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« Reply #4830 on: December 16, 2008, 10:01:13 AM » |
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 My Brother never had one of those Rest assured, If he did I would have found a way of mangling it or using it as a weapon to batter him with  That chopper was one of the later ones. The earlier ones had a gear lever on the cross bar which I caught my knackers on on more than one occasion. Very painfull!! Correct. How could I forget? That was the bit I loved most. (The gear leaver, not the hurting the knackers obv) |
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« Reply #4831 on: December 16, 2008, 10:05:27 AM » |
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This is the gearstick model, although I don't remember seeing one this colour.  |
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« Reply #4832 on: December 16, 2008, 10:07:12 AM » |
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 I had a Grifter after the Chopper. Early BMX type thing but weighed about the same as a baby elephant. Some scote stole it from my house.  |
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« Reply #4833 on: December 16, 2008, 10:09:49 AM » |
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« Reply #4834 on: December 16, 2008, 10:17:43 AM » |
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« Reply #4835 on: December 16, 2008, 10:21:23 AM » |
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« Reply #4836 on: December 16, 2008, 10:24:09 AM » |
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Me and my dad went to some distant town that I can't remember now to buy one of the first Specrums. The car broke down on the motorway and we had to hitch-hike home.
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« Reply #4837 on: December 16, 2008, 10:28:04 AM » |
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Me and my dad went to some distant town that I can't remember now to buy one of the first Specrums. The car broke down on the motorway and we had to hitch-hike home.
I ordered a 48K Spectrum but thought they delivered a 16K version. So as a cocky 12ish year old I called sinclair and they sent me a new one. They never asked for the other one back. Always felt guilty over this as the original one was 48K. No wonder they went bump. lol |
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« Reply #4838 on: December 16, 2008, 10:33:03 AM » |
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I sooo wanted one of these. | Click to see full-size image. |
My Brother never had one of those Rest assured, If he did I would have found a way of mangling it or using it as a weapon to batter him with That chopper was one of the later ones. The earlier ones had a gear lever on the cross bar which I caught my knackers on on more than one occasion. Very painfull!! Correct. How could I forget? That was the bit I loved most. (The gear leaver, not the hurting the knackers obv) And good old slip-gear between 2nd and 3rd. |
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« Reply #4839 on: December 16, 2008, 10:35:28 AM » |
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google an image from your past.Remember these? I was useless with them. I had to make a cardboard shield to protect my wrist.  wtf is it,love eggs? that's what I thought. I was just praying tom didn't have a love eggs story from his past to tell us |
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« Reply #4840 on: December 16, 2008, 10:37:14 AM » |
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Me and my dad went to some distant town that I can't remember now to buy one of the first Specrums. The car broke down on the motorway and we had to hitch-hike home.
I ordered a 48K Spectrum but thought they delivered a 16K version. So as a cocky 12ish year old I called sinclair and they sent me a new one. They never asked for the other one back. Always felt guilty over this as the original one was 48K. No wonder they went bump. lol Amazingly, I've shared a poker table with with Sir Clive several times. Who'd have thunk? |
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« Reply #4841 on: December 16, 2008, 10:43:19 AM » |
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Me and my dad went to some distant town that I can't remember now to buy one of the first Specrums. The car broke down on the motorway and we had to hitch-hike home.
I ordered a 48K Spectrum but thought they delivered a 16K version. So as a cocky 12ish year old I called sinclair and they sent me a new one. They never asked for the other one back. Always felt guilty over this as the original one was 48K. No wonder they went bump. lol Amazingly, I've shared a poker table with with Sir Clive several times. Who'd have thunk? Amazing man, what's he upto now? Other than playing poker with degenerates? |
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« Reply #4842 on: December 16, 2008, 12:58:17 PM » |
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« Reply #4843 on: December 16, 2008, 01:13:06 PM » |
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google an image from your past.Remember these? I was useless with them. I had to make a cardboard shield to protect my wrist. wtf is it,love eggs? that's what I thought. I was just praying tom didn't have a love eggs story from his past to tell us I loved these - I had to beg and beg to get some and the day I did they were banned at school as a girl in another part of the country had lost an eye when a little plastic splinter came off and went into her eye. So I wasn't allowed to play with them. FML. |
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« Reply #4844 on: December 16, 2008, 04:12:47 PM » |
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This is the gearstick model, although I don't remember seeing one this colour. The second hand shop by us has this chopper, same colour, in mint condition and for sale to the highest bidder???, But the joker is looking for offers over £400 !!!!!! |
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