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02/05/2007, 3:28 PM
carrickharp

Quote:

Originally Posted by jebus

Fat Frog ice pops, they brought them back a couple of years ago to tease me, as they took them back off the shelves again.

Because they melted on the shelves?:o

Remember the little cans of Smack Cola/Orange etc, now this is one for ye anyone remember Golden Ready Break?? Anything goes on a Saturday morning or the worst Saturday morning show ever No 73 good post this!
02/05/2007, 3:31 PM
Pauro 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by dublinharp

Because they melted on the shelves?:o

Remember the little cans of Smack Cola/Orange etc, now this is one for ye anyone remember Golden Ready Break?? Anything goes on a Saturday morning or the worst Saturday morning show ever No 73 good post this!

No. 73. Hated that show. Sandy Toftig or something like that, was awful. WACADAY. Ya never see that any more. Zig and Zag even.
02/05/2007, 3:39 PM
strangeirish

Playing footie in the street. Anyone ever play Kerbs? Scored extra points if you threw the ball over a car as it was passing by and hit the kerb:D or score more points if you could hit the opposing kerb and have it come back to hit yours, without hitting the ground of course.
02/05/2007, 3:45 PM
Wolfie

Quote:

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Playing footie in the street. Anyone ever play Kerbs? Scored extra points if you threw the ball over a car as it was passing by and hit the kerb:D or score more points if you could hit the opposing kerb and have it come back to hit yours, without hitting the ground of course.

"3 and in" and "World Cup".
02/05/2007, 3:54 PM
jebus

Quote:

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Playing footie in the street. Anyone ever play Kerbs? Scored extra points if you threw the ball over a car as it was passing by and hit the kerb:D or score more points if you could hit the opposing kerb and have it come back to hit yours, without hitting the ground of course.

Haha, kerbs* was a quality game, remember getting on a streak and knocking the hell out of loads of people in that game. 3 and in, and World Cup were all good street football games, but remember the one where everyone would pick a 1st Division/Premiership player and if someone scored they could ask you to give them a clue as to who he is, if they got it right you were out, great fun altogether.

Another thing from the past that is pretty much dead is arcades. When I was a kid we'd either be playing football or playing Street Fighter down in the arcade, they've pretty much died out at this stage though :(
02/05/2007, 3:54 PM
the 12 th man

Quote:

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Anyone ever play Kerbs? Scored extra points if you threw the ball over a car as it was passing by and hit the kerb:D or score more points if you could hit the opposing kerb and have it come back to hit yours, without hitting the ground of course.

Still see that a fair bit.Its when they do it when someone on a motor-bike is approaching :eek::)
02/05/2007, 3:56 PM
BohsPartisan

Supercans of Coke and Fanta!
02/05/2007, 4:07 PM
Wolfie

Quote:

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Supercans of Coke and Fanta!

Anyone remember them giving away "Yo Yo's" with Coke and Fanta written on them!! :D

Every kid in the country had them!!!
02/05/2007, 4:08 PM
s-side hoop

Quote:

Originally Posted by noby

Beer with flavour, served above freezing.

not true the Ale revolution is in full swing, though mostly only in bottles, check out anything from shepherd neame & wychwood, also check out belgian beers, leave in cupboard not fridge thats only for lager.

Also now defunct:

Minidisks
Tape Casettes
Dogs running wild
free parking
civil liberties
decent pubs

soon to be defunct:

Original Darts
Churches
The GAA
Drogheda United if they keep at those wages.
George Bush
02/05/2007, 4:10 PM
s-side hoop

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfie

Anyone remember them giving away "Yo Yo's" with Coke and Fanta written on them!! :D

Every kid in the country had them!!!

I had loads of those a robot gave me one in Dun Laoghaire Shopping centre in 1980 during the coke yo-yo challenge, he looked like R2D2 but was red with coke written on him, he also gave me a badge with "ive met the coke robot" on it.

who remembers the Pepsi Challenge???

Also thos blue anoraks with the red lining and reflector bands on the sleeves.
02/05/2007, 4:13 PM
s-side hoop

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfie

"3 and in" and "World Cup".

Also football tennis or "squares" as it was more popularly known, everyone took one of those concrete squares on the road in a housing estate that was defined by the black tar lines that seperated each slab of concrete, the tar was also great for picking and bursting the bubbles in the summer!
02/05/2007, 4:20 PM
Wolfie

Quote:

Originally Posted by s-side hoop

Also football tennis or "squares" as it was more popularly known, everyone took one of those concrete squares on the road in a housing estate that was defined by the black tar lines that seperated each slab of concrete, the tar was also great for picking and bursting the bubbles in the summer!

Squares was great crack ....... and improved skill!!!

"Kick / Tip the Can" - there's still people hiding up trees in housing estates since 1982. They're like vietnam vets that refuse to believe the war is over.
02/05/2007, 4:23 PM
endabob1

Anyone remember the finger puppet things you got with the Kimberley, Mikado & Coconunt Creams Characters on them...
I seem to recall the dog eating the Kimberley one and the other 2 being a bit "less manly"
02/05/2007, 4:23 PM
strangeirish

Cowboys and Indians.
Putting cardboard or Icepop sticks on your bike so it would hit the spokes and make noise as you rode around...
02/05/2007, 4:25 PM
strangeirish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfie

"Kick / Tip the Can" - there's still people hiding up trees in housing estates since 1982. They're like vietnam vets that refuse to believe the war is over.

