We all have them... "remember when you could do this...?
With school out and kids everywhere. I remember when I could hop on my bike (one speed) in the morning, pack a lunch and be gone all day riding all the back farm roads until about dinner time. You could be gone all day and parents knew you'd be safe and they never needed to worry.
Favorite ride was to an old railroad bridge by Scott Field and eat lunch and wait for a train to go under the bridge. Yep remember it as Scott Field before it became a big Air Force base. At that time you could just ride through the gate and just wave hi. No ID, or state your business.
The good ole days I remember is gas for $.50 cents a gallon. I could fill my gas hog of a pick-up full for just about $10 bucks and we thought that it was expensive then. Hardly ever did we have to fill up unless we traveled someplace like to the mountains.
Boy those days are sure LONGGGGGGGGGGGG gone. Now it takes me almost $70 to fill up my fuel effeciant vehicle and I have to do that once a week just so I can back and forth to work.
OYE boy, where those the good ole days.
My first car took only $5 to fill the tank...it was a Ford Maverick.
I remember when all the speed limits on the highways were 75 m.p.h. and not just a scattered few.
I remember the previous "fuel shortage" when they raised the prices and rationed gas. People lined up for miles to get fuel.
I remember the food boycots of the 70's...especially red meats.
I remember Billy Beer. Jaque Cousteau.
I remember "Song of the South" by Disney.
Zipadee Doo Dah...Zipadeeyay...my my my what a wonderful day. Plenty of Sunshine headed my way. Zipadeedoodah. Zipadeeyay.
I LOVED Uncle Remus!!! :'( :'(
Also in the good ole days
Mutual of Omaho's WIld Kingdom on Sunday Evenings hosted by Marlin Perkins
Wonderful world of Disney that was good family TV not this Gray's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, CSI New York, etc...
Pop in a bottle for $.25 cents and candy bars for a dime.
$.25 cent comic books
No worry about solminilia scares on any food
No Echolie (sp) scres on meet
NO WAR! NO TERRORISM!
I remember FULL SERVICE gas pumps...S&H Greenstamps!
Remember having to wear dresses or skirts until a junior in high school because pants weren't allowed.
8 tracks
When stores closed on Sundays and you really had a day of rest or atleaast a break in the work week.
Penniy candy (and it still was a decent size)
Sonic booms....loved hearing them
Ans yep we did the S&H Greenstamps too.
Quote from: festmum on June 12, 2008, 07:31:00 PM
I remember Billy Beer.
Oh, yes, Billy Beer. I still think it was Bud filtered through Billy....
I remember driving to Wyoming from Montana to buy Coors as it was only sold in certain States. Now, after tasting Guiness, Belhaven & Bass I wonder why I bothered.
I remember when MTV actually had music videos and was only on the air for about 1/2 a day.
I remember (and miss) the days when teachers could beat their students for acting up in class then the student would get another one upon getting home for the same reason.
I remember when children's activities were not organized and/or regulated. All the neighborhood kids would get together in an empty lot and place baseball, football or whatever they wanted.
Yup, I'm offically an Old Fart now.
When surfboards was 10' plus, an ya could spend the weekend campin' at Laguna Nigel, on the beach, fer free. When an 8 second run at Lions drag strip got ya a trophy in top fuel. When ya could fly .35 combat in the local schoolyard wi'out gettin chased off by the cops. When the big events in high school gymnastics was swinging rings an rope climb. When the hot item in car sound systems was a reverb switch.
I misses Hootennanny :'(
Quote from: KeeperoftheBar on June 13, 2008, 12:34:08 PM
I remember (and miss) the days when teachers could beat their students for acting up in class then the student would get another one upon getting home for the same reason.
It sure kept kids in line then.
Hey I remember Hootennanny too.
May not be an old fart, just rather well seasoned.
When Cartoons were on Saturday morning and they were REAL cartoons, not this Ed, Edd, and Eddy crap.
Gotta Love Bugs Bunny and crew, Tennesee Tuxedo, Hanna Barbara, Tutor the Turtle, Underdog, WOW what cartoons
Heh heh heh, Crusader Rabbit rules.
Did someone say "Crusade!?" Great memories everyone as I can relate to almost all. We also used to have a milkman and a eggman back in the day too.
I'm a little young, so my good old days are going to be a little later.
I remember when we had one computer, which ran on DOS, and it was in the basement. We didn't have the internet. We had a game or two on it, but mostly we played OUTSIDE. With real toys, and games we made up ourselves and had to use our imaginations for.
I remember when kids were allowed to see violent cartoons, before Treehouse (which I think is a load of crap). When I was a kid, I watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Super Mario Brothers, She-Ra, Captain N, Megaman, Legend of Zelda, Power Rangers, etc.
I remember Atari. And when Super Nintendo was the best thing around, and you were totally l33t if you beat Super Mario Brothers.
I remember when Spandex was cool.
I remember when JT was just Justin from N*Sync. And when the Spice Girls were popular. (it feels like a long time ago)
And I remember Care Bears before the Care Bear Cousins.
I remember circling the Big Boy drive-in and waiting to see who would be there on a Friday night.
Circle three times and it was known you were looking for a drag-race.
And there were no drive-by shootings.
I remember Big Boys with onion rings and strawberry pie...
I remember when the drinking age was 18 for 3.2 beer so we drank twice as much.
I also remember drinking Ripple and Boones Farm Strawberry Hill because that was all we could afford.
Quote from: Lady_Delaney on June 13, 2008, 09:06:05 AM
Mutual of Omaho's WIld Kingdom on Sunday Evenings hosted by Marlin Perkins
Wonderful world of Disney that was good family TV
My whole family circled around the B & W Zenith, watching them. Was the only night out of the week we kids were allowed any soda pop.
Quote from: Lady_Delaney on June 13, 2008, 02:26:41 PM
When Cartoons were on Saturday morning and they were REAL cartoons
Gotta Love Bugs Bunny and crew, Tennesee Tuxedo, Hanna Barbara, Tutor the Turtle, Underdog, WOW what cartoons
Don't forget Tom & Jerry, Bullwinkle & Rocky, Flintstones, Beanie & Cecil, George of the Jungle...
Playing Little league baseball, half the town came to watch, and not one parent got out of line.
Getting on my bike, running around with friends 'til dark... and Mom not worrying.
Camping in the backyard with my older brothers.
'Tubing down the local creek.
Dirt piles.
Real metal Tonka trucks.
Being fearful of uttering the words "I'm bored" in front of my parents.
One black dial-type phone in the house... on a party line.
Going out for family dinner at a restaurant was a monthly treat, not a daily expectation.
Tree houses.
Go-carts made from old bike parts & lawn mower engines.
Scrapes & bruises from Go-carts made from old bike parts & lawn mower engines
***Slorach wipes a nostalgic tear from the corner of his ancient eye***
When TV went from Black and White to Color.
The Flintstones on Friday night.
Warming my toes above the heat register by the light of the Xmas tree while watching Bugs early on Sat mornings.
There was a pretty good chance (1 in 3) you were watching the same program as the President.
Going to the butcher and buying Hamburger...3 lbs for a dollar.
World Series games on in the afternoon and we all had those little radios that would work by attaching the leads to a fence.
The first Comdex, Compuserve Informational Network, Andrea with a start up company called Word Perfect and the indoor soccer game at Comdex at the Sands. And the first version of MS Windows, no it didn't work right then either.
Quote from: Laird Slorach Gomerel on June 13, 2008, 05:47:20 PM
Scrapes & bruises from *** made from old *** parts & ***
That sounds like a great title for a new topic. Ya up to it?
Ahh, listinin' to the Indy 500 live on the radio then seein' it on tv that evenin'. Adventurein' in Paradise wi' Bill Burrid. ROFLin' as me uncle dissassembles his new color tv lookin' fer bugs when Granny tells 'im the first few minutes 'o The Wizard 'o Oz is in B&W.
