cheri21 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Golden Chicken also...lol I remember when pepsi came in a carton of glass bottles and we would take them back to the store to get the deposit money back..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 I remember 3 on a tree and 4 on the floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emlee Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I remember when a good old fashion butt whooping was legal and children actually had respect for authority...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life is Greyt Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 true story emlee!! I remember when I would be threatened with having to go outside and "pick my switch." That usually straightened me right up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 I remember a certin look on my dads face would put fear in my heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Emlee & Ray.. Yup !!! I remember my sessions at the wood pile. ( my dad came from Denmark w/ 2 little bros. & his father after their mom died) Like him, I would even get whooped on -- for letting my little brother do something & let alone the things I did. Respect & man-up !! All because I was the oldest!!! (but I'm a girl) That look in Dad's eye puts the fear of God in you... Brought in the virture of honesty quickly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsiay Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I love to play adventure games online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratyr Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Spring Chicken I remember that Grey's were forbidden in Soviet Union. >:E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I remember when people wrote letters instead of e-mails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 I remember using a fountain pen in school because the teacher would not let us use a ball point pen. A ball point pen was new at the time and the teacher said there was no future in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLB Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Would like to think I'm a spring chicken......I remember when tinsel was made of foil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawL Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Spring Chicken.... I remember slap bracelets, Teddy Ruxpin, Rainbow Brite, He-man, Fraggle Rock, She-Ra, Alf, You Can't Do That On Television, Clarissa Explains It All, MTV when it actually played Music Videos, Anamaniacs, The Goonies, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, candy cigarettes (and no one thinking anything about it at all), Lemon Heads (still some of the best candy EVER), bubble tape, Silly Putty, Lisa Frank stuff being the COOLEST thing to take to school EVER, Lite Brite, those pyramid things made out of paper that said who you were going to marry when you opened them up, jump rope chants, Down Down Baby hand clap games, moonboots, scrunchies, jelly bracelets (I still love these), Jelly Shoes, Snap Crotch Body Suits, and a few things I STILL collect to this day: Furbies, Popples, and My Pet Monster toys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT_Jacket Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I remember going to work with my dad on Saturdays and playing on the "computer" - a keypunch card making machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I, also, remember going to work with my Dad on Saturdays and playing on his "calculator" - pushing a bunch of number keys & seeing how long the carriage on top went back & forth.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoepgoed123 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 spring chicken.... I remember having 1 tv in the house, and having only 10 channels... I remember that we only had one phone... and it wasn't cordless, I remember going to my aunt's and uncle's house, they had a computer... and only 1 game... the guy that moves blocks around... I remember getting our first computer, and having to shut off the internet... because someone MIGHT call... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT_Jacket Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I also remember only having 10 channels... and that was on our working TV which sat on top of our non working TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) I remember when Cleveland had only 3 channels and it was not 24/7 Edited January 16, 2012 by Ray P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawL Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I remember ATARI, playing Frogger all night as a young kid, and then when the first Nintendo game console came out with the original Super Mario Brothers game, and Duck Hunt!!! So awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 uhm ... well def not a spring chicken but not quite a golden ager ... yet but getting there :rolleyes: I rememberhaving the rotary round dial to my phone, heck I remember a "party line" (which we had growing up.... if the other ppl were using the phone you had to wait your turn) I remember having to play with bunny ears to tune your tv or spin that lil dail behind the tv knob .. heck I remember having to get off my butt to turn the station .... OMG does this mean Im old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 One up on ya Dawl... remember Pong?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I told my oldest son (19) that I was getting him PONG for xmas so he'd appreciate all the ps3 and xbox stuff he has .. hes was like ... Youre getting me what?! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 LOL People who didn't live before the first game systems would never understand the appeal of pong... on a black and white tv no less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingy Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I remember Pong and I still have a non cable ready tv with knobs. The darn thing still works and refuses to die. I stuck it in the basement as a backup. My house has a milk door, wooden counter tops in the kitchen, bubbled glass in the cabinet fronts, iron furnace vents, push button light switches, and some of the electric knobs from the knob and tube wiring are present but not being used. Does anyone remember the plastic sticks in fudgecicles and popcicles? They had holes and you could build stuff with them once you ate enough. Or the McDonalds characters? There was Ronald, Hamburgler, Fry Guys, Grimace, Captain Crook, Big Mac and Mayor McCheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Those old TV's were built to last. I live in a house built in 1915, so I know exactly what you mean. Gotta love the floors and the woodwork though! You can still see the knobs from the old wiring all over the attic. Yes, I remember all the McDonald's characters. Anyone still have their 8-tracks and 8-track player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acappella Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) I remember when the Principals office had a strap hanging by the door. I remember when no one ever paid for a dog because no one fixed their pets and every farm had free puppies. I remember when it was safe to leave a 12 year-old girl (me) at the side of the highway all day with a wagon full of vegetables to sell. I remember when a manual push lawn mower wasn't an Eco choice, it was the only mower you had. I remember when it was a big deal to get a store bought dress because mom sewed all my clothes. I remember packing a lunch and setting out on my bike for a 3 hour ride into town. I remember my first portable radio took 8 'D' batteries. I remember "Tiger Beat". I remember saving bubble gum wrappers and mailing them in to get toys. I remember replacing the ribbon in a typewriter. I remember when carbon paper was a precious thing. I'm 46, and no spring chicken. Edited December 9, 2012 by Acappella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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