Ha, the quick shop cashier hated to see us come in with a quarter.Remember when you could get a piece of candy for a single penny?
My 1st car was a 1969 olds 98, yep, 8mpg but it hauled 8 of us around. 😀Remember the old land yachts like Buicks and Cadillacs? You had plan turns 20 minutes ahead and it took forever to get anywhere because you were lucky to get 8 miles/gallon so you always had to stop for gas.
Oh yeah, good times.
O' Canada!Remember when you could walk to your refrigerator without stepping on a used needle?
We were so primitive as a species back then.Remember when airplanes couldn’t take off from a treadmill?
We had two small shops within 300 yards of our house. I believe Fireball candy was 3 cents each. We used those as a filler items when we had a dollar to spend.Remember when you could get a piece of candy for a single penny?
I was going to say something stupid like 'an Abrams M1x gets better mileage.' But I just looked it up - roughly 5 GALLONS/mileMy 1st car was a 1969 olds 98, yep, 8mpg but it hauled 8 of us around. 😀
I remember a small store had a penny gumball machine. if you got the yellow gumball you could get any 5 cent candy bar for free. Candy bars had just gone from 5 cents to 10 cents...My older brother asked the guy at the counter about it. He said he would give us 5 cents off a candy bar.Remember when you could get a piece of candy for a single penny?
Remember when people used to have to have a computer, tablet, or phone, an internet connection, a streaming account, and still a bluetooth linked amp and speakers to not sound like ass, when today all we need is an FM radio boombox.Post some of your recent or very old nostalgic memories and see if anyone else remembers.
Remember when people used to brag about how many mp3s they had on their ipod or hard drive? Now days we don't even buy music. We just listen to streaming stations.
Lol, yes, HDD were dirt cheap and I still have an unused set of luggage they threw in free with a promo code. Crazy times.remember the Staples/Maxtor hard drive deals? or the Athlon 2600/ECS Fry's motherboard combo deals?
They rode smooth like sitting on your living room couch, and 8 MPG,, consider gas was 50 cents a gallon at the time?Remember the old land yachts like Buicks and Cadillacs? You had plan turns 20 minutes ahead and it took forever to get anywhere because you were lucky to get 8 miles/gallon so you always had to stop for gas.
Oh yeah, good times.
50 cents/gallon gasoline nearly brought thus country to its knees...rationing, (odd/even plate numbers, alternating days)They rode smooth like sitting on your living room couch, and 8 MPG,, consider gas was 50 cents a gallon at the time?
Plus they were inexpensive to repair. It was a better time unless someone can't drive to save their life and needs nanny features and ultimate performance just to safely drive the speed limit on public roads. The one exception is of course that we had to improve fuel economy because oil IS a renewable resource but only if we use it at an equal or lower rate than it is formed.
[rant]Ultimately this is the irony, that the only truly renewable resource is energy from the sun and it making biofuel from the plant matter the planet can sustain, whether oil or humans short stepping that process to make alcohol.[/rant] Wind? No. Solar? No. Nuclear? No. All these require raping the land and exhausting resources. Only solar generated biofuel is self sustaining in the long run.
FM is still in use?! (sarcasm)Remember when people used to have to have a computer, tablet, or phone, an internet connection, a streaming account, and still a bluetooth linked amp and speakers to not sound like ass, when today all we need is an FM radio boombox.
Remember when airplanes couldn’t take off from a treadmill?
remember when you could enjoy second hand smoke, everywhere?