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

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ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 48,599 Member
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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!!!



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  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
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    Pagers.
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
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    jelly shoes, Trapper Keepers and slap bracelets!
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
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    Pogs
    Atari
    Nintendo.....the original
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
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    Looking up books in the library, betamax, antennas on tv's, pay phones.
  • Ireshgurl
    Ireshgurl Posts: 559
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    fanny packs....*shudders*, BIG WHEELS!!!!!!!!
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
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    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
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    Garbage Pail Kids......HyperColor........cheap gas....life before cell phones and remotes!!
  • Sherbog
    Sherbog Posts: 1,072 Member
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    a thong was a flip flop
  • Ireshgurl
    Ireshgurl Posts: 559
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    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
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    Having to get under the desk and pull the chair in for the schools' practice air raid drill.
  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
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    Pogs
    Atari
    Nintendo.....the original

    POGS
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,071 Member
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    Marathon was a candy bar.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,599 Member
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    Pagers.
    OMG. So totally forgot about this! I remember all the "codes" we use to send each other.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
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    Pagers.
    OMG. So totally forgot about this! I remember all the "codes" we use to send each other.
    420-911-911
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,599 Member
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    Marathon was a candy bar.
    And one of the best!!
  • Captain_Mal
    Captain_Mal Posts: 946 Member
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    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: 48,599 Member
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    I had 2 pairs of original REEBOK PUMPS that I gave to my niece for her 80's collection.
  • Shanahan09
    Shanahan09 Posts: 97
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    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: 182
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    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
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    Izod/Le Tigre/Polo shirts.

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