Here's something to make you feel old, a 13 year old kid experiencing using an old-style Walkman for the first time:

"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape."

"There were a number of buttons protruding from the top and sides of this device to provide functions such as "rewinding" and "fast-forwarding"

and, in a style reminiscent of Viz's Top Tips:

"Another notable feature that the iPod has and the Walkman doesn't is "shuffle", where the player selects random tracks to play. Its a function that, on the face of it, the Walkman lacks. But I managed to create an impromptu shuffle feature simply by holding down "rewind" and releasing it randomly - effective, if a little laboured."


Actually, the thing that I find most depressing is that I couldn't even afford a Sony Walkman - they were considered to be extremely posh - I had to make do with some crappy black plastic thing called a 'Tamiyo' or something, from the local market. It had a battery life of approximately an hour, 3 utterly pointless 'graphic equalizer' sliders and a forocious appetite for tapes, which it gleefully chomped on an almost daily basis.

Eeeee, we had nowt in them days, but we were 'appy