I was listening to "Sonic the Comic the Podcast" recently and they were reminiscing about Woolies and I was trying to remember what they sold. But all I could think of was ZX Spectrum tapes and pick & mix. I guess... drills...?

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

CD singles! A whole wall of them!

[–] Loccy 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah, now you're reminding me of the Woolies quandary back in the day. Buy pick and mix or save up for a 1.99 Mastertronic Speccy game. Which were, with one or two exceptions, invariably utter shit. Should have gone for the sugar fix.

[–] rubikfrog 2 points 1 year ago

Well, Finders Keepers and Kickstart 2 were okay. But the rest, not so much.

[–] ScorpionFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Tat, lots and lots of tat

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A relic of the ancient world

[–] Loccy 2 points 1 year ago

An elegant weapon, for a more civilised age.

[–] tomhellier@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Corded drills are like Henry hoover, ol' reliable

[–] Fog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That brings back memories! Got my first ever Yo-yo from woollies! Used to be a weekend visit to that place for me. I think they still sell online don't they? 🤔

[–] mykl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Christmas decorations and cheap gifts and Halloween crap are all I can remember ever buying in there.

[–] ginge 2 points 1 year ago

That thing looks like it would be more use hammering in nails!

[–] Finnbot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got banned for life from Woolies in 1996 for stealing a Kinder Bueno. I'd never been so mortified in all my life and I always had the absolute terror whenever my maw would take me in when we went in to town after that.

[–] RoblyMcPerkins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We used to steal batteries and stuff from there. I was caught (the only one out of a group of 4 .. doh!) and suspended from school for two weeks.

[–] Baba_au_rhum@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

I had no idea they did power tools!