An I surely miss havin' an alarm clock that didn't take a 'puter wiz to program >:(
Old metal skates that you had to use a skate key to tighten them onto your sneakers. You would wear the key around your neck on a string so you didn't lose it and you had to remember which part of the sidewalk to pick your feet up so you didn't go flying into the bushes.
Or those flesh-coloured noseplugs you used to wear around your neck all summer long.
Walking to the public pool (a 45 minute walk) coming home to eat lunch, go back, come home for dinner and then go back and swim till it closed at 9 PM.
*Captain Morgan--it was Cumberland Pool*
Quote from: Baron Doune on June 13, 2008, 06:10:44 PM
When TV went from Black and White to Color.
There was a pretty good chance (1 in 3) you were watching the same program as the President.
When the TV had a dial you had to get up to change and only had 13 channels on it, only 3 of which you could get anything on (cause public TV didn't count back then).
There were almost as many programs in black and white as in color.
I grew up with computers in my house the whole time. But before you start thinking I'm a teenager.....my dad had his office at home and the computer took up the space of about two full-sized refridgerators, except they were taller. The printer was the size of the teletype (remember those anyone?), and the Disks that went in the disk drive were these big huge things that were about 3-4 inches thick and were probably about 15 inches in radius, they had a pop-up handle in the middle of them to carry them with.
Collecting records and listening to cassettes.
$10 filled up my gas tank. *sob*
The higher the hair, the closer to God!
When the "M" in MTV literally did mean music.
When VH1 had music shows instead of reality celebutard shows.
Being a loyal reader of Sassy magazine.
Space Invaders, Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong were addicting.
Watching WWF every Saturday with my brother. YAY Hulk Hogan, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, and Andre the Giant! BOO Roddy Piper and Iron Sheik!
Quote from: Angelhood on June 13, 2008, 07:03:55 PM
I grew up with computers in my house the whole time. But before you start thinking I'm a teenager.....my dad had his office at home and the computer took up the space of about two full-sized refridgerators, except they were taller. The printer was the size of the teletype (remember those anyone?), and the Disks that went in the disk drive were these big huge things that were about 3-4 inches thick and were probably about 15 inches in radius, they had a pop-up handle in the middle of them to carry them with.
My brother and I used to get to press the button that lowered the window to the tape drive so my dad (the computer person at that office) could change the tape. The "don't rewrite" protection was a thin ring of plastic with a "pull=tab" like an oversized bracelet. we'd stack 20 or 30 up our arms. Then go play with used cards flying out of the keypunch machines!
I HAD pong on the TV, my grandmother bought it for me. And we still have our original mobile phone, in the bag about the size of a loaf of bread.
Yeesh.
Capt. Marga
QuoteQuote from: Lady_Delaney on June 13, 2008, 02:26:41 PM
When Cartoons were on Saturday morning and they were REAL cartoons
Gotta Love Bugs Bunny and crew, Tennesee Tuxedo, Hanna Barbara, Tutor the Turtle, Underdog, WOW what cartoons
Don't forget Tom & Jerry, Bullwinkle & Rocky, Flintstones, Beanie & Cecil, George of the Jungle...
How about Super Chicken, Dudley Do Right of the Canadian Mounties, Hong Kong Fooey, Speed Buggy, Johny Quest, and the REAL Speed Racer? OOOoo what was the cartoon with Mutley the dog and they were all in airplanes? Anybody remember that one?
I remember the gas rationing in the 70's. We had a green station wagon. My Mom would open the very back and I would sit with my legs dangling staring at the car behind us for what seemed like forever.
And for those of us in St. Louis... Chuck-A-Burger! That was THE place to be after a car show. They finally closed the last one on the Rock Road a few years ago. I think I shed a tear when I heard about it. *sniffle*
OOooo... One of my favorites... Garbage Pail Kids.
Quote from: Welsh Wench on June 13, 2008, 03:57:05 PM
I\I remember when the drinking age was 18 for 3.2 beer so we drank twice as much.
I also remember drinking Ripple and Boones Farm Strawberry Hill because that was all we could afford.
Yep loved 18 then and the things you could mix Boones Farm Strawberry Hill with. Hey a $1.95 could get you a nice buzz them.
Tie dyed t-shirts.
Let's see...
I remember gas at .86 a gallon
Cigarettes at .75 per pack
HBO was a switch on top of your TV
MTV ran for 8 hours per day and actually SHOWED music videos!!
Kids played outside until their parents yelled or rang a bell
Quote from: Once Debauched on June 13, 2008, 11:20:12 PM
OOOoo what was the cartoon with Mutley the dog and they were all in airplanes? Anybody remember that one?
That would be "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines."
Quote from: Once Debauched on June 13, 2008, 11:20:12 PM
QuoteQuote from: Lady_Delaney on June 13, 2008, 02:26:41 PM
When Cartoons were on Saturday morning and they were REAL cartoons
Gotta Love Bugs Bunny and crew, Tennesee Tuxedo, Hanna Barbara, Tutor the Turtle, Underdog, WOW what cartoons
Don't forget Tom & Jerry, Bullwinkle & Rocky, Flintstones, Beanie & Cecil, George of the Jungle...
How about Super Chicken, Dudley Do Right of the Canadian Mounties, Hong Kong Fooey, Speed Buggy, Johny Quest, and the REAL Speed Racer? OOOoo what was the cartoon with Mutley the dog and they were all in airplanes? Anybody remember that one?
No one remembers Captain Caveman?! I loved him. XD
I remember when kids got more education from their parents than from TV shows. Sure, we watched Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers, but everyone I grew up with learned their alphabet and numbers from their parents or grandparents. For that matter, I remember when kids knew their alphabet and how to count to at least 50 or 100 before kindergarten, and most of us could read as well. I was talking to my kindergarten teacher not long ago, and she said, in her class last year, she had to teach over half the kids their alphabet, and at least as many couldn't count over 10. Back then, kids weren't limited on what they could learn, either. They didn't dumb down the subject matter for the whole class, just so kids that weren't getting it didn't feel bad. Those kids got tutored. (This changed around my sophomore in high school, and it actually caused my grades to -drop-, because I was so bored!)
I remember family camping trips when you slept in a tent, or at most a pop-up camper, and you weren't "bored." You could run all over the campground all day, making new friends, and your parents didn't have to worry.
I remember friendship bracelets, and how devastating it was when someone asked for one back.
I remember Fraggle Rock!
I remember when kids from "broken homes" were more of a rarity. (In elementary school, we actually had a special "group" at lunchtime with a counselor, who taught us about divorce and things. My parents split up when I was three, but my gram still put me in that group so I could understand it.)
I remember when a teacher could hug a crying student without getting slapped with sexual harassment charges.
Eating an ine cream cone while laying on the hood of the car.
Going to the drive-in with at big paper bag of popcorn and seeing 2 movies.
Sitting at the edge of the runway and watch planes come in.
As for remote TV, "hey get up and change the channel"
Endless Summers, the thrill of the last day of the school year, penny candy.
Baron, penny candy reminds me of going around the neighborhood and collecting bottles for the refund money. We'd bring them in and then buy penny candy with the refunds. The market had a screen door with the 7-Up logo and catchphrase from then, "You like it, it likes you." If you wanted candy for another penny or two more than you'd collected, you'd then go back out and scrounge until you found just one more bottle so you could get it.
We had both a bakery delivery and the milkman, right to our front door. My coyote-dog, Cotton, one time took all of the eggs out of the container on the front porch and set them on the welcome mat. She didn't break one. We would run out to the bakery truck which smelled like heaven to get fresh cinnamon rolls. We also had the ice cream truck in summer.
TV: Crusader Rabbit. Clutch Cargo (very weird!) Farmer John. Romper Room. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones on Ed Sullivan. President Kennedy's funeral. Jack Paar hosting The Tonight Show. Laugh-In and The Smother's Brothers. The Addams Family. Steve Allen!!!!!
