Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 07:54 am   Um does that mean I have to admit I still have 2 commodore 64's ? LOL |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 08:57 am   Arcbie Veronica and Jugghead?? |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 08:58 am   Mood rings?? |
Gail | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:06 am   Corvairs, life before microwave ovens, klic klacs, and Tang - what the astronauts drink. |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:08 am   OK gail this one's for you and um others who wanna make ME feel young (I am now a gramma hehe You think today's tunes are bad... how about these for lyrics.... It was a one eyed one horned... My boomerang wont come back... Goodness gracious great balls of fire... It's my party and I'll cry if I want too... They're coming to take me away... Duke..duke..duke...duke of earl... LOL just add 5 years and you can return the favor - but I happen to LOVE the mid to late 70's tunes and most of yours as well - just teasing ya It was an itsy bitsy, teenie weenie... YOu can't roller skate... I told the witch doctor... |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:09 am   LOL Um should we mention life before REMOTE CONTROL??? The Gen X'ers will REALLY Think we are old then! |
Karuuna | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:14 am   I remember seeing Elvis in concert on New Year's Eve in Pittsburgh, a few years before he died. He was overweight, and had to read the words to "Love Me Tender" off little note cards he held in his hand. I still remember leaving there stunned, and disappointed. As a kid, I remember Walter Conkrite interrupting the Disney movie one evening, to bring us Jesse Jackson's speech, and how annoyed I was. I remember my mom watching John Kennedy's funeral and crying, and me not understanding why I couldn't watch cartoons. I remember getting one of those goofy clear/colored laminate sheets for your black and white tv that had blue for the sky and green for the grass and a clear strip in the middle -- it was supposed to make your b/w look like it had color. I guess it worked as long as all the scenes were outdoors. |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:24 am   Gee didn't anyone own a VIC 20? LOL |
Gail | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:28 am   I remember when the Wizard of Oz was a scary movie. When JFK was assassinated, I was 8 and living in France. My dad had driven us in to the AF base to do the weekly grocery shopping, etc and on the door of the quick shop was a sign that said "Closed due to assasination of President Kennedy" |
Gail | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:30 am   I had a TRS 80 and later a Commadore 64. |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:35 am   With a tape drive gail? turbo? or were you one of the lucky ones with a 1451? disk drive |
Gail | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:38 am   Yup - t'was a cassette player - came with backgammon and black jack. I think that was all we were ever able to do with it. |
Merlin | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:58 am   I was working for a civil engineering firm that had offices all over the US. The only "calculators" available at the time was a adding machine with a crank handle made by Monroe. All design calculations were made by slide rules. |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:05 am   Gail.. Merlin gotta luv you two - your making me feel young and I AM a gramma now )) A child was born in '64 she knew not what life had in store she had a taste of innocent bliss then darkness came and closed the door (part of a poem I wrote in '79 ) I'm not a poet - but it does tell my age |
Tksoard | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:06 am   "Good Night, Chet". "Good Night, David". "And thats the way it was". "A piece of the Rock". |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:07 am   I remember when.... parent's could spank their kids.... |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:08 am   I remember when ... we said if cig's go over a dollar a pack ... I'm quitting LOL |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:10 am   I remember when .. star wars came out - it was THE thing to talk about (hmm 77 ish?? ) |
Tksoard | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:10 am   One dollar? I said .50cents!! And now $2.00 later? |
Merlin | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:14 am   Who can remember when the cost of a "coke" was raised from 7 cents to a dime? |
Nancy | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:16 am   it cost a dollar to go to the movies--and get refreshements--- a nickle(when i was 5) i could get a bowl of chocolate icecream! 2 bazooka bubble gums for a nicke ;-) (whit im 6 years old--) |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:19 am   I remember when they put electric typewriters in our school.. I was outraged - cause I got an A - (I was typing 60 wpm .. non-site-typing) and so was the other students who site typed at 30 WPM. I started my first revolt that year RFLMAO gawd was I stupid?? (deleting 3 paragraphs I don't think you care to know LOL bottom line - sight typig WORKS - |
Whit4you | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:22 am   LOL Ok anyone remember going to the 5 and DIME store and buying stuff for a DIME?? That's very vague to me I was about 9ish - when the 5 and dime store stopped having tons of 10 cent items.... but I remember going in a few times at 9ish with a buck and getting 10 things ! and not the 2 cent penny candy they have out NOW LOL = real stuff for a dime ... |
Tksoard | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:25 am   Eat a McDonalds for under a dollar. (burger,fries,and milk shake). Nickel candy bars. My mom would do the weekly grocery shopping for 7 kids and mon and dad for $40!!! I kept thinking,"Boy what I could do with $40!!! Average cost of one bag of groceries, $10. (that was LONG after the one above). |
Nancy | Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:25 am   i used to walk to school--and went by a five and dime store every day! fireballs were my thang LOL woolworth's back then was awesome to buy things ;) |