Back in the day when we FINALLY got cable TV there were 28 channels.
.... we had to stand in line to use a pay phone, it was 10 cents for a local call. :uhsure:
.... who really knew the color of the Star Trek uniforms? Who cared, as long as Kirk had at least one make out scene with the alien hottie?
Great smiley choice Miss Mia.... :lmao:
Inspired by an exchange with jendf, this is a somewhat nostalgic thread to close out the year. This is the thread where members over 40 impart their wisdom and life experiences onto members less than 30.
Back in the day we had to get up to change the channel on the TV. :-)
So where does that leave us 30-39-year-olds? :-)
I'm not over 40, but I DO remember getting up to change the tv channel. :-)
I also remember Atari Donkey Kong and Frogger
I used Jiffy Pop or stovetop for my popcorn
I used quarters to play Ms Pacman at the local candy store
No internet
Finding books in a library using the library card filing system
Used a typewriter to write my papers
Went to a rollerskating rink when Michael Jackson's "I wanna rock with you" was number 1 on the billboard
Used a fire hydrant with a sprinkler system to cool off in the summer (hey, I grew up in the Bronx)
:-)
Obviously Schade has decided that she hates you and doesn't want your participation in her thread.
That's the only reason I can think of.
:bolt:
:-) LOL!
So where does that leave us 30-39-year-olds? :-)
Back in the day my mom would hand me an empty plastic Hilex jug and a Dollar Bill. I had to walk uptown(wasn't far , about a half mile) to get a gallon of gas, my mom a pack of smokes and I could buy myself a candy bar or something like that. When I got back home I had to give my mom the change left over from the purchases.
I knew it! Schade's an ageist!
Obviously Schade has decided that she hates you and doesn't want your participation in her thread.
That's the only reason I can think of.
:bolt:
:-) LOL!
Ok kiddos.... need to celebrate another Christmas with my side of the family. Have a good one!
Back in the day, the only video game was Pong.
Back in the day, we only had 4 channels, one of those was PBS, and the rabbit ears needed adjusted when you changed the channel.
Back in the day, school was never canceled the night before, we still had to get up that morning to listen to the radio.
Back in the day, soda came in bottles and water came from a garden hose.
Awesome. :-*
Well, I remember when my dad bought this car brand new, in 1979
(http://i41.tinypic.com/5nlr9l.jpg)
Back in the day a GPS system was Mom holding an atlas and yelling at Dad to turn the damn car around before he wound up driving to Guada La Hara.
Well, I remember when my dad bought this car brand new, in 1979
(http://i41.tinypic.com/5nlr9l.jpg)
OMG my parents bought the same car, same year only white with maroon top like the one below. I'm pretty sure the wheels didn't look like that but I can't remember for sure.
(http://www.inwthunderbird.org/1979_white_tbird_tl/tbird80.jpg)
Sweet! Another car to add to my I-Want list :-)
Back in the day a GPS system was Mom holding an atlas and yelling at Dad to turn the damn car around before he wound up driving to Guada La Hara.OMG - LOL!
This was our other car (only light blue).
Back in the day I always wanted them to pick me up in the Thunderbird. The Pinto was SO uncool.
"... this driving control from the future."
I love those old ads. :-)
Deb, you Non-Geek, YOU!!....... Slide rules are the "schnizit".... :-)
I remember walking the streets ...< I think we should stop this sentence right here >
Back in the day I remember riding with my mom around town to find the lowest priced gasoline. She would drive all over town when gas was 4 and 5¢/ gallon........ (Texas gas wars)
I also remember going to a pancake supper with Mr. Peppermint as the attraction (Another N Texas Icon)
This was our other car (only light blue).Embarassed to say that I had a Pinto wagon. I'm amazed that I'm still getting wagons after that dog. It stopped dead on the interstate, triggering about a 5 car pile-up. I'm lucky to still be here. My guardian angel must have been taking care of me with that car. And it was a woody--or rather fake vinyl wood on the side. I hated that car.
(http://www.casagordita.com/images/pinto1.jpg)
Back in the day I always wanted them to pick me up in the Thunderbird. The Pinto was SO uncool.
I remember having 8-track tapes.
I recall when you needed to put a key in the door to unlock the car.
I recall that there used to be crank handles to roll down a car window.
I remember having 8-track tapes.
I recall when you needed to put a key in the door to unlock the car.
I recall that there used to be crank handles to roll down a car window.