Music: Too much to list! But I remember '78's and '45's and of course, LP's (33 1/3)...Radio wasn't fragmented. KPPC (arguably the first LA underground station) played everything. Joan Baez never charged more than $2 for a concert and the most expensive tickets were, I think $8 in that time frame.
Everyone about your age was your friend. And they really were.
I remember....
Having to go outside to physically turn the tv antennea.
Going to the local one screen .99 cent theater complete with sticky floor.
Going to the drive in movies was a big deal!
Playing outside all day and my parents not worrying.
Playing games like cops and robbers, cowboys and indians..and not being called politically incorrect.
Building bikes from spare parts..
The simple summer joys of swimming, catching lightning bugs in a jar, or doing absolutely nothing, and not having every minute of the day structured and planned out.
Riding my horse through a lovely tract of woods and an old gravel pit behind my grandmothers' house..where there is now an apartment complex being built. :'(
I remember when a kid would get hurt on their bike or whatever, mom would fix them up and out they'd go again. Nowadays it seems like any little injury warrants a trip to the nearest trauma center.
I remember..if a guy snapped a girls bra, girl would turn around and slap the snot out of him, and that would be the end of it.
I remember having to shell endless pans of peas or snapping beans fresh from the garden. Complained about it too, but now I remember it fondly. Mom cooked every day and we ate what she fixed, no special meals for picking eaters.Trips to McDonalds and the Tastee Freeze were an occasional special treat, not a daily menu item. Back then it didn't seem like every other kid on the planet had some food allergy. Oh, and what childhood obesity?
Goodness, I could go on and on....
Super SUGAR Crisp cereal, Jello popsicles made at home, Kentucky FRIED Chicken. Reasonably sized portions in restaurants, and no crayons and colouring books, you learned to sit quietly and behave or next time you got left home with a sitter. If you were playing outside and you were thirsty, you drank out of the hose, and people didn't carry bottles of water everywhere unless they actually lived in the desert.
Pixie and Dixie, Road Runner, Josie and the Pussycats, Archie and the Jugheads, Tweetie and Sylvester. ElectraWoman and DynaGirl, Isis, Wonderful World of Disney on TV, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Porky Pig was NOT politically correct, however we also knew better than to make fun of children who stuttered.
Any adult in the neighborhood who saw you doing something you shouldn't Could and Would intervene, AND tell your mother because of course everyone looked out for everyone else's kids. Birthday parties where you brought a gift, played games, ate cake and went home. What's up with these Goodie Bags they have now, do children now have to be Bribed to attend a party????!!!!
Dayna
Yes, yes...good memories all. Getting up early for Saturday morning cartoons. Wonderful World of Disney was always a big night, Disney movies before they were "digitally remastered" or whatever. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was the Animal Planet of my day. Let's see what else I can dig up...
Sonny & Cher, Donny & Marie, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Solid Gold (with the Solid Gold Dancers!), Friday Night Videos, rollerskating rinks with the all-night skate, The Carol Burnett Show, collecting 45's, manual typewriters, console TVs (huge!), no remotes (what a concept), the first VCR that we RENTED for a treat, food that your parents actually COOKED for you (again, no room for pickiness), Live-Aid, tape recorders, riding your bike everywhere and being really cool if you clothespinned a playing card in the spokes!, friendship pins, having chores to do (with no expectation of an allowance), being able to go anywhere without your parents worrying...
Toys and games and things that you didn't have to worry about being PC (what's that?), jungle gyms and playgrounds on concrete and asphalt - not sand, metal Tonka trucks, cap guns, real Coca-Cola made with cane sugar, soda in bottles, telephone privacy only reached as far as the cord would allow, jelly jar glasses, Legos, Lincoln Logs, Tonka Toys, Matchbox cars, Battlestar Galactica (the original one), Star Wars...
that's all I gots fer now ;)
When drama TV was Dragnet, Adam 12, which were based on real stories.
Westerns like High Chapperel, Gunsmoke, Wanted Dead or Alive, Streets of Laredo, Gunsmoke (What girl didn't love Little Joe),
Reality TV was This is Your Life
Laugh In, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Both old and new), Original Saturday Night Live and cast
Variety shows like Flip Wilson, Glenn Campbell, Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell sisters, Dean Martin show
Love American Style,
Game shows like Beat the Clock, Lets make a deal, The Dating Game.
Pizza was home made and not delivered.
Eating out was a rare occasion even to my family who lived on the road during the summer as my dad was a Quarter Horse race trainer. Playing around the fairgrounds and race track and not having mom or dad worry.
Rodeo with out all the safety gear. You relied on your feet and your cowbell on your bull rope. Injuries in Rodeo happened and no one made a big deal about it.
Open space in the mountains without all the houseing. Forest fires not destoying homes.
But on the downside, Beer like Coors, Budwiser, Miller we had no Microbrews like O'Dells, New Belgium and many more.
Soul Train, KC and the Sunshine Band, the Farrah Fawcett Flip, wearing snowpants under your skirt when you walked back and forth to school.
Chinese food = Chun King Egg Foo Yung, water was water flavoured and water coloured, ketchup was red, mustard was yellow.
Designer kids clothes = OshKosh B'Gosh, Keds, Garanimals and Sears. Girls between 3 and 18 Did Not show their belly buttons unless they were wearing a swimming suit. Shirts covered stomachs and pants came all the way up to the waist and were hemmed so that they did not drag on the ground. High heels were reserved for High School formal dances. Baseball caps pointed forwards.
Dayna
Quote from: unilady on June 20, 2008, 04:06:31 PM
Designer kids clothes = OshKosh B'Gosh, Keds, Garanimals and Sears. Girls between 3 and 18 Did Not show their belly buttons unless they were wearing a swimming suit. Shirts covered stomachs and pants came all the way up to the waist and were hemmed so that they did not drag on the ground. High heels were reserved for High School formal dances. Baseball caps pointed forwards.
Dayna
Sears also sold "Toughskins" pants. They were the pants my mom bought for me as you could just about take a belt sander to them before they would tear.
Oh Wow...this is a great topic! A lot of my fondest memories have already been posted, but here are a few that haven't been mentioned yet...
the original Batman & Robin (Adam West and ?) I was always BatGirl (or sometimes Isis) when we were playing, and I could out-run, out- climb, and out-ride (bikes) any boy in the neighborhood!
Big Wheels!
Bubble gum with Elvis cards inside
Charles Chips...the truck that came around with all kinds of snack foods...chips in a can, hard pretzels, candied peanuts, sponge candy, etc.
Popcorn...made on the stove in a heavy kettle...in bacon grease or lard...with real butter and salt!
riding shotgun in my uncle's orange Camaro, pretending it was the General Lee & I was Daisy Duke :D
I remember my Dad would watch Bonanza, but I wasn't allowed to, because my Mom thought it was too violent. ::)
I remember watching Dinah Shore singing "see the USA in your Chevrolet"
and the Hamms bear beer commercials. I also remember watching Monster classics on my Grandma's tv on Saturday, while my Mom worked. Oh and the Norelco santa Christmas commercials. And Andy Williams, Carol Burnett, Dick Van Dyke shows. Yes, we had 45s, and 33 1/3 records. Cars came with only AM radio stations, if you were lucky. My Grandpa drove a huge old Plymouth, with tail fins and he took my brother and me fishing. He also taught me to shoot a BB gun when I was 12, much to my Mom's chagrin. ::) He also taught me to be kind to animals and appreciate nature.
Yes, many of the tv shows were Westerns, like Rifleman, Rawhide, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Wild Wild West, Laredo, Big Valley, High Chaparell and there were Lassie and My Friend Flicka.
I made 50 cents an hour for babysitting. I got 25 cents a week for an allowance, which I had to save, not spend.
