Blast from the past! Remember when..

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  • MindyBlack
    MindyBlack Posts: 954 Member
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    I remember playing dodge ball, red rover, ghost in the graveyard and swinging statues. Basically playing outside. I remember playing pinball and tetherball. Then pong came along. After that everything changed. I remember our first color TV.It still only had 4 channels and no remote. I remember saying the Pledge of Allegiance but not prayers.

    My high school actually had a smoking section. That seems absurd now.
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
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    I remember when:

    you had to call your parents using a pay phone

    the first time My Little Ponies came out

    Rainbow Bright and Strawberry Shortcake

    Metal lunchboxes with matching thermos -- and you could beat anything with those things and they would maintain their shape!

    Fashion Plates (Oh how I loved mine!)

    Scrunchies

    LA Gear hightops with 3 different color laces

    When Kirk Cameron was the teen star to post on your wall

    And oh...so much more...lol

    You must be around my age, I remember all of this stuff too!!!
  • PAnn1
    PAnn1 Posts: 530 Member
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    I remember when phones were rotary and we were on a "party line"
    ^^^^THIS!!!! OMG, THE GOOD OLD DAYS :-(
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
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    I remember playing dodge ball, red rover, ghost in the graveyard and swinging statues. Basically playing outside. I remember playing pinball and tetherball. Then pong came along. After that everything changed. I remember our first color TV.It still only had 4 channels and no remote. I remember saying the Pledge of Allegiance but not prayers.

    My high school actually had a smoking section. That seems absurd now.

    my high school had a smoking section too!!!!!
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
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    Did anyone here own a HYPER COLOR SHIRT???
  • Cindy311
    Cindy311 Posts: 780 Member
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    Louie the Lightening Bug
    Snap Bracelets
    NBC use to do really old movies starting at like 6 a.m. Davy Crockett really sticks out, lol!
  • TinaS88
    TinaS88 Posts: 817 Member
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    I remember saying the Pledge of Allegiance in school every morning!
  • oeagleo
    oeagleo Posts: 70 Member
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    Okay, how about:

    Hopalong Cassady
    Sky King
    Cisco Kid
    Of course, the Lone Ranger, with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels (the original)
    Topper
    Cannon
    Mike Hammer
    Hostess Cupcakes at 5c
    Twinkies were the same, then they outrageously raised the price to 12c!
    Watching the TV sign off at around midnight with the National Anthem, and the flag
    "Test Pattern" if you got up too early on Saturday to watch the above shows

    The list goes on and on... How about Vinyl Records? 45's? the little thingy you had to put in the oversize hole!?

    1 FM station on your 12 transister radio?
  • eyestylemom
    eyestylemom Posts: 107 Member
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    Did anyone here own a HYPER COLOR SHIRT???



    I did!!!
  • Ulfgard
    Ulfgard Posts: 49 Member
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    I remeber when a kid could buy cigarettes and beer from a grocery store or liquor store with a note from a parent.

    I remeber my step sisters just having to have jordache jeans nothing else would do.
  • SouthernSweetie74
    SouthernSweetie74 Posts: 844
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    I remember...

    *Not wearing seatbelts

    *watching re-runs of Gilligan's Island in the morning before school

    *when we got our first microwave... it was HUGE

    *being my dad's own personal remote control and having only 12 channels, 2-13

    *Atari

    *NEON colors

    *bangle bracelets

    *when Aqua Net (or Rave) was a necessity

    *twist a bead neclaces

    *Friday nights meant cruising downtown, going around the town square, around Sonic, down to the Kroger parking lot, yelling at the cute guys... and doing it all over again.. and again... and again... LOL (SMALL town life)

    *going outside from dusk til dawn

    *riding my bicycle all over town

    *Bon Jovi, Poison, White Snake, Ratt, Nelson, Guns N Roses, Motley Crue, White Lion, Def Leppard...
  • Diane_58
    Diane_58 Posts: 23 Member
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    I had forgotten about candy cigarettes! Now there's a blast from the past.

    l remember my mom making my watch JFK's funeral, in real time. I also remember the moon landing in real time, too.

    I remember the Wizard of Oz being aired once a year (and what a big deal that was!!)

    I remember when hand-held calculators were first marketed, and how AMAZING it was that it could do a complicated division problem instantly!!
  • SouthernSweetie74
    SouthernSweetie74 Posts: 844
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    I remeber when a kid could buy cigarettes and beer from a grocery store or liquor store with a note from a parent.

    I remeber my step sisters just having to have jordache jeans nothing else would do.

    We didn't even have to have a note. We could buy all the cigarettes we wanted... and stick around the local convenient store to play video games and smoke... when we were 13... I'll never forget the day my mama caught me with a pack of cigarettes. She made me take them back to the store. I was so embarrassed.
  • SouthernSweetie74
    SouthernSweetie74 Posts: 844
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    I remember when J.R. was shot!

    And Bobby died...

    But the next season... he was taking a shower... all a dream!



    LOL



    My mom LOVED Dallas and Knots Landing!
  • SouthernSweetie74
    SouthernSweetie74 Posts: 844
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    Guess!

    Swatches

    Blue jean jackets, blue jean binders, blue jean purses, blue jean skirts...
  • jenillawafer
    jenillawafer Posts: 426 Member
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    Sailor Moon
    Pokemon/Digimon
    Dragon Ball Z
    Yu-Gi-Oh!
    Hey Arnold
    Cat Dog
    Angry Beavers
    2 Stupid Dogs
    Ahh! Real Monsters
    Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
    Pinky and the Brain
    Dexter's Lab
    Powerpuff Girls
    MIGHTY DUCKS!
    Johnny Bravo
    I am Weasel
    Cow and Chicken
    Recess
    Rocket Power
    The Wild Thornberrys
    Courage the Cowardly Dog
    Ed, Edd n Eddy

    Oh God, I could go on and on!
  • dougt333
    dougt333 Posts: 697
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    I remember when Troll dolls were all the rage.. Also POGS! Anyone remember that? And LOL, I also remember that computer game.. What was it called? Pitfall? Ugh, I'm terrible with names but I do remember playing that very game.

    I loved pogs.....I had a lot of them!!

    I'll bet my Pog collection would put yours to shame. Also you know what I remember, My super effective method of getting my nintendo cartridges to work. blow into the cartridge using your shirt as a filter and smack your knee with it 3 times.
  • blakeevan04
    blakeevan04 Posts: 40 Member
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    I remember when MTV actually played music.
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    Good one!!
  • AmandaInGA
    AmandaInGA Posts: 122 Member
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    I remember when MTV actually played music.


    ^^^^ THIS!!! and to really show my age.. i remember watching the first music video that MTV ever aired... Video Killed the Radio Star
  • Cindy311
    Cindy311 Posts: 780 Member
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    Popples and Fraggle Rock!

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