Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 04:16 am   This thread is for those who've heard Short people...got...... and I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why... If your lost alrady this thread is probably NOT for you unless your a recent history fantantic or wanna know more abotu your mom & pop The point of the topic if anyone wants to know is two of us "oldies" ?? LOL am I there yet? I sure feel there... SO the point of this thread boomers is ... do you remember when???? and how did you feel then? Examples Elvis's death... I aas 15 then - it blew me away - I totally admired the "old" elvis - and for some reason thought someday I'd meet the "old" elvis - the REAL elvis died when I was 15 Johnstown masacer - that blew me away sa well - news wasn't what it is today - at least in my small town - I"d only seen one DEAD person till I saw a front page with 700+ dead in johnestonwn Do you remember.... Shawn Cassidy - I had a lifesize poster - don't EVEN give me a hard time for admitting this - abovve my bed I had eric estrada all over my wall.... I livd and BREATHED music in the 70's ... I sorta slept .. but I woke up 3 times or more an hour to hear one of MY songs.... But little did I know = that our generation was the last to have real music...... (don't even get me started on why I say THAT LOL You know your a boomer when - you didn't grow up having a mom / dad attached to a sell phone you were not raised by a nintendo you remember when they came up with the term "latch-key kid" You remember wyhen AIDS was a diet chocolate.. not a life threatening disease... |
Gail | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 04:46 am   I remember when Elvis died. I was 22 and stationed in Korea. I got up early and on my way to work got the Stars and Stripes newspaper from the paperboy. It was the entire front page. I remember when Joy to the World by Three Dog Night was number 1 for weeks and week and weeks. I remember the Green Hornet and the Invaders on TV. I remember watching The Sound of Music and it was not the 25th anniversary edition. I remember when Star Trek (the original series) was on in prime time and it was my favorite show. I remember LP's and 45's and 8 track tapes. I remember when McDonald's was only 2,000,000 served. I remember Troll dolls and pet rocks. I remember bell bottoms. I remember when wearing wire rimmed glasses really pissed off your mom. I remember when you could buy a volkswagon beetle for $1995 and they threw in a 10 speed bike. I remember when the population of Albuquerque, NM was 200,000 I remember when we went to the moon. I wish we could go back again for today's younger generation. |
Nancy | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 04:56 am   lol gail my mom bought the "last" of the 1995 bugs(or the last year they sold them for that price anyway)..and boy did that thing last...especially during that gas crunch ;-) |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 04:56 am   Gail ^5 I remember saying .. straight legs SUCK!! I was soooo soooo proud of my bell bottems.. the more then dragged..the raggedy they were.. the better. I also remember a few years back thinking my son and all his buddies in their idiot ic pants that hung down to their knees looked pathetic - but ya know ... I may be out-of-the-loop but I'd much rather my daughter had I had one be in those baggy to the knees pants then had a daughter in those skin tight hash / james jeans that I wore <grin> |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:00 am   I remember when our entire school played We don't need no education .... we dont need no thought contrl on our getto blasters I do have to say _ I think MY own generation in my highshcool .. had it made the rules came shortly after we left LOL |
Nancy | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:01 am   i rember that song "short people" and i HATED it(cause i am short LOL) I remember the 1968(i was 10) presidential election pre-empting "the monkees" tv show and being made as HE** LOL... |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:02 am   I remembe rwhen Back to the future came out - I loved it I remember when MTV was the newsetr thing - they had never heard of American bandstand I remember when I thought O MY GAWD 20 MEG of HARD DRIVE SPACE for less then 1000 bukcs??? |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:04 am   Mostly I remember when AOL when to .. 19.95 I got a free all expense paid trip to Jamaica - teh GRAND LIDO for moving me roomies 400+ peeps to the IRC for unlimited access..... AOL stock dropped 5 % that month LOL ... anyhow - when AOL weht to unlimited access...... it was an event.. |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:05 am   He's got little eyes .. ad little feet.......LOL |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:07 am   Look we were around before those um cell phones and VCR's and video cams and email and all that so face it we are OLD I am just looking forward to sharing those Rememeber when we were not OLD .....threads LOL Before the um SPACE SHUTTLE EVEN!!! |