We had an old manual typewriter. We had one, large, black telephone, in the kitchen. My Dad had a 1955 Chevrolet Belaire, Turquoise and white. We washed it in the driveway. We did not eat at a restaurant, ever. First time I ever ate away was on a date, at the truckstop. I had no idea how to order anything. We went to church every Sunday and were not allowed to complain. We ate what my Mom cooked, like it or not and were expected to clean our plates. Rock and roll was a bad influence and I was not allowed to listen to it. I could only get WCCO and the local radio station anyway. I took piano lessons for 50 cents a half hour, every week. That was my entertainment. Movies and dancing were a "sin". No one had air conditioning, except the stores. The school dress code did not allow anyone to wear jeans. Girls had to wear skirts/dresses, even when it was minus 30 in the winter. Yeah, good plan that was. ::)
There was no Sesame Street, I don't know of PBS even existed. If it did, our tv didnt' get it.
Captain Kangaroo!!!
Climbing trees...how *did* I end up being afraid of heights??
Horseback riding all day, literally from sunrise to sunset....Pack a lunch, bring a rope, tie out the horses and let them have their rest and lunch, too!
Swimming in the lake, til your lips turned blue, and still prostesting having to get out!
Quote from: Lady Neysa on June 20, 2008, 09:32:37 AM
I remember....
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I remember having to shell endless pans of peas or snapping beans fresh from the garden. Complained about it too, but now I remember it fondly. Mom cooked every day and we ate what she fixed, no special meals for picking eaters.Trips to McDonalds and the Tastee Freeze were an occasional special treat, not a daily menu item. Back then it didn't seem like every other kid on the planet had some food allergy. Oh, and what childhood obesity?
Goodness, I could go on and on....
Did you have to pick the Peas/Tomatoes/Corn/Okra/Squash? We (my younger sister & cousins) had to harvest the veggies before sitting in the swing or rocking chairs on screened porch to shell, snap, and shuck whatever needed it. ;D There were complaints from us too, but mainly about having to go stand in the Sun to pick the veggies (after we had been outside all day playing in the Sun). ;)
Take Care,
David Baldock
I'm still young but I use to live in duluth and when you went to the beach on the weekends every kid was your friend. Mom would let us run around and people actually built sand castles. Daddy and I use to watch cartoons every Saturday morning and eat banana nut oatmeal. We didn't have much money so a form of entertainment was car rides and every summer we had road trips out west without DVD players. Were you would play the licenses plate games and read books and at night dad would put the back seat down so we could sleep. Cowboys and Indians was the coolest game to play with every kid at the campground and mom never worried when we left. My younger brother and I use to act out scenes from star wars during play time and kids would give us tootsie rolls for it :p I miss those road trips.
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And for those of us in St. Louis... Chuck-A-Burger! That was THE place to be after a car show. They finally closed the last one on the Rock Road a few years ago. I think I shed a tear when I heard about it. *sniffle*
Hun...never fear...the Rock Road Chuck-A-Burger is still open (or was as of last week at least)!!! I heard that they were closing on Dec 31, but still see cars there....AND....wait for it....there is a NEW, yes, NEW one at 370 and Elm Point Road (where I used to be able to ride my bike no-handed on the long stretch of road by the industrial park...it was the end of civilization then....until you got to Boschertown race park that was)!!!! ;)
I havent finished reading the rest but...
Battle of the Planets (and playing it in the front yard)
Having to come in when the street lamps came on...until after we were 10, then we could play flashlight tag
Bell-bottom, crinkle cotton, ruffle halter-top, one piece pantsuits. I had 2 and they were my favorite thing to wear (when I wasn't being a tomboy)
Sunday night was Dad's night to cook, which meant, spaghetti, Pizza or pork steaks in front of the TV watching Wonderful World of Disney (and getting really frustrated when the football game ran long and postponed the start)
The spinning, multi-colored "Special" that let you know a "special presentation" was coming up...and ALWAYS craving Dolly Madison snack cakes after seeing the commercial during the Peanuts show!!!
our Big Wheel not being really cool until it had the dent in the tire.
Camping out in the back yard with friends and being able to have a campfire that WE got to tend/mess with.
Oh, and...ahem, "American League Umpire!!!!!! >:( " (Once Debuched, you will get that one won't you!)
So much more....If I could pick any age to be, I think it would be 10...back then
Playing Kick-the-Can with the other neighborhod kids even into the dark, or Hide-and-Seek, Jump rope with my sister and her friends, Playing Army with my brother and his friends even wading in small iragation ditches as we sneaked through "Enemy Lines" Making toy guns from pieces of wood and cutting them out into the shape of our favorites.
Having a tree house and pretending we were pirates. Or playing house with my sister.
Toys like Johnny West, Original GI Joes, Lego's were you had to use your imagination to make something instead of having a kit that ws shaped to make something. My mom actually worked at a Lego factory for a few months and she could buy a bag of thousands for $10 which was a ton of money for us. Lincoln Logs, Erector Sets and if you where lucky you had a little electric motor to add to it. Hot Wheels, Hot Wheels Sizzlers (Little battery powered cars that ran so fast on the hot wheels tracks), Slot Cars, Carrie Doll that you could change her hair length (My mom still has my sisters),
some great memories have been listed here. Enjoyed reading them all. Saw things i had totally forgotten about. Makes you wonder what our own kids will write down some day as their favorite memories. Hopefully they are as good as ours.
The good old days.... hmmm..lets see....
- when neighbors would wave hello to each other and stop and talk to each other
- when neighbors would help each other out
-- when neighbors would greet the new person who just moved into the neighborhood. ( i have been in my neighborhood 2 years now, and i still have neighbors who won't say boo to me, despite my attempts to say hello ! I do shower everyday ! ROFL ! Hmm..maybe it's the pirate outfit ! ;D ;) )
--w hen parents would sit on the front porch talking to other parents why the kids played kickball or baseball. ( do kids even know what kickball is nowadays ?) :)
- standing on the corner with my friends with two quarters in my hand waiting for the icecream truck :)
- fireworks celebrations, picnics, and home made icecream ;D
- divorce was a rare word
- AIDS-what is that ?
- drugs were something you were prescribed by your doctor when you were sick .
- Sports figures, and celebrity's were people you could seriously call your idols .
- there were no wars going on :)
-- Patriotism was strong in this country. :)
_ People flew the American flag and were proud to say they live in America. :)
_ you were not afraid to travel and c all yourself an American
- People were not always in a hurry. There was less stress, and people were more civil to each other.
_ A person at the mall would hold the door open for you
- decent family shows on TV
- 45 records and 8 track tapes ! :)
- there was no Paris Hilton, Brittney Spears, Lindsy Lohan, and Brad and Angelina. Enough with them already ! ;D
-when kids would use their imaginations instead of having toys and gadgets that do everything for them. :)
-when you could walk into a movie theatre and watch a movie without someone's cellphone ringing.
- i think we had better morals, better values, and higher standards of living years ago.
I could go on and on...but enough said....not that life today is all bad...i am happy for every day i am alive, but yes there were deffinitely some good old days.
Quote from: dbaldock on June 21, 2008, 02:00:42 AM
Did you have to pick the Peas/Tomatoes/Corn/Okra/Squash? We (my younger sister & cousins) had to harvest the veggies before sitting in the swing or rocking chairs on screened porch to shell, snap, and shuck whatever needed it. ;D There were complaints from us too, but mainly about having to go stand in the Sun to pick the veggies (after we had been outside all day playing in the Sun). ;)
Take Care,
David Baldock
Yup, we had to pick stuff too, with constant reminders not to trample anything. "Yes, we know mom." ::)
To this day, I'm still not overly fond of fried squash, cause we had it all the time. That and an interesting concoction my mom made with surplus tomatoes she called tomato gravy. I didn't like it much as a kid, but I'd like to try it again.
Quote from: Amyj on June 21, 2008, 07:27:44 AM
The spinning, multi-colored "Special" that let you know a "special presentation" was coming up...and ALWAYS craving Dolly Madison snack cakes after seeing the commercial during the Peanuts show!!!
Oh gosh, I remember that! It was so cool to be able to watch cartoons at night, and I LOVED the Peanuts! I always identified so well with Charlie Brown. I always wanted the snack cakes too!
