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captain clutterbuck
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Does Seymour's Voice activated door count . A forerunner of what Alexa and other voice activated intelligent devices offer now.
I don't own one of those Amazon Echo things, but what does she say if you say Hey Alexa, Codfanglers ????
It does not know that, and it does not even reply to marjorie
You could only see it in the dark, it was LED technology, so it would also eat batteries, it was not long before they changed to LCD,but they early ones were also hard to see in bright light, and at night they had a backlight so you could see the time
Sarkus
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The early episodes are pretty "modern" in the context of when they aired with a lot of references that made sense to audiences then that we don't have any reference for. Even Google hasn't come up with answers to some of the names that are dropped. "Summerwineland" came later and Clarke (according to Bell's book) didn't really like that. Bell and Clarke apparently lobbied in later years for a later timeslot and there were a lot more modern references, as noted. Who knows if that would have worked, but it does seem like the show survived as long as it did because for awhile the BBC liked to use it as an example of their "family" content whenever anyone would complain about something else they were doing.
I had one of those in the 70s when they first came out. Useless in the outdoors, yes. I was a sixth grader, wore it to school, EVERYONE wanted to press the button to light the numbers (and kill the battery).
captain clutterbuck
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I bought a Tokyo Flash Binary watch some years ago at Alicante airport after a rather heavy boozy last night with friends think it was about 40 Euros [about £25] . The picture here is similar but this is an upmarket metal case mine was black plastic , I used it once . People ask you the time and it takes 5 minutes to answer. Not the best £25 I spent. I still have it and battery still going but never wear it.
Adanor
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OK, many years later. So has technology in all of its forms made a dent in Holmfirth and its environs these days? Do kids walk around with their eyes firmly glued to their smartphones (mobiles)? Do people sit in the coffee shops, each with a laptop open? Do people run out and get the latest smartphone (mobile) as soon as it comes out? And do the grandparents rely heavily on their grandchildren, no matter how young, to help them navigate their laptops, smartphones, etc.? Or does Holmfirth and the surrounding communities perk along in a good old fashion way?
I had a few Casio digital watches in the very early Eighties, so the technology must have developed very quickly
Marianna
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I bought a digital watch/calendar in the late 70s and haven't known the date since! That watch was solar powered, too. It's weakness lay in its lack of a moisture seal, so I couldn't wear it for jogging. The watch display would shut off as soon as I began to work up a sweat, and wouldn't turn back on until the watch had spent a couple of hours drying.
Cleggy's Sis
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I’m curious about life around Holmfirth, too, and how much technology has made a difference in the scenes of daily life. Is laundry still hung out to dry? Are stores closing because of internet shopping? Is it now more difficult to live there without a car?
And, on the show, they often took naps on the grass without concern for ticks and Lyme disease, but I wonder if that has changed these days.
And, on the show, they often took naps on the grass without concern for ticks and Lyme disease, but I wonder if that has changed these days.
Did that once. Had chiggers in most every place for a week. Learned me good not to do that again!
Chiggers?
Sarkus
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Somebody posted photos from a recent visit to Holmfirth and there was laundry on the line in at least one of those photos. It was out in front of the house they used later for Clegg, Howard, etc.
I live in a small town and laundry on the line is a very rare sight. Nobody hand washes their clothes anymore and I guess if you can afford a washing machine, you can afford a dryer and afford to run them both. If you can't afford the washing machine, you go to a laundromat. And yet, the store I work in still stocks and sells clotheslines and pegs so there must still be demand. My guess is maybe people way out still put clothes on a line.
imitation700mb
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We always put ours on the line. Don’t have a dryer or a dishwasher for that matter. We’re old school here
Same here. We own a drier, but we never use it. Never iron either as Mum says there's no need if the wasing dries on the line OK.
Adanor
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I live in a townhouse with an HOA and like many recently built subdivisions here in the Washington DC suburbs and for that matter in many areas in this country, clothes lines are not permitted. Very sad.