Who remembers the throbber?

Who wants to?   

And here I thought you were talking about a battery operated toy.  Does Windows 10 run on that too???  Does it phone home... or your parents?  Does it require a monthly sub?  Is there an MMO version?  I could go on and on...

I remember having one of these in my younger days, very nice it was too, but as one gets older these things fade into distant memory, the thrill of having the 'throbber' was somewhat let down by waiting for something to happen, poor connection was mainly to blame and trying to get it to reconnect was sometimes a pain, it just kept on throbbing with nothing happening, waiting for the page to download. My main recollection was the Netscape browser, with the large throbbing capital N, and if my memory serves me right internet explorer also had a throbber, I also recall that one of the browsers had customisable throbbers, but not sure which one, would be nice to see some more animation return in the web browsers.

https://forums.wincustomize.com/90575/page/1/#848253

I watch the throbber in Chrome. It goes round and round counter clockwise and takes forever to load the home page except......if I open a new tab then it connects very fast. Go figure.

I like it. Pretty cool. 

Back in the day, this post would have sparked a three page free-for-all innuendo and troll bash (thump).......ah memories!

Thump!   

My, all that was ten years ago... TEN!

...... ...... ......Hahahahahaha...............

Don't mind me

"Remember"?

How could I forget?

  Oh yeah i remember him ... How are you mr Po 

It was evil. There were 3 sizes were there not? A huge vertical image.

My throbbers were always huge

I vaguely remember having a throbber, but the last one was so long ago it has almost faded into distant memory.

And ooooohhhh, how it throbbed so, too.  Some nights it would throb that much it'd keep me awake until all hours.

I even went to the doctor about it, but all he said was 'take two aspirin and come back if the problem persists.

IF the problem persists?  Like what was he thinking?  Back in the day throbbers only subsided a little... they NEVER went completely away.

And throbbers occurred in the most embarrassing places, too... like in church during Sunday evening prayers; on the bus while on the way to work; in the work elevator going to the 44th floor, and people are wondering why you're facing the rear corner and seemingly talking to yourself: "Not now.... GO AWAY!!!!"... and at the Desperate and Dateless Ball, setting a group of lonely old spinsters into fits of the giggles and wanting to make your acquaintance.

Sadly, the only throbbers I get these days are migraines... which 2 aspirin do so little to relieve. 

Actually, I lied a little there!  My knees and feet throb with arthritis most days.  It's funny, isn't it!  When you're young, a throbber represents the miracle of life, fun and enjoyment, yet in later life if represents a misery and you're off the the drs/pharmacy to get yourself anti-inflammatories and pain meds.

Still, I suppose I should be grateful, though.  All the throbbing and stiffness sorta remind me of better days, when I was younger and had the stamina to do all night what nowadays takes me all night to do.  Yup, life can be cruel sometimes... and embarrassing.

A couple of weeks ago I got a throbber while on the bus to go shopping, with the woman sat across from me displaying several disapproving looks as I fidgeted with my underwear.  It seems that my eyesight is failing, too... I ended up buying undies 4 sizes too small cos I was too embarrassed to ask the pretty young assistant for assistance... hence the throbbing headache, being my undies were too tight to allow proper circulation.

Quoting Fuzzy, reply 15

My throbbers were always huge

I'm glad you said "were always huge".  Being you're also one of the geriatric brigade, I'd be mightily jealous if that was, 'are always huge'  

and pointy?

Thankfully, Fuzzy wasn't Borgified... like imagine the havoc a Borgified throbber would cause if unleashed on an unsuspecting world.

Get stuck a lot.

My throbber got stuck once.  There I was, minding my own business, when somebody slammed it in a car door... and the latch caught.  Needless to say, it was quite painful, and talk about throb, the tip felt like it would explode. 

Next day my thumbnail was all black and the entire digit was bruised... and  throbbing like a heart beat.

Hey starkers......have you ever considered standup?

Yeah, but I'd have to sit down for most of it.  

Prolonged periods of standing/walking tend to aggravate my arthritis and cause pain... as does sitting for prolonged periods.  

Yup, I gotta find a happy medium.... which hopefully one day I'll do.

This getting old[er] can be so damned cruel:

Getting a little 'action' these days simply means that my laxative is working, and while my knees buckle my belt won't.  And the other day, a woman thought I was becoming amorous with her cos I had a gleam in my eye.  I told her: "Don't be so silly, woman, that's the sun hitting my bifocals."

Starkers, at your age, everything throbs that shouldn't