montag on 23/8/2017 at 02:51
I'm so old (or your mamas' so fat )
I'm so old I was born before seat belts were mandated by law. My first car had only lap-belts, and the dash was made of metal.
Gas stations were full service when I was a new driver, they pumped the gas and cleaned your windshield, checked your oil, and even filled up your tires, all for less than $1:00 a gallon. (and yet still made a profit)
Gas stations were closed on Sundays, as were all stores. I remember when 7/11 was a big deal, they were open 7 days a week, 11 hours a day!
I remember 8-tracks, and that glorious clunk they made.
I remember hubcaps, and how fun it was to swap your neighbors hubcaps during the night. If you really wanted to cheese off your neighbor you would add a couple pebbles under the hubcap.
I remember having a party-line on the phone, you would pick up the phone only to hear a couple of your neighbors exchanging gossip.
I remember our rotary phone, it had a 20 ft. cord and was the wonder of the neighborhood.
I remember riding my bike to the local grocery and picking up a roast for my mom, and him adding it to our tab, so she could pay for it the next time she was in the store.
I remember we had a milk-box on the front porch, milk was delivered everyday right to our front door.
Your mamas' so fat, she jumped in the pool and NASA discovered water on Mars.
What do you remember, or how fat is your mama?
Tocky on 23/8/2017 at 04:58
Seat belts? We don't need no steeeenkin seat belts!
I'm old enough to remember what that meme references.
I recall taking a date to dinner and a movie after filling my tank and having money left over from the twenty Dad gave me.
I remember when an ounce was forty bucks and there were seeds in it and that reminds me of when Sonic brought stuff to your car on a tray that hung on the window. Ummm maybe more later... I still have one of those trays though.
demagogue on 23/8/2017 at 05:06
I don't feel like I'm that old. There's an old family photo I remember where a centenarian Civil War vet, some great great uncle or whatever, is holding my father as an infant. So I guess I'm not that young either. Earliest thing I can remember that's date-able is the release of Star Wars: A New Hope and my family going to see it.
montag on 23/8/2017 at 05:37
Quote Posted by Tocky
Seat belts? We don't need no steeeenkin seat belts!
When I was in High School I had a class called Cinema Studies, only Art Studies could take it. So of course we all watched "The Wild Bunch", so I get your reference! I remember when a quarter was $25 and it was two fingers deep in a zip-lock bag, so pretty close to half an ounce, but we would only pay that price for really high quality weed. How times have changed!
Dia on 23/8/2017 at 12:25
I'm so old my first pet was a dinosaur. Actually, I remember when a 5-piece pack of chewing gum was only 5 cents and a pack of cigarettes was only 35 cents. And the popular song one summer that made everybody laugh was 'Mr. Custer'. I also remember my parents having a party the weekend of JFK's inauguration. Good times.
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voodoo47 on 23/8/2017 at 12:39
I'm old enough to remember my mother covering my mouth with her hand because I was asking stupid questions in public and the secret police had their ears everywhere.
Starker on 23/8/2017 at 12:42
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Tocky on 24/8/2017 at 02:02
Superman came on first but before that it was the test pattern of the Indian.
montag on 24/8/2017 at 05:05
Quote Posted by voodoo47
I'm old enough to remember my mother covering my mouth with her hand because I was asking stupid questions in public and the secret police had their ears everywhere.
Imma probably regret this, but are you serious? Details plz.
Re: cartoons, and TV in general, I remember when stations signed off at night and that test signal in the morning. Also, Bugs and Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, which have now been censored. Thanks for the memories!
In the early 80's we had an early version of cable tv, it was called "On TV" (if I remember correctly) and it only came on after 8:00pm. The box that controlled it had a cable that lead from the TV, and had a "Battleship" style controller. It had a row of buttons up and down, about 5-6 and a row of 3 across, so you would press two buttons to tune to one channel. It also had NO commercials, which was a thing back then, because you payed for your programing, commercials were deemed unnecessary. I also remember when commercials only ran at 30 minute intervals, and Alfred Hitchcock would complain about them even then. Crap, the little monster has awoken, gotta run.
