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the good Old Days ( age yourself)
what do you remember being different when you were young?
I remember no remote for the tv OMG and it was black and white we had to get up and walk all the way across the room to change the channel
I remember my mom saying she would never have a microwave that was for lazy people
so share how technology. etc...has changed since the good old days
I remember no remote for the tv OMG and it was black and white we had to get up and walk all the way across the room to change the channel
I remember my mom saying she would never have a microwave that was for lazy people
so share how technology. etc...has changed since the good old days
I remember we could leave our doors unlocked, and not worry about it
Me and my brothers could play outside and not worry about some pervert taking one of us
Getting 3 channels on the TV...that was on a good night....lol
Ane we respected are parents and elders
Me and my brothers could play outside and not worry about some pervert taking one of us
Getting 3 channels on the TV...that was on a good night....lol
Ane we respected are parents and elders
I remember the milkman delivering milk to the house in glass bottles with the tin foil on the top.......my mom left a sign in the window stating how many bottles she wanted and he came in the house and put them in the refrig. Same with the dry cleaners.....
Having only 2 channels on the black and white tv and if it was stormy nothing came in!!
We had to find our own entertainment as kids.......no electronics!!
Banana bike with a front basket!!
Wearing shorts under our dresses or skirts!!!!!!!!
sarah I remember the milkman too lol
brian true that about respecting elders
I remember getting a crack on the gluteous maximus for being bad in school hard w a paddle!
brian true that about respecting elders
I remember getting a crack on the gluteous maximus for being bad in school hard w a paddle!
I can't say I grew up in the old days but I know theirs things we'll never get to experience ever again.
Like I remember:
.....when Saturday morning cartoons were the shyt!! TRANSFORMERS & X-MEN
..... (my parents could more understand this) when you could ride for almost two weeks on ten dollars of gas
......when kids actually played OUTSIDE
......when being a virgin was praised and not ridiculed
......when women's jeans covered their bum
......hotcombs: the sound/pain of sizzling grease sliding down your ear knowing you better not move
....Feeling connected to the Spice Girls!! :D ahahaha
....big brown cable box that sat on top of the TV you had to get up and push the buttons on
.....blowing in my Nintendo cartridges to get them to work
...when i was too scared to watch nightmare on elmstreet and candyman
....I carried all my music around on tapes and CDs
....Having to turn off everything in the house when a thunderstorm rolled through
....Floppy Disks
....not knowing who was calling until you answered the phone
....jelly shoes
… printer paper had thick blue and white strips and holes on the side
....penny candies
....when VHS tapes when they got tangled in the player
...good music: rakim, slick rick, run dmc lol wow...
Most of these are actually technology. I'm sure theirs a ton more but whatever... this is what i've come up with :D
Like I remember:
.....when Saturday morning cartoons were the shyt!! TRANSFORMERS & X-MEN
..... (my parents could more understand this) when you could ride for almost two weeks on ten dollars of gas
......when kids actually played OUTSIDE
......when being a virgin was praised and not ridiculed
......when women's jeans covered their bum
......hotcombs: the sound/pain of sizzling grease sliding down your ear knowing you better not move
....Feeling connected to the Spice Girls!! :D ahahaha
....big brown cable box that sat on top of the TV you had to get up and push the buttons on
.....blowing in my Nintendo cartridges to get them to work
...when i was too scared to watch nightmare on elmstreet and candyman
....I carried all my music around on tapes and CDs
....Having to turn off everything in the house when a thunderstorm rolled through
....Floppy Disks
....not knowing who was calling until you answered the phone
....jelly shoes
… printer paper had thick blue and white strips and holes on the side
....penny candies
....when VHS tapes when they got tangled in the player
...good music: rakim, slick rick, run dmc lol wow...
Most of these are actually technology. I'm sure theirs a ton more but whatever... this is what i've come up with :D
Going to the library for all your research for school.
Riding your bike or walking to school - now most kids take a bus or get driven by parents.
Being free to explore the world with no concerns for 'the bad guys'
Taking the bus for a quarter.
Watching old movies on Sunday morning - Shirley Temple, Ma Kettle, Three Stooges, etc. After dinner on Sunday's it was Guy Lombardo, Hee Haw, Laugh In and Carol Burnett.
