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

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  • Jennyisbusy
    Jennyisbusy Posts: 1,294 Member
    typewriters and then word processors!!
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    tight-rolling jeans, sweater vests, "dress shorts" for girls, mullets

    Also, i currently OWN an Atari and the original Nintendo + about 65 games.
  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
    car windows that you manually roll down....I miss those
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    mine still do lmao
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    Candy cigarettes,and GARBAGE PAIL KIDS!!!!!!!!!!
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  • stubsy1968
    stubsy1968 Posts: 165 Member
    I miss the innocence and saefty of the days in my childhood when you could walk around the streets at night with your friends (not doing anything bad) and still be safe.

    Kathy
  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
    Trapper Keepers, tie dye shirts that I'd bunch up on the side with the special clip, side ponytails with scrunchies, slap bracelets, my Super Nintendo (my cat chewed the cord or I'd have it here).
  • StrengthIsBeautiful
    StrengthIsBeautiful Posts: 309 Member
    Gilda Radner doing the "Hey You!" perfume commercial on SNL
  • Jennyisbusy
    Jennyisbusy Posts: 1,294 Member
    The Muppets!

    I like the new stuff I have seen too:
    http://youtu.be/oiMZa8flyYY

    same thing with Thundercats.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Mister Rogers
  • brianward81
    brianward81 Posts: 217 Member
    Hypercolor shirts
    Good radio where you would hear at least 2 semi-decent songs in a 10 minute period and maybe one advert.
    1c candies. A whole bag for $1.00. 100 candies. SUGAR!!!
    Arcades, super-sessions where you would pay $10 and have 2 to 3 hours of unlimited gaming.
    "I miss the innocence and safety of the days in my childhood when you could walk around the streets at night with your friends (not doing anything bad) and still be safe." - totally agree Kathy.\
    Collecting comic or basketball cards and thinking you'd be rich in a few years if you held onto them.
    Reebok pumps being the coolest shoe ever, I never got a pair.
    Playing basketball for hours every day after school.
  • brianward81
    brianward81 Posts: 217 Member
    Chris Farley.

    I wonder if he still lives in a van down by the river...
  • theome
    theome Posts: 101 Member
    TGIF- boy meets world, sabrina the teenage witch, Family Matters and Step by Step.
  • STARSHINE1975
    STARSHINE1975 Posts: 168 Member
    Candy cigarettes,and GARBAGE PAIL KIDS!!!!!!!!!!
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    I still have a box full of these things. They were awesome!
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,359 Member
    Actual letters in the mail instead of email or text.
  • run4yourlife
    run4yourlife Posts: 379 Member
    Pac-Man (I had a Commodore 64 too) :happy:
    Cassette tapes - we even had 8 track tapes
    A dishwasher we had to wheel across the kitchen and hook up to the sink
    Jelly Shoes
    Cabbage Patch Kids
    Perms - OMG, my Mom even permed the back of my brother and Dad's hair! :noway:
    Walking to school without a parent at a very early age
    Hammy Hampster
    The Dukes of Hazard
  • ALW65
    ALW65 Posts: 643 Member
    Wacky Pack Stickers
    Original Poprocks
    Jordache Jeans with the perfect comb showing in the back pocket
    Speed Racer and Ultraman after school
  • kemeko
    kemeko Posts: 158 Member
    Mork & Mindy -- Have loved Robin Williams since then!
    The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
    Shoulder pads -- Don't miss em!
    Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"
    Headbangers Ball on MTV -- Hosted by the handsome (at least back then) Adam Curry
    Members Only jackets -- UGH
    Playing Donkey Kong on my ColecoVision video game console
    I Dream of Jeannie
    OMG... anyone remember those awful metallic colored shiny pants/tops that were popular in the late 70s/early 80s disco era? :noway:
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member

    Playing Donkey Kong on my ColecoVision video game console
    Jealous.
  • kemeko
    kemeko Posts: 158 Member

    Playing Donkey Kong on my ColecoVision video game console
    Jealous.

    Don't be LOL... it started a very serious gaming addiction that I have to this day.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    I had a Commodore 64
    I can't even count the number of hours I spent coding crappy games in BASIC on that thing lol.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member

    Playing Donkey Kong on my ColecoVision video game console
    Jealous.

    Don't be LOL... it started a very serious gaming addiction that I have to this day.
    My friend found one at a thrift store and we've been tearing it up the last couple weeks :D
  • chameleon73
    chameleon73 Posts: 119 Member
    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

    I remember this... We used to ride our bikes as far as we could go. Now, I don't let my kids go down the block alone, much less several neighborhoods over, like I did as a kid.

    Oh, and parachute pants.
  • bhurley1424
    bhurley1424 Posts: 927 Member
    swatch watchs
    MTV actually playing music/videos; oh and no MTV - I remember that also!

    ditto the parachute pants!
  • crobinson0923
    crobinson0923 Posts: 57
    What about those pencils where you just pulled the tip out and put it in the bottom when it got low, and it would be replaced with a sharp one? I had scented ones... and what was up with using the end as an eraser even though it didn't erase anything lol
  • cba4994
    cba4994 Posts: 147 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.
    slap braclets....don't look now but THEY'RE BACK!!!!
  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
    TGIF- boy meets world, sabrina the teenage witch, Family Matters and Step by Step.

    Yes! I was going to say this! Anyone remember Teen Angel? I was just talking about that show today. So great.
    What about those pencils where you just pulled the tip out and put it in the bottom when it got low, and it would be replaced with a sharp one? I had scented ones... and what was up with using the end as an eraser even though it didn't erase anything lol

    Ooh nostalgia. And on the subject of school supplies (I mean it was so fun to shop for school supplies)... Lisa frank, and (ditto to the person who said) gel pens.

    And when it was cool to wear your bangs as two strands that came down your face?
  • OSC_ESD
    OSC_ESD Posts: 752 Member
    Kick the can and spin the bottle ... oh wait, never mind still play the latter ! LOL LOL LOL ! :tongue:
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    Gobble sticks. They were my favourite snack when I was a kid.
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    Dittos jeans on the girls.... *SIGH!*

    I was going to say Dittos. I wore dittos and platform shoes. The heel on those things was huge!
  • Jcoveny2
    Jcoveny2 Posts: 2 Member
    matchbooks, matchbooks wedged in the dial on the tv to keep the channel locked in. Everyone meeting in the park to "PLAY". Walking to school!
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