Things from the past you remember that are rare or gone.

rowlandsw
rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
in Chit-Chat
Figured we'd see how far we could get this going.
1. drive in movies
2. church socials like luncheons and bazaars (they've died out with the older folks sadly). this was a big part of my grandma's routine when i was little
3. writing letters to your friends
4. modesty (thanks again internet)
5. personal responsiblity
6. sitcoms (the good ones pre 90s)
7. good music (at least to me good music died when grunge arrived)
8. movies without CGI and using real effects
9. people trusting each other (let's face it nobody trusts anyone anymore)
10. my hair

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  • Mello_Rello
    Mello_Rello Posts: 421 Member
    Telephone booths
    Rotary Phones
    People having ACTUAL CONVERSATIONS!!!!!! TEXTING IS NOT CONVERSING!
    Foods made from scratch
    Being able to sew
    Children with manners
    People willing to work hard to get ahead
    Chivalry
    Being able to rent DVD's
    VHS tapes
    Cassette tapes
    Love
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
    Good list. Man i have good memories of renting vhs tapes and games as a treat.
    Having to play a game in the same room as your friend and being civil about it instead of cussing into a mic like a 4 year old.
    We actually had a rotary phone until 1998 or so.
    I have fond memories of canning stuff at home and at my grandma's when i was little.
    Money getting you a lot more stuff.
    People being way more civil and not shoving their opinions at you
    The Atari being high tech
    5.2 inch floppy discs
    Horror movies not being pg13
    Big chrismas eve get togethers (okay depressed myself with that one as it's just 3 of us now down from nearly 8)
    Life being simple as a kid
    The Cold war having everyone scared
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
    1. outdoor pay phones
    2. rotary phones
    3. rabbit antennas on TVs
    3. record players
    4. metal slides in playgrounds
    5. adult movie theaters
    6. no remote controlled TVs
    7. no 24/7 news coverage
  • theliftingman
    theliftingman Posts: 70
    MTV-Music TV
    History Channel- History Channel

    .......and......funny Eddie Murphy
  • Mello_Rello
    Mello_Rello Posts: 421 Member
    MTV DID use to play music! Wow...so long ago.
    I also remember canning food. I would love to learn to do this myself, its a good skill that everyone should have.

    Lets see...
    ..children learning to write in cursive.
    ..parents actually being parents to their children instead of being friends.
    ..children being able to accept it when being told "no".
    ..children being disciplined when acting out instead of being sent to a psych hospital and being diagnosed as having Oppositional Defiant Disorder...bogus!
    ...Men taking pride in providing for their families
    ...ENCYCLOPEDIAS!
    ...Gateway/Zenith computers
    ...old school arcade games with the joystick
    ...REAL MUSIC!
  • Sunbrooke
    Sunbrooke Posts: 632 Member
    1. Kids climbing trees for fun
    2. Adult content and foul language on WWE.. :(
    4. "Pick your own" pumpkin patches
    5. Cigarette lighters in cars
    6. CRT monitors
    7. 10 mm film cameras and Polaroids
    8. Pantyhose
    9. Teen babysitters
    10. Passing notes. "What's ⬆⬇all around?" Lol
    11. Aluminum skillets
    12. Ladies wearing dress hats
    13. Bringing homemade cupcakes for your kids class on their birthday
    14. Company christmas parties
    15. Used book stores
    16. After market car stereos
  • pmr545
    pmr545 Posts: 51 Member
    You can find these but noone is typcially using them.... pay phones and drinking fountains.
  • pmr545
    pmr545 Posts: 51 Member
    Women don't wear pantyhose anymore? Hmmmm, I didn't know this. Do you still use all those cotton balls?
  • _xXJennXx_
    _xXJennXx_ Posts: 3,290 Member
    Common sense
  • tlcarolinagirl
    tlcarolinagirl Posts: 1,700 Member
    Strawberry flavored pop rocks... Why can't I find them??:sad:
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    Privacy
    Hope
    My ability to give a ****
  • Fithealthyforlife
    Fithealthyforlife Posts: 866 Member
    Respect
  • Gypsybird87
    Gypsybird87 Posts: 7 Member
    Cars with only lap belts
    Cars where you put the gas in under the license plate
    For that matter, gas costing less that $1 per gallon!
    The sound of the ice cream man's truck
    Drive in movies
    Video arcades
    Roller skating rinks
    Candy cigarettes
    Tv's with dials and only 5 channels
    And oh yeah, being able to eat whatever I wanted without gaining an ounce!
    :laugh:
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
    Privacy
    Hope
    My ability to give a ****

    I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who lost that ability lol.
    Oddly enough record players are coming back into style and not just with hipsters as more bands put out vinyl and turn younger folks onto the sound quality. Which is a shame as there's only one factory left in the US to press them. Sadly VH1 has stopped with music too. They don't even do their Christmas videos anymore. VH1 classic is our last bastion of 80s/90s videos.
    Kids learning much of anything in public schools
    Cars that didn't all look the same no matter the company
    arcades
    .25 game machines
    Cities without walmart
    A time when life was simpler
    a life without technology intruding constantly
    you actually can find candy cigarettes online
    We still have a skating rink but i doubt it's what it was in the 90s
    Wow i forgot the icecream truck. They stopped in the early 90s here.
    Going to the movies for less than 40.00 for 2 people.
    Teenagers not acting like thugs
    Not needing cops in parking lots of malls and theaters
    Discount stores that really are discounts (big lots has fallen a long way).
    The Hills store chain
    The Red Barn fast food chain
    The Ben Franklin 5 and 10 stores
  • asprettyasme
    asprettyasme Posts: 175
    1) House telephones with the long bouncy cord that you can wrap around you
    2) VCR player and VCR tapes
    3) Blank Disc (the ones that they use to use as USB's before USB's came out) My mom use to give me a blank disc every time I had to do a science project. I hated it so much !! Thank the lord for USB's
    4) Radio tapes
    5) Cd players and old school radio's
    6) Aol and dial up internet
    7) Houses with strings connected to the ceiling fan instead of light switches (my grandma's bathroom doesn't have a light switch and the cord that use to turn the light on and off is gone so we never turn the bathroom light off :O)
  • karl39x
    karl39x Posts: 586 Member
    Bench seats in cars.
  • mudknuckles
    mudknuckles Posts: 1,417 Member
    Hand written mail.
  • lookinggoodkel
    lookinggoodkel Posts: 1,235 Member
    woolworths - uk
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
    woolworths - uk

    Sadly they're gone here too. Last one i saw was back in 1997. Isley's restaurants; all that's left is their Klondike bars and chipped ham.
  • NatiaGonitellie
    NatiaGonitellie Posts: 355 Member
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    I'm sure some can guess what it is. (Hint your looking at the floor of a car.)

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    The days when Full service meant Fill the tank Wash your windows and Check the fluid Levis.


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    Around my location Drive In Diners are gone.

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    Low Gas Prices 29¢, Leaded Gas The old pumps that would ding as each gallon was dispensed and the numbers either flipped or were on a dial.
  • karl39x
    karl39x Posts: 586 Member
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    I'm sure some can guess what it is. (Hint your looking at the floor of a car.)


    Hey! That switch is for the high beams on my truck!
  • Nessiechickie
    Nessiechickie Posts: 1,392 Member
    Maybe because its not summer and feels like it hasn't been summer in soooo long.

    I remember being outside all the time as a kid even if it was just playing by myself in my backyard sand box.
    Feel like you lucky if you see kids playing on the streets.....

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