Ceefax - C or D ?

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Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the birth of Ceefax, the BBC's teletext service and frequently the best thing on the TV.

So what of it ? Do you use it ? Like it ? Which pages ? You know the sort of thing, ILXers.

Me, well it is utter diamante classic, of course.

If I try and rank my top five pages, I think I'd go for

1. 302 - the instinctive reaction, go for footy
2. 160 - soooo London-centric
3. 535 - to see which indie band went in at number 26 this week
4. 436 - how bad is the Northern Line today ?
5. 312 - footy, slight return - the ultimate for pointless time-wasting on who Kidderminster have taken on loan from Leicester etc.

― darren (darren), Friday, 24 September 2004 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

And what do you like about it, as well ? I mean, it pisses on the Internet for just coming in after a night out, flaking out on the sofa, reaching for the remote and voila, the cricket scores or something.

― darren (darren), Friday, 24 September 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Not to mention Saturday afternoons with the TV on, sound down, watching an analogue screen and praying for the scores to change in the way you want them to ...

― darren (darren), Friday, 24 September 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Bugger, I've just realised this is ILM and not ILE.

I've just put it on ILE if you want to contribute to this thread.

D'oh !!

― darren (darren), Friday, 24 September 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

now, if you'd said "CEEPHAX: C or D?"........

(C, like, obviously..)

― pete badmusik (pete badmusik), Saturday, 25 September 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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