# I remember when...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-when/115247>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-when/115247 "2002-06-21T11:24:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-when/115247/61 "2002-06-26T16:25:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Kal \*  
> \*\*The Beano costing 2d (old money).
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> Topper, Cor!, The Beezer, Warlord, 2000AD when it first came out, Monster Fun, Buster, Wizzard and Chips (I was a Chipite), Whoopee!, Shiver and Shake, Cheeky, Jackpot and British Marvel comic reprints like Mighty World of Marvel.
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I forgot to mention; the Topper and Beezer were tabloid sized (roughly A3), with no staples.

My, we all sound like Nicholson Baker.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-when/115247/62 "2002-06-26T16:55:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ringo \*  
> \*\*Is a swamp cooler the same thing as the A/C we used to have down here, with the big wooden evaporator tower out behind the house? \*\*

[http://www.opalcat.com/swamp.html](http://www.opalcat.com/swamp.html)

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