My mom was the first person I knew with a disc player in 1987. It was a big ass Fisher stack unit that had at least 7 components (equalizer, phono, tuner, tape, etc) in a glass case that was about the size of mini fridge with two big ass speakers on the side.
At the time, not many artists were on CD, she got Freddy Jackson. We played the HELL out of Freddy Jackson on that thing. It lasted an entire summer as we would blow fuses on this thing constantly. We blew so many fuses that it actually sorta fried the bored in one instance. We took it to the radio repair shop so many times. It was never right since then.
(I just helped my mom move not too long ago, she still has this thing in her basement sitting there keeping books and random shit up.)
At the time, not many artists were on CD, she got Freddy Jackson. We played the HELL out of Freddy Jackson on that thing. It lasted an entire summer as we would blow fuses on this thing constantly. We blew so many fuses that it actually sorta fried the bored in one instance. We took it to the radio repair shop so many times. It was never right since then.
(I just helped my mom move not too long ago, she still has this thing in her basement sitting there keeping books and random shit up.)
*board
My mother answering the phone and crying. I must have been maybe four. JFK had been shot.
the principal at the school had a paddle. and used it.
then you got the paddle when you got home.
i would go to the store with two bucks nad get my grandmother two packs of pall mall non filter cigs, two italian ices and bring home the change.
we stayed out until the streetlights came on, came home adn checked in adn ran out again.
we rode our bikes everywhere. for miles and miles and never checked in. until the street lights came on of course...then we had best be home already.
we ate apples and popcorn balls that the neighborhood gave out at halloween.
then you got the paddle when you got home.
i would go to the store with two bucks nad get my grandmother two packs of pall mall non filter cigs, two italian ices and bring home the change.
we stayed out until the streetlights came on, came home adn checked in adn ran out again.
we rode our bikes everywhere. for miles and miles and never checked in. until the street lights came on of course...then we had best be home already.
we ate apples and popcorn balls that the neighborhood gave out at halloween.
the village i grew up in was like something from the fifties.
quite surreal comparing it to my city friends upbringings
if you did something naughty, your parents would find out before you got home
quite surreal comparing it to my city friends upbringings
if you did something naughty, your parents would find out before you got home
Haha, you said naughty
This thread and the Saddening Realizations thread capture the zeitgeist. We feel our age. We thought something cool should have happened, because it's the future god damnit and we're still getting old.
bwahahahahahahahahaha~~~!!!! old?...oh my gefiltefish.
the principal at the school had a paddle. and used it.
then you got the paddle when you got home.
i would go to the store with two bucks nad get my grandmother two packs of pall mall non filter cigs, two italian ices and bring home the change.
we stayed out until the streetlights came on, came home adn checked in adn ran out again.
we rode our bikes everywhere. for miles and miles and never checked in. until the street lights came on of course...then we had best be home already.
we ate apples and popcorn balls that the neighborhood gave out at halloween.
then you got the paddle when you got home.
i would go to the store with two bucks nad get my grandmother two packs of pall mall non filter cigs, two italian ices and bring home the change.
we stayed out until the streetlights came on, came home adn checked in adn ran out again.
we rode our bikes everywhere. for miles and miles and never checked in. until the street lights came on of course...then we had best be home already.
we ate apples and popcorn balls that the neighborhood gave out at halloween.
^5
Actually, I rode my bike to the next state with a friend, and my parents never knew.
We used to walk down the railroad tracks a few towns away and back. I saw some kids down there once that hopped a train and jumped off where we were about 60 miles away from their home.
We used to walk down the railroad tracks a few towns away and back. I saw some kids down there once that hopped a train and jumped off where we were about 60 miles away from their home.
From: jpkeates Error: Information for this account is currently unavailable
Date: 10/30/09 @ 2:35 AM
59
Back in my day,
I was there when the rental company delivered our first colour TV.
Several neighbours came to see if it was "worth it".
We played outside all the time.
Part of a boy scout badge was learning to phone the emergency services,
and I had to go to a phone box and call my scoutmaster as a practice.
That was the first phone call I ever made on my own.
The first PC I ever saw was an IBM XT,
and you ran Lotus from one floppy, and your data was on the other floppy.
I used to go on holiday on a steam train;
which was a treat because I used to watch them go by at our local level crossing.