I also loved it when the wonderful world of Disney would show the Mickey,Donald and Goofy cartoons. That and the one with the park ranger and the bears.
Quote from: Lady_Delaney on June 21, 2008, 09:24:00 AM
Erector Sets and if you where lucky you had a little electric motor to add to it.
Aye , an if ya was really lucky yer fingernail would grow back after runnin' it through the open gears ;)
I recall taken' a plastic model 'o Wolfman's Wolfwagon and fixin' it atop a slot car around '66. Kids was always makin' sumthin' outa sumthin' else. Radio controlled model airplanes was commin' of age too. Crikey, nowadays nobody knows what balsa, silk an dope was about. I don't be missin' the cars 'o the age, but they was a whole lot easier to diagnose an fix than modern modern compucars. 45's? Oh , them newfangled records tryin to replace 78's. It'll never catch on :D
I remember my grandma had a wringer washing machine and once a week, she did the laundry and I would help her hang it on the clothesline. We had an electric washer though, at home. She would also make bread from scratch, kneading it and putting it on the radiators to raise. Smelled so good! Once a week, she would walk to the grocery store, because she didn't drive and we would walk along. There were only 3 blocks to the downtown and hardly any chain stores. Mostly independant, mom and pop stores. If you couldn't find what you needed there, you could order from the Sears or Wards catalogs. Never went to the metro area to shop.
We got 4 channels on our tv, which we got new when I was in Kindergarten. All the channels were in black and white. Channels 4,5,9 and 11. They had local/metro kids shows, game shows and news. Once, when I was in highschool, I was on a game show with Bob Barker! The question was about wind velocity and I didn't win, but I got a box of candy for a conselation prize. :) My Grandma watched Art Linkletter every afternoon. She watched Ed Sullivan on Sunday evenings. We watched channel 4 WCCO/CBS the most. (this is CBS)
Today, I went into an antique store, I couldn't believe they had stuff from the 60s and 70s. I remember when "antique" meant stuff from the 1800s, not the 1900s. :o
Anytime we went somewhere in public, we could hear the elders speaking German. Don't ever hear that now. My Dad would bring home wooden fruit crates and we would build forts and mazes with them. Now fruit comes in cardboard boxes.
Doctors made housecalls. Seat belts were not invented. Radio stations went off the air at sunset. TV had only the test pattern all night and that was preceded by the national anthem. We didn't have a swimming pool, but there were plenty of lakes.
Smoking and drinking was allowed on tv, but not swear words or showing people in bed together. There was a lot more censorship. Gender roles were set in stone. >:(
I suppose I should just stop there.
Cars with those wing windows.
That small triangle window you could fold out to catch the wind as you drove.
My first car, 73 Cutlass with a 350 and four barrel holly. And street racing it on Sat nights.
Cruising the strip.
The Frito Bandito.
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Aye, yii, yii, yiiii,
I am the Frito Bandito.
I like Frito's Corn Chips,
I love them I do.
I want Frito's Corn Chips,
I'll get them from you.
*****
Aye, yii, yii, yiiii,
Oh, I am the Frito Bandito.
Give me Frito Corn chips
And I'll be your friend.
The Frito Bandito
You must not offend.
*****
Aye, yii, yii, yiiii,
I am the Frito Bandito.
I like to eat Fritos I like to I do.
If you have some Fritos I'll eat them for you !
Christmas Season started the day after Thanksgiving. And always watching the Thanksgiving Day Macy's Parade.
Balloons like Snoopy and Underdog.
And your halloween candy was safe. You could so to a strange's house and still get "good" candy.
As for music how about the Monkee's.
Ah, so many good memories posted here...
Getting up during summer vacation and walking the back road to the swimming hole...I never did swim (the Good Lord put stones in my butt and therefore I sink!), but I met all my friends there. A can of cola costing a dime. The biggest thrill of summer was getting on the back of the neighbor's dirt bike, and mom's admonishment to "Be Careful!" but not saying "no." Climbing trees. Going through a box of band-aids while building a soap box derby "machine."
Drinking from the garden hose after I got done manually mowing the yard. Three channels on television. Saturday morning cartoons. AM radio. The smiley face poster that hung on my closet door. Sundays at Gramma and Poppy's.
The biggest joke amongst us kids is the fact that my mom had us all spaced apart to almost different generations. My mom would dress me in PLAID...she would dress my brother in corduroy, and my sister in total green with Peter Pan collars. We all still pick at her over that! We tell mom all the time that she grew our characters through what she dressed us in! When we all recently took her out to celebrate her 65th birthday, that was part of the topic of conversation.
I could go on forever... I often wonder though, how the young'ns of today would fare back in our Good Ol' Days?
Great memories here. Love them all! Remember most of them also.
I grew up in a New York city housing project and have tons of good memories..like....
Getting soooo excited when the Good Humor man came ringing his bell. All the kids would yell up to their moms by their first names, and the moms would come to the windows and throw down quarters wrapped in napkins!
Being able to play outside all day without fear.
Asking total strangers for money to buy Wild Irish Rose, and drinking it under the boardwalk! with no fear of cops! who looked the other way.
Asking total strangers for rides on their motorcycles. No fear..again.
The Flintsones on prime time T.V.
Mister Ed..the talking horse!
Cheap Cheap gas!
BUT we should remember that THESE are the GOOD OLD DAYS! Look back at last year's gas prices...I complained about them back then, now I would LOVE to see those prices again...
So here's to our new GOOD OLD DAYS in the making...as we speak...Peace...LF
Quote from: festmum on June 12, 2008, 07:31:00 PM
My first car took only $5 to fill the tank...it was a Ford Maverick.
I remember the previous "fuel shortage" when they raised the prices and rationed gas. People lined up for miles to get fuel.
I remember Billy Beer. Jaque Cousteau.
1st car 1970 Firebird, $5 to fill the tank as well.
We (my family, I was rather young) went back to CA during the fuel shortage, driving a 1965 Malibu and having to wait overnight at a gas station because because it was an even day and we had an odd number plate. Plus it was prepaid. Never seen my Dad so upset.
Speaking of my Dad he collected beer cans and I remember the Billy beer can that he had. No one has ever mentioned that before so I just had to answer to this.
oh...and looking foward all year to watching Charlie Brown's Christmas and Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer? before dvd's?
Playing Red Rover? Handball?
Just remembered a couple more BIGGIES from the Good 'Ol Days:
RESPECT and RESPONSIBILITY
Seems we were all taught at a very young age that we were to show respect to others - particularly our elders - no matter what. There was no back-talk accepted. You did what you were told. Period. We did not get away with arguing with our parents (especially in public!), our teachers, or any other adult.
And responsibility went right along with respect. When I screwed up (read: disobeyed), I knew I deserved my punishment. Threatening my parents with calling Children's Services (because they were going to spank me for doing something I had been specifically told not to do) was not an option! And we knew what it meant to have to help out around home. It was our responsibility to do our part, and that's all there was to it. (And forget being paid for it!)
Is it just me, or are both of these in short supply these days?
No you are more than correct. My own children had ZERO respect for me growing up (or their grandparents,aunts/uncles. I said NO, my ex would give in. They got to a point that if I said NO to something I would get "I'm not talking to you"!
I guess this comes from an ex who had nothing and wanted to give the children everything. While i didn't have everything, I knew better than to back talk.
"I recall taken' a plastic model 'o Wolfman's Wolfwagon and fixin' it atop a slot car around '66."
Wolfman Jack OOUUUHHHH!!!!!
Let the Midnight Special, shine it's everlovin' light on you :D
Growing Hair Chrissy
Getting to stay up late Friday night to watch Johnny Carson
Respect and Responsibility - Heck Yes! Adults were Mr. Mrs. Miss, Always!!! Back-talk meant loss of priviledges, chores were part of the deal, and we did Not have our own phone, our own TV, our own stereo unless we were old enough to earn them. No video games at all, that's what the arcade was for, you played against your friends at air hockey and pinball. You walked to school, or rode your bicycle, if it was raining and you were lucky you'd get a ride to school. If I wanted something that cost more than my parents were willing to pay, I had to make up the difference, and they had to approve of it.