The family getting all dressed up to go to the first McDonald's in town - they didn't know what fast food was!
Spending an hour to make my hair look like Farrah Fawcett's, only to have it melt shortly thereafter.
Typing (on a typewriter) financial statements, tax returns and letters in my first job out of high school. Carbon paper and white out!
Riding your bike or walking to school - now most kids take a bus or get driven by parents.
Being free to explore the world with no concerns for 'the bad guys'
Taking the bus for a quarter.
Watching old movies on Sunday morning - Shirley Temple, Ma Kettle, Three Stooges, etc. After dinner on Sunday's it was Guy Lombardo, Hee Haw, Laugh In and Carol Burnett.
The family getting all dressed up to go to the first McDonald's in town - they didn't know what fast food was!
Spending an hour to make my hair look like Farrah Fawcett's, only to have it melt shortly thereafter.
Typing (on a typewriter) financial statements, tax returns and letters in my first job out of high school. Carbon paper and white out!
Cloth diapers and plastic pants. No pampers! My kids were all potty trained by the ripe old age of 2. I have a daughter with a 4 year old in diapers! NO WAY!
Black and white television, no remote
Kids played outside back then! Got the neighbors together and everyone played baseball in the empty lot on the corner.
You respected your parents or didnt live to tell about it! Now its free expression is healthy.
Someone that had sex before marriage was a ho
Telephones were hooked into the wall and only had one bell! Or ring to it.
Cars were built for safety and you never heard of seat belts? Or helmets for bicycles!
Wow! I wonder how we survived?
Oh and my favorite! Wringer washers!
Black and white television, no remote
Kids played outside back then! Got the neighbors together and everyone played baseball in the empty lot on the corner.
You respected your parents or didnt live to tell about it! Now its free expression is healthy.
Someone that had sex before marriage was a ho
Telephones were hooked into the wall and only had one bell! Or ring to it.
Cars were built for safety and you never heard of seat belts? Or helmets for bicycles!
Wow! I wonder how we survived?
Oh and my favorite! Wringer washers!
I remember families leaving out on Sunday morning going to church. Now most stay home.
I remember 8 track tapes.
we went barefoot in the summer.
We ate what was served to us, and did not fuss because it was not what we wanted to have.
clothes hung out to dry.
going to grandparents house Sunday afternoons.
families getting together more than at Christmas.
meals were eaten at the table, instead of in front of the TV
blessing said before meals.
Lay-a-way for school clothes and Christmas time
I remember 8 track tapes.
we went barefoot in the summer.
We ate what was served to us, and did not fuss because it was not what we wanted to have.
clothes hung out to dry.
going to grandparents house Sunday afternoons.
families getting together more than at Christmas.
meals were eaten at the table, instead of in front of the TV
blessing said before meals.
Lay-a-way for school clothes and Christmas time
nobody had computers....yet (lol now we have 2 working on #3)
only 1 tv in the house (we have 3, my mom has 5)
vhs tapes
walkmans
nintendo (not nintendo64, wii, or anything just plain old nintendo)
playing outside
sunday dinner at grandmas house
being able to play outside and not have to worry about kids being kidnapped or drive by shootings
gas was $1.00
everyone looked out for everyone else
we didn't have to lock our doors
only 1 tv in the house (we have 3, my mom has 5)
vhs tapes
walkmans
nintendo (not nintendo64, wii, or anything just plain old nintendo)
playing outside
sunday dinner at grandmas house
being able to play outside and not have to worry about kids being kidnapped or drive by shootings
gas was $1.00
everyone looked out for everyone else
we didn't have to lock our doors
remember running the diaper pins thru your hair to make them easier to get thru the double diaper at night and stabbing your brains??!!!
Oh Yeah! And I remember having a bucket of dreft or bleach water to keep em in! My fingers were forever sore too! lol Oh my we sure are telling our age!
I remember gas being 64cents a gallon,
I remember our groceys being delivered, mom would call in our order once a week.
watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan show
Lyndon Johnson he would seek another term in office
the assinations of Rev.King, and Sen Kenneday
watching them bring our hero's home from Vietnam who were killed, every evenin on the news
watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan show
Lyndon Johnson he would seek another term in office
the assinations of Rev.King, and Sen Kenneday
watching them bring our hero's home from Vietnam who were killed, every evenin on the news
I remember running up the street to the Butcher Store....getting candy fish that were like 2 cents and they werent in bags...