When I was (I think) 11, I got a portable record player,
and a 7" single for Christmas.
It was the most expensive thing I'd ever owned and
I was terrified one of my younger brothers would break it.
I was there when the rental company delivered our first colour TV.
Several neighbours came to see if it was "worth it".
We played outside all the time.
Part of a boy scout badge was learning to phone the emergency services,
and I had to go to a phone box and call my scoutmaster as a practice.
That was the first phone call I ever made on my own.
The first PC I ever saw was an IBM XT,
and you ran Lotus from one floppy, and your data was on the other floppy.
I used to go on holiday on a steam train;
which was a treat because I used to watch them go by at our local level crossing.
When I was (I think) 11, I got a portable record player,
and a 7" single for Christmas.
It was the most expensive thing I'd ever owned and
I was terrified one of my younger brothers would break it.
Vans at $45.00 was an expensive sneaker.
i remember when i was young there was a long winter.
my first memories were of winter, only i didn't think of it as a season.
it is just what was.
the world was ruled by a thankless, grey sky with cruel winds of blinding, deafening white.
this lasted for most of my life. the old ones said this was how the world began
and always was and always would be.
people didn't travel or go outside, unless it was necessary,
but not because it was cold.
there were things out in the frozen storms of ice and madness.
not what anyone would call a man or an animal.
something abhorrent. something wrong.
i lost my young wife to them.
i'll never forget her last breath before her eyes went still.
she told me life was a fool's game.
my first memories were of winter, only i didn't think of it as a season.
it is just what was.
the world was ruled by a thankless, grey sky with cruel winds of blinding, deafening white.
this lasted for most of my life. the old ones said this was how the world began
and always was and always would be.
people didn't travel or go outside, unless it was necessary,
but not because it was cold.
there were things out in the frozen storms of ice and madness.
not what anyone would call a man or an animal.
something abhorrent. something wrong.
i lost my young wife to them.
i'll never forget her last breath before her eyes went still.
she told me life was a fool's game.
This is messing me up.
we stayed out until the streetlights came on,
I remember that, and there was always one that came on much later than it should have.
so of course that was where we would all end up playing to stretch time as much as possible
But Tuesday and Thursday night.
would be time to watch Batman,
don't know of any other show that came on two nights a week like it.
But we were sure to tune in Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.
at least till it jumped.
would be time to watch Batman,
don't know of any other show that came on two nights a week like it.
But we were sure to tune in Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.
at least till it jumped.
This ran the rails behind my childhood home...
Akin to our first idiot box...
Mom's first stove...
My first 'real' bike...
First car ride...
...cuss in front of other adults? Right. Punishment was swift and severe.
...it was yes sir, and no ma'am.
...out of the house by seven aye-em, home when the streetlights came on. But like Ladyalthea said, back out, but only a couple of blocks away. When ma hollared, you came runnin' home.
...we'd buy penny candy at Eurich's General Store.
The 50's and 60's were a fun time as a kid. Sure, we never paid attention to 'real world' current affairs, we were out playing, rain or shine.
The 70's...........thinking.......muscle machines, pussy and disco...:D
I've had a good life.
Akin to our first idiot box...
Mom's first stove...
My first 'real' bike...
First car ride...
Back in my day...
...cuss in front of other adults? Right. Punishment was swift and severe.
...it was yes sir, and no ma'am.
...out of the house by seven aye-em, home when the streetlights came on. But like Ladyalthea said, back out, but only a couple of blocks away. When ma hollared, you came runnin' home.
...we'd buy penny candy at Eurich's General Store.
The 50's and 60's were a fun time as a kid. Sure, we never paid attention to 'real world' current affairs, we were out playing, rain or shine.
The 70's...........thinking.......muscle machines, pussy and disco...:D
I've had a good life.
From: Ody Sseus X - the tenth son of the drunken and dyslexic Dr. Suess.
Date: 10/30/09 @ 8:02 AM
65
back in my day, we didnt have no fancy smchany wikipedia. we used encarta 95 and we liked it! 7 cds of which only 4 worked, and it was good enough for us. if it wasnt in encarta, it didnt exist.
Who the fuck put their son in a fuckin' dress?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Man, my dad had big forearms....
Hmmm.....
