The "Remember When" Thread ...

[MJ DeMarco]

Ill start ...

Remember When you took photos and actually couldn't see them until you 1) Drove to the photo developer and got them developed 2) Wait 5 days 3) Pay for them 4) Open envelope and look at them.


Remember When you could only talk on the phone in an area where the cord could reach? I remember my mother was the awe of the neighborhood -- she had a 20 ft telephone cord and could walk around the kitchen!

 

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[Kak]

Remember when you didn't have to tell people "it isn't covid" if you're feeling under the weather?

Remember when a socialist was a taboo thing to declare yourself?

 

[MTF]

Remember when you've never heard the word "lockdown" before, masks were something only surgeons wore, and you had freedom to travel or visit any place or business you wanted?

 

[Thiago Machado]

 

[The Grind]

Remember when you walked into a room and everyone didn't have their heads down on facebook or snapchat?

 

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[nothingness]

Remember when mandatory lockdowns, "your papers please, sir" and mandatory injections were things you would mock conspiracy theorists for?

 

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[Walter Hay]

As possibly the oldest member still active on the forum, perhaps my memories from growing up in the mid to late forties and then into the fifties might be interest.

Toothpaste came in powder form packed in a tin. A dampened toothbrush was dipped in the powder.

It was safe for me as an 8 year old to travel overnight alone by steam train, departing 8.45 pm and arriving at my home town 153 miles away at 4.45 am. I did this a number of times.

In the street where I lived there was only one car. It was an American convertible, owned by a successful criminal. It was parked outside his house and only used when he took his moll for a drive.

I knew of nobody owning a telephone, and there was no radio in our house.

Walking was the most common way to get from point A to point B. Every school day I walked 1 1/2 miles each way to and from elementary school, carrying a leather bag holding my books.

Most factory workers lived as close as possible to their place of employment so that they could walk there.

Biscuits were sold by the pound, taken from a huge tin and put in a paper bag for weighing. The shopkeeper spun the bag around between two hands to more or less close it.

Cash registers really went Ka-Ching when the shopkeeper pulled hard on the lever.

Ashes from a nearby power station rained down on our house, often necessitating that my mother wash it all again - by hand!

At the age of four, I and my male siblings had our first haircut and were allowed to drink tea. Tea was the standard beverage. Because of the cost, coffee was for the upper classes only.

Walter

 

[Red]

Remember when text messages were 25¢ each & were NOT included in any cell phone plan?

That was a painful lesson circa 2000....

 

[mentalic]

Remember when there was no internet?

 

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[TheCj]

Remember when cars had two different keys.

Remember when an international long distance call coming into the house was something that everyone in the house would pay attention too and take turns talking on the phone.

 

[socaldude]

Remember when you had to “dial up” to access the internet and you couldn’t use your house phone in the meantime.

 

[rcardin]

remember when a pack of smokes and a gallon of gas were each 99 cents.

remember when you could collect enough empty coke bottled to return to the convenience store and buy a handful of candy?

 

[Russ H]

Remember when . . .

-Food took longer than 3 minutes to cook?

-Phones were something only rich people had in their cars?

-Computers were something only Universities could afford, and took up entire buildings?

-Music came on flat black discs the size of a car tire?

-Coke was a fizzy fun brown soft drink?

-Your favorite movie came on only once a year, on channel 4, and they showed it at 2 am?

...................

-Russ H.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Remember when you liked a girl, you would make her a MIX TAPE? Do kids even know what a CASSETTE TAPE looks like anymore? I found one in my garage the other day and couldn't find anything to play it!

 

[GuestUser140]

Remember the sound of a new message on MSN Messenger?

 

[Ronnie]

Remember when you took a broken TV to a TV repair man?

Also, remember when you would forget to set up the record on a VCR before going out so you ended up missing that new season premier of your favorite show?

 

[Formless]

Seconding the point about 'organic food' being just food.