I remember the book mobile coming around.
I remember penny candy, now it is 10 pennies.
I remember penny candy, now it is 10 pennies.
I'm right there with Tbabi..! Those are the things i remember! And yes cartoons were the sh$t then!! Now you can't find Sh$it on TV LOL!! I loved TV from the 90's and i so miss it i have a hard time finding something i like nowdays!!
We did used to have to entertain ourselves by going outside to play! we did get a nintendo later and i remember playing it on so much but i remember MANY summer days outside running around trying to find something fun to do!!
Oh yes i remember Sundays dinners too lol every1 said already what i remember! We would go to church every sunday come home change and have roast and potatoes! when i call my mom now and its sunday im like darn missing out LOL!!
I remember when i was 8 and first moved to NM we didnt even have a house phone we used to pile in the car and drive to find a pay phone to use!!
and growing up in NM was fun cus it snows there and that meant schools out we lived on a hill of course every1 does all the kids would grab their sleds to run outside and fly down the hill!! I was always so excited to get out there! Always wanted a new snow suit and a sled LOL!!
We did used to have to entertain ourselves by going outside to play! we did get a nintendo later and i remember playing it on so much but i remember MANY summer days outside running around trying to find something fun to do!!
Oh yes i remember Sundays dinners too lol every1 said already what i remember! We would go to church every sunday come home change and have roast and potatoes! when i call my mom now and its sunday im like darn missing out LOL!!
I remember when i was 8 and first moved to NM we didnt even have a house phone we used to pile in the car and drive to find a pay phone to use!!
and growing up in NM was fun cus it snows there and that meant schools out we lived on a hill of course every1 does all the kids would grab their sleds to run outside and fly down the hill!! I was always so excited to get out there! Always wanted a new snow suit and a sled LOL!!
I remember going to the movie theateres and it costed $1.50
-Beepers
-Around Holidays (X-Mas, Halloween, Thanksgiving) there were so much good movies on tv to watch
-Big old Computers with floppy disk
-For school reports and essays we had to go to the library & read books to do research - now theres internet
-Big mobile phones
-Law-a-way for Christmas & School
-Always eating home cooked meals & only going out to restaurants only on "speacial occasions"
-Penny Loafers shoes
-Couldn't take a bath when its a thunderstorm out
-Listening to music on a boom box or record player
-Beepers
-Around Holidays (X-Mas, Halloween, Thanksgiving) there were so much good movies on tv to watch
-Big old Computers with floppy disk
-For school reports and essays we had to go to the library & read books to do research - now theres internet
-Big mobile phones
-Law-a-way for Christmas & School
-Always eating home cooked meals & only going out to restaurants only on "speacial occasions"
-Penny Loafers shoes
-Couldn't take a bath when its a thunderstorm out
-Listening to music on a boom box or record player
I didn't even learn on a computer till I went to Business school and I used a big 'ol Apple computer with no mouse. But I thought it was great! I also took a typing class there on electronic typewriters. Do they even do that anymore?!
I remember playing outside more than being inside. We'd ride our bikes all over the neighborhood, get ice cream from the ice cream truck and play hide and seek in the dark till our moms would call us in.
I remember getting our first video game system, an Atari. Remember the little blips that were the paddles and balls in the tennis game? We thought it was great!
I remember when tv still showed fairly innocent movies and shows were people were dressed nice (yes, covered!) and there was an actual story line. Remember Murder she wrote? I still like that show! And all the Hallmark movies!
And yes, the 80's DID have the best music! Although I like the 60's and 70's too. :)
I remember playing outside more than being inside. We'd ride our bikes all over the neighborhood, get ice cream from the ice cream truck and play hide and seek in the dark till our moms would call us in.
I remember getting our first video game system, an Atari. Remember the little blips that were the paddles and balls in the tennis game? We thought it was great!
I remember when tv still showed fairly innocent movies and shows were people were dressed nice (yes, covered!) and there was an actual story line. Remember Murder she wrote? I still like that show! And all the Hallmark movies!
