I remember when...

[NCbear]

I remember when auto manufacturers built fun-to-drive cars with stick shifts and reasonable ergonomics and priced them at affordable levels.

Sadly, 2006 has come and gone.

NCbear (who’s in the market for a good car without all these extraneous screens and “driver support aids” and other assorted bullshit)

 

[MickeyLee]

@NCbear - I ride a bike everywhere to offset my pre-81 wheels. There is no joy in cars today. Just extra packages like headrest TVs. No. No, thank you.

I remember when Ice "Fuck the Police" Cube as a teenager with a little bit of gold and a pager. Now ge's cozied up to Trump.

2020 is a son of a bitch.

 

[HorseHung40's]

I remember when:
1.) Most Americans were slim ;
2.) People had manners ;
3.) TV Evangelists were respected ;
4.) People admired Donald Trump ;
5.) Network television had good programming across the board ;
6.) Pan Am, TWA, Northwest (Orient), Eastern and Braniff were still airlines ;
7.) The Berlin wall fell, and, the cold war ended ;
8.) People did not glorify drug use, vulgarity, sloth, gluttony, avarice or abusive behaviour ;
9.) Systemic homophobia, racism, sexism were tolerated .

 

[rbkwp]

getting back to normal,the infamous normal
is
pretty well a reality,because we are making/allowing it to happen
as much as possible
talhing,those with individuality thinking/acting,of course
thats pleasing

those i know out of work,i feel for tho

 

[bud77]

People used porches and shared them with their neighbors
Kids could walk to school and ride bikes without fear of anything except being late for supper
We said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning and every classroom had a flag
You took your hat off for the National Anthem and held it over your heart, and sang along.
Cars pulled over and stopped for funeral processions until the last car with headlights on passed
Small towns blew the fire whistle at noon so you could check your watch, which only told time...not steps
You could fix anything on your truck or tractor by yourself.
You only needed SAE wrenches and sockets and two kinds of screwdrivers
Jeans were bought 2 lengths longer and you wore cuffs till you grew into them. Waist never changed and holes came after you wore them not before
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
was “happy holidays”
People didnt have to work on a national holiday
A CB radio was “instant messaging”

Imagine if the telephone was invented
AFTER e-mail and texts....we can actually TALK? how cool is that???
all we have now is a fast telegraph without having to use a special code....

 

[DiamondJoe]

People used porches and shared them with their neighbors
Kids could walk to school and ride bikes without fear of anything except being late for supper
We said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning and every classroom had a flag
You took your hat off for the National Anthem and held it over your heart, and sang along.
Cars pulled over and stopped for funeral processions until the last car with headlights on passed
Small towns blew the fire whistle at noon so you could check your watch, which only told time...not steps
You could fix anything on your truck or tractor by yourself.
You only needed SAE wrenches and sockets and two kinds of screwdrivers
Jeans were bought 2 lengths longer and you wore cuffs till you grew into them. Waist never changed and holes came after you wore them not before
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
was “happy holidays”
People didnt have to work on a national holiday
A CB radio was “instant messaging”

Imagine if the telephone was invented
AFTER e-mail and texts....we can actually TALK? how cool is that???
all we have now is a fast telegraph without having to use a special code....

Did you grow up in the 1940s?

 

[rbkwp]

reminisce
Australia,working life period
whilst pretending to be
white wealthy rich/building up the country they s..... J/K

NUTRI-GRAIN for breakfast
with unhealthy white cream
generous portions,as body could nandle it ha

ps
mainly brought the pkt of nutrigrain,as it had a spunky Aussie surfer,spreading his legs shhhhh
naah actually just had a classical surfing pose ha

nutrigrain ceral

Aussie surfer,llegs closed
not the one tho ha


ps
theyre mostly paranoid strs,by my experience
just sayin

 

[DiamondJoe]

I remember when... US presidents were invariably the good guy.

 

[chicagosam]

I’d like to be 4 years down the road and remember when America removed Trump and Trumpism and restored decency and democracy and truly Made America Great Again. I’d also like to remember how karma finally returned ten-fold 75 years of Trump’s evil back to him.

 

[4388301]

I remember when I looked things up in the encyclopedia because Google didn't exist yet.

 

[Cooper72]

Physical activity or a busy shift didn’t hurt like it does now.

 

[rbkwp]

i went thru a phase when i thought i was cool

naah
not when i overdarank straight scotch one day,passeed out,and my beloved red setter,ericthered,knew something was wrong,and licked me to life

but
when i really thought i was cool
by having a few shots of straight scotch,,the best
PLUS 1/2 a dozen,or more,usually more
CHOCOLATE ALMONDS for breakfast

think
empty stomach,that combination

admittedly
reserved for a xmas day etc
single sorrow gay life boo hoo WTF,survived

ps
hate nestle,anything,now

 

[MickeyLee]

Tis the season

 

[halcyondays]

when my cell looked like this

 

[DiamondJoe]

when my cell looked like this

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My dad had one of those. Me and my friend used to "borrow" it and make crank calls