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Posted: 7/26/2013 4:58:44 PM EDT
...I remember when Adam Sandler was funny
...I remember when you could say, "Dude, I went to a Green Day concert....", and not get your ass kicked ...I remember when if you took naughty pictures of a chick, you DIDN'T send them to the one hour photo, you had them "sent out" in case the person developing them at Walgreens recognized you, or her, as it was never someone who would "high five" you for having took them... Your turn! |
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............I remember when TV's came in 2 colors.........black and white!
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Who's greenday?
Adam Sandler was in that hockey golf movie, right? Fotomat |
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...when it took the radio about a minute after you turned it on to start playing.
...when you got a free glass with a sports team logo if you filled up with 25-cent gas. ... when we thought Elvis was screwing up Rock 'N' Roll. |
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I remember Chico And The Man.
Watergate. (barely) Tony Orlando and Dawn. When a kid could walk the streets at pretty much any hour and not have to worry about his safety. Steel Tonka trucks that would cut you wide open if you fell on them. |
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I remember when the national anthem signed off television for the night at 12:30 or 1:00...and if you saw it, it meant you were up to damn late.
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I'm so old I remember when computers were only on Star Trek, or used by NASA
This was, of course, long before 'cell phones'. And when those did come along, they were as big as a briefcase |
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Quoted: and had just 3 channels...... and you went outside to use the bathroom...... and to get heat in the winter you had to go get a shovel full of coal and fire up the boiler..... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: ............I remember when TV's came in 2 colors.........black and white! and had just 3 channels...... and you went outside to use the bathroom...... and to get heat in the winter you had to go get a shovel full of coal and fire up the boiler..... |
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I remember when the national anthem signed off television for the night at 12:30 or 1:00...and if you saw it, it meant you were up to damn late. And then there was a test pattern with an Indian oh sh*t... now I really feel old |
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I remember when it was exciting our new tractor came with an 8-track player...and an air conditioned cab.
I also remember when EVERYWHERE was closed Christmas and Boxing Day. You were lucky to find a drug store or gas station open. |
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I'm so old I remember buying nitric acid at the local drug store.
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I remember when a seven-second quarter mile was quick.
And that was Top Fuel Now, Pro Stock (naturally aspirated on gasoline) is running deep in the sixes |
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I remember when the national anthem signed off television for the night at 12:30 or 1:00...and if you saw it, it meant you were up to damn late. View Quote My mom told me that she remembers when it would close with the poem "(High Flight) Touch the Face of God". I remember because we heard it somewhere and she told me that's where she remembered it from. RIP John Magee. |
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I remember when Dave Garroway hosted the Today Show.
I remember the show Our Miss Brooks I remember the show Sky King ................................ My Little Margie I remember the polio vaccine in a sugar cube. So much more. |
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I remember when there were five TV channels (if you lived close to a city)
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young punks! how about:
gas wars resulting in 15 cents a gallon. burger, fries and coke at McD for 50 cents. Ed Sullivan blocking the cameras showing Elvis from the waist down Alan Shepard being the first American in space. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels as The Lone Ranger and Tonto. Jack Parr hosting the Tonight Show. Receiving our first TV set, manufactured by Spartan Electronics. And using the cabinet from that set as the base for the next portable one, well into the seventies. |
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Quoted: ...I remember when Adam Sandler was funny ...I remember when you could say, "Dude, I went to a Green Day concert....", and not get your ass kicked ...I remember when if you took naughty pictures of a chick, you DIDN'T send them to the one hour photo, you had them "sent out" in case the person developing them at Walgreens recognized you, or her, as it was never someone who would "high five" you for having took them... Your turn! View Quote |
