Archive through May 12, 2001

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Whit4you

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 07:54 am Click here to edit this post
Um does that mean I have to admit I still have 2 commodore 64's ? LOL

Whit4you

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 08:57 am Click here to edit this post
Arcbie Veronica and Jugghead??

Whit4you

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 08:58 am Click here to edit this post
Mood rings??

Gail

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:06 am Click here to edit this post
Corvairs, life before microwave ovens, klic klacs, and Tang - what the astronauts drink.

Whit4you

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:08 am Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
Gee didn't anyone own a VIC 20? LOL

Gail

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:28 am Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
I had a TRS 80 and later a Commadore 64.

Whit4you

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 09:35 am Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
"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 Click here to edit this post
I remember when.... parent's could spank their kids....

Whit4you

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:08 am Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
One dollar? I said .50cents!! And now $2.00 later?

Merlin

Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 10:14 am Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 Click here to edit this post
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 ;)