LMAO...Too funny.:D
02/05/2007, 4:33 PM
BohsPartisan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfie

Anyone remember them giving away "Yo Yo's" with Coke and Fanta written on them!! :D

Yes, and I still have mine! Its a coke one!
02/05/2007, 4:36 PM
gustavo

Chomp bars for 10p
Canada Dry
02/05/2007, 4:41 PM
red bellied

Is club shandy still around?
02/05/2007, 5:34 PM
Jerry The Saint

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ash

From Wiki

Wispa took the UK market by storm after its launch, but the product was
discontinued some years later when Cadbury's cited production problems with
its innovative production technique (thought to be bars breaking on the
production line);

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wispa

Careless, Wispa. :rolleyes:
02/05/2007, 8:05 PM
ollie

Liked wispa and wispa gold.

Quote:

Originally Posted by red bellied

Is club shandy still around?

it is. Club Rock Shandy to be exact.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

apple drops

They're still around as are curly wurys.saw them in a few shops.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustavo

Canada Dry

Still around also. Damn nice too i might add.

Whats gone:

Match of the Day Magazine
JR Ice lollies(yum)
Sports Stadium
Cork beating kerry every year!
Cork doing the double
City at Bishopstown(thank god)
Dr.Martens boots being cool
Lucky charms cereal
Tamogotchies(Spell?)
Garry Kelly signed Hi Tec football boots
02/05/2007, 9:11 PM
red bellied

Rock Shandy is a mix of lemon and orange. Club Shandy was a lemonade or orange with alcohol. (about .2%)
02/05/2007, 9:56 PM
joeSoap

Can anyone remember 'Banjo' bars........used to love'em....??
02/05/2007, 9:57 PM
joeSoap

Or 'Texan' bars??
02/05/2007, 9:59 PM
DmanDmythDledge

Those wristbands. Disappered fairly fast.
02/05/2007, 10:00 PM
BohsPartisan

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeSoap

Or 'Texan' bars??

Yes! I remember one year there was a competition on the wrappers and the prize was a trip to the superbowl. Can't remember what they were like though.
02/05/2007, 10:36 PM
Paddyfield

Whatever happened to white dog$hit? It's all brown stuff now.

On a more serious note...

90 Minutes magazine
Gobstoppers
Sherbet
Dublin City FC
BiBi Baskin
Honda 50's
Dublin Dons FC
088 mobiles
Pat Dolan
Irish Soccer magazine
CB radios
Pint of Snakebite
Cureheads
Perms

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02/05/2007, 10:38 PM
pineapple stu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

088 mobiles

Was there ever an 089 mobile?

088 got turned off a few years ago.
02/05/2007, 10:40 PM
superfrank

Quote:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Was there ever an 089 mobile?

No. But there bringing out 084 ones soon enough.

Paddyfield, afaik snakebite's are banned now.
02/05/2007, 10:48 PM
BohsPartisan

088 got switched off because it was an analogue network.
02/05/2007, 10:48 PM
pineapple stu

Just found this from last January - TescoMobile to take the 089 slot! :eek:

Digiweb has gotten the 088.

Can't find any info on 084 though.
02/05/2007, 10:59 PM
Conor H

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfie

"3 and in" and "World Cup".

We had a game of 5 down recently.Brought back alot of memories....even if it was only 4 years agao when we played it every single day of the summer.

There used to be street Leagues in my are back in the day to.You'd get a couple of hundred up there every week.Ran 2 nights a week for a month and was a massive social event.It's gone now...:(
02/05/2007, 11:24 PM
jebus

Remember Barcode Battlers? They sucked! :p
03/05/2007, 12:10 AM
stann

Quote:

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Heres one - A quarter of cola cubes, rhubarb and custard, apple drops etc. etc.

Sure this has been posted before but:
www.aquarterof.co.uk
Fill your boots!

Also no longer with us, or are they?:
40-40
Knockadolly, or however you spell it
Smash mash
Angel Delight
Green snot
Ire! :D
03/05/2007, 12:18 AM
ollie

woppa bars-green and red
fives- the crisps that were 5p
03/05/2007, 12:54 AM
strangeirish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

CB radios
.

Ha Ha...Although, they are alive and well amongst the truckers here in the US.
"Breaker 1-9, can I git a copy gud buddy, c'mon. Gimme a 10-20 on smokey":D
03/05/2007, 6:43 AM
nui-harp

Quote:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Just found this from last January - TescoMobile to take the 089 slot! :eek:

Digiweb has gotten the 088.

Can't find any info on 084 though.

There is an 083 network no??
03/05/2007, 10:11 AM
noby

Quote:

Originally Posted by s-side hoop

the Ale revolution is in full swing

I was generalising a bit, based on pub drinks.

Angel delight? Stann do you actually go into shops? I see it everywhere (even in my dreams).
03/05/2007, 10:38 AM
BohsPartisan

Quote:

Originally Posted by noby

Angel delight? Stann do you actually go into shops? I see it everywhere (even in my dreams).

Sure you're not thinking of Dream Topping? :D

Speaking of which - Trifle from the 80's - Chivers Jelly, those sponge bits, Birds Custard, Dream Topping and hundreds and thousands.

What about that instant mashed potato much, smash? Can you still get that. Used to love the add when I was a kid though with the cr@ppy robots.
03/05/2007, 10:42 AM
BohsPartisan

Quote:

Originally Posted by s-side hoop

check out anything from shepherd neame & wychwood,

Know where I'd get these? Also has anyone seen Westmalle Dubbel over here? Its a dark Belgian Trappist beer. Theres a restaurant I get it in in Amsterdam when I'm there but its the only place I've seen it.
03/05/2007, 11:54 AM
Schumi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

Whatever happened to white dog$hit? It's all brown stuff now.

Heard somewhere that that was because manufacturers packed dog food with ash to increase the weight, lost any lingering respect for Albert Reynolds when I heard that! It must be illegal now I suppose.

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