Off topic but has anyone got/had a vegetable garden before? When I was 8 we had a small garden full of tomatoes, cucumbers, spring onions, apple tree etc...

I remember going out at 5am to pick the fruit & veg and then going to the farmer shop next door where they sold hot bread fresh out of the oven. I can still remember the aroma and crackle of the crust when you cut it.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Remember when the post office used to raise rates every 7 or 8 years and it made big news?

Now they raise rates every 7 or 8 months.

Perhaps this should go into the hyperinflation thread...

 

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[Kak]

Remember when TVs and computer monitors were square with a convex chunk of glass on them?

 

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[Jill]

Remember when a nice ol' man would wash your windshield while he pumped your gas FOR you?

Remember when ELO's record came out and it was BLUE!?

 

[biophase]

Ill start ...

Remember When you took photos and actually couldn't see them until you 1) Drove to the photo developer and got them developed 2) Wait 5 days 3) Pay for them 4) Open envelope and look at them.

Remember when you took a picture and the flash bulb only worked once.

Remember when you couldn't turn off your computer cause then you'd lose all the code you just typed cause your tape recorder wasn't working.

 

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[yveskleinsky]

Remember when VCRs first came out and there was the whole war between beta and VHS?

Remember when a membership to Blockbuster video was like $100?

Remember when you could prank call people and they never knew who you were? (What do kids do nowadays at slumber parties?)

Remember when you could tell if someone was really into you by the mix tape they made you? ...And then do you remember accidentally leaving tapes in your car on a hot summer day.

Remember when schools didn't have armed guards or metal detectors?

Remember when only rich people had two story homes with two car garages...and two televisions?

Remember when your school made you sell those coupons books and/or candy bars and they'd present it as some sort of competition and that it was fun, but really it was the lamest thing ever? Wtf was that about?!

(For girls) Remember when you were first allowed to put on nail polish that wasn't clear? lol

 

[Runum]

Schools didn't have air conditioners.
You were the TV remote control.
The first runs of MASH.
AM radio with a front and rear speaker in the car.
8 track tapes.
Mag wheels were really made of magnesium.

 

[yveskleinsky]

You were the TV remote control.

My little brother had that job, lol.

Remember the cable box channel thingy that sat on top of your TV and you had to go push a button to switch channels, and if you pushed two buttons you'd get scrambled HBO or Cinemax?

 

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[StreetsofSilver]

Remember when computer screens were green?

Remember when you'd have to rip the edges off the paper when trying to print from a printer and it did not come in single sheets?

Remember when there was no "Press 1 for English" because everyone had rotary phones?

Remember when you used to actually get a live person on the phone who spoke English?

Remember when the first cell phones were as big as cordless phones and had an antenna?

Remember slap bracelets, jelly shoes, jelly bracelets, and MC Hammer pants?

 

[Jill]

THANK YOU, Russ! (Wow, I'm old.)

Remember when you had to go to the library to do research, starting with the card catalogue?

 

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[Russ H]

Oh, ouch-- the card catalogue . . . I do remember that . . .

 

[Runum]

Dewey Decimal System

 

[SteveO]

.... you would stop playing baseball or football in the street to watch "Gilligan's Island"

.... your mom would kick you out of the house for peace and quiet and you would not come home until dark... at the age of seven!

.... cars did not have air conditioners unless they were added aftermarket.

.... all the boys would pile into the back of the coaches truck for a ride to practice.

.... you actually had to use "hand writing"

.... you could lay down to sleep in the back windowsill of the car.

.... a neighborhood fistfight would even draw the parents as spectators.

.... running was because you had to...

.... for bio... when Fortran used a hole punch

 

[Luke12321]

Remember when it was damn near impossible to sign online with AOL because of the lack of numbers.

I remember being so excited when I heard the modem finally getting a connection!

Also, being so mad when I lost connection and knew it would be a good hour of dialing to get back on!

 

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