lawrocket 3 #1 October 31, 2007 I was thinking about things from my past that I used to see all the time that my kids will probably never actually see... Like a mimeograph. Who here remembers the smell of mimeograph paper? Ahhhhh... Or punch cards. Back in the day, my mom used to have a couple for Fedco and stuff. I can't even remember the last time I saw a Polaroid camera. And does anyone here remember BETA? Or rotary-dial phones? Or how freaking AWESOME the Atari 2600 was. Some of them don't have the happiest memories. Like 8 track tapes - they always clicked over during the good part of a song. Or those television antennae on the top of every home? Memories... My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #2 October 31, 2007 My wife just bought a rotary phone, but I had to explain 8 tracks to herI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #3 October 31, 2007 My wife and I, were just today, talking about rotary phones! Several years ago, a little neighbor girl asked if, she could use our phone to call her mom. I pointed to the phone and let her make her call. Shortly, she re-appeared and said she did not know how to use that type phone. So, my wife helped her. Yes, we caved-in and got a push-button phone!What about black and white T.V. and 13" screens? I grew-up with those. Bazooka bubble gum... Do they still sell it?Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #4 October 31, 2007 What do you mean "kids"?? I have never seen some of those things - how old ARE you???? Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #5 October 31, 2007 Bazooka Joe is alive and well. Extra points for naming his sidekick.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFWAJG 4 #6 October 31, 2007 and remember "ditto" sheets, where you hand cranked the ditto to make multiple copies. A few years back, I found a brief case that looked like a typewriter case. The sales girl said "I've never used a typewriter. I heard they used to have something called 'word processors.'" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #7 October 31, 2007 When I was a kid we had a phone you had to crank the handle to get the operator to pick up (plug you in actually) and you told her which line you wanted to connect with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #8 October 31, 2007 A channel-changer knob on a TV? Dimmer switch on the floorboard your car? 45 RPM records?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 53 #9 October 31, 2007 I remember using a rotary dial phone to call the operator to make a long distance call. You couldn't dial long distance yourself. Does anyone remember the jingle that Bell Telephone had when they came out with "1 plus" dialing for long distance? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #10 October 31, 2007 Quote A channel-changer knob on a TV? And they would always break off, so you had to fit them on before you could turn the channel. My parents had remote control, it was called my brothers and me. I was just telling my kids the other day about how everyone just had one phone in the house, usually in the kitchen. Most had a reallllly long cord so you could try to get some privacy, but the damn cord always got twisted up! We were at the Magic Kingdom the other night...remember when you had to have tickets for each ride?She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #11 October 31, 2007 Hand crank windows on a car. A milkman! red ball jets ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #12 October 31, 2007 Quote Bazooka Joe is alive and well. Extra points for naming his sidekick. You got me there! I'm not going to cheat by Googling!Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #13 October 31, 2007 We had party lines when I was a kid. I'll bet a bunch of you don't even know that that is. I still have rabbit ears on my television. I've never had cable... and I own a Polaroid camera that works! What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #14 October 31, 2007 Hey! I've got hand-crank windows on my 2001 pick-up and no power seats... just something more to go bad!Remember P.F. Flyers? Baseball cards in your bicycle spokes?Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #15 October 31, 2007 Quote A channel-changer knob on a TV? Dimmer switch on the floorboard your car? 45 RPM records? Hell YEAH! I had a 'stack o' wax' when I was a kid! Elvis, Little Richard, Carl Perkins... all them cats!Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #16 October 31, 2007 still have rabbit ears on my television. Quote Yeah...me 2 ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #17 October 31, 2007 Yours look warmer than mine. What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #18 October 31, 2007 metal roller skates that you wore over your shoes and you had to have a key to tighten.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DTOXX 0 #19 October 31, 2007 Leaded gasoline pull tabs on cans Mr Potato Head smoking a pipe Taco Bell fire pits Eating outside at a Taco Bell Eating a Bell Beefer at Taco Bell (hmmm, a taco sounds good about now) ------- D.T. Holder SIMstudy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #20 October 31, 2007 Still got your Naru jacket and puka beads there cowboy? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #21 October 31, 2007 Quotemetal roller skates that you wore over your shoes and you had to have a key to tighten. I've got a brand new pair of roller skates... you've got a brand new key... I think we should get together... and try them out to see... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #22 October 31, 2007 Quote Leaded gasoline pull tabs on cans Mr Potato Head smoking a pipe Taco Bell fire pits Eating outside at a Taco Bell Eating a Bell Beefer at Taco Bell (hmmm, a taco sounds good about now) The BELL BEEFER!!!! HA!!! I guess that was before the thought outside the bun! I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squirrel 0 #23 October 31, 2007 those clay or ceramic skateboard wheels. and, a paper boy actually delivering the paper. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #24 October 31, 2007 Only 5 channels on the TV. PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC and a local network.AM/FM radio in the car without an 8 track, cassette player or CD player. Radio antennas on your car that would break off in the car wash if you didn't manually push it down. Electric ones if you had a more expensive car. Car phones. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #25 October 31, 2007 common sense intelligence manners motivation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