I never made the connnection until this very minute.
Man, my dad had big forearms....
Hmmm.....
I never made the connnection until this very minute.
Heh!
Hey Tom!!!!!!!
'Bout time you got here!!!!!
'Bout time you got here!!!!!
back in my day, we didnt have no fancy smchany wikipedia. we used encarta 95 a set of encyclopedias and we liked it!
... mind you Scott it's 6:00 AM and I'm retired!
From: Ody Sseus X - the tenth son of the drunken and dyslexic Dr. Suess.
Date: 10/30/09 @ 8:14 AM
71
Well, true, encyclopedia britannica was a staple before encarta, but the idea that encarta was hot shit makes me giggle. thought i'd bring back some memories for you guys.
World Book ruled!!
Can we get some muthafunking TELEPORTATION finally? Please?
It can't be much more difficult than the Hot Pocket, tecnically.
How bout it, science?
It can't be much more difficult than the Hot Pocket, tecnically.
How bout it, science?
From: Supernipchick will eat your dick like Kobayashi. AUGHGAUGHAGLAGLUAGHHGA
Date: 10/30/09 @ 8:19 AM
74
I remember going to the store with a dollar and buying my mom a pack of Eve cigarettes (she switched to Benson and Hedges Menthol Lights after Eves) and having enough left over to buy a candy bar. I remember when the Whatchamacallit came out, and it was my favorite candy bar EVER. I just looked it up, and it came out in 1978. I was 6. Can you imagine sending your 6 year old kid to the corner store, 6 or 7 blocks away, to buy cigarettes nowadays?
http://www.unionroom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/eve_cigarettes.jpg
http://www.unionroom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/eve_cigarettes.jpg
Well... when I was a kid, I was absolutely convinced that I would experience space travel since I was convinced it would be common. I'm still waiting on my space cruiser, but I would settle for a flying car dammit.
Everyone waxes nostalgic about their childhoods. That's because we were kids and had no real responsibility, at least about the big stuff that our parents worried about.
My dad said something that got me thinking. He actually felt sorry for my brother and I. He feels that he had an easier time growing up because there simply were less choices and less options. I've thought the same thing about my growing up, primarily in the 70s and the early 80s. There were less options then too, therefor there was less stress about the choices you would have to make.
Anyway, the thing I miss the most is that back in my day, the chicks in Playboy actually had pubic hair. They were real women, and one day, I would have a hot woman of my own.
Everyone waxes nostalgic about their childhoods. That's because we were kids and had no real responsibility, at least about the big stuff that our parents worried about.
My dad said something that got me thinking. He actually felt sorry for my brother and I. He feels that he had an easier time growing up because there simply were less choices and less options. I've thought the same thing about my growing up, primarily in the 70s and the early 80s. There were less options then too, therefor there was less stress about the choices you would have to make.
Anyway, the thing I miss the most is that back in my day, the chicks in Playboy actually had pubic hair. They were real women, and one day, I would have a hot woman of my own.
Can you imagine
That's one thing my parents never had me do, go fetch things for 'em.
... mind you Scott it's 6:00 AM and I'm retired!
Someday....;)
pubic hair.
I take alot of shit from the kids here because I prefer my beaver with bush.
Don't get me wrong, bald is beautiful.
But there's just something about the tingle of the fine hairs on the upper lip....;)
Your kids don't agree with how you prefer women's pubic hair?
Ransome said:
Your kids don't agree with how you prefer women's pubic hair?
Your kids don't agree with how you prefer women's pubic hair?
This coming from a dude who got drunk under the table....;)
I have no idea, and don't want to know, the preference of my kids...............ugh..........Ransome, Imma gonna slug you!
bald is beautiful, but bush just says woman.
someone mentioned going to the 7-11 for candy... man that was always a blast. Our local 7-11 had a couple of pinball machines (and later some video games) as a bonus.
Now... arcades... well that was something. I remember when arcades consisted of pinball and skee-ball, but pretty much nothing else. Then video games came around and arcades sprung up everywhere. I was 13 when arcades went ballistic and it was the most incredible thing in the entire world to me.
someone mentioned going to the 7-11 for candy... man that was always a blast. Our local 7-11 had a couple of pinball machines (and later some video games) as a bonus.