On the other hand, now we don't turn our backs to things like child abuse because "You don't interfere with the way other people raise their kids", so it wasn't all sunshine and roses back then.
Dayna
Quote from: Lady_Delaney on June 23, 2008, 11:21:00 AM
No you are more than correct. My own children had ZERO respect for me growing up (or their grandparents,aunts/uncles. I said NO, my ex would give in. They got to a point that if I said NO to something I would get "I'm not talking to you"!
I guess this comes from an ex who had nothing and wanted to give the children everything. While i didn't have everything, I knew better than to back talk.
You, too, huh? Sadly, I spent way too many years with a spouse who undermined everything I tried to instill in the children, and to a great extent even encouraged disrespect. In fact, I was informed that since I was a stay-at-home-mom it was my job to pick up after them - not theirs. How ridiculous is that?!
QuoteOn the other hand, now we don't turn our backs to things like child abuse because "You don't interfere with the way other people raise their kids", so it wasn't all sunshine and roses back then.
Yes, of course. There is a definite distinction between abusing a kid and giving them a good old-fashioned spanking when they truly deserve it. I think the problem is that too often a good foundation is no longer laid while the child is still very young, so they're already out of hand by the time they're just a few years old. And it just escalates from there once they enter school.
*Please don't get me wrong...I'm not saying that
all kids are disrespectful and lacking in responsibility. It just seems like the problem has grown immensely since I was a child.*
There were no good ole days, only our memories shade them as such.
I remember as many sucky days and things as a kid as I do as an adult. About the same number of good stuff as well.
The only exception was disco.
That was never good.
*shudder*
Quote from: escherblacksmith on June 23, 2008, 02:03:56 PM
There were no good ole days, only our memories shade them as such.
I remember as many sucky days and things as a kid as I do as an adult. About the same number of good stuff as well.
The only exception was disco.
That was never good.
*shudder*
At least you remember your childhood. Thanks to a concrete floor & my lack of fear or common sense I don't remember much before age 12. Once in a while suddenly get a flash (a memory) of something that happened. It freaks me out everytime because its like it just happened.
Sorry about the thread hijack.....back to the good old days.......
Funny on the respect thing. Mr. and Mrs. were the norm, save one.
We had a neighbor up the block that was a real ahole.
Yelled at the kids, sent his dog after us and such. And no we really were never doing anything wrong other than walking on the sidewalk past his house.
One night it was payback.
Did the "stuff" in the bag thing, firecrackers and such "stuff". Put it on his porch, lit it and then ran away. He was suppose to come out and stamp out the fire, getting "stuff" all over his shoes.
He wasn't home. Burned down half the porch...opps. Cops were looking for the culprits for weeks.
Of course I only heard about this from others.
To this day I still don't mind if kids take that shortcut through my backyard, and they know it.
I remember starting a thread like this on the old board :P
Let's see....gas was .86/gallon when I started driving and I could fill me '76 Caprice Classic for about $20!
Cigarettes were .75/pack when I started smoking and that was at 7-11
Parachute Pants were IT (for like 5 minutes) and I owned TWO pair. Trust me on this one, fat kids and Parachute Pants don't mix! ;)
In my grandmother's neighborhood, there was an 'Uncle' Joe and a 'Gramma' Eunice. Both passed out arse whoopins AND cookies/candy to the neighborhood kids depending on the circumstances. Yes, I received my share of both. ;D
MTV was on 8 hours a day, showed videos, and it was a BIG deal if you actually got it.
Watching scrambled Playboy channel and SWEARING TO GOD YOU JUST SAW SOMETHING!!!! Oh, and the scrambled boob you swore you caught sight of was just about the coolest thing goin'!
HBO when it was just a switch box on the top of your TV.
Summer days that really did last forever cuz it was safe to run wild.
A school fight meant you and another guy or maybe you, some friends and him and some friends. Absolutely NO ONE had a gun!! And if you knew someone who knew someone who knew someone who 'said' they had a gun, it was a BIG deal.
Quote from: Lady_Delaney on June 20, 2008, 12:50:31 PM
When drama TV was Dragnet, Adam 12, which were based on real stories.
Westerns like High Chapperel, Gunsmoke, Wanted Dead or Alive, Streets of Laredo, Gunsmoke (What girl didn't love Little Joe),
Reality TV was This is Your Life
Laugh In, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Both old and new), Original Saturday Night Live and cast
Variety shows like Flip Wilson, Glenn Campbell, Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell sisters, Dean Martin show
Love American Style,
Game shows like Beat the Clock, Lets make a deal, The Dating Game.
OMG...I remember all of these shows!!! I thought I was the only one who remembers Beat the Clock. Everyone I've ever talked to has never heard of it. I was in the 3rd grade at the time and lived in Port Jervis NY so I always thought it was an East Coast thing. Soupy Sails (sp?) was a regular. We would watch that and right afterwards at 7pm the Flintstones would come on. I remember Romper Room (Have you been a good Doobie?) Gumby, Ultraman, Speed Racer, the Thunderbirds. And I'm still trying to forget HR Puff n Stuff!!!
TV dinners in the aluminum tray that HAD to be cooked in the oven. Mom used to make popcorn in a pot on top of the stove even when Jiffy Pop came out had to be cooked on the stove top. Having to be in bed by 9pm but using flashlights to flash 'Morse Code' with my friend across the street until midnight (No cell phones in the early 70's)
Woolworths
A&W Drive-In
Burger Chef
Big Mac's used to be wrapped in the paper wrapper with that card board thingy around it.
Burger Chef!! Oh Yeah!
I also remember 45's and 78's (I still have a few 78's). Watching all the "Elvis" movies over and over and over again.
Frances the Talking Mule movies...
Mrs. Beasly Doll (from Family Affair, you know, Buffy, Jody, and Uncle Bill...can't forget Mr. French!)
Quote from: festmum on June 24, 2008, 10:58:51 AM
Burger Chef!! Oh Yeah!
I also remember 45's and 78's (I still have a few 78's). Watching all the "Elvis" movies over and over and over again.
Frances the Talking Mule movies...
Mrs. Beasly Doll (from Family Affair, you know, Buffy, Jody, and Uncle Bill...can't forget Mr. French!)
OOOOO Family Affair...I forgot about that one! How bout: Courtship of Eddie's Father, Partridge Family, Mr. Ed and of course the Brady Bunch. Can't remember if someone already mentioned The Flying Nun. Once_D came to my rescue the other day when I was trying to figure out the name of the annoying robot on Buck Rogers - Twiki
Quote from: Scevola on June 24, 2008, 11:57:41 AM
Quote from: festmum on June 24, 2008, 10:58:51 AM
Burger Chef!! Oh Yeah!
I also remember 45's and 78's (I still have a few 78's). Watching all the "Elvis" movies over and over and over again.
Frances the Talking Mule movies...
Mrs. Beasly Doll (from Family Affair, you know, Buffy, Jody, and Uncle Bill...can't forget Mr. French!)
OOOOO Family Affair...I forgot about that one! How bout: Courtship of Eddie's Father, Partridge Family, Mr. Ed and of course the Brady Bunch. Can't remember if someone already mentioned The Flying Nun. Once_D came to my rescue the other day when I was trying to figure out the name of the annoying robot on Buck Rogers - Twiki
How about That Girl with Marlo Thomas, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched.. which Darin was it, Dick Sergeant, or Dick York... Sergeant York?. Kookla Fran and Allie. Science Fiction Theater at least in Colorado.
Yeah when a Whopper was truely a Whopper and it did take both hands to eat it. Scotties drive in. There is still some in Nebraska in Scottsbluff. I was there last year, but didn't eat at it. The A&W in my town closed about 3 years ago. But there is still on 15 minutes south in the small town of Berthoud.