And yes, the 80's DID have the best music! Although I like the 60's and 70's too. :)
I remember when we got our first microwave and we were scared of it! We hung out our clothes on the line. We had one phone in the house and a party line where we continually got interrupted. If you didn't have any plans on a Saturday night as a teenager you stayed home and watched Love Boat and Fantasy Island. We went to discos for a night out. Our jeans were so tight we couldn't do them up or bend over. Polyester was so un-cool. We got perms. We rubbed on baby oil before laying out in the sun. We didn't use seat belts in the car - 6 kids in and rolling over each other. No one knew the meaning of the word privacy. You shared the bathroom, the bedroom, everything.
Oh my gosh, Trudie! I loved Love Boat and Fantasy Island!
I also got perms, lol. That and the flipped back, feathered hair! :)
I also got perms, lol. That and the flipped back, feathered hair! :)
My Nana would heat up the curling iron on the stove! My hair was very fine and straight as a small child so it took many trips to the stove to keep that curling iron hot.
Like someone above said, I remember the milk with the foil top being delivered. We also had our bread delivered by the Helms Man.
We walked to school AND back, and rode our bikes everywhere.
One phone in the kitchen...no privacy. One black and white tv. I remember my dad watching the Vietnam War on the news.
Riding in the back of our chevy truck to the beach. Just right up there on the wheel wells. Can you imagine????
Hip huggers and platform shoes. My highschool boyfriend wore heals higher than mine to our prom LOL!!
Like someone above said, I remember the milk with the foil top being delivered. We also had our bread delivered by the Helms Man.
We walked to school AND back, and rode our bikes everywhere.
One phone in the kitchen...no privacy. One black and white tv. I remember my dad watching the Vietnam War on the news.
Riding in the back of our chevy truck to the beach. Just right up there on the wheel wells. Can you imagine????
Hip huggers and platform shoes. My highschool boyfriend wore heals higher than mine to our prom LOL!!
WOW! There are so many memories here reading all yalls stuff!!
Hey I used to get perms too LOL! Gosh I just hated the smell of that stinky stuff in it!!
I so remember Walk-mans i thought i was so cool when i got my first one LOL!!
Trudie-I remember the party line actually when i was very small like 5 at grandmas house there was one you could pick up the phone and sometimes there'd be some1 else on it and you couldnt use it!!
Any1 remember the funky jeans we had in the 90's? gosh cant believe i used to wear pants tight around my ankles!! I cant stand it now its flare bottoms or i cut the suckers LOL!! Or our huge sneakers we used to wear LOL!! I remember getting my first pair of LA Gears! Boy i thought i was hot stuff they were so cool then!!
i did hate the fashion of the 90's or maybe i was just too tomboy i dont remember there being cool clothes bk then! Now im all into wanting to dress nice look good clothes that fit so many cute things i see now days!
Hey I used to get perms too LOL! Gosh I just hated the smell of that stinky stuff in it!!
I so remember Walk-mans i thought i was so cool when i got my first one LOL!!
Trudie-I remember the party line actually when i was very small like 5 at grandmas house there was one you could pick up the phone and sometimes there'd be some1 else on it and you couldnt use it!!
Any1 remember the funky jeans we had in the 90's? gosh cant believe i used to wear pants tight around my ankles!! I cant stand it now its flare bottoms or i cut the suckers LOL!! Or our huge sneakers we used to wear LOL!! I remember getting my first pair of LA Gears! Boy i thought i was hot stuff they were so cool then!!
i did hate the fashion of the 90's or maybe i was just too tomboy i dont remember there being cool clothes bk then! Now im all into wanting to dress nice look good clothes that fit so many cute things i see now days!
Chemin de fer jeans. Oh those were sooo cool!
When I was in grade school, girls were Not allowed to wear pants.
Didn't learn to type until the 10th grade. Learned "short hand" too.
When I was in grade school, girls were Not allowed to wear pants.
Didn't learn to type until the 10th grade. Learned "short hand" too.
I took shorthand in high school too and was terrified when I actually had to use it in a job as it had been a couple of years. Too much stress!
Trudie - I never had to actually use shorthand at a job thank god lol, but did use it for my own benefit when taking notes from my boss in the late 80's. I still remembered a little of it then, but today, all I remember is the symbol for the word "with."
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