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BlueHnS -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:39:52 AM)

I remember ... my mom bringing home our first (and for a very long time, last)  computer. She couldn't figure out how to use it, but me and my brother were always on it. Until the day she got mad boxed it back up and sent it back.
I remember ... schools teaching lots of stuff instead of teaching to pass standardized tests.
I remember ... school library ban lists and how unfair I thought it was when Shel Silverstein put on it.
I remember ...  going out to play and not coming in til way after dark and no one worrying.
I remember ...  45's and 78's  and hunting the whole house for a new needle.
I remember ... Star Wars being the best in Hollywood technology.
I remember ... penny candy that was really a nickel in my time.
I remember ... Holly Hobbie, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Mrs. Beasley, tinker toys, hula hoops, slinky's, light brite and lincoln logs. 
I remember ... Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and Saturday Night Special with Wolfman Jack.

  



faerytattoodgirl -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:42:32 AM)

i remember mr bean and benny hill
i remember 25c coke
i remember 25c chocolate bars and chips
i remember $2 movies (last time i went to one LOL)
i remember when i had blonde hair
i remember when my name wasnt willow
i remember greedy staring at me the other day!!!
i remember when i won something on sports lottery tickets
i remember when angel(the vampire in buffy) appeared on married with children as a teenage slut
i remember when leonardo dicaprio appeared on growing pains as luke brower




Owner59 -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:43:45 AM)

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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross

I remember when I felt I'd have to keep my real self repressed to the world

I remember when I felt no one would actually find me attractive

I don't remember kids dying of polio

I don't remember the first Earth Day

I don't remember Vietnam

I don't remember much of the Cold War

I remember women not getting equal pay and I remember women being insulted for choosing to be stay at home mothers.


I remember Viet Nam.



It`s like deja vu,all over again.



GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:49:50 AM)

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ORIGINAL: faerytattoodgirl
i remember greedy staring at me the other day!!!


I didn't know you'd noticed ;)

*runs to perv Faery's profile again*



faerytattoodgirl -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:50:39 AM)

its kinda hard not to notice when you send me a msg saying how hot i am after viewing my profile.



Owner59 -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:53:22 AM)

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ORIGINAL: BlueHnS

light brite and lincoln logs.   


oh man, yes.

GI Joe, and eating really gross cake from my neighbors "Easy Bake Oven".

Captain Crunch,Tony the Tiger and Wonder Bread ,that at the time "built strong bodies,12 ways".lol

Jiffy-pop was like the only sourse of popcorn outside of the movies.



I like this thread.



GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:53:39 AM)

LOLOL  oh yeah ;) Well,  I certainly stand by that :)



DiurnalVampire -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:53:41 AM)

I remember when
...I could call my Mom when I was leaving for a friends house, and then one time agian when I got there and she knew I arrived safe. We didnt have to talk the whole way there on a cell phone.
...A big group of kids could get bored, and actually find ways to keep themselves busy outdoors for hours and hours on end, even if it was cold
...If I were out of touch for hours and hours on end, my parents assumed I was out playing, not missing
...When it was really warm out, you headed to either see the friend with the sprinklers in their yard, or the one who lived on a dead end street so you could play your games on the blacktop without being interrupted by traffic.
...Calling your friends to play meant standing under their window and screaming until they heard you, not phoning them.
...You refered to every friends family as if they were your own and no one worried about that being innapropriate.
...Sitting on one anothers laps meant there were no more seats available and you were NOT going to be the only one standing. You never even considered touching someone...there?!? IIIIWWWW
...You only wore your bike helmet until Mom was out of view
...You drank whole milk, drank tap water and real egges and butter, and lived to tell the tale.
...The modem for a computer had a cradle to lay your phone in, you had to dial the number on the handset and it ran at a blazing 2600 baud.
...You often dialed this modem number on a rotary phone
...Web pages were not allowed as references on school projects becasue the information could not be "verified"

DV






faerytattoodgirl -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 9:55:17 AM)

i remember them losers lining up for a few kilometers to see batman when it came out..... IDIOTS...did u honestly think the theater would fit all of you??? some of whom lined up and waited for 24 hours!!!!!!  to see a mediocre movie!!!!  which if you waited 2 days you wouldnt have a lineup!!!



BitchGoddessD -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:10:21 AM)

In no particular order: Vietnam War protests, the bombing of Sterling Hall, gilroy, picking-up hitchhikers, streakers, gas rationing, elephant bellbottoms, Puff-n-stuff, Witchiepoo (sp?), Lidsville, a guy named Sunshine, Richie Rich comic books, Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love in My Tummy, first shopping mall, dress-up day at school (where girls wore dresses and boys upped them-lol), knowing your neighbors, minibikes, Wonderful World of Walt Disney, sideburns, long hair, bra-burning, leisure suits, Easy Bake Oven, Iran Hostage Crisis, ...

