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Alaskagal

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 03:14 pm Click here to edit this post
We thought gas was high at $.89/gallon.
Soda was $.50/can
Candy bars were $.35
Speed limits were increased to 55mph and people freaked out
BIG HAIR WAS IN


I am sure alot of you can top this too...

Xxlt

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 03:28 pm Click here to edit this post
gas 23 cents
bazooka bubble gum 1 cent.
you could buy mc d's hamburger, fries and coke for under a buck !
4 track tape decks.
booze commercials on t.v.
ciggie commercials on t.v.
soda in BOTTLES-35 cents!
air raid siren testing, last friday of month.
Pacer automobiles....
mustangs, brand new, $2995.....
honda motorcycles (360 cc's) 1,300 dollars
the weekly reader....

Alaskagal

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 03:50 pm Click here to edit this post
LOL The weekly reader I forgot about those and soda in bottles how refreshing those were on a hot day.

Xxlt

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 04:03 pm Click here to edit this post
3 cent redemption on soda bottles!
dial phones, dial t.v.s
alpha prefixes on phone numbers-ST6-2059
milk in bottles
45 rpm records
rambler cars
remote controls had LONG wires attached to the set
13 channels
moon walks
space food sticks....
rambler autos
skates with steel wheels...
stingray bikes with banana seats.
hot pants

Alaskagal

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 04:51 pm Click here to edit this post
BETA's (old VCRS) !!!!
Oh and what were those things called - the mini-bikes they looked like motorcycles except the had big seats and were low to the ground and you pedaled them - Hot Wheels??

Xxlt

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 05:05 pm Click here to edit this post
big wheels!
baseball cards 25 cents a pack
with yucky bubble gum inside!

Xxlt

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 05:25 pm Click here to edit this post
full service gas station
round oil cans
square milk cartons with the stapled
flap
pop rocks
the evening news with walter cronkite wearing a flak jacket and hiding from the bullets in Viet Nam.
Chet Huntley and David Brinkley,
goodnite Chet, Goodnite David!
bippies!!!!!!
very interesting, but stupid!

Maris

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 06:21 pm Click here to edit this post
aol charged by the minute.

Gail

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 - 06:47 pm Click here to edit this post
aol was 100,000 members

Urgrace

Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 01:22 pm Click here to edit this post
LOL, you guys are all youngsters!
*gas 30¢
*coca cola in 6 oz bottles for 5¢ then they upped it to 6¢
*great big candy bars for 5¢ and candy lips
*highways had to be widened for the newer cars and then later they built interstates
*radio shows with Masterpiece Theatre and Presidential speeches and finally a new black and white tv with one channel that had the Star Spangled Banner play when it went off the air
*National Geographic in every home
*siren every day to let everyone know it was noon
*actual tricks of soaped windows on Halloween and treats of homemade cake, pie, cider, caramel apples, popcorn balls, and candy
*every kid knew how to ride a bike and take it apart and put it back together

Big Hair? They StiLL have that in Texas!!!

Xxlt

Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 02:33 pm Click here to edit this post
CANDY LIPS! - wax dracula fangs!

you can trust your car to the man who wears the star, the big bright texaco star!

the test pattern with the indian in the head dress
right in the middle

nikl nip wax 'soda" bottles

boo berry cereal.

yo yos!

practice writing pads w/the alphabet on cover w/ the brown paper and blue lines.

mimeograph machines.......mmmmmmm, that smell!

push button transmissions

Marysafan

Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 02:52 pm Click here to edit this post
Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans...I used to think it was my personal responsibility to wake up grandfather clock.

Red Ball Jets

Dixie Cups.

Pedal pushers.

Viewmaster

Moutain Dew had a hillbilly on their green bottle and their slogan was...'Yahoo Mountain Dew!"

You were graded on things like penmanship and citizenship.

Buying stamps for savings bonds.

Riding in the "way back" in the station wagon

Finally be old enough to see an Elvis movie.

The fire siren blew at 10:00pm and if you were under 16, you were to be home.

American Bandstand

Christina

Friday, April 26, 2002 - 03:29 am Click here to edit this post
chips and a cold bottle pepsi 10 cents, The Andy Griffith show with the big bear who liked cookies. We used to get a Dr Pepper with a big round tub of chips.Cant remember the name of the chips. I used to dress up as Cher too ,on the Sonny and Cher show....I got you Babe......

Riviere

Friday, April 26, 2002 - 05:47 am Click here to edit this post
Urgrace ~ I think you have me on most! My mother in law must have every National Geographic ever printed, and I got very many homemade Halloween treats.. That's when you went from DARK on Oct 31 until about 9pm with a full sack and a full belly from snacking all the way home!
Candy lips!!! LOL!!! This whole retro thing with trendy actresses and their humungus injected lips came from the old waxy candy lips they probably had as children!!! Aaaah, now I get it, sort of..

Xxlt

Friday, April 26, 2002 - 09:22 am Click here to edit this post
radio flyer wagons
haight ashbury
cowboys and native americans
my mother the car
school house rock
the foot print of the american chicken
gorgeous george
lone ranger

Weinermr

Friday, April 26, 2002 - 09:32 am Click here to edit this post
<Moutain Dew had a hillbilly on their green bottle and their slogan was...'Yahoo Mountain Dew!>

Marysafan, I seem to remember the whole slogan was "Yahoo, Mountain Dew, there's a bang in every bottle".

I could be wrong, but that's what I remember. I loved Captain Kangaroo and gang too.

Whit4you

Friday, April 26, 2002 - 11:43 pm Click here to edit this post
We had a thread like this last year - was one of the fav's :)

I remember when I was really young - and honestly dont know how to explain this but still wonder if anyone else thought the same thing.

To me hurricanes.. were um like 'magical??" or something like that? Like something huge - giant - worldwide? Don't really know how to explain "how I thought of them" but I just remember when they were this 'giant worldwide' thing to me.

As a small child I guess I'd seen or heard of them on TV or through people - and that's how I thought of them. Not just some major storm that hits a few small areas.

I've always wondered if anyone else had that same feeling about hurricanes when they were small - or if everyone but me understood from the first time they heard of a hurrican what they really were lol.

Gail

Saturday, April 27, 2002 - 03:23 am Click here to edit this post
Yes, the "remember when" thread last year was titled Long Hair, Short people or something like that and was started by Whit4you. It is in the downloadable archives.


The first time I heard of a hurricane was Camille - I don't know what year it was but I remember seeing all the devastation on tv. I think I was living in New Jersey at the time.

Whit4you

Saturday, April 27, 2002 - 05:25 am Click here to edit this post
LOL Gail do you reember who started all 10,000 threads last year?? :)

Ya the name was something like "Do you remember when long haird ...short people" (or something like that) to do with the songs "Long haird people need not apply.. " and "Short people got.. no reason to..." LOL Actually I dont remember why I named it that but - I think that was the reason. :)

Think it was most popular thread I ever started - and my 2nd favorite after Syncronicity thread.

Ok back to the subject.....


Do you remember when -

Us smokers were not the last politically correct group to be persecuted - (you will be next...)