I remember.....

[lapdog2001]

:lol:

Yes, we had mimeograph machines when I was in school, the ones with the blue ink on the white paper. Everybody sniffed those things! Maybe even the teachers!

I remember 'dial' telephones too!

I remember when kids used to walk to school, and back home later, unless it was
more than 1 mile. Now parents drive their kids 2 blocks to school! So stupid!

LapDog

 

[Pecker]

I remember

Octagon Soap
Homemade kites
Roy Rogers lunch boxes
Billy the Kid jeans (they were green)
Getting new leather shoes for school in August (they had to last all year)
Grandma's wind-up Victrola
Our first power lawn mower in 1957
Lying in the back yard at night and seeing the Milky Way

 

[SpeedoGuy]

I remember:

* DB Cooper

* 8 track players

* Pong

* Hughes Airwest, Western Airlines, Pan Am and PSA.

* Rogers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music"

* gambling found only in Nevada

* Y2K

* Smoking allowed just about everywhere

* Chairman Mao and Leonid Brezhnev

* The Southern Pacific railroad

* Joe Camel

* Firestone 500s

* Simon and Garfunkle

 

[Pecker]

X-Ray glasses.
Might Mouse cartoons
Abbott & Costello
Captain Midnight
Johnny Dollar
Boston Blackie
Beulah
Topper
George and Sapphire Stevens
Dixie Cup ice cream with cowboy pictures inside the lid
The Peanut Gallery
PF Flyers
Royal Crown Cola
Nehi Grape
Wax teeth
Candy cigarettes

 

[D_Barbi_Queue]

leg warmers
stonewashed jeans *shudders*
teased hair and really high bangs
ALF, before he had his own talkshow
when Prince's 1999 seemed like a long time away
everyone dressing like Miami Vice
"Where's the Beef?"
"Time to make the donuts"
"Just say no"
When Baby Jessica fell in the well
Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire
Geraldo got his nose broke
the DeLorean (I've even sat in one)
products and foods didn't have "seals for your protection"
leaded gas

ps. I loved candy cigarettes, I thought I was the coolest when I had one of those.

 

[naughty]

Zotz
Turkish Taffy
Candy Necklaces
big wheels
earth shoes
Spandau Ballet
POW bracelets
"Zoom"
Simply Red
Human League
Wang Chung
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Welcome Back Kotter
Easy bake oven
Creepy Crawlers
Marathon Bar
Gunne Sax dresses
Laura Ashley
AMC Pacer
Mystic Pizza
Minis, maxis and paper dresses

 

[Pecker]

I remember

Pedal cars (made of metal with real rubber wheels&#33
Little Golden Books
The Everly Brothers
Dick, Jane & Sally
James Dean
Vitameatavegamin
Roofs outlined with blue neon
Ma Bell
Pez
Rhinestone Sunglasses
Godzilla in black & white

 

[SpeedoGuy]

I remember:

* decorative chrome on cars

* when ponds and puddles froze over in winter

* The POWs arriving home from Viet Nam

* sandal soles made of old automobile tire treads

* corduroy pants

* Bobby Fischer besting Boris Spasky for the world title

* macrame purses and belts

* Rowan and Martin's "Laugh In"

* the USS Pueblo under attack off Korea

* The "twinkie" defense

* The Thrilla in Manilla

* Christo's "Running Fence"

* The Golden Gate Bridge sagging on its 50th anniversary

* The bi-centennial celebration and the "tall ships"

 

[surferboy]

I remember...


* Sinead O'Connor was popular, but she ripped up the picture of the Pope

* Computers costing 2000+

* The L.A. Riots

* When Fishbone, Sublime, and other ska bands were all over the radio

* The birth of fad diets (not like it was that long ago...)

* When people actually went out Trick or Treating

* MTV actually showed music videos

* RuPaul had a talk show

* Joan Rivers had a talk show

* Jerry Springer was a talk show about "real issues"

* Mullets were in *shudder*

* Calabasas, my home town, was just starting to develop

* Debie Harry was still hot

* John Gotti got arrested

 

[13788]

NelsonMuntz84: I remember

He-Man

Teanage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Vanilla Ice

Shell suits (terrible thing to wear for American's who thankfully missed this trend :evilgrin: )

Commodore Amiga

Poll tax

The Tories in power.

Diego Maradona (kinda)

England always losing in Pen shoot-outs.

England fans rioting after losing pen shoot-outs :lol:

 

[Pecker]

Drive-in Restaurants
Bob Mathias on the Wheaties box
Mickey Mouse Club (one of the Mouseketeers lives next door to me)
Daddy-O
Adlai Stevenson
Lowell Thomas
Cars with fins
Sky King
Danish Modern furniture
The Texaco Star Theater
Buster Brown and his dog, Tige
Timex, it takes a licking and.... ooops!
Plunk your magic twanger, Froggie!

 

[D_Barbi_Queue]

The Exxon tiger tails that would stick out of your gas tank.

