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

[dquan97]

Using BBS and thinking I was on top of the world!

 

[Zaitsevs]

when I could play in a box without anyone giving me a second look

waking up on saturday to watch cartoons!

 

[dainthomas]

Walking home from school every day in first grade and never being abducted and killed.

 

[GasX]

I can remember when TV remotes had 3 buttons and VCRs were the size of suitcases.

 

[ggnl]

- when beepers were cool.
- when gas cost $0.69/gal the summer I started driving.
- boy bands roamed the earth.

 

[HannibalX]

When I was a kid:

Baseball was fun to watch.

Fountain soda was $.15.

Regular gas was $.85/gal.

You could take your entire family out for a sit down dinner and only spend $20.00.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I remember when I saw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and Raphael said "damn!" and I was shocked.

I also remember life before the Internet. Pretty different from now.

 

[Anubis]

When you didn?t have to wear a helmet to do everything as a kid
Shoes shirt and or pants were not required
People minded their own business
Spanking your kids was encouraged and accepted
Teachers could hit students with rulers
Children got left behind because they were fucking stupid

 

[FeuerFrei]

— 1st time I heard the expression "That sucks" - 1988
— shuttle Challenger exploded
— Berlin Wall came down

 

[SpunkyJones]

I remember when pong was cutting edge while playing it on a black & while TV.

 

[ondarkness]

I remember when the heinaken keg can came out, and I thought it was amazing and cool!
-or when coca-cola was not 16oz big
-clear pepsi
when I heard rumors about the Project dolphin, then later the awseomly cool ULTRA 64!! only to become the N64.. =/
my 1st gamepro I bought at a garage sale.

walking to school kinda far was still safe.

 

[PepePeru]

.39 hamburgers @ Hardees

 

[acheron]

Gas was $3.80/gal
John McCain and Barack Obama were running for president.
Russia invaded Georgia.


You know, way back in the day, August 2008.

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: acheron2112
Gas was $3.80/gal
John McCain and Barack Obama were running for president.
Russia invaded Georgia.


You know, way back in the day, August 2008.

ban!

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Anubis
Children got left behind because they were fucking stupid

Winner!

 

[Blunc]

streaking
clackers
lincoln logs
Mr. Magoo
only rich people had air conditioning
you didn't have to pump your own gas
Laugh In... (need I say more?)
space food sticks
nothing had a "pop top"
if you wanted to put oil in yer car(without making a mess) you had to get one of those spout thingies
VHF, UHF, "rabbit ears"
floor mounted starter buttons
turbine indy cars
Junket
there was no McDonalds or Burger King

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: waggy
-when gas was $.75 a gallon
-when you had ot use payphones

when you had to say something like "heyjoeitsmecomegetmeatthe711" really quickly when 1-800-COLLECT asked for your name.

 

[Blunc]

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: Anubis
Children got left behind because they were fucking stupid

Winner!

not left behind... the term was "held back", and they were usually held back till the required curriculum was completed.

 

[Blunc]

oh yeah...
computers were only in big building and only scientists were smart enough to use them.

 

[Amused]

When gas was .35 a gallon

When you had to get up to change the channel or volume on the TV

There were "13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from."

When Led Zeppelin was still touring.

The release of the 2 liter bottle and TV spots advertising it.

A first class stamp was just 8 cents.

My parents paid $32,000 for a 2800 sqaure foot house in the newest subdivision of San Fernando Valley.

When Nixon was president.

When the average income was under $10,000

The decline of the 8-track tape and rise of the cassette.

The entire MASH TV series when first run

I was there when George and Weezy moved on up to the East Side. Oh, hallelujah! Those were happy times! But, I was also there for the bad times. When Florida lost James to that tragic auto accident. And I was there when Tootie got those terribly painful braces! Oh, yes! And when Arnold Jackson got beat up by the Gooch, I was there. So before you decide that I don't belong here, remember this-I was there!

 

[Gibsons]

Mom giving me a quarter so I could get a coke and a candy bar, and I had to bring back the nickel in change.

 

[Vehemence]

When I didn't spend free time watching horribly disgusting, streaming pornography. So long ago were those days...

 

[tdcarrol]

When there were only 12 servers on WoW

 

[sdifox]

B&W CRT tubes packed in wooden crate and cushioned with straw bale.
Portable transistor radio was the rage.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Nickle coke, penny deposit on the bottle.
Real sodas at a soda fountain.
Hand cranked home made ice cream.
Two channels on a black & white TV.
Polio vaccine was a brand new miracle.
Premium gas was called "Ethyl", and they had something they called "gas wars".
I bought gas for 19.9 cents/gallon.
Portable transistors weren't invented.
"Made in Japan" meant cheap and shoddy.


As I said before, I basically remember when they invented dirt.