory kappa gear, particularly this jacket

That's pretty cool.

I have one of those 98/99 shirts. All yours for a mere KM 1000.

I wish I had the original away shirt from 1996. White and grey stripes with about 97 different sponsors all over it. Classic cobbled together at the last minute effort.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Yeah the 2 teams next to each other.





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Now that is what i am talking about. Those logos, when i see them, bring it all back. Footy's golden age

 

[Cuzz09]

Then you use white out and line up the typewriter and the words dont line up or the white out is still wet and the typewriter just mushed it everywhere [emoji23][emoji23]



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[Cuzz09]

You still grew up in the 90s!

90s foetus

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[Cruyff14]

Sport has changed so much too. From its coverage, accessibility, rules and the way it's played.