Back in my day........

Paul02129

Back in my day the barracuda jacket was popular

Essenzook

I dated a guy with a lime green leisure suit.

Paul02129

Back in my day we got our fingers dirty changing that black and red ribbon on our typewriters!!!

linddd

Paul02129 wrote: »

Back in my day we got our fingers dirty changing that black and red ribbon on our typewriters!!!

SOOOOOO remember that!

Back in my day I talked on a phone with a 13 ft cord that NEVER broke up or cut out.

TonyB0588

Back in my day I remember being paid each month with cash $$ for my work, standing in line at the bank to deposit cash, standing in line again to withdraw cash to pay bills and buy goods with actual cash. No ATM, no Debit Card, No Credit Card, No telephone banking, No online banking.

activities1

Back in my day if you wanted your hair straightened you had to blow dry while brushing for days.

linddd

Back in my dad if you wanted straight hair, you ironed it with a clothes iron. I didn't but lots of others did!

activities1

Lol what?! I didn’t even know possible.

pogiguy05

Back in my day Social media and POKING someone was done in person face to face

FabulousFantasticFifty

corinasue1143

Essenzook wrote: »

I dated a guy with a lime green leisure suit.

I married him

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jaxass

Back in my day, Ford Pinto's would blow up if there was a collision from the back.

TheRoadDog

We held the door for women and it wasn't considered sexist.

rockmartin50

Back in the day i had a head full of hair

gcibsthom

Back in my day we drank from garden hoses and didn't get sick
We didn't get participation awards
We walked the 4 miles into town unsupervised
A belt across the backside was considered just good parenting
and if we didn't do our jobs, we didn't eat...

AliNouveau

we didn't have lent films much to the surprise of my 9 year old

ShawtyShawt

Back in my day, you better not suck your teeth!

Alimacbean

I had jelly shoes!

go_cubs

Back in my day we played outside and came home when the street lights came on

Alimacbean

spanish_liza wrote: »

Back in my day we played outside and came home when the street lights came on

Yes! So sad those days are gone.

ilfaith

Back in my day the playground equipment was all made of metal and you were going to burn your backside on a hot summer day.

Smilin40

Super tight stone wash denim jeans mines were so tight I feel once with my hands in my pockets and had to face plant it as I couldn’t even get my hands back out to break the fall.*kitten* you eighties.

Monkey_Business

Back in my day: we used slide rules instead of calculators. (beat that all you young whipper snappers!)

gcibsthom

Back in my day, people had one phone ...at home...a party line
Back in my day, self service at a gas station was unheard of.
Back in my day, cars did not have seat belts...
Back in my day, even the cops kept a bottle of driving whiskey handy

romeandrylan

Back in my day, we would put our feet in cow poo on a cold winters morning

JimmyC1992

I about pissed my pants laughing at that one

JimmyC1992

Back in my day we had one TV - a 19” black and white; I was the remote (Dad said, “Jimmy, change the channel”). We didn’t have cable and only got 3 channels

Smilin40

We got searched going into city center there was massive lines of people waiting to just go shopping.

pogiguy05

Back in my day we actually would POKE someone in person. Tag was something we did for fun and social media was when you went outside and did something with your friends and had fun doing it.