I remember when . . . .

[aceflor]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I remember buying albums for reasons other than listening to

Gross

I remember when the merry go round at La Muette was 50 centimes for 5 rounds
I remember when the old aquarium under the Trocadero was open and my grandad used to take me there every thursday afternoon
I remember when the schoolfree afternoon in France was thursday and not wednesday
I remember when you could walk safely to and from school

[Ziguezon]

I remember seeing the original star wars movie in the cinema.

I remember listening to k-tel compilation albums on vinyl and eight-track.

I remember rocking out on a plastic shovel pretending to be Ace Frehley of KISS.

I remember the Alamo, which I saw while visiting San Antonio.

I remember Gordon, Susan, Maria, Bob, David, Luis, and Mr. Hooper.

[Stitchawl]

Does anyone remember 'The Rootie Kazootie Show?' He pre-dated Howdy Doody.


Stitchawl

[BenG]

I remember having to walk all the way across the living room to change stations on the TV and there were only 4 channels.

[Daithi]

I remember when somebody shot JR.

I remember two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, all on a sesame seed bun.

I remember when you didn't need a microwave to make popcorn.

I remember wooden tennis rackets.

I remember watching the Three Stooges while we waited for our pizza at Straw Hat -- and we got straw hats too (well, maybe it was styrofoam).

[BenG]

I remember the Aurora monster models,


Creepy Crawlers,


and when everything could be cured by Fletcher's Castoria.

[poohbear_nc]

I remember Flubber!

I remember my red transistor radio - listening to CKLW!

I remember cap guns!

[Shimarenda]

I remember when TBS was a local UHF channel that played B westerns.

I remember walking 3 blocks to elementary school.

I remember getting the milk off the front porch and having to shake it up; it was unpasteurized.

I remember only having to dial 5 numbers to make a phone call.

I remember trying to decide if my records sounded funnier at 78 or 16 rpms.

I remember being able to repair my own car.

I remember getting my first computer: a CoCo2 with 4K RAM and a cassette drive.

[sakura-panda]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I remember when soda pop came in glass bottles that you had to return to the store (for 0.05 or 0.10 per bottle). I remember a section of the grocery store that was just stacked up with those returned bottles (ewwww - bug central!)

I remember taking my brother's wagon door-to-door to our neighbors asking if they had any bottles they didn't want - and we'd make out like bandits! (Can you actually imagine going door-to-door today, basically asking your neighbors to give you money?!)

I can't, but I imagine I'll be doing that with my kids one of these days. Michigan has $0.10 deposits on bottles and cans and every now and then some group will have a fundraiser to go door-to-door and collect bottles and cans to turn in for the deposit refund.

I can't imagine doing it just to do it though.

[sakura-panda]

I remember going to the drive-in with my parents to watch original The Fox and the Hound animated movie. (I just bought the Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack for it last week. )

(That theater is long gone and we are now down to one drive in movie theater in our area. We talked about taking the kids, but never got around to it this summer. )

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by BenG

I remember having to walk all the way across the living room to change stations on the TV and there were only 4 channels.

Hmm, we only had two (if you didn't count the 2 from our neighbours...)

I remember Raider (the candy bar)

I remember the soda called "Snor"

I remember having to write my own games on that Apple IIe

I remember the guilder...

[wodin]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

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I remember when the TV took five minutes to warm up.

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Now mine take five minutes to boot up.

[wodin]

I remember "99 cents for a three course meal." It consisted of a Mac'burger, a bag of fries and a shake.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

The only movie that ever freaked me out was Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). That witch gave me nightmares

Oh I have a story about this! This must have been "reissued" by Disney when I was about three or four. Mom and Dad took me to see it. Keep in mind that I only weighed 4 lbs when I was born and my growth never did catch up, so I'm this little tiny thing that as my mom used to put it "didn't even look like you should be walking". So we're walking out of the theater and Mom asks me, "Well, how did you like the movie?" and my reply? "It was ok, but I didn't like that damned dragon!" eliciting gasps from the people near us and snorts of laughter from my dad, who always griped at my mother for using such language around me... *grin*. Remember, this was somewhere around 1969.

Anyway, as for what I remember: I remember when kids had manners or if they didn't, they were forcibly instilled. One of my son's little girlfriends decided that yesterday was a good day to mouth off at me. I did call her on it, but doubt I managed to improve anything and probably embarrassed the snot out of my son in the process. She's already got the "I know everything and I don't have to listen to you" attitude that seems prevalent among teens these days.

[Daithi]

Originally Posted by BenG

I remember having to walk all the way across the living room to change stations on the TV and there were only 4 channels.

We had 2 stations that came in good, 1 that came in a little fuzzy, and 1 that came in if I held on to the antenna.

I remember when Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch, and The Beverly Hillbillies were the only options besides watching Soaps.

Oh yeah, I remember when they had Soaps.