I worked in a grocery store in high school....and was at the courtesy desk on Friday nights and Saturdays (they were closed on Sundays! :o) )......sold whole cartons of cigarettes for $2.50 a piece and people griped.
People also got paid for returning their empty pop bottles.
I hate electric windows after having to pay to have the motor replaced on the driver side door of our last car.
Wow, never remember it being 4 and 5 cents, but do remember it being 18 cents when I lived in San Antonio in the late 70's.
I had one the other day -- in the USA!
But I get them all the time when I rent cars in Mexico. Keys and cranks. And they carefully check to see if the spare and the jack are still in he car when you return it.
Cigarettes must be going $40/carton these days don't you think?
Anybody remember when all movies were black-and-white, and had no sound?
There was usually a guy playing the piano in some sort of "pit" in front of the movie screen, then.
Pretty expensive wasn't it.
Anybody remember when all movies were black-and-white, and had no sound?
There was usually a guy playing the piano in some sort of "pit" in front of the movie screen, then.
I'm not quite that old Frank.
But I've at least heard of such things.
More than that in some places.
A pack goes for over $7.00 in NYC.
Anybody remember when all movies were black-and-white, and had no sound?
There was usually a guy playing the piano in some sort of "pit" in front of the movie screen, then.
More than that in some places.
A pack goes for over $7.00 in NYC.
There used to be a "Shakey's Pizza Parlor" that showed old silent "little Rascals" shorts and had a player piano going for the music. That was in the mid 70's.
There used to be a "Shakey's Pizza Parlor" that showed old silent "little Rascals" shorts and had a player piano going for the music. That was in the mid 70's.
When I see things like this, and when I see people wheezing when they go up stairs -- "I am SOOOO glad I quit." (after 30 years of smoking)
And I don't ever chide my smoker friends -- it was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.
Ah, this is getting too easy.
Anybody old enough to remember when it was common to get an Indian Head five-cent piece, or a Mercury dime, or a Standing Liberty quarter dollar, in change?
Not all the time, but frequently.
Ah, this is getting too easy.
Anybody old enough to remember when it was common to get an Indian Head five-cent piece, or a Mercury dime, or a Standing Liberty quarter dollar, in change?
Not all the time, but frequently.
I totally remember Shakey's and the player piano.
I am in the process of requiting myself.
Just how old are you anyway?
Anybody old enough to remember the most exciting game in the history of college football?
In 1968, Yale was leading Harvard 28-14, with 1:28 to go in the game.
Harvard won, 31-28.
And Farrel's Ice Cream! With the Trough and other stuff.
Did they have the Lollapalooza or am I confusing them with someone else?
I was too young for that one, but I remember the 1980 Olympic miracle like it was yesterday.... Herb Brooks and a fair number of players were native Minnesotans.
I think it was only like $1.95 for the all you could eat buffet, but I might be wrong.
I think that was someone else.
You would not believe how fat I have become this holiday season.
Here's one that nobody, but nobody, would know, even if an adult in the era, in which case one's forgotten.
Anybody remember "Sing Along with Mitch Miller"?
I didn't think so.
I heard of the show, but it was a bit before my time.
How about Rowan and Martin's Laugh In? .... and now I cannot remember the name of this show, but it had Minnie Pearl in it. I know you will know it.
Probably not, but does anybody remember those little LPs with a big hole in the center, which one played at a higher speed than regular LPs?
They had only a single song in either side.
Probably not, but does anybody remember those little LPs with a big hole in the center, which one played at a higher speed than regular LPs?
They had only a single song in either side.
Hee Haw, I'm guessing.
My parents had boxes of singles, records, and 8-tracks around the house. And more than a few of those plastic inserts you used to hold the record onto the spindle.
I heard of the show, but it was a bit before my time.
How about Rowan and Martin's Laugh In? .... and now I cannot remember the name of this show, but it had Minnie Pearl in it. I know you will know it.
I remember trying to play some of my records without the plastic insert... by carefully centering the 45 with the big old hole around the skinny spindle. :-) It sounded sort of weird.
Goldie Hawn got her start there. Despite that, it was a funny show.
You know what else was funny? Hollywood Squares. :-)
My dad had records of radio shows from the 30's and 40's. I used to listen to them as a child. I mostly remember the Lone Ranger and some murder mysteries. Spent many rainy days listening to them.
