The Mock Turtle

Photobucket are shutting down free hosting, forcing me to empty out a couple of elderly and pretty much abandoned accounts, from those days in the dim and distant past when you used to have to host a photo somewhere to post it on a message board. Or get told off for hot linking. There were some *interesting* things in there. Wedding pictures for a start. But also this, below.

Obviously, you could probably date this by downloading it and poking in properties, but that's against the spirit of the game. You need to use the ancient tech, plus the fact that it's been illegal to sell packs of fags in 10s for ages, not to mention packs of fags with *actual* branding. Guess the year, month as a bonus.

Please also add your own photos for the DATING CHALLENGE. Closest to actual date of mine by the end of the day wins a picture of Pix in her new bed.

Is that a BlackBerry? Haven’t seen one of those for a while!

I’m my going for the early 2000s… let’s take a wild stab at May 2004.

Is that one of those slidey phones, a Samsung maybe? I had one of those in about 2005 and spent the first few days hanging up on people instead of answering the phone.

I was just reminiscing about asking for 20 Marlboro lights in France and getting that particular look the french keep for moronic brits

Ooh - my first thought was 2003. If I need to guess a month I will say April.

Hmm, I think Squirrel’s guess is a pretty good one actually. I’ve worked from the fact that you’re the same age as me and when Mr Sax had a blackberry. I’m going for June 2005.

I'm going to go for Sept 2009. I'm pretty sure I had that phone in black.

When did those warnings go on cigarette packets? I reckon that would rule out early 2000s. You could still smoke indoors then!

emma_p wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:42 am When did those warnings go on cigarette packets? I reckon that would rule out early 2000s. You could still smoke indoors then!

Yeah, I reckon they went on quite late - 2008/9 I think. My picture vote is for October 2009.

I think around 2009-ish too. My last year in the UK.

I think 2006. If you’re a handbag rotation type (you’re not, but go with me), it’s an autumnal colour so I’m saying october.

I'm trying to think when I had a blackberry and Orange Wednesday was a thing.

I'll plump for Feb 2009.

I'm going to say early 2010.

I reckon that's your Ka and warning on fags was around 2008.

So, Feb 2010

I can’t remember the password to my photobucket & it was mostly pictures of clothes I wanted/owned and a few wedding photos I think so I’m letting it all go. It feels quite freeing. I did have quite the smilie collection too.

Also even if I don't win, I'll look forward to a photo of pix in her new bed

Pip is closest and has the month bang on. It was the Peugeot (RIP), not a Ka, though. And the handbag was bought as second choice after I was toying with a ridiculously expensive one then Mojo said 'for that amount of money I'd follow you round carrying your fags'. I think it came from Jigsaw, back when I used to pass through the Corn Exchange on the way home from work.

I also think we need more digging in other people's archives now, we've nearly exhausted the potential of dating a Blackberry. Oh, and the other phone was some ridiculous PDA.

What, did I get the year right too? Bramble may have my prize.

Pippedydeadeye wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:11 am What, did I get the year right too? Bramble may have my prize.

Pippedydeadeye wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:11 am What, did I get the year right too? Bramble may have my prize.

You're one out on the year. But here is a cosy snoozy Pix, anyway.

Oh, Derek got the month too!

2007!! (Based purely on when I had the Blackberry Pearl).

That’s pretty much what my car seat always looked like in 2007 except mine were usually Camels