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young punks! how about: gas wars resulting in 15 cents a gallon. burger, fries and coke at McD for 50 cents. Ed Sullivan blocking the cameras showing Elvis from the waist down Alan Shepard being the first American in space. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels as The Lone Ranger and Tonto. Jack Parr hosting the Tonight Show. Receiving our first TV set, manufactured by Spartan Electronics. And using the cabinet from that set as the base for the next portable one, well into the seventies. View Quote How is the wifi reception there in the nursing home? |
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I got a great memory:
- Steve Garvey tearing his hamstring - Lita Ford screwing Lemmy of Motorhead - Metallica playing the country club in Reseda - Punkers made their clothes and would never go to Hot Topics - you brought your old bottles into the store before you went shopping - you ate a marathon bar while shopping - you gave a hitch hiker a ride on Xmas cause hardly any cars on the road - Universal Amphitheatre used to not have a roof - the older kids used to go to Tom Sawyer Island to smoke out at disneyland - Oh and maybe I should pick up one of those $175 winchester carbines to go with the $200 mac 90, 38 special $6, 223 $3, 7.62 x 39 $2 in 1993 - flying down the road with the windows down you knew you were going fast when the seat belt slipped from the clip and nailed you in the head |
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My mom told me that she remembers when it would close with the poem "(High Flight) Touch the Face of God". I remember because we heard it somewhere and she told me that's where she remembered it from. RIP John Magee. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I remember when the national anthem signed off television for the night at 12:30 or 1:00...and if you saw it, it meant you were up to damn late. My mom told me that she remembers when it would close with the poem "(High Flight) Touch the Face of God". I remember because we heard it somewhere and she told me that's where she remembered it from. RIP John Magee. I remember when Reagan quoted that in his memorial to the crew of STS-51, Space Shuttle Challenger. But that wasn't that long ago, now was it... This thread has epic potential |
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Quoted: Quoted: I'm so old I can remember when you could buy a Micky Mouse Phone at the phone company for $350...and they still owned it after you bought it. Shit, I had forgotten about that. As a military brat moving from base to base at that time, turning in the phones was a big deal. I remember my cousins all had "vanity phones" but when my mom explained how it worked, even as a kid I thought it was stupid. ...of course now I buy Direct TV receivers...that they own.
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Quoted: I remember when my sister and I were the TV remote controls. View Quote I remember this. Speaking of sisters, I remember the first time my sister and I saw Velcro / hook-and-loop fabric. Just an inch-long strip that held a pen to a rewritable message board. It was a big deal. I was in high school before I first saw a calculator. I think that early deprivation did me some good. I know what you're thinking: my iPhone must have had an app for that. I guess I just didn't notice. |
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I remember when we all thought Lillian Gish was the bee's knees .............
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.... I rode a bicycle without a helmet and survived.
.... didn't have a remote, I was the remote. "Hey boy, turn it to 7 would ya." "Sure dad" click, click, click, click, click "It's fuzzy, go outside and turn the antennae." |
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I can remember when you could have any color phone you wanted...as long as you wanted a black one. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I'm so old I can remember when you could buy a Micky Mouse Phone at the phone company for $350...and they still owned it after you bought it. I can remember when you could have any color phone you wanted...as long as you wanted a black one. Now that rule applies to the president... |
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young punks! how about: gas wars resulting in 15 cents a gallon. burger, fries and coke at McD for 50 cents. Ed Sullivan blocking the cameras showing Elvis from the waist down Alan Shepard being the first American in space. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels as The Lone Ranger and Tonto. Jack Parr hosting the Tonight Show. Receiving our first TV set, manufactured by Spartan Electronics. And using the cabinet from that set as the base for the next portable one, well into the seventies. View Quote |
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I remember when "The Great One" was Jackie Gleason and we never missed his show on TV.
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...or when I could get a soda and a pack of smokes for a dollar...
...and get some change back... |
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I'm so old I can remember when you could buy a Micky Mouse Phone at the phone company for $350...and they still owned it after you bought it. I can remember when you could have any color phone you wanted...as long as you wanted a black one. The damn things were indestructible, though. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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