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I remember when....
« on: January 15, 2008, 06:36:48 AM »
Frosty's post about the downfall of an american institution gave me this idea....

I know a lot of us comment on how things used to be (me included). I've seen many topics that talk about the "good ol days".
Now let's start a thread about it. I'll start, (keeping it non-political)...

I remember when I could fill up my gas tank for under $10.




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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2008, 06:46:23 AM »
Good topic, Schro.  Now from a trip down memory lane......ahhhhh

I joke about this to my kids when we go to McDonalds.  I remember when I was a kid and it was a big deal to go to McDonald's for a Big Mac.  I think they were 50 cents.   The whole family could eat for under $5.
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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2008, 07:05:19 AM »
Candybars were .25 tax included!

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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2008, 07:20:13 AM »
I remember walking to school and not fearing for my life.
I remember getting 4 channels on our black and white TV.
I remember 4 and 8 track players in my first car.
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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2008, 07:50:45 AM »
I remember when parents could let their kids go play in the neighborhood till the street lights came on, and didn't have to worry about someone trying to abduct them.
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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2008, 08:18:57 AM »
I remember walking and riding bikes to school.  If there was an after school fight....well that was all it was....a fight...no charges being pressed or authorities called.
I remember Penny candy ...when it was a penny.
I remember cokes when they came in the green glass bottle....and I also remember when they first came out with 20 oz pop bottles, the bottle wrapped in like a styrofoam label....yeah you remember those....and they cost 50cents
I remember as a kid the upright pop machines..where you put the money in and pulled the bottle out...well we always walked around with a bottle opener....one would bend down with their mouth just below the bottle opening while the other would pop the top! LOL......see im not so innocent here....
I remember saturday morning cartoons...when they were cartoons....Bugs Bunny and Road Runner show....Grape Ape...Fat Albert,  Tom and Jerry, Casper, Woodie Woodpecker, Popeye ...the list could go on and on here.
I remember when it was awesome to watch jiffy pop on the stove top and seeing the aluminum foil bubble!...lol
I remember not being able to wait until it was Friday as a child.  It was Pay day for my parents and we got to do our ONCE A WEEK EATING OUT!
I remember wearing those long tube socks with the colored strips up to our knees...
I actually owned a pair of Bell Bottoms...
Light Brights were always fun...
I remember getting mad when I would play a record and only to find out it skips because my brother scratched the record...
Wow...the memories...

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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2008, 08:38:47 AM »
Timmy... How old are you anyway????  You must really be OLD....LOL... ;D
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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2008, 09:04:47 AM »
Yup
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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2008, 09:11:01 AM »
Timmy... How old are you anyway????  You must really be OLD....LOL... ;D
Tim's NOT old, just a little forgetful at times.
SlickinKC do you remember doing your homework by gaslight? 
This thread sure reminds me of Bucky Covington's song, "A Different World".
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We were born to mothers who smoked and drank
Our cribs were covered in lead-based paint
No childproof lids
No seatbelts in cars
Rode bikes with no helmets
and still here we are
Still here we are

We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved
Had three TV channels you got up to change
No video games and no satellite
All we had were friends and they were outside
Playing outside

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

School always started the same everyday
the pledge of allegiance, then someone would pray
not every kid made the team when they tried
We got disappointed but that was alright
We turned out alright

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

No bottled water
We'd drink from a garden hose
And every Sunday,
All the stores were closed.

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

It was a different world

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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2008, 09:20:13 AM »
I remember when you used to be able to get a free tootsie pop if you got one with the full Indian on the wrapper.
I remember when there was a mad rush to buy Garbage Pail Kids collectors cards.
I remember when the value of the baseball card was determined by a price guide and you didn't have to send your card in to get "rated"



Though, I did have a history professor say "There's no such thing as the good ol' days" and then he'd go into about 100 reasons why...
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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2008, 09:36:41 AM »
schro....good topic. O0  i remember just enjoying my summers as a kid and playing outside riding bikes without helmets, playing with toy guns, and listening 2 my cassette tapes.  oh....and i remember going out with the family 2 restaurants and actually enjoy the time without the disturbance of a cell phone.  and if u need 2 check your voice mail...u would go 2 the pay phone and call the house and check your answering machine. O0

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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2008, 09:50:50 AM »
I remember when you used to be able to get a free tootsie pop if you got one with the full Indian on the wrapper.
I remember when there was a mad rush to buy Garbage Pail Kids collectors cards

Wow I forgot about the indian and Tootsie Pops! Dang Garabge Pail kids! Those were sweet. I remember the first series in the mid 80's. I collected them!
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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2008, 10:06:03 AM »
My brother still has the cards.....garbage pail kids that is

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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2008, 10:14:42 AM »
I remember riding bikes all day long in the summertime... ride to friends house, ride to the public pool and swim, ride to 7-11 for a slurpee, to friends house for some snacks and tv, back out to do some BMX jumpin, go shoot some hoop, end up in a park or something when it finally started to get dark at 9:00 ....

Damn I had alot of energy back then.

I remember cars being made out of metal.

AC/DC and Van Halen were new.

Concert Tees you could only get at concerts.

Skateboards going from banana boards to wide 10" skate park boards and back.

The Gong Show w/ the unknown comic.

The Oakland raiders being REALLY hardcore with John Madden coaching and Ken Stabler at QB.

Mom and pop record stores.

Those pants that older girls wore that had the zipper front to back that we would always imagine unzipping all the way (because they did "it").

The Atari 2600 being high tech.
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Re: I remember when....
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2008, 10:29:48 AM »
I remember getting pieces of rock hard bubble gum with a pack of Topp's Baseball cards. Almost broke a front tooth on one of those.