I'm so old...

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  • momof2TONI
    momof2TONI Posts: 112 Member
    Smacking the side of the TV to stop the "flip" and adjusting the wire coat hanger antenna.

    My kids have no idea what I'm talking about when I tell them about the "flip" Kinda hard to describe.:ohwell:


    I know what you're talking about. lol
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
    I remember when MTV wasn't. It was called radio and we'd listen intently and use our imaginations for things like hockey and football games.
  • jsidel126
    jsidel126 Posts: 694 Member
    A popular breakfast cereal ad asked "Can you pinch an inch" on your waist. If so, you may want to use their cereal.

    A small coke was 6.5 oz. and you got 5 cents to return bottles to the grocery store (not the dump) where it would be recycled by the soda company.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member

    Throw in Bonanza and Sing Along With Mitch. The Perry Como Show, Jackie Gleason and Dean Martin. How about Flip Wilson and Rowan & Martin's Laugh In? How many careers did that launch?

    All of those. My fave was The Red Skelton Show."Good Night and may God Bless"
  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
    I saw Moses come off the mountain.

    Isn't that on every Easter?

    Touche'!

    But I saw the real one. :p

    I sat next to Jesus in school. ;P
  • brentdaniels
    brentdaniels Posts: 127
    Getting up to change the channels on the TV, and having to use pliers because the knob broke. LOL.

    I remember being the remote control for my dad...with said pliers...lol
  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    I remember when MTV wasn't. It was called radio and we'd listen intently and use our imaginations for things like hockey and football games.

    No kidding. When the Leafs played on the road if the game was anywhere but Montreal there was no hope of seeing the game. If you were very lucky and the weather was in your favour you might be able to pick up a road game on AM radio from Detroit or Chicago.

    And I held the microphone of my reel to reel tape machine close to the speaker of that same radio to record my favourite songs. I always missed the first few seconds of the song fumbling to turn the tape recorder on when a song I liked came on.
  • MsMuniz
    MsMuniz Posts: 399 Member
    HyperColor t-shirt?
  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member

    Throw in Bonanza and Sing Along With Mitch. The Perry Como Show, Jackie Gleason and Dean Martin. How about Flip Wilson and Rowan & Martin's Laugh In? How many careers did that launch?

    All of those. My fave was The Red Skelton Show."Good Night and may God Bless"

    Yep. Red was brilliant. My favourite was Jackie Gleason though.
  • alias1001
    alias1001 Posts: 634 Member
    I remember being kicked outside to play, but then not wanting to come back in.

    I'm glad I missed the bulk of what the youth has to go through today. I mean we had an NES, cable, and a PC (that good ole' 286) but it wasn't a 24/7 thing. I could never grow up in the social media age.
  • bada_bing
    bada_bing Posts: 128 Member
    My first cellphone was the size of a block of cheese

    My husband's first cell phone was the size of a brick (like a brick for building)! Actually, it was better than the ones in the bags...ha, ha!
  • BigBrewski
    BigBrewski Posts: 922 Member
    I remember learning DOS commands on this beauty:

    300px-IBM_PC_5150.jpg

    And I used to save my files on these!:

    cooper_8floppy.jpg

    Ahhhhh the good old days :)
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    Remember when a dime bag cost a dime?
  • Brandei
    Brandei Posts: 119 Member
    My favorite TV show was "gidget" and ice cream at Thrifty was a quarter
  • Brandei
    Brandei Posts: 119 Member
    Remember when a dime bag cost a dime?
    tee hee- yes!
  • momof2TONI
    momof2TONI Posts: 112 Member
    I remember wearing 'poor boy tops' and 'hip-hugger pants and skirts' to school. We liked to 'cruise' or hang out at the drive-in. lol
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    Sorry, but I have my He-Man Underoos on...but if you put your She-Ra crown on, we can dance
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    I saw Moses come off the mountain.

    Isn't that on every Easter?

    Touche'!

    But I saw the real one. :p

    I sat next to Jesus in school. ;P

    Beat me to it...yes I looked over his shoulder.
  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    Remember when a dime bag cost a dime?
    tee hee- yes!

    Probably shouldn't mention this....but I remember a QP for $70.
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    I danced at the Peppermint Lounge

    No computer classes in school. Typing class with MANUAL Typewriters

    My 5 brothers and sisters in the back of a station... no seatbelts

    A cigarette machine at school (no soda machine, though)

    Liddle Kiddles

    I wanted to grow up to be Gidget
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Remember when a dime bag cost a dime?

    Full ounce for ten $
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Remember when a dime bag cost a dime?
    tee hee- yes!

    Probably shouldn't mention this....but I remember a QP for $70.

    Full lb...for $100
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    $1 cooked chips would fill you up.

    people wore watches to tell the time.

    Kids played outside all day & managed to not get into trouble, now they dont play out at all & get into massive amounts of trouble.
  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    Remember when a dime bag cost a dime?
    tee hee- yes!

    Probably shouldn't mention this....but I remember a QP for $70.

    Full lb...for $100

    You are very old!:bigsmile: Just looked. Geography was your friend.:laugh:
  • tpittsley77
    tpittsley77 Posts: 607 Member
    Drive-in movies. *sigh*

    I still have 2 within a short drive from me!!
  • eatcleanNtraindirty
    eatcleanNtraindirty Posts: 444 Member
    Age is just a number! It's all about how you feel! There's plenty of 80 and 90 year olds who feel young and great! There's plenty of 20 somethings and teenage kids who act and feel much older than they are.
  • moxiecowgirl
    moxiecowgirl Posts: 291 Member
    HyperColor t-shirt?

    OMG, I forgot these! I had a pink one that turned purple, and it was my favorite shirt!


    Swatch watches? More than one at a time, of course.
  • brendaj39
    brendaj39 Posts: 375 Member
    I remember using those shiney silver thingies that you laid out on to get a suntan and used baby oil to make your skin shinier to get tan faster....

    painful memories
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I'm so old, I thought to myself today, "I'm actually quite comfortable driving 55."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJWVw6xqY0
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
    Remember when a dime bag cost a dime?
    tee hee- yes!

    Probably shouldn't mention this....but I remember a QP for $70.

    Full lb...for $100

    Sold! :drinker:

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