I was raised with TVs and I do think watching the TV is a much more passive activity than listening to the radio. I used to work 2nd shift and they played old radio mysteries late at night.... sometimes they scared the crap out of me. :-)
Poor Paul Lynde -- so funny outside, so tormented inside.
Let's not forget Match Game -- lore has it they were ripped when they did the second show. When you watch it on the GSN, you can tell which episodes are which.
I was raised with TVs and I do think watching the TV is a much more passive activity than listening to the radio. I used to work 2nd shift and they played old radio mysteries late at night.... sometimes they scared the crap out of me. :-)
I remember listening to some mystery show hosted by E. G. Marshall, I think it was the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. I can remember a creaking door at the start of each show.
"Lights Out"
Made famous by Bill Cosby in his "Chickenheart" skit.
Here's one that nobody, but nobody, would know, even if an adult in the era, in which case one's forgotten.
Anybody remember "Sing Along with Mitch Miller"?
I didn't think so.
Ah, this is getting too easy.
Anybody old enough to remember when it was common to get an Indian Head fervent piece, or a Mercury dime, or a Standing Liberty quarter dollar, in change?
Not all the time, but frequently.
As old as the hills.
Remember, my lifetime hobby has been collecting, and reading, old newsmagazines.
Cigarettes must be going $40/carton these days don't you think?
Automobiles where the headlight dimmer/brightener was a button on the floor and one pushed it with the left foot.
Rather than being on the steering column.
This is so cool; I wonder why they stopped it.
My mother always had a skirt on when she went out....even to the grocery store. Shorts or slacks were for at home. Gloves to church and always...always had on a hat, chapel veil or doily(me).
Our milk was always delivered. I remember when it came in glass bottles with a little paper top. Cream was on the top. In the wintertime, if it was really cold, you had to make sure to get it as soon as the milkman delivered it...cause it could freeze and the bottle would burst.
We didn't have a dryer until the late 60's and my stepmother still hung the stuff out to dry if possible.
We did have a coal chute when I was really little.
Party lines on the telephone....especially at my grandma's house. She would always tell me when my parents would call (grandma was in IL, parents were in IA) that I had to be careful what I said on the phone, because someone could be listening in.... :o
Back in the the day my grandpa use to take us kids to the store for a RC cola and a peanut roundie.
Back in the day we use to listen to Sons of the Pioneers.
Back in the day we could go to the lake without paying to get in.No gates.
Back in the day I got a bag full of penny candy, and only spend .10 cent.
Back in the day we would have house parties with Chubby Checkers playing.
I was going to post about chapel veils and gloves at Sunday church and party lines, but you beat me to it. :-*
How much was a first class stamp (the cheapest one you can remember) ?
After 8 cents, the rates went to 10 to 13 to 15 to 18 to 20 to 22 cents, for the next twenty or so years.
Monkey Grip patches for innertubes.......and the hot patch machine on the side of every filling station.
....and asking for cigarettes didn't entail a 15 minute discussion.....
You ask for, "Winstons"
Clerk asks, "Full flavor, lights or ultra lights?"
You say, "Full flavor."
Clerk says, "Short or 100's?"
You say, "Shorts."
Clerk says, "Soft pack or box?"
You say, "Soft pack?"
Clerk says, "Menthol or regular?"
You say, "Regular?"
Clerk says, "Sorry, but we're out of those."
Same goes for soft drinks these days. Bottle, can or plastic.....large, larger or the great big one.......regular, diet, decaffeinated, with lemon or some other fruit.....sheeesh a fellow could die of thirst before he could order a Coke.
Sorry, but I just spent the last 1/2 hour buying cigarettes:
MAROBORO!!!!!!! MOORRROOOBOORRROOOO!!!!!!
I SHOULD HAVE SHOT YOUR ASS IN D'NANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the young'ns are in awe of us. :evillaugh:
They hate us for our (youthful) freedoms.
I think that must be it.
Actually, they can be envious of my party line and I can be Jonesin' on their firm boobies.
Oh, I think your firm boobies are firm enough, darlin'
I think the young'ns are in awe of us. :evillaugh:
yep...they are really happy they aren't as old as some of us.... :uhsure:
Back in the day ........... A "church key" wouldn't open the church door. Well I suppose it would if you had a lot of time on your hands.
Remember falling asleep in front of the tv and waking up to the color bar?
Remember when one of the tubes in the tv went out or needed to be tested?
How much was a first class stamp (the cheapest one you can remember) ?