OT: I Remember When

[mac5732]

I remember when during Xmas Season people were friendly, everyone would say Merry Xmas to you even if they were strangers and all the stores were beautifully decorated for the season and greed was not as prevalant with retailers.

I remember when Xmas season and Xmas decorations wouldn't be put up until the day after thanksgiving, and everyone looked foreward to it.

I remember 5 cent root beers in large mugs at served at the local drug store fountain.

I remember a gallon of gas for 18 cents

I remember ciggeretts for 19 cents a pack

I remember comic books for a nickle

I remember baseball card packs for a nickle and you could actually chew the gum

I remember our families first blk and white Zenith TV...

I remember when a new ford mustang was only $950 and $1050 for a convertible

I remember music that you could understand and where the words made sense and not based around drugs and sex

I remember walking 5 miles to school in the snow

sigh........ the good old days

reminicing Mac

[Gandalph]

I remember going to the corner store with a nickel and coming home with a large candy bar and 3 pieces of bubble gum.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by mac5732:

I remember walking 5 miles to school in the snow

sigh........ the good old days

reminicing Mac

Yes, and it was so cold, that our words froze in the air and didn't thaw out till spring...

[tbontob]

Originally posted by CNCRaymond:
I remember when TRS-80 (Trash 80's) were the stand by which all other PC manufactures measured quality.

(Oh its been a while so if I make mistakes, forgive me.)

10 CLS
20 PRINT "Hello"
30 PRINT "Enter PW"
40 INPUT = A
50 IF A = "Password" Then 60 ELSE 55
55 PRINT "Wrong Dumb ***"
56 GOTO 30
60 PRINT "Wussup"
65 END

Sorry CNC, have to disagree with you. They were not called the "Trash-80's without reason. The Apples were the standard...

And the TRS-80 and the IBM computers followed in their footsteps.

[Stone Mill]

I remember when I first realized I was getting old...

But after reading Mac's and Gandalph's Posts, I feel like a spring chicken again!

[tesco samoa]

I remember when a apple was something to enjoy as a nice tasty snack.

[tbontob]

Stone Mill says:

I remember when I first realized I was getting old...

But after reading Mac's and Gandalph's Posts, I feel like a spring chicken again!

Eh? What's that you said?



[ September 25, 2002, 20:47: Message edited by: tbontob ]

[mottlee]

Originally posted by Gandalph:
I remember going to the corner store with a nickel and coming home with a large candy bar and 3 pieces of bubble gum.

I can rember going to th movies with $.25 to get in ang another for pop and pop corn! and I'm not REALLY that old

[sachmo]

I remeber twisting a knob on the tv to change the channel.

I remember my dads Betamax.

I remember Pong.

I remember playing Atari Pacman for 12 hours once.

I remember dancing to the theme of "CHiPs". In my underwear.

I remember buying the first Choose Your Own Adventure books. My favorite was either the Race Forever or Space Patrol.

[geoschmo]

I remember our first TV with a remote control. It was literaly a "Clicker". It had a mettallic thing in it when you pressed a button that made a noise, similer to the "crickets" the allied troops used during the D-Day invasion to keep from shooting each other in the dark. When ever the TV heard the click it would change the channel up by one. You couldn't change the volume, or turn the tv on or off IIRC, just change the channel up by one. Was pretty cool at the time though. What was really funny was our dog had these big metal dog tags and when he'd scratch the jingling was close to the sound the remote made and the TV would start flipping channels.