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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    skint_spice wrote: »
    I remember those tape players squizz my lil bro had one wired up to his zx spectrum!

    :rotfl: And when a game was loading it made a horrible high pitched squealing sound as though it was in agony.............memory of a ZX spectrum was 32 KB:eek:

    crossed with squizz xx
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,610 Forumite
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    LouiseJ wrote: »
    :rotfl: And when a game was loading it made a horrible high pitched squealing sound as though it was in agony.............memory of a ZX spectrum was 32 KB:eek:

    crossed with squizz xx

    ahh those were the days! kids these days have no idea...:D
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  • GingerSte
    GingerSte Posts: 2,486 Forumite
    skint_spice wrote: »
    ahh those were the days! kids these days have no idea...:D
    Yeah! You kids and your games that load up straight away! Don't know you're born!
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
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  • GingerSte
    GingerSte Posts: 2,486 Forumite
    redsquirrel80 wrote: »
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  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    You lot are flippin BONKERS ........but I loves ya ! :rotfl:
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    skint_spice wrote: »
    ahh those were the days! kids these days have no idea...:D

    MY kids were totally horrified that teachers were allowed to dish out physical punishments at school.....when I told them my youngest got all tearful and put his hand around my shoulder to comfort me as though I had been scarred for life....bless him.....I was a good girl though:A
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    Ooh I remember teachers lobbing blackboard dusters
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • GingerSte
    GingerSte Posts: 2,486 Forumite
    Ellidee wrote: »
    You lot are flippin BONKERS ........but I loves ya ! :rotfl:
    Yep. And we love ya too hun!
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    Ellidee wrote: »
    You lot are flippin BONKERS ........but I loves ya ! :rotfl:

    Hi Ell, how are you doing?:j
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
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