I remember..

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  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,706 Member
    I remember when cable television finally came to Oklahoma.
    We were so excited.

    I also remember when MTV first came on.
    Actual music videos were played.
    If I remember right I was in my 20s.
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    I Remember covered wagons
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,706 Member
    Tigg_er wrote: »
    I Remember covered wagons

    I’m surprised you remember 😂
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,533 Member
    I remember when my father purchased this brand-new kitchen device called a "microwave" and the way my mother HATED the thing.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    I remember going on holidays to my grandparents holiday house at Lake Conjola. The whole family.. mum, dad, sister, brother, nana, pa, uncle, aunt, 4 cousins and great Aunt and uncle. It was awesome, nana would walk us all down to the little corner shop for an ice cream most evenings. There was usually a small fair on at the same time that we went each year. We'd swim on the lake side.. our faces covered in zinc cream and Nana would buy us the ugliest straw hats to wear at the beach.. man I hated those 😂
    It was there I got my very first whistle at 13..( I was well developed for 13😬) I was so embarrassed because my nana was walking with me.. she teased me mercilessly. 😂
  • nsk1951
    nsk1951 Posts: 1,304 Member
    Today I once again remember my dad. Papa would have celebrated 104 birthdays today. And someone posted about family trips (thanks) which reminded me of back in 1954 my dad was on a search for land to farm. Every weekend he would pile us into his DeSoto and off we'd go; living in the car for the whole 2 days as he drove all over neighboring states to check the area and see the farm land. Somehow, we eventually ended up in Western New York.
  • MelG7777
    MelG7777 Posts: 14,230 Member
    I remember the times (multiple) that I recorded the wrong girl during ballet performances because they all look so uniform. The nutcracker is coming up. I sure hope I get it mostly right this time. I’ll have 3-4 performances to figure it out.
  • MelG7777
    MelG7777 Posts: 14,230 Member
    I remember the time I visited the high school I went to for grades 10-12. It was so different than the one I went to for 9th. That school was huge. Had daily fights, sometimes multiple. To walk into a school taught by mostly hippies who we called by their first name, no school bells, couches in some classes, kids sitting in the hall during a free hour playing guitar or cards or napping, eclectic mix of kids who got along or tolerated each other well, zero violence tolerance policy,….it was surreal. And an amazing 3 years. It’s left a lasting impression.
  • OpheliaCooter
    OpheliaCooter Posts: 1,635 Member
    MelG7777 wrote: »
    I remember the time I visited the high school I went to for grades 10-12. It was so different than the one I went to for 9th. That school was huge. Had daily fights, sometimes multiple. To walk into a school taught by mostly hippies who we called by their first name, no school bells, couches in some classes, kids sitting in the hall during a free hour playing guitar or cards or napping, eclectic mix of kids who got along or tolerated each other well, zero violence tolerance policy,….it was surreal. And an amazing 3 years. It’s left a lasting impression.


    I love this
  • MelG7777
    MelG7777 Posts: 14,230 Member
    MelG7777 wrote: »
    I remember the time I visited the high school I went to for grades 10-12. It was so different than the one I went to for 9th. That school was huge. Had daily fights, sometimes multiple. To walk into a school taught by mostly hippies who we called by their first name, no school bells, couches in some classes, kids sitting in the hall during a free hour playing guitar or cards or napping, eclectic mix of kids who got along or tolerated each other well, zero violence tolerance policy,….it was surreal. And an amazing 3 years. It’s left a lasting impression.


    I love this

    Both public schools in the same district too💗
  • MelG7777
    MelG7777 Posts: 14,230 Member
    The movie “Mannequin”