Now... arcades... well that was something. I remember when arcades consisted of pinball and skee-ball, but pretty much nothing else. Then video games came around and arcades sprung up everywhere. I was 13 when arcades went ballistic and it was the most incredible thing in the entire world to me.
I remember when the Whatchamacallit came out, and it was my favorite candy bar EVER.
OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU THAT WAS ALSO MY FAVORITE
Wacky Packs.
I was around thirty when I first saw the Internet. The Seattle Public Library had a dialup bbs line that you could then telnet out of. No browser. Just telnet, gopher, various unix commands. First email wasn't even pine. It was PROFS, an IBM mainframe email system.
Damn. 3270 dumb tubes. It was really something when they went color. Still all text, but color text.
Speaking of which, dialup bbs's!
Damn. 3270 dumb tubes. It was really something when they went color. Still all text, but color text.
Speaking of which, dialup bbs's!
I love the things that Papa McKay talks about.
Paying for entry to the cinema with jam jars or glass bottles.
The fact that you only wore jeans if you were a labourer.
Going on a tour of the UK on his motorbike - when motorways didn't exist yet.
Paying for entry to the cinema with jam jars or glass bottles.
The fact that you only wore jeans if you were a labourer.
Going on a tour of the UK on his motorbike - when motorways didn't exist yet.
Jings, even just dialup modems. 14.4? That was fast!
I was pumped with the 2400 baud and a prodigy account. Then realizing Prodigy sucked and BBS's were where it's at.
Q LINK ON A COMMODORE 64 ON A 300 BAUD MODEM
jpkeates said:
I got a portable record player
I got a portable record player
You mean something like this?
I had one similar (nothing as hi-tec as the one in the photo tho) that I got from a jumble sale when I was about 7 in the mid 1970s, you could play 16s, 78s, 45s and 33s on it. All I had was the womble song and a Gary Glitter single. My friends were green with envy that I could play music in my bedroom.
Woundtootight said:
muscle machines, pussy and disco...:D
muscle machines, pussy and disco...:D
New tagline for WTT
oh... and if you had a dispute with a classmate, the common way of settling it started with "MEET ME AT THE BIKE RACK!!!"
Yep.
Flashback for the elderly: cars with a choke knob on the dash.
THERE WASN'T NO GORRAM FACEYSPACE
never had a car with a choke knob, but I did have a '72 Buick Skylark that you set the choke with the gas pedal. That worked like a charm too. Much better than the thermostatic chokes.
I was sitting at the dinner table with a friend of the family.
She has an 11 year old daughter....
I was mentioning that last year my cousin and some of his friends went as the Power Rangers for Halloween. She asked me what colors they were.
I said they had all of the colors. Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, White, and Pink. She told me that there wasn't a red or white Power Ranger.
Stunned, I informed her there was. She disagreed.
Then the infamous, "I was watching Power Ranger since before you were bor....."
I'm only 26.
Also, my 13 year old cousin has never heard of a cassette tape or having to re-wind your media.....
Spoiled brats.
She has an 11 year old daughter....
I was mentioning that last year my cousin and some of his friends went as the Power Rangers for Halloween. She asked me what colors they were.
I said they had all of the colors. Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, White, and Pink. She told me that there wasn't a red or white Power Ranger.
Stunned, I informed her there was. She disagreed.
Then the infamous, "I was watching Power Ranger since before you were bor....."
I'm only 26.
Also, my 13 year old cousin has never heard of a cassette tape or having to re-wind your media.....
Spoiled brats.
I got my first boner watching the spandex-clad female dancers on "Solid Gold" and almost spooged all over my Andy Capp Hot Fries.
Just had a weird moment of cognitive dissonance when I realized I'm using an iPhone to post all this stuff about old technology.
S'freakin me out, man...
S'freakin me out, man...
wingnutzero said:
I got my first boner watching the spandex-clad female dancers on "Solid Gold" and almost spooged all over my Andy Capp Hot Fries.
I got my first boner watching the spandex-clad female dancers on "Solid Gold" and almost spooged all over my Andy Capp Hot Fries.
haha. I had "The Grind" on MTV. And I almost spooged all over my Chester Cheeto Cheddar Popcorn.
I successfuly navigated aolescence without ever snacking during beatoff sessions.
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