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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:57 am Post subject: Goodbye Flipper Radio |
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Thats the end of the flipper radio on Ken Bruce popmaster. Hello to the MP3 player.
Did anyone win one? I wonder what they look like. |
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RockitRon
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Googled, and this came up
_________________ Ron |
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Powerfulglenith Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Shame they are not giving away dab radios so that winners wil be able to find another station to listen to between 7 and 9.30 from January |
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R2Icon
Joined: 10 Sep 2009 Posts: 1444
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Powerfulglenith wrote: | Shame they are not giving away dab radios so that winners wil be able to find another station to listen to between 7 and 9.30 from January |
Brilliant...comic genius This place is such a joy.
That flipper thing looks rubbish. A DAB would be a much better prize. Dead impressed with our DAB. |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3612 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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I would assume a flipper radio is a small radio that has some sort of flip lid to it. The sort of thing you get on a magazine cover. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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RockitRon wrote: | Googled, and this came up
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That's a 'flipper radio'? It looks more like something that the baddies might stick to the underneath of a boat that they suspect James Bond of being aboard when trying to blow him up in one of those films! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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RockitRon
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19406 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think either are the radio that Ken was giving away.
I can vaguely remember seeing a pic of Lynn Bowles holding one up to the webcam when they changed from the previous type. It was oblong and looked like the the ends folded in, if that makes sense!
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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I read recently shower radios were poor quality to use, in a shower. |
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RockitRon
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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I always equate a radio in a shower with the old habit of smoking on a bus. Surely something which you can do without for ten minutes. _________________ Ron |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19406 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:13 am Post subject: |
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mark occomore wrote: | I read recently shower radios were poor quality to use, in a shower. |
Mark the Flipper radio wasn't a shower radio. Did they give those away before the Flipper one? I can't remember.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Weren't they wind-up radios before the 'flipper' radio. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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SantaFefan
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 11258 Location: top of the cliffs in Norfolk
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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or was it a Space Radio?? _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Think that was what they were SantaFefan!
Anyone remember the days of the inflatable chair? _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack.
Last edited by Lord Evan Elpuss on Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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SantaFefan
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Yes.. although not sounding quite as naff as the CD wallet! _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:24 am Post subject: |
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I do think an MP3 Player isn't exciting prize. If a way you listen to radio will be by digital, a digital Radio would be much better. |
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MadeinSurrey
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3130 Location: The Beautiful South
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:50 am Post subject: |
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You get a Digital Radio if you win "3-in-10" - the prizes have to be different or what's the point? _________________ MiS |
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Gnasty Gnome
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 313 Location: West Wales
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I have a "flipper" and a "space" radio. Will post pics later in the week when I get time!
Ron, it looks nothing like that. |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19406 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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We'll eagerly await them GG!
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Gnasty Gnome wrote: | I have a "flipper" and a "space" radio. Will post pics later in the week when I get time!
Ron, it looks nothing like that. |
What about an inflatable chair?! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Gnasty Gnome
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 313 Location: West Wales
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Lord Evan Elpuss wrote: | Gnasty Gnome wrote: | I have a "flipper" and a "space" radio. Will post pics later in the week when I get time!
Ron, it looks nothing like that. |
What about an inflatable chair?! |
Very sorry m'lord, I'll have to "let you down" there! |
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