I can remember when..................................

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Squisher
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TVs only had 4 channels (2,4,7,9) and 9 was Canadian.

WJBK
WDIV
WXYZ
CBET Windsor

 

[Atomic Playboy]

The Berlin Wall fell
This aggression would not stand
Finding naked women to ogle required a magazine or binoculars and careless neighbors

 

[spacejamz]

children actually had respect for their elders (they would even say please and thank you)
no one was killed over a pair of shoes or an ipod
kids didn't go skiing off the roof of their house in a shopping cart or hit each other with metal folding chairs to impress their friends
there were no car deaths or accidents because of texting and driving
schools didn't have metal detectors and students didn't have to wear ID Badges
we actually got paddled if we got in trouble at school

 

[zzuupp]

phones had dials.
record stores
watching shows that you had taped was neat.
2400 bps was fast.

 

[SagaLore]

When gas was 89 cents a gallon.

okay further back...
When the only thing better than vhs tapes were those huge laser discs.

and further back...
When computers used 5 1/4 floppies and screens with green pixels.

even further back...
When principals could spank you, and parents thanked the principal for it, then spanked you too.

 

[Foxery]

When long distance phone calls charged by the minute, unless you dialed some stupid 10-10-123 type service that magically made it cheaper.

When I told my friends, in all honesty, don't bother with this Internet thing for a few more years. It's not that interesting yet.

When black singers actually sang. With real notes!

 

[FoBoT]

i remember when my parents had to wait in line for gasoline (opec oil embargo 1973)
we had a party line until i was about 11 or 12 years old
our first tv was black and white, when i was about 5-6 years old
seat belts in cars were an option you had to pay extra for

 

[Foxery]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
we had a party line until i was about 11 or 12 years old

Most of our members have no idea what this means. It's a telphone line that you share with your neighbors, instead of each house getting its own connection.

 

[Pocatello]

Cable box, you have to rotate the dial to change the channels.

 

[TestedAcorn]

The Ninja Turtles still liked pizza.

 

[lokiju]

Obligatory gas was less than $1...

 

[IronWing]

Children walked, rode their bikes, or rode a bus to school.

 

[Ctrackstar126]

When a 2 liter of surge was all i needed to get through the day.

 

[Wheezer]

-party lines (and people were courteous enough to hang up when they heard you on the line)

-quality soda was .10 cents

-roller skates required keys

-every kid on the block had one of these.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
-party lines (and people were courteous enough to hang up when they heard you on the line)

-quality soda was .10 cents

-roller skates required keys

-every kid on the block had one of these.

hahah i had one of those bikes. i thought it was great with the banana seat and stick shift

 

[CrazyLazy]

The yoyo crazy of the 90's, insane I tell you.

 

[rudeguy]

metal Transformers
you could buy a pop and a candy bar for fifty cents
Curtis Mathis TV's

 

[IronWing]

Making word's plural didn't require apostrophe's.

 

[Slapstick]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
-party lines (and people were courteous enough to hang up when they heard you on the line)

-quality soda was .10 cents

-roller skates required keys

-every kid on the block had one of these.

I still have my Schwinn Lemon Peeler in the garage, it's in good shape and ridable but at my age that would look a little funny.

 

[CallMeJoe]

they first discovered dirt...

 

[ChaoZ]

Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
The yoyo crazy of the 90's, insane I tell you.

Don't forget Pogs.

 

[Baked]

When that ho Eve stole apple from my tree.

 

[jlee]

-when my friends and I could walk down the street with our army gear and toy guns and nobody gave us a second look...

 

[alexvorn2]

I know when! : A lot of time ago!

 

[Gothgar]

getting Thrifty's ice cream double scoop for 50 cents, one scoop was 25