I'm so old...

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  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    we had a full set of encylclopedia's that were used constantly!

    How to complete a science project!
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    Emergency break-throughs. LOL
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    No internet or cell phones or ATMS or credit cards.
  • thrld
    thrld Posts: 610 Member
    I can remember my first computer class, and how excited we all were when the punchcards were run on the mainframe.

    Of course, that was before 5 1/4 floppies.
  • antizoni1
    antizoni1 Posts: 334
    I remember when T.V use to go off the air at night playing "America the Beautiful"
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    I am older than the microwave and the VCR.

    I know what a VCR is. I remember when you could rent them from Blockbuster.

    I know what Blockbuster is.
  • vfnmoody
    vfnmoody Posts: 271 Member
    bringing home our first tv
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
    we had a full set of encylclopedia's that were used constantly!

    So did we! Man I miss that set...
  • LaurieEReid
    LaurieEReid Posts: 273
    I was excited when McDonalds brought out the Big Mac.
  • gwduker
    gwduker Posts: 293
    Watching the news when JFK was shot...
  • Eleisabelle
    Eleisabelle Posts: 365
    I remember when there was no interwebs. In fact, I remember rotary dial phones, coffee percolators, and hand crank ice cube trays.

    Oh, and I had to get up and change the channel on the TV. On which there were only four channels that worked.
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
    Renting a VCR when they first came out.

    Watching the space shuttle blow up when I was in the 3rd grade.

    Watching movies on reel to reel projectors in school.

    Overhead projectors and transparencies.
  • TurtleRunnerNC
    TurtleRunnerNC Posts: 751 Member
    Stretching the phone cord as far as possible to talk on the phone in the closet for privacy !

    Wonder Twin powers ACTIVATE! !!!

    I'm not your average bear Boo Boo
  • vaderandbill
    vaderandbill Posts: 1,063 Member
    Dual cassette tape boom box with auto-reverse and high-speed dubbing!
  • gonna_do_it_56
    gonna_do_it_56 Posts: 206 Member
    When I learnt french in school there was n't a word for............................the list is too long..........as none of it existed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sad:
  • jonnyb62
    jonnyb62 Posts: 426
    I took the coolest 8 track stereo to college with me.
  • thomassd1969
    thomassd1969 Posts: 564 Member
    Kids actually went outside to play and only came in to eat or when the street lights came on.

    Sooo this
  • Tiggerrick
    Tiggerrick Posts: 1,078 Member
    .... I remember when chocolate candybars were 0.10c AND they had 0.01c candy in the cornerstore.
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I remember when microwave ovens first hit the market.
  • gwduker
    gwduker Posts: 293
    @35AndRunning I remember when you wore that top to Woodstock! :laugh:
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I thought my bright orange dress with ruffles was groovy and the wonder twins were peachy keen!
    Saying groovy when it was groovy to say groovy......

    I still say groovy :grumble:
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    I remember going to CB's Hamburgers in Greenville Tx and getting a burger for 10 cents.

    Also, I remember when a kid NEVER talked back to a parent.

    How about Britannica Encyclopedias salesmen?
  • thomassd1969
    thomassd1969 Posts: 564 Member
    I remember when you had to un lock your car with a key and roll the windows down.
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    I remember paying $0.88/gallon for gasoline.
  • jonnyb62
    jonnyb62 Posts: 426
    My sisters and I were the "dishwasher."
  • CarolinaGirlinVA
    CarolinaGirlinVA Posts: 1,508 Member
    I have a full Unabridged English Dictionary in HARD COVER!

    I do too with the matching Thesaurus and book of Famous Quotations! lol
  • gwduker
    gwduker Posts: 293
    I remember going to CB's Hamburgers in Greenville Tx and getting a burger for 10 cents.

    Also, I remember when a kid NEVER talked back to a parent.
    Didn't DARE talk back or we were backhanded faster than Obi Wan could pull his light saber...
  • Tiggerrick
    Tiggerrick Posts: 1,078 Member
    ...I remember doing research on Microfiche.
    ...not being able to use blue ink because it would be Microfiched.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    when 640k was enough for anybody
  • dmjenni
    dmjenni Posts: 26 Member
    There was no Caller ID, so you took your chances when you answered the phone....

    (my kids are appalled by this idea)

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