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carlie310 -> RE: Do you remember.............................. (1/10/2008 7:35:09 PM)
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99-cent movies, 45 rpm records with the yellow thingie to make them play, Bionic Woman (the real one), Battlestar Galactica (the real one), gathering before the tv for the annual showing of Wizard of Oz and Sound of Music. When "recording a tv show" meant that you were sitting in front of it with the little cassette tape player, begging everyone in the room to stay quiet.
When baking a potato always took an hour, because there were no microwave ovens, most dishes were washed by hand, and I was jealous when my cousin got PONG! but smug when we got our Atari.
Making prank phone calls, because there was no Caller ID, the $1.69 beauty pageant, when SNL was funny, the Gong show, the Pacer.
I had skates with keys, my brother had a skinny skateboard, my sister had a bike with a banana seat. Our door was never locked, not even at night.
When business was handled by phone and letter, and then later by fax. When the pharmacy made deliveries. When Coke came in 6oz bottles and was sweetened with SUGAR, not corn syrup. You could hold the bottle up, and raised lettering on the bottom told you where the bottle was made, how far it had traveled. You would then return that bottle to the store, and it would continue on its journey. "I'd like to teach the world to sing." "Al, kiss my grits!"
Dr. Demento on AM Radio.
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