Things you totally remember from back in the day......

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
edited October 4 in Chit-Chat
that aren't really around anymore!!!

Powdered soap- used to be in all the classrooms and bathrooms when I was in school!

LP's and their covers- Remember taping up the LP covers because you used them so much?

Bicycles with banana seats- and they sparkled too!!!



Whatcha got?
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  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Pagers.
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    jelly shoes, Trapper Keepers and slap bracelets!
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
    Pogs
    Atari
    Nintendo.....the original
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    Looking up books in the library, betamax, antennas on tv's, pay phones.
  • Ireshgurl
    Ireshgurl Posts: 559
    fanny packs....*shudders*, BIG WHEELS!!!!!!!!
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    jelly shoes, Trapper Keepers and slap bracelets!

    OMG! I LOVED all of those! I had a whole collection of jelly shoes and slap bracelets.
  • poesch77
    poesch77 Posts: 1,005 Member
    Garbage Pail Kids......HyperColor........cheap gas....life before cell phones and remotes!!
  • Sherbog
    Sherbog Posts: 1,072 Member
    a thong was a flip flop
  • Ireshgurl
    Ireshgurl Posts: 559
    jelly shoes, Trapper Keepers and slap bracelets!

    OMG! I LOVED all of those! I had a whole collection of jelly shoes and slap bracelets.

    :ohwell: i never owned a pair of jelly shoes....... :sad:
  • roblow65
    roblow65 Posts: 156 Member
    Having to get under the desk and pull the chair in for the schools' practice air raid drill.
  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
    Pogs
    Atari
    Nintendo.....the original

    POGS
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    Marathon was a candy bar.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Pagers.
    OMG. So totally forgot about this! I remember all the "codes" we use to send each other.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Pagers.
    OMG. So totally forgot about this! I remember all the "codes" we use to send each other.
    420-911-911
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Marathon was a candy bar.
    And one of the best!!
  • Captain_Mal
    Captain_Mal Posts: 945 Member
    My old Sony Walkman cd player...usually had metallica or tool pumping all the way to school and on the way home in the afternoon.

    Rotary dial phones
    8 tracks....my parents had a pretty sweet 8 track player back in the day.
    car windows that you manually roll down....I miss those
    mtv....when they actually played music :grumble:

    oh yeah my old garbage pail kids stickers and X-Men card collection
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    I had 2 pairs of original REEBOK PUMPS that I gave to my niece for her 80's collection.
  • Shanahan09
    Shanahan09 Posts: 97
    Cassette tapes
    Hair 'tails'
    Net shirts
    Slouch socks
    Leg warmers
    BIG BIG hair...Omg, the hairspray back in the day. Don't light a match!! :happy:
  • STARSHINE1975
    STARSHINE1975 Posts: 168 Member
    Cassette tapes that you had to use a pencil to wind back up.
    Layered color socks.
    Boom boxes
    Kangol hats!
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Izod/Le Tigre/Polo shirts.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Hi-top converse shoes
    scrunchies
    chicks wearing flannel
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    My old Sony Walkman cd player...usually had metallica or tool pumping all the way to school and on the way home in the afternoon.

    Rotary dial phones
    8 tracks....my parents had a pretty sweet 8 track player back in the day.
    car windows that you manually roll down....I miss those
    mtv....when they actually played music :grumble:
    My dad still has his "reel to reel" player hooked up!
  • pocomama
    pocomama Posts: 93 Member
    leg warmers!!! Mix and match socks, sometimes when I was feeling particularly spunky I would wear 2 pair of ankle socks and interchange the colors. Huge hair. Watching Thriller debut on MTV. Max Headroom.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Guns N' Roses (I really miss them)
    Car phones
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    Pagers.
    OMG. So totally forgot about this! I remember all the "codes" we use to send each other.
    420-911-911

    bahahahahhahahahahahaha!
  • amberrrogers
    amberrrogers Posts: 98
    a thong was a flip flop
    I was sooo getting ready to say that
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    Garbage Pail Kids......HyperColor........cheap gas....life before cell phones and remotes!!


    Garbage Pail Kids!!! Cabbage Patch Kids. Whatever would we do without cell phones these days??
  • _beachgirl_
    _beachgirl_ Posts: 3,865 Member
    Leg Warmers
    Moon Patrol
    Perms
    Purple socks for Donny Osmond
    Culottes and clogs
    13 channels on tv
    Creature Feature on Saturday mornings after cartoons
    Staying out all day and not coming home until dinner
    Riding our bikes, everywhere, for hours at a time, our parents not knowing where we were and not being worried about it
  • ChristineMarie89
    ChristineMarie89 Posts: 1,079 Member
    gel pens :P
    pogs
    slap bracelets(although they still sell em at wamart)
    big puffy vests
    carebears :D haha
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Lava lamps

    Bell bottom courdoroys

    Loafers

    Members Only jackets
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