Remember when...

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   fishtiger58posted 15 years ago

   Remember when they said there would be a computer in every house in 5 years. We couldn't believe it.

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      Black Lillyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      
      and then there came laptops, netbooks, blackberries...

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   ralwusposted 15 years ago

   white bucks and blue suede shoes and Rock Around the Clock

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      Flightkeeperposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Ralwus, when did you get younger
      I wouldn't have recognized you.

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   dejajolieposted 15 years ago

   Remember.....
   
   Before cell phones there were Beepers, Pagers, two-ways
   
   Typewritters or Word-Processors
   
   Families actually ate dinner together
   
   Playing tackle football in the snow
   
   People were able to smoke in offices.....yuck!

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   Flightkeeperposted 15 years ago

   when there was no organic anything, just produce.

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      shazwellynposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Which WAS organic!

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   ralwusposted 15 years ago

   Dr's came to my house with a black bag and they too smoked.

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   Flightkeeperposted 15 years ago

   Doctors smoked?
   
   Were they fat too?

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      shazwellynposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      They used to sell cigarettes in hospitals from trolleys on the wards - it was a good anaesthetic for the throat!
      
      *coughs* "A packet of wheezies, please!"

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   rebekahELLEposted 15 years ago

   disco with black strobe lights

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   resspenserposted 15 years ago

   I used to have a record player ......for my car. It played 45's unless you hit a bad bump!
   Suspicious Minds was always on there!

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   Lisa HWposted 15 years ago

   Cars had no seat belts.
   
   Company computers were giant things that stood on the floor in a room that was kept cold, and people running terminals had to boot them up manually.
   
   Children could run to the store for adults and buy their cigarettes or cigars for them.  (I'd always get my grandfather's 2 packages of White Owl New Yorkers for him.)
   
   -8-track tape players
   -transistor radios
   -Kodak Brownie Cameras, the Polaroid "Swinger", the Kodak Instamatic
   -There were no microwave ovens
   -Barbie's only girlfriend was Midge
   Women's dress sizes ran 3,5,7,9, and 11 "junior petite"; and "misses" sizes started at size 6.

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    Jackson Riddleposted 15 years ago

    Remember when BadCo/HT made forums fun!

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    drej2522posted 15 years ago

    when the internet was still new...the old chat rooms were filled with a person's photo and their post right next to it.
    
    
    
    wait a second...

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    Choke Franticposted 15 years ago

    Remember when walkmans - the portable casette players- were ever so cool? I had one =]

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       shazwellynposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I remember cliff richards 'wired for sound' and thinking how cool he looked in roller skates, walkman and big headphones (I think they are coming back!).

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    zampanoposted 15 years ago

    
    Remember ?

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    Choke Franticposted 15 years ago

    Remember when there wasn't every fad diet under the sun? Mum and I had a convo about that this morning.

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    Black Lillyposted 15 years ago

    Remember the first Polaroids? Instant photos seemed like a miracle

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    Choke Franticposted 15 years ago

    Remember when the coolest shows around were Rocko's Modern Life and Hey Arnold?

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       Jackson Riddleposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Great times

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    Black Lillyposted 15 years ago

    Do you remember times when there were no copying machines? Before Xerox?

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    Zsuzsy Beeposted 15 years ago

    Remember Saturday morning Cartoons--->from 5:00 AM until 1:00 Pm after which roller derby and wrestling came on?

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    cocopremeposted 15 years ago

    Remember when reality tv shows first appeared and they were so unique.  That was so unlike today when everyone who is anybody has their own show.

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    Bail Up !posted 15 years ago

    We didn't have to get out of our cars to pump gas. Full-Service everywhere, plus fluid checks and windshield wash. Those were the days!

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       GreenMathDrposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Yes and all for no extra charge.

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       dejajolieposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       And Air for your tires was FREE.....

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    bloodnlatexposted 15 years ago

    The air was clean and the sex was dirty?

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       dejajolieposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Don't know about the air, but the second, still dirty....

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    Justine76posted 15 years ago

    i remember when the forums were fun

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    habeeposted 15 years ago

    Remember when Carson did the Tonight Show? He was so funny to me! When "gay" meant light hearted? When "crunk" was something you had done to a car? When "crank" was something you do to a car? When "pot" was what you cooked in? When "stoned" was what you did to the village harlot? Okay - I'm not THAT old. lol

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       dejajolieposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       lol, good one!

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    bloodnlatexposted 15 years ago

    Remember when you could say what you wanted without be censored....

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    jayjay40posted 15 years ago

    Remember the test card- with that soppy looking girl-Watch with mother Bill and Ben were the best. Morecambe and wise Christmas show, brilliant!!

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    manlypoetrymanposted 15 years ago

    Remember when you could fix things on your own car...and actually "troubleshoot" most all of the problems...yourself...with a little knowledge and experience?

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    Tamarii2posted 15 years ago

    YES.......................
    Remember when it took to hands to eat a whopper!!!

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    PabstPenroseposted 15 years ago

    Remember when you could do a burn out down the road, with out getting your license taken away?

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    Larry Geeposted 15 years ago

    Remember when you played cowboys and indians with bows and arrows made of twigs instead of sitting in front of a screen playing with guns?

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    ddsurfscaposted 15 years ago

    a bottle of coka cola was .10

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    dyonderposted 15 years ago

    when batman was funny
    when you could go to Burger King
    when you could listen to music through a pillow over your shoulders that sent vibrations through your bones (think it was  called the bonefone)
    when you only answered the phone at home
    when people actually debated

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    AEvansposted 15 years ago

    remember when Cable TV and Satellite did not exist? HBO was the first and only Cable station and "North Dallas Forty" played over and over and over again.

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    readytoescapeposted 15 years ago

    Saturday morning cartoons that were actually funny.

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    K Partinposted 15 years ago

    I can remember when gas was 19 cents a gallon!! I'm sure others remember even cheaper.

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    elisabethkcmoposted 15 years ago

    watching tv was a privelage, and your parents felt the top of the tv when they came home to see if it was warm....

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    Stimpposted 15 years ago

    Our temperature was taken anally or under the arm....not using a piece of plastic over the forehead.
    
    Wait....I'm a dog...I still get my temp taken the first way....nevermind.

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    ddsurfscaposted 15 years ago

    on the weekends my parents got together with other couples and played cards till wee hours....
    
    we got appliances with blue chip stamps

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    AEvansposted 15 years ago

    when we used to live our doors unlocked and when we would play outside until the sun went down , kids can't and don't do that now everything is technologically advanced or someone is snatching a child.

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    lyricsingrayposted 15 years ago

    remember when computers knew nothing of what a laptop was?

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    baconmidgetposted 15 years ago

    Remember when chocolate shakes were a quarter and jerks where nice people (of course I've only heard of those things)
    
    Read this on a B-Day card someone sent my mom a log time ago and it still makes me laugh.

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