I'm so old...

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  • kumitekg
    kumitekg Posts: 61
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    Steel wool on "rabbit ears"...and having to hold it in place for my dad to keep the reception clear !
  • dreamingchild
    dreamingchild Posts: 208 Member
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    My family for fun would go on "sunday drives" which might take place on a saturday.
  • bp716
    bp716 Posts: 68 Member
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    ...i remember when super glue was invented.

    I remember eating paste in kindergarten....the kind that came in a jar with a scooper attached to the lid...Yummy!!!
  • laura_lynn66
    laura_lynn66 Posts: 175
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    I remember going to the library and learning the Dewey Decimal System
  • Gunnarbear
    Gunnarbear Posts: 186
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    I forgot what I was going to say


    I love this ! lol
    Your taste in humor is tres bon - merci
  • bp716
    bp716 Posts: 68 Member
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    you could call a guy just to hear his voice and hang up and he never knew it was you

    THIS^^^^^^^^^^!!!!!
  • muggsmom
    muggsmom Posts: 28
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    "This is a test, this is only a test"

    Gathered around the TV at school watching the Canada vs Russia hockey game.

    Saying the Lord's Prayer at school.

    Bay City Rollers, Meatloaf, Pink Floyd.........
  • gobunkos
    gobunkos Posts: 36 Member
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    handheld calculators were a big deal
  • Z_I_L_L_A
    Z_I_L_L_A Posts: 2,399 Member
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    that when I say, do you remember this and that all the people in the room are like "Huh?"
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
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    Remember digital clocks that were composed of little flip cards?
  • bp716
    bp716 Posts: 68 Member
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    Watching Neil Armstrong's "small step" with the whole family gathered around the one tv in the house

    That was magic. I watched Neil's giant step at a camp ground in Ontario outdoors on TVs set up in an outdoor theatre for the purpose. I watched the TV and looked up to see the moon, expecting to be able to see the lander.

    I was at girl scout camp, they woke us up and dragged us down to the mess hall to watch it on a 24" TV...300 of us, I was in the back...it was all pretty fuzzy!
  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
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    I remember teasing my mom about turning 45yo. Now that I'm turning 45, I'm thinking, hey, that's not so old. LOL

    Remember when there was no ATMs?? How did we live without money on demand 24/7??

    And on almost any given Saturday morning my brother and I used to watch the same cartoons over and over again (mostly because there wasn't much choice). When Dukes of Hazzard, Miami Vice, CHiPs or Knight Rider came out, my brother took over the tv. Miami Vice was good but Dukes of Hazzard was ridiculous... unless you are boy, I guess. hehe
  • Uniey76
    Uniey76 Posts: 7
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    Remember digital clocks that were composed of little flip cards?

    HYSTERICAL
  • samantha1953
    samantha1953 Posts: 156 Member
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    Did line dances to the Beatles first album in my best friend's room next to the bunkbeds.

    Had a Beatle haircut and didn't even know it!

    Cried at a Monkee's Concert for PEE-TER!!!!!!
  • bp716
    bp716 Posts: 68 Member
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    Putting a penny on the tone arm so the record wouldn't skip.

    and had to have a steady hand to do it!!!!
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
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    Punchcards for computers. My Dad was a teacher at a Community College... I remember watching the computer students carrying a stack of punchcards with all their work on them. More than one of them would almost cry when they dropped their 2000-3000 punchcards on the floor.
  • candice382
    candice382 Posts: 60 Member
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    There was no Caller ID, so you took your chances when you answered the phone....

    (my kids are appalled by this idea)

    I remember this too but now wonder how we lived with out it ....screaning calls by the answering machine....but I also remember no answering machine
  • jsidel126
    jsidel126 Posts: 694 Member
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    I remember when:
    McDonalds came to town...
    There was no Big Mac only single and double cheese burgers...
    The standard adult value meal was equivalent to the size of a kids meal today...
  • bp716
    bp716 Posts: 68 Member
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    handheld calculators were a big deal
    calculators were slide rules....
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
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    Wondering who shot JR?

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