Posted: 9/12/2004 10:51:58 PM EDT
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Remember when you could watch TV without seeing commercials for credit cards, prescription drugs, and low-life lawyers? Remember the days before paid programming? I need to dig some of my old TV tapes out and watch them just for the commercials. |
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Yep. LOL. Remember when you could just walk down the block to just about any store, plop down some cash, and walk out with a brand spanking new weapon? And carry it home under your arm without getting a single stare? No wait, no check, no fuss, no muss. Cash and carry. It wasn't that long ago. |
I got to fill out a 4473 but no check with CCW here. Nearest gunstore is kinda far away though. |
Those little watermarks kill me when I tape things. |
I walk in, pick one out, fill out the 4473 and state form, pay my money, and walk out the door. I wish VA would exempt CHP holders from the check. At least we're exempted from the 1 gun a month law now. |
Remember when cable tv first came out? It's selling point was that you were paying for it, so no commercials and they could use profanity and show nudity anytime. Also, remember when MTV played music videos?!?! 
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I didn't have cable until 1989, when we moved to town. Before then all we had was an antenna and NBC. When we did get cable, we got 7 channels. PBS, WGN, NBC, TBS, ABC, CBS, and CMT. I can remember my grandparents having cable as early as 1984ish, and they lived in the sticks of WV. Speaking of MTV and music videos, I was surfing the channels at home yesterday evening. Go by MTV and see Lenny Kravitz. Think, "Wow, a music video at 4PM on a Sunday afternoon on MTV?". After about 20 seconds, it turns out to be a fucking GAP commercial. |
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Remeber when you could run down the street play war games with the nieborhood kids with cap guns and no one gave you a second look as you fought over who shot who. ETA: your dead I shot ya! No you didn't you missed. No, I got you when you took cover behind the dog. 
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Never missed it in my younger days. I remember spending many a winter evening watching the local & national news on NBC at my grandparents house. I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a national news broadcast on any of the three major networks. |
You still can't do that?  There was a Family Circle comic to that end in Saturday's paper. Billy was pointing his index finger at Jeffy and saying "Bang Bang!". Then their mother entered the picture and his words changed to "Squirt, Squirt!" and Billy had a frown on his face. |
I think about that every month when I pay my cable bill. Imagine that, actually paying to watch advertisments. We're crazy, aren't we? 
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Artist Tim McGraw Album Live Like You Were Dying Song Back When Don't you remember The fizz in a pepper Peanuts in a bottle At ten, two and four A fried bologna sandwich With mayo and tomato Sittin' round the table Don't happen much anymore We got too complicated It's all way over-rated I like the old and out-dated Way of life Back when a hoe was a hoe Coke was a coke And crack's what you were doing When you were cracking jokes Back when a screw was a screw The wind was all that blew And when you said I'm down with that Well it meant you had the flu I miss back when I miss back when I miss back when I love my records Black, shiny vinyl Clicks and pops And white noise Man they sounded fine I had my favorite stations The ones that played them all Country, soul and rock-and-roll What happened to those times? I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies Cause they put pop in my country I want more for my money The way it was back then Back when a hoe was a hoe Coke was a coke And crack's what you were doing When you were cracking jokes Back when a screw was a screw The wind was all that blew And when you said I'm down with that Well it meant you had the flu I miss back when I miss back when I miss back when Give me a flat top for strumming I want the whole world to be humming Just keep it coming The way it was back then Back when a hoe was a hoe Coke was a coke And crack's what you were doing When you were cracking jokes Back when a screw was a screw The wind was all that blew And when you said I'm down with that Well it meant you had the flu I miss back when I miss back when I miss back when |
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I miss records. Putting an LP on the turntable, putting a couple drops of cleaner on the pad, letting it run a couple revolutions, putting the needle over a track, and flipping the switch. Now me, 27 other people, and DJ's are the only people who like records. Oh, and the main problem? I was born after the advent of CD's. 'Course, my father, sort of an audiophile himself, has amassed a large collection of the classics... |
