Back in my day........

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  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    Back in my day, we had to walk 15 miles to school. Up hill. Each way. In the snow. Fighting off bears.
  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    Back in my day, this was the Internet.
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  • sportychic87
    sportychic87 Posts: 214 Member
    edited March 2018
    Back in my day cell phones were still newish enough to either still be kind of big and then it all went to the flip phones. Growing up I did use a rotary phone (though it was nearly antiquated before that).
    Also, kids didn’t get a cell phone until they were like in their teens (15-16 usually), now all I see are 8 year olds with better phones than me, like wth?!
    TV had manual dials and bunny ears. VHS movie cassettes were a thing.
  • linddd
    linddd Posts: 6,591 Member
    Back in my day... the assistant principal paddled kids who broke the rules in high school.
  • mabelgrex
    mabelgrex Posts: 24 Member
    melmelw03 wrote: »
    My siblings and I could ride in the back of the pickup truck going 70 mph down the highway. It was freaking awesome, and none of us died.
    Now kids have to sit strapped in car seats until high school.

    bwah hah
  • mabelgrex
    mabelgrex Posts: 24 Member
    linddd wrote: »
    Back in my day... the gas station attendant pumped my gas, cleaned my windshield, and checked my oil.

    in New Jersey they still do :)
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    edited March 2018
    back in my day you couldn't tell a guy from girl when they had there back to you.. long hair
  • AliNouveau
    AliNouveau Posts: 36,287 Member
    Mullets were considered cool haircuts
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    BIMD:

    The Beatles first appearance on the ED Sullivan Show.
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  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    BIMD:
    Traffic stopped for pedestrians:

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  • Ron_in_NC
    Ron_in_NC Posts: 368 Member
    BIMD:
    As kids, we played "outside", playing marbles, kick the can, sliding down metal slides that burned your bare skin on a hot day, riding banana seat bikes, climbing trees, etc., instead of sitting in front of a computer socializing. When your Mom called your name at dark, it was time to come in!
  • orekosi3485
    orekosi3485 Posts: 354 Member
    It was rare for anyone to have a computer outside of school.
    Very little people had a cellphone.
    There was no such thing as social media. People actually spoke to one another.
  • linddd
    linddd Posts: 6,591 Member
    No one except super rich people had a Jacuzzi tub
  • jamesakrobinson
    jamesakrobinson Posts: 2,149 Member
    Channel surfing was actually exercise 'cause you had to get up and walk over to the TV to change the channel... Of course there was no cable yet either so unless you lived in a major city you could probably only pick up 5 stations anyway and 2 of those were UHF that you had to fiddle the dial to tune in clearly.
  • ShawtyShawt
    ShawtyShawt Posts: 2,540 Member
    edited April 2018
    Broken antenna?
    No Problem!
    Solution?
    WIRE HANGER &/OR TIN FOIL!
  • The_Canadian_Apex
    The_Canadian_Apex Posts: 572 Member
    edited April 2018
    Back in my day, kids weren't wusses. We settled our differences with our fists, not with weapons.
  • quettabird
    quettabird Posts: 59 Member
    we recited the Pledge of Allegiance with hands over our hearts
  • ShawtyShawt
    ShawtyShawt Posts: 2,540 Member
    quettabird wrote: »
    we recited the Pledge of Allegiance with hands over our hearts

    Parents made us get home before the street lights were were on!
  • Egger29
    Egger29 Posts: 14,741 Member
    We had to listen to Casey Kasem to hear the lastest songs
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    All the kids in the neighborhood were 'allowed' to run around the neighborhood at night playing 'kick the can'

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