Wow, what a trip!  [:D]

Can't believe I forgot dial phones with party lines - yes I eavesdropped [8D]



givemyall -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:32:54 AM)

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ORIGINAL: BitchGoddessD

Can't believe I forgot dial phones with party lines - yes I eavesdropped [8D]


I remember getting told off by my neighbour when I was about 5 for doing that.

I remember my Dads new car having an ariel that went up and down when you turned the radio on and having a sunroof - wow it was posh lol
I remember being able to buy a heap of sweets from the pick and mix at my local newsagent for my 10p spends
I remember wanting a hairband so badly and it was Sunday (no shops open) so I used bubblegum..... hello scissors and shorter hair!



Alumbrado -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:35:52 AM)

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ORIGINAL: MistressOfGa

I remember when...........

A pack of Marlboro reds cost 43 cents. I don't smoke anymore, as I quit 4 years ago. But I do remember when.....

MoGa


22 cents when I started... I had quit around the time they got up to 50 - 60 cents.

I remember the cigarette ads on TV promising a soothing smoke.

I remember climbing the ladder at my after school job to change the price of gas up to 37 cents.

I remember Orlando with no Disney World (Martin Marietta was a big employer).

I remember 'Eat Beans and Rabbit Stew' bumper stickers.

No 911

No Big Macs, just burgers at McDonalds.

Locally, I remember the Merry Mobile, Happy Hal, and Sivad  (Goooooood eeeevening...I am Sivad).

Buying a '57 gold top Les Paul from a pawn shop for $250... selling it 10 years later for $250 (Now worth about $12,000+ to collectors ) 

I remember Dr. Coffee and Checkmate.







Griswold -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:38:42 AM)

I remember when a contractor could demolish a building, find toxic chemicals and just take them to the dump...20 bucks a truck load.

I remember when you were finished painting your house...you could just pour the leftover paint thinner right down your kitchen sink.

Ahhhh....the good old days.



BitchGoddessD -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:38:47 AM)

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ORIGINAL: givemyall

I remember getting told off by my neighbour when I was about 5 for doing that.



My grandma always caught me (not good)



ownedgirlie -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:50:17 AM)

~ The Wonderful World of Disney movies at 7:00 on Sunday evenings

~ Banana seats on Stingray bikes

~ All the neighborhood kids going to the house across the street on Halloween because they made fresh caramel apples and handed them out...and no one thought twice about the safety of eating them.

~ Bomb drills at school, doing the "duck and cover" under our desks.

~ Our red Falcon station wagon, without seatbelts, and crank up windows.

~ Coffee perculators

~ The first microwave, when it was recommended to keep a cup of water in it, in case it started spontaneously or something.

~ UHF channels

~ Sunday morning Shirley Temple movies.

~ Rotary dial phones that were rented and paid for on the monthly phone bill, rather than owned.

~ Block parties on the 4th of July, complete with parades of all the kids on their decorated bikes.

~ Watching black and white TV news reports of the first man on the moon.

~ Dialing for Dollars




MistressVnus -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:51:29 AM)

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Vietnam War protests, the bombing of Sterling Hall, gilroy, picking-up hitchhikers, streakers, gas rationing,


For some reason your post jogged my memory of when the movie "Fritz the Cat" came out!!
Does anyone remember that?



ownedgirlie -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:53:02 AM)

Check this out for some nostalgia:

http://www.wishbookweb.com/



GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 10:57:32 AM)

oh wow, girlie... such memories your post brought back :)



ownedgirlie -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 11:16:29 AM)

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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

oh wow, girlie... such memories your post brought back :)


[:)]

~ Transistor radios

~ 007 Spy kits

~ Soul Train

~ When milk was delivered

~ Going for rides with Pat the ice cream truck driver, and how he'd give us the broken candy for free

~ Riding Tonka Trucks down the driveway with my brother

~ The "Hi Fi" console in our living room, that was almost as big as the couch

~ The TV antenna on the roof, blowing over during winter storms.




Level -> RE: I remember when (2/9/2008 11:20:21 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: MistressVnus

quote:

Vietnam War protests, the bombing of Sterling Hall, gilroy, picking-up hitchhikers, streakers, gas rationing,


For some reason your post jogged my memory of when the movie "Fritz the Cat" came out!!
Does anyone remember that?



As a Robert Crumb fan, yes indeedy. [:D]



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