The Beverly Hillbillies. my sister loved that show.
Sissy bars and banana seats on your bikes with those HUGE handle bars. More like what a chopper has these days. Tang was what the Astrounauts drank.
'Love Boat' and 'Fantasy Island' back to back on Saturday nights!
"De plane, boss, de plane!"
All those Chinese/Japanese imports...Spectreman, Ultraman, Goldar and his transforming rocketship family!
Building 'forts' in my room with every blanket, chair and book I could get my hands on.
Saturday afternoon horror movies.
Knowing cartoons were over for the day when 'Soul Train' came on.
The woods in my old neighborhood (which were actually a group of tress in an area about the size of your average backyard) seeming like a primordeal forest!
Drive-in movie theatres where you didn't care WHAT was on the screen...
Watching American Graffiti and thinking, 'Wow! A documentary!' Every crowd had a John Milner and a Toad.
Yeah, I loved my teenage years....*sigh*
Quote from: festmum on June 24, 2008, 10:58:51 AM
Burger Chef!! Oh Yeah!
My first job was at Burger Chef $1.80 an hour. Paid for 2 years of college too. ;D
Yard dart.. yes with metal tips too. (Like backyard chicken without cars)
Dad taught us a game where you drew a circle and threw a pocket knife in the other persons section and you slowly took their section. It only counted if the knife stuck. Think he called it pegs. But the thought of throwing a pocket knife at someones feet...
My first car was a '67 Electra. What my parents were thinking when they gave a teenage boy a car with a huge bench backseat, I'll never know.
But I'm grateful. ;D
Quote from: fluffy tail on June 24, 2008, 01:34:32 PMYard dart.. yes with metal tips too. (Like backyard chicken without cars)
OMG! I took one of those things between the toes!! A friend and I, both with homemade make-shift shields, throwing them back and forth at each other!
Ahh...good times, good times.
One of my favorite Sat. morning TV shows was Sky King. I wanted to be his niece Penny.
My cousin Jimmy and I played a game with a knife. You stand face to face and draw a line in the middle of you. Put both feet each side of the line, as close as you can get to it. One person throws a pocket knife into the dirt. Where it sticks, the other has to put his foot. The object is to get the other person's feet to spread so far wide that they fall over. I was a dancer, so I could do a center split (what we called it, it probably has another name. It's where your feet went straight out to the side until you were sat in a split). I always won that, if I was able to make the knife stick into the ground.
We also used to play Combat with his friends. I was always Vic Morrow. I was a tomboy back in the day.
I started work in a supermarket for $1.60 an hour when I was 16. After 3 years of working weekends and summer vacation, I was $600 short from buying a 1972 yellow VW bug. The first Chiquita. My parents lent me the money, and I worked in the supermarket and as a waitress, there I made 87 cents an hour plus tips, until I paid them back that summer. Then I quit the waitress and spent the rest of the summer surfing during the day and working in the supermarket at night.
I filled my gas tank for under $2.50 then.
How could we forget, LOST IN SPACE??? I always wanted to be Penny.
...and Gilligan's Island? I never missed an episode of either of them!
Gomer Pyle, USMC.
The Big Valley
My first movie in a theatre was "The Green Berets". Went with my cousin.
My very FIRST movies were at a drive-in theatre in the back of my family's station wagon. It was a double feature that my DAD chose. I was scarred for life! I was only 7 years old.
(The Blood Feast and Ten Thousand Maniacs)
Okay, I am sooooo not old enough for this, but I don't care.
When Polly Pocket actually fit in your pocket. Her whole world, not just her.
Seeing all my friends almost everyday. I never knew how much that meant to me until I started college last fall. It sucks, but I don't have to see the idiots as much, if at all.
On the same note, living within 10 minutes or less of all your friends. Now they are about 40 minutes away.
Various cartoons that aren't shown anymore/only shown at 2 AM or something stupid like that. (Time Squad, Angry Beavers, Rocko...)
Actually having a social life more than 2-3 days a week, during the school year. In the summer, all is lost. My hobbies are not exactly filled with guys.
Well lets pull the top off this ol cranium an see what warfts out-
The radio be playin', 93 KHJ. The Boss jocks be crusin' around BossAngeles in the Bosstang. Jocks Robert W Morgan an the Real Don Steele makin' people do weird dares on "Groovy". Humble Harv ain't a axe murderer (yet). Tv commentater Dick Lane is makin the calls in the Olympic Auditorium (Richmond 9-5171) as Freddie Blassie and the Shiek set the crowd on fire (literally). Mil Mascaras an Bull Ramos start their "Hair vs mask" feuds. Eli Wallach (Tuco) is dooin' commercials fer Music City. Car 54 can't be found and another series has the solution to any problem bein' divin' out of an airplane (Ripcord). LLoyd Bridges is makin' his fortune Sea Huntin'. Dano never does book Wo Fat. Larry "SEYMOUR" Vincent is the best thing on saturday night horror flicks(Have a bad evening Fringies). Walter Brennan gets ta play a heavy in "The Guns Of Will Sonnet". The smog an haze in SoCal make visibility about 3 miles tops an the fog is thicker than anything London ever experienced. Fletcher Jones, Ralph Williams and Felix Chevrolet is sellin' the cars bein' raced at J C Agajanians Ascot Raceway and its only @$4 ta get into Lions Drag Strip, plus a buck fer a pit pass.
And the real kicker- Cal Worthington actually HAS a DOG named Spot ;D
Quote from: Arsinoe Selene on June 25, 2008, 12:22:16 AM
Okay, I am sooooo not old enough for this, but I don't care.
No matter the age if it was fun and you miss it well it good old days.
Cartoons: Jetsons. I wanted to be blasted through those tubes.
Quote from: Arsinoe Selene on June 25, 2008, 12:22:16 AM
Various cartoons that aren't shown anymore/only shown at 2 AM or something stupid like that. (Time Squad, Angry Beavers, Rocko...)
I STILL like the Angry Beavers! Along with Cat Dog, Fairly Odd Parents and SpongeBob. My 3yr old daughter loves Spongebob! We've watched almost every episode so many times it's to the point where she'll look at me and quote a line or 2. WOOHOO...I think I might be going thru a second childhood. Cool, as long as I can skip right through the 1980's...parachute pants, mullets were popular and in highschool every girl wore Clogs and leg warmers and had really big hair. Of coure the really really popular girls in school wore spandex pants and the oversized concert t-shirt with the knot tied on the side at the hip. Glam Rock was at it's peak
Ahh..Good Times!
I remember having to talk my Mom into letting me stay up one night a week to watch "Ripcord". I remember it was about skydivers but I honestly can't imagine how they could keep it up for a series. I also liked "Time Tunnel" and "Get Smart". (I think I had a crush on 99). And we used to drink Fizzies. I liked the rootbeer the best.
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No Saturday was complete without "The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Hour", The Justice League, and of course, The Bullwinkle Show.
"Hey Rockie, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.....PRESTO" :o
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NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......
Assumes the twitching fetal position on the floor
Quote from: Scevola on June 25, 2008, 09:23:05 AM
Quote from: Sir William Marcus on June 25, 2008, 09:07:32 AM
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NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......Assumes the twitching fetal position on the floor
Just to think, this led in to BARNEY
I love you, You Love me
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
O.K. Yung'uns.
$.24 gas
$.19 cent movies and for that you got triple feature westerns and scattyeight gabillion cartoons plus a dozen previews of
coming attractions and movie time news
Howdy-Doody time
Freddy Friehofer for those of you any where around the Albany N.Y. area
trolley cars
old Packards
you did not send grandma away you just took care of her
God am I that old, just take me to the home.
