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#IAmSoOld that I know of a time when school bags would be horizontal, instead of the vertical ones of today!!
#IAmSoOld that I remember a time when selecting such labels for books / notebooks was a major event at the beginning of every school year!
#IAmSoOld that I have bought this so many times for my younger siblings!
#IAmSoOld that I still remember my six digit phone number from the VERY early 80s when we got a phone after a wait of so many years!
#IAmSoOld
My first scooter!
Had just three gears.
Heck, once I went to my Dad saying something is wrong with the scooter. When he asked what was wrong, I told him it just won't go beyond 60km/h!
Next moment I was running at 61km/h with my dad behind me!
😂
#IAmSoOld
I STILL remember ki 'Lal Qiley Mein Kya Hua' tha!
:D
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This one toy was ALWAYS around. Could be purchased for all of 8 annas!
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FIVE paise was all that it took!
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Many a slow afternoon was spent lighting fire!
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4 Annas / bottle!
Another 4 annas for a chilled 'Bunta' with lemon and masala!
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There actually was a time when the Ring Road in Delhi would see one car per minute!
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You get stuck on ONE red signal on Ring Road in Delhi, you would find all subsequent signals red as well, such was the synchronization!
Of course, there was not a single flyover on that entire road, except the Moolchand one!!
#IAmSoOld
I know the difference between a VCR and a VCP, the functions of a 'tracking' button and the countless other smaller buttons!
Then there was the head cleaning solution as well as a head cleaning tape!
#Nostalgia
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My Mom finally threw away four shoe-boxes full of audio cassettes some 15 years ago.
If not for my age, I would have cried that day!
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I still have a 10paisa as well as a 5 paisa coin stashed away somewhere!
The 'new' rounded 10 paisa coins too were quite a novelty when they were introduced!
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Premier Padmini - My first car!
My life's ambition in the 90s was to be able to afford a 118NE, while the Contessa Classic was the dream car, way out of my league!
#IAmSoOld
Royal Blue / Blue-Black were the most used shades of ink, with Royal Blue being the preferred one!
Of course, there were the super costly 'Chinese' nib pens - costing upwards of Rs 20!
#IAmSoOld
The faithful workhorse!
A later craze were pens with a digital clock!
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Peetampura TV tower was forever shifting, especially during bad weather days!
🤣
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HMV had the best collection of them all - golden oldies all the way from the 50s. I would buy two new cassettes every single week!
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Kids these days will never know the struggles of VSNL Dial-up connections!
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Oh, and the dances one could dance to the tunes of the modem seeking to establish a connection!!
#IAmSoOld
Paanch Paise ka Ek!
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Sitting / Hanging BEHIND the rickshaw frame was a much awaited challenge!
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'nuff said!
#IAmSoOld
I still visit dosgamesarchive.com every once in a while!
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