Nancy | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:08 am   i remember getting my first COLOr TV (now kids never heard of black and white).. Watching the Wizard of OZ for the first time IN COLOR! on that same tv. watching the Lunar Landing(i was on vacation at the time in NH) Wearing Pants for the First time in the Winter to School(YEAH!) when i was 12 |
Grooch | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:09 am   I remember when the song "Brick House" came out. I was in the 6th grade. When we had creative writing in school (we were a class of 14) all the boys wrote about how they Kungfu'ed their way out of trouble and all the girls in their stories were "Brick Houses" The teacher would read the stories exactly as they were written. LOL! |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:10 am   WOOHOO We don't need no education we don't need no thought control....... I'm still there... LOL |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:12 am   One of my first "political" memories - though I ddin't KNOW then it was a political was the Patty Hearts kidnapping was that a bigy in anyone else's childhood?? |
Gail | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:12 am   I remember when AOL was $4.95 a month and that came with 1 hour free. AND - I stayed under my one hour. I think that was when it was 200,000 members |
Grooch | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:15 am   Talking about bell bottem pants... At a job I worked at 5 years ago, there was a young, hip, fashionable girl who would make fun of us all the time about the way we dressed in the "old days" (meaning the 70's and 80's) She would laugh so hard when we brought pictures of ourselves back then. (I laugh too when I look at the styles. Polyester was new.) Anyway, as she makes fun of us, I'm just looking at her in her new bellbottom pants (they had come back in style again for awhile) and all the other "in" outfits she would wear, and I would just think that she's going to be the one made fun of in 10 or 20 years from her own kids when they see pictures of her. LOL! |
Nancy | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:17 am   i remember tie-dying shirts i remember my brother going on protest marches (and my mom going totally nuts worrying about him) i remember him also going to woodstock.(the original). ;) |
Twiggyish | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 05:52 am   1. Peasant dresses and blouses. 2. Troll dolls.. (I had some) 3. Tie dye anything (we used to make them) 4. Disco (ARGGGH) 5. Star Wars (My graduation theme) 6. Record players 7. Hip huggers 8. Mini skirts (the first time in fashion) 9. Computers were huge machines in office buildings. 10.John Kennedy's funeral (I was small but can remember it clearly) 11.Vietnam War (they would read the casualties every night on the news) 12.Smothers Brothers 13.Laugh-in 14.Beverly Hillbillies 15.platform shoes (first time in fashion) Sheesh, I could go on ..LOL |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 06:17 am   Oh now I feel young RLFMAO 8 tracks were THE Thing when I was a teen... I don't even remember man landing on the moon - but I do remember it being the most talked about thing as I was learning to read and wri... LOL Do you remember when pop rocks CAME out ?? (not the 2nd time when they were um banned a dozen years ago but when the first came out?? Do you remember when pac man was (Atari 2600) was the latest rage... Do you rmember thiking OH MY GOAWD a 20 MEG hard drive- WOW! Do you remember when they came out with erasable pens? Do you remember when they came out with 14.4 modems?? Do you remember when they came up with beltless pads?? (do you remember the belts LOL |
Gail | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 06:22 am   Who remembers fizzies? |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 06:43 am   <--wont admit it Gail Remember when We don't need no education - we don't need no thought control ... was #1 on the radio?? |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 06:46 am   Remember when a MOUSE -.. was something that crawled across the floor...rather the the thing you use to get around on the net??? |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 06:47 am   Remember when parents were allowed to spanke their kids??? |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 06:48 am   And when getting in trouble at school meant finding a switcha nd grabbing your ankels at home? Remember when we had to learn to mind rather then getting drugged by ritalin? |
Tksoard | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 07:16 am   I remember working at a gas station in '71' and we had gas wars. The competitor across the street an us were down to .19 cents a gallon!! I could fill my VW bug from empty to full for less than $3.00. I remember hip-hugger bell bottoms. I remember Hi-Fi. I remember Slo Gin. I still have my 8 track player!! I still have my beta!! (I don't know why. I'm a pack rat) |