 

[naughty]

Hi,

This is so fun! It's like a mini course in Popular culture.

I remember...

Lionel Richie as a Commodore (Before Nicole)
The Jackson Five
Anne Murray
The Carpenters
Harry Chapin
Jim Croce
Quisp and Quake
Grape Twizzlers
Pixie sticks
Bazooka bubble
zonkers
Chrissie dolls
Pandora sweater sets
mood ring
Patty Austin
Hands across america
TV dinners
jiffy pop popcorn
Diahnne Carroll in Julia and then as Dominique Deveraux on Die Nasty oops Dynasty! LOL!

 

[13788]

orionsword57:

Originally posted by TexAssgirl@Mar 27 2005, 12:06 PM
I remember:

when gas was 75 cents per gallon
when stamps were 22 cents
you didn't have to dial the area code for long distance calls
they made a candy called Bonkers - and it was great!
coca-cola changed its formula and it sucked!
Marc Singer looked really hot in Beastmaster
The Benny Hill show
tv dinners were in foil and you had to cook them in the oven and they tasted like crap
watching the Challenger explosion live in class
Pack Rat sneakers
parachute pants
breakdancing
when Pauly Shore had an afro
When m&m's had 2 shades of brown and when the red ones were banned

[post=294425]Quoted post[/post]​

I paid $.05 for a gallon of gas in Providence, RI once...
Sent a letter for $.03
Had a phone number that was 392-J
etc......

Back then....
I thought a salary of $2,200 a year was incredible
Would never go to a restaurant without a coat and tie on
Would only fly in a DC-3 because the other commercial planes weren't safe
Watched Bugs Bunny kill an even 100 Japanese soldiers in a WWII cartoon
Cried when Kate Smith sang "God Bless America"
etc.......

 

[D_Barbi_Queue]

wow! I think you top most of them out there! I had an uncle about 10 yrs older than you. I loved to just sit there and hear him talk about the "olden days", especially his WWII stories.

 

[surferboy]

I remember....


* Maimi-Dade county was only Dade County

* Disney actually came out with animated movies, not strictly CGI when it comes to their animated movies

* Jim Baker

* Count Chocula

* The Super Mario Bros. Super Show

* The Cardigans

* Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

* Anime didn'r reign supreme amongst America's youth

* America's obesity rate wasn't as high

 

[Freddie53]

I remember...

Quote:
I remember when my hair was a little longer than yours. But I had bangs down to the eyebrows. That was popular then and is making a comeback now. My hair was curly as well.

Let's just say that I will have to get a wig to have that hair style again!

 

[Pecker]

I remember

Burma Shave signs along the highway.
Hopalong Cassidy
Mallo Cups
Death Valley Days
Muddy Waters
Lonesome George Gobel
Tutti frutti ice cream
Ed Sullivan
Cinnamon toothpicks
Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour
Boston Baked Beans candy
Brownie Starflash cameras
Toys made of lead
Studabakers

 

[13788]

neuromancer:

Originally posted by Pecker@Apr 5 2005, 11:41 PM
I remember
Boston Baked Beans candy

[post=297530]Quoted post[/post]​

Curiosity is killing me. WTF is this??? Sounds nasty.

 

[yaoifun]

Originally posted by surferboy@Apr 5 2005, 04:25 PM
I remember....


* Maimi-Dade county was only Dade County

* Disney actually came out with animated movies, not strictly CGI when it comes to their animated movies

* Jim Baker

* Count Chocula

* The Super Mario Bros. Super Show

* The Cardigans

* Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

* Anime didn'r reign supreme amongst America's youth

* America's obesity rate wasn't as high

[post=297385]Quoted post[/post]​

Holy Crap! I remember the mario show too X'D and Count Chocula!

* Pokemon being feared as a seizure-causing cult-status show amongst kids

* When the Disney channel was actually Disney oriented, and directed at children, and not nearly as slutty (Yep, the Mickey Mouse Club was actually renamed Club Skank......wait it doesn't exist anymore! )

* Hearing all about Tanya Harding crippling Nancy Kerrigan

* Oprah didn't control the minds/lives of millions upon million of people (fine she did, but it's even more recently....God forbid she leads a revolt! Nothing personal against her though

*Dr. Phil depended on Oprah for a T.V. show (recent, but true, and he probably still depends on her, he over-endorses her lol)

* Roseanne's revolting Star Spangled Banner, one of my few childhood memories that are that far back lol. I still remember a lot from when I was little though...most of it embarassing

*Metal Detectors weren't in schools, though mine doesn't have any, most people I know go to a school that does.

*Parents were so over-protective of their kids...it's REALLY annoying, I almost feel bad for the kids...almost...oh to be 8 again...

*People wouldn't sue at the drop of a pin

*Janet Reno on a power trip concerning Elian Gonzales

*People were actually courteous when driving

*Sonic the Hedgehog

*8-Bit Video Games

*When this topic started (wow I sure rambled..what else is new?)