In these days of shrinking appliances where encyclopaedias have been condensed into eBooks and family medical records into Apps, it’s interesting to ponder whether there’s still a place for old technology. This year’s Pride Parade suggested five examples of were that might be so.
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Firstly there was an old Fiat Bambino.
There’s nothing quite like cramming as many people as you can into a Fiat for fun.
Yes I know there is an updated model but as far as I know it hasn’t given rise to the plethora of people squishing that the old one did.
Next came …
An old iron bed being powered by a unicycle.
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Sure there was a golden clad angel peddling the unicycle but still, somehow I don’t think you’d get the same effect with a 10 speed and Sealy Postupedic
There was another example of peddle power, a bike that had been modified to include an over the shoulder night light.
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There was also a double decker bus, disguised as a moving affirmation.
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But the best one for me was …
Seeing the return of the megaphone. No doubt someone will create an App, if they haven’t already, that turns your iPhone into a megaphone, but would it send the same sense of subversion as a megaphone being waved about without mercy … I ponder?
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