When summers lasted forever and spending all day in the pool wasn't exercise
When love was simple. How it got so complecated i don't know
when they had popples, fraggle rock, the muffets and ewalks
when the A-Team was a tv show and a cartoon as well
Quote from: Lady_Delaney on June 25, 2008, 09:25:31 AM
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(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/LittleCasino/Stuff/HR_Pufnstuf_GAZI1964.jpg)
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......Assumes the twitching fetal position on the floor
Just to think, this led in to BARNEY
I love you, You Love me
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Barney!!!...I just don't have the words :-X
Probably more so in the Midwest. Some of you should remember these guys
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i231/LittleCasino/Stuff/bannanasplits.jpg)
How about this one?
(http://www.70slivekidvid.com/lancelot/lltitle.jpg)
How about this. dialing into the BBS with your brand new 14.4bps modem?
Your home number wasn't 234-6825 but ADams4-6825.
And states had more than a 2 letter abbreviation Tenn, Ill, Fla, Tex.
Also before zip codes. Postage I remember was .05
Quote from: Mad Jack Wolfe on June 25, 2008, 12:22:05 PM
How about this one?
(http://www.70slivekidvid.com/lancelot/lltitle.jpg)
"Ohhh LANCE-LOT!!!"
*shakes monkey fist*
Quote from: Rage on June 25, 2008, 12:35:25 PM
How about this. dialing into the BBS with your brand new 14.4bps modem?
BAA HAA HAA HAA!!!!! I had a friend who actually ran a BBS!! The entire upstairs of his house was a series of desktop after desktop!!!
So many good memories have been brought back! Especially mom popping corn on the stove so we could eat it out of paper cones watching disney. And how about the muppets. They were the best! Knowing every person who went down Grandma's road because it had virtually no traffic. Pop cans had those nifty ring tabs that you pulled off. Going to the drive-in wearing pajamas cause you would be asleep by the time it was over.
Sunday dinners with families and person where nice to you just because.
Oh and streakers. Held the door for one, all I heard was watch out, and opened the door.
VW buses were a home away from home.
When taking a picture of something you waited until the roll was finished and than waited days to see if that perfect shot was "perfect".
Family photos with one kid either making a face or picking its nose.
The Red Skelton Show, Carol Burnett, Movies like Ben Hur, playing tiddly-winks, washers, marbles, red rover, red light-green light, hide n go seek, snow cones, using your imagination and making a cardboard box into....a car...bus...truck...submarine...
Impromptu games with the neighborhood kids. After dinner, outside in the street, playing kick the can, tag, or baseball, using the 3 trees for bases, even though they weren't even or the same distance. All the kids played, with a whole variety of ages, while the parents sat on the front stoops and visited. No one had all the gear, usually there was 1 or 2 bats for the different size kids and a couple of softballs. Some kids had gloves, others didn't. No referees, no parents interfering, no whiny kids.
Ok, for the 4th of july weekend...
How 'bout all the neighborhood kids dressing up and decorating their bikes for a 4th of july parade around the block...and all the parents in their lawnchairs watching...and then the block party following with dads on competing grills and tricycle races for the kids.
I will have to scan the picture of me in my majorette dress, my brother with the bandage on the head and fife and my neighbor Nathan with the flag...I was a bit of a garbmistress even then. Or better yet, the matching red white and blue pinafore & coveralls outfits my Mom made for the bicentennial. :o
I think there was a sense of unquestioned patriotism back then. Don't get me wrong, you still made fun of and sometimes complained about the decisions the government made, but you didn't turn your back on them...or the soldiers.
God Bless America!!!
Quote from: Rage on June 25, 2008, 12:35:25 PM
How about this. dialing into the BBS with your brand new 14.4bps modem?
14.4? Hell, try an old 2600 baud. Thing took longer to dial than it takes to load a web page.
And half the BBSs only had a few lines, so you usually got a busy signal.
How about computers that had memory rated it KILObytes.
TexasInstruments, back when they made computers...
I had an old "Trash 80" with a cassette drive...
Vic-20, 5K, cassette drive.
300 baud modem.
Hah.
Having to wait to use the telephone because someone else was on the party line ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_line_(telephony) )
Quote from: festmum on June 13, 2008, 09:44:11 AM
I remember FULL SERVICE gas pumps...S&H Greenstamps!
Every gas station in Oregon is full service. Head on over for a trip down memory lane!
Shows I miss: David the Gnome, Gummi Bears, Smurfs, the old Care Bears, Bananaman, Captain Caveman, Aaah Real Monsters, Rockos Modern Life, Doug, Rainbow Brite, Quantum Leap, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Dinosaurs, Eureeka's Castle, All That, Captain Planet, Salute Your Shorts, You Can't Do That On Television, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Goosebumps, TailSpin, Magic School Bus, Daria, The Secret World of Alex Mack, So Weird, Adventures in Wonderland, Eerie Indiana, Roundhouse, Rescue 911, Space Case
I'll stop there. I could keep going for a while.
Cartoons that were completely done by hand. No computer help.
Kick the can, 7-up
Playing baseball and flying kites in the empty lot next door
Bedtime before sunset
Sunday dinner/lunch with family
I miss cartoons. Every cartoon now looks and sounds really lame. The animation has gone downhill and all the characters now resemble something from anime.
When was the last time you saw Bug Bunny stick his carrot in Elmers gun and have it blow up while they play clasical music in the background?
Ugly gym uniforms. (with your name in the back)
Was like short coveralls with snaps all down the front.
Commodore 64
Atari 2600
Pong
M*A*S*H (back when sitcoms were actually funny)
The controversy over the anatomically correct "Archie Bunker's Grandson" doll.
Sunday Night and The Wonderful World of Disney.
Speaking of TV shows...
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Time Tunnel
The original versions of Twilight Zone and Outer Limits
The original Johnny Quest cartoons
"Dr Paul Bearer" hosting Horror Inc. midnightnight horror movies.
Chiller Theater (Horror movies)
Saturday Kung Fu Movie Marathons
Bands that would write their OWN music (not this "sampling" garbage of today)
Quote from: PurpleDragon on July 18, 2008, 09:51:25 AM
Bands that would write their OWN music (not this "sampling" garbage of today)
HEAR, HEAR. Bands had REAL talent then. But then again you still had the musicians who still couldn't write a song if they had to. Sing one yes, write and play it... never. But it sure beats this stuff that the industry tries to stuff down our throats today.
Speaking of bands with real talent.....
Anyone remember Ron-Co Records...all recorded by "The Original Artists"?
Ya gotta admit, that was a pretty good scheme while it lasted! ::)
Quote from: groomporter on July 18, 2008, 09:47:52 AM
Speaking of TV shows...
The original Johnny Quest cartoons
There's someone on Youtube who has uploaded a bunch of the original episodes of Jonny Quest. Most of them are divided into three parts. I've only watched a couple so far, but I think he has some of the lamer later ones too
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=432ECA4E73B69AD4
Quote from: Valiss on July 08, 2008, 04:35:04 PM
I miss cartoons. Every cartoon now looks and sounds really lame. The animation has gone downhill and all the characters now resemble something from anime.
When was the last time you saw Bug Bunny stick his carrot in Elmers gun and have it blow up while they play clasical music in the background?
Spear and magic helmut! Nothing says saturday morning like Elmer Fudd chasing Bugs Bunny to Vagner...
Quote from: maelstrom0370 on July 18, 2008, 03:29:43 PM
Speaking of bands with real talent.....
Anyone remember Ron-Co Records...all recorded by "The Original Artists"?
Ya gotta admit, that was a pretty good scheme while it lasted! ::)
Actually, I think that was "K-Tel" I can hear it now "New from K-Tel, all recorded by the original artists"... Nothing says music like the cracks, pops and hisses of a piece of vinyl on a turntable.
Quote from: PurpleDragon on July 21, 2008, 08:56:50 AM... Nothing says music like the cracks, pops and hisses of a piece of vinyl on a turntable.
Or a house cover band doing all the "Hits of Today" so you can avoid paying royalties! :P
...an "Energy Drink" was strong coffee or Kool-Aid with too much sugar added in.