    😳
  • MelG7777
    MelG7777 Posts: 14,230 Member
    Teaching my MIL to crochet at her chemo appts. Rubbing her cracked feet with homemade balm as she lay dying. Taking turns swabbing her dry mouth. Charting the meds we gave to ease her suffering. We all sitting round her bed chatting and suddenly noticing the change in her breathing. She died on New Year’s Day 2000. She never got to meet my children. I think she would have adored them. They are so much like her. I think she would be proud of the life we’ve made.
    I’m sure she is very proud. And I’m sorry for your loss. I’m sure you were all extremely comforting to her during those last days.💗
  • MelG7777
    MelG7777 Posts: 14,230 Member
    I’ve been making myself listen to old music on Sundays. I’m getting sick of the music I’ve been listening to lately. But hearing Mary J Blige made me remember when I saw her during Summerfest. Back in high school or soon after. She was VERRRRRRRY late. And when she came out it was bad. Drunk or high or both. My friend and I kept looking at each other giving a “what in the ACTUAL F is happening” look. It was too loud to really talk about while it was happening. I don’t remember details but it was alarming. And it made me happy for her that she got her life together after that.
  • TwitchyMagee
    TwitchyMagee Posts: 4,579 Member
    MelG7777 wrote: »
    Teaching my MIL to crochet at her chemo appts. Rubbing her cracked feet with homemade balm as she lay dying. Taking turns swabbing her dry mouth. Charting the meds we gave to ease her suffering. We all sitting round her bed chatting and suddenly noticing the change in her breathing. She died on New Year’s Day 2000. She never got to meet my children. I think she would have adored them. They are so much like her. I think she would be proud of the life we’ve made.
    I’m sure she is very proud. And I’m sorry for your loss. I’m sure you were all extremely comforting to her during those last days.💗
    Thanks. She was a strong, opinionated, classy, creative, interesting person. I wish I had had her for longer.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,533 Member
    All these serious posts, and here I was gonna post how I remember when my favorite NFL team was actually good, seems like a lifetime ago...
  • TwitchyMagee
    TwitchyMagee Posts: 4,579 Member
    edited November 2022
    nossmf wrote: »
    All these serious posts, and here I was gonna post how I remember when my favorite NFL team was actually good, seems like a lifetime ago...

    I remember the 1994 New York Rangers and never having to hear 1940 ever again 😂
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,736 Member
    I remember remembering something to post on this thread when I was out on my walk this morning but totally couldn't remember what it was by the time I got home.
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,706 Member
    I remember believing in
    Santa Claus.
    I remember the excitement I felt on Christmas Eve, telling my dad to be sure to put out the fire in the fireplace! I worried about that.
    It was truly magical for those few years as a child.
  • OpheliaCooter
    OpheliaCooter Posts: 1,635 Member
    I remember my I think, 11th grade english teacher. Mmmmm cargo kakis pants. Yep. He always had a smile on his face and a leader attitude. One time as I was drooling over him from the back row his face got all serious as he was reading and I wasn’t used to seeing him serious. .. ..
    Moral of the story is merely that I had a huge crush on him.
    I wrote an erotic story about him years later that I posted to a public forum. I hope he never came across that bc o m g would I die. Ancient history though at this point.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,736 Member
    I didn't have a crush but my favorite teacher in 8th and 9th grade. was my history teacher. I still remember so much about him. The car he drove, his wife's name, his license plate (no, I didn't stalk him. It was a small school. :)). He looked like Bruce Jenner and his moto for test taking was, "When in doubt, pick farming."

    He was just really cool. Let me do a history report on the Beatles and go through his wallet. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DID THAT OR WHY I WANTED TO!!

    We did have a substitute for a few days that was really hot. :)
  • OpheliaCooter
    OpheliaCooter Posts: 1,635 Member
    edited November 2022



    glassyo wrote: »
    I didn't have a crush but my favorite teacher in 8th and 9th grade. was my history teacher. I still remember so much about him. The car he drove, his wife's name, his license plate (no, I didn't stalk him. It was a small school. :)). He looked like Bruce Jenner and his moto for test taking was, "When in doubt, pick farming."

    He was just really cool. Let me do a history report on the Beatles and go through his wallet. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DID THAT OR WHY I WANTED TO!!

    We did have a substitute for a few days that was really hot. :)

    Why were the subs either the hottest people alive or your grandmother/father??? No in between
  • TwitchyMagee
    TwitchyMagee Posts: 4,579 Member
    I remember that green bean casserole is gross
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,127 Member
    I remember that green bean casserole is gross

    I think you might be mis-remembering -
  • TwitchyMagee
    TwitchyMagee Posts: 4,579 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    I remember that green bean casserole is gross

    I think you might be mis-remembering -

    Fresh crisp green beans sautéed in olive oil with lots of garlic, sliced almonds, and a bit of salt. That’s how you eat green beans 😃
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,127 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    I remember that green bean casserole is gross

    I think you might be mis-remembering -

    Fresh crisp green beans sautéed in olive oil with lots of garlic, sliced almonds, and a bit of salt. That’s how you eat green beans 😃

    What no butter or bacon grease or crumbled bacon - eh - I’ll give yours a shot -