Things my kids will never know about
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Rain
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Rolodex, pay phones and pagers to name a few. Your turn.I remember when my dad's pager would go off and he'd have to pull over to use a pay phone.
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How to read a map, balance a checkbook, develop film, use encyclopedias, mail a letter.
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Black and white TV.
Dial phones.
Coal shoots.
Walking to school.
Pea shooters.
House calls by doctors. -
TV Dials and antennas, TV Guide, House Fuses, Parachute Pants
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I'm tempted to add family dinners to this, but I'll hold off.
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Dodgeball, football, ice cream cone cupcakes in school for birthdays
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Floppy disk, cassette tapes
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Why it is referred to as "roll down the window"
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clearlysuspect:TV Dials and antennas, TV Guide, House Fuses, Parachute Pants
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8-tracks, 78's, B sides, rotary phones, VHS and Betamax, unlocked front doors
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Riding a bike without a helmet
Riding in a car without a seat belt
Lawn Darts (a.k.a. Jarts)
Candy Cigarettes
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Don't forget riding in the back of a truck tooPuff_Dougie:Riding a bike without a helmet
Riding in a car without a seat belt
Lawn Darts (a.k.a. Jarts)
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they still play dodgeball and football at my son's school.....Ken Light:Dodgeball, football, ice cream cone cupcakes in school for birthdays
my kids have rode in the back of a truck and rode a bike without a helmet..........ok maybe i am just a bad parent. I look at it like my parents lived and i lived if they grab the bike without a helment, oh well. If they are going a mile to a friends house and want to ride in the back of the truck oh well.blutattoo:
Don't forget riding in the back of a truck tooPuff_Dougie:Riding a bike without a helmet
Riding in a car without a seat belt
Lawn Darts (a.k.a. Jarts)
Candy Cigarettes
and everyone who is talking about music media, all things become retro.....the mixtape is still a huge cultural phenomenon, and look at how big vinyl is in this day and age. -
Just got me a record player for xmas and my kids love it!brianetz1:
they still play dodgeball and football at my son's school.....Ken Light:Dodgeball, football, ice cream cone cupcakes in school for birthdays
my kids have rode in the back of a truck and rode a bike without a helmet..........ok maybe i am just a bad parent. I look at it like my parents lived and i lived if they grab the bike without a helment, oh well. If they are going a mile to a friends house and want to ride in the back of the truck oh well.blutattoo:
Don't forget riding in the back of a truck tooPuff_Dougie:Riding a bike without a helmet
Riding in a car without a seat belt
Lawn Darts (a.k.a. Jarts)
Candy Cigarettes
and everyone who is talking about music media, all things become retro.....the mixtape is still a huge cultural phenomenon, and look at how big vinyl is in this day and age. -
reel to reel audio tape and for that matter, reel to reel video tape
after school fights
duck hunting before school
Dinner at the dinner table
Sunday school
Ruler across the knuckles by the teacher. (and it wasn't abuse, it was discipline)
Having to do actual chores.
Having to turn the wipers on and off, cause there was not intermittent wipers.
Knowing how to check your oil on your car.
Having to actually be home to watch a movie or cartoon, cause there was no recording it.
And if there was something that pre-emted it [president or Dad had some show he wanted to watch], you were screwed.
Having to adjust the color on your TV with a color wheel. (now I'm really dating myself.)
mimeograph paper.
pens that leaked all over.
ashtrays on shopping carts.
Buying cigarettes out of a cigarette machine.
Just a small bit that I can think of off the top of my head. -
Oh yeah, That reminds me.
Tiny ashtrays built into the armrests on planes and buses. -
This thread amuses me for it reminds me so much about my own past.
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Liberty.
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does having to go "Pick" your own branch to get whipped with count ? Damn i still have nightmares about poplar trees, oh and and leather straps
And I also grew up with "Radio night" instead of the TV
and Pop used the old Victrola for our "music" time around the house
why yes I did grow up on a ranch
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Going to the store to pick up smokes/beer for their parents.
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And on the armests of cars. I remember many times having the indent on my arm from those things.Bob Luken:Oh yeah, That reminds me.
Tiny ashtrays built into the armrests on planes and buses.
The records remind me of when I was younger and my sisters waiting at the store for a new record to come out. It was a big deal back then.
With a note from your parents. LOL!Rain:Going to the store to pick up smokes/beer for their parents.
Funny how their hand writing was so similar to mine. -
Rain:Going to the store to pick up smokes/beer for their parents.
Smoking in Jr. High with your parents permission slip. Not that I smoked way back then but a lot of my friends did. -
Schools with "smoking areas".RBeckom:Rain:Going to the store to pick up smokes/beer for their parents.
Smoking in Jr. High with your parents permission slip. Not that I smoked way back then but a lot of my friends did.
Which reminds me. Having to find a dime to call home from the pay phone, only to have no one home to answer the phone.
Which brings up the lack of answering machines.
Or having to leave a message with the phone operator to let your folks know you'll be late getting home or to pick you up. -
Hmm, this is a maybe. Putting the car in neutral to coast down the street when you are sneaking out.
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Wait, you could leave a message with the operator?
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They could still hear my truck down the road. So we pushed for quite some time.Rain:Hmm, this is a maybe. Putting the car in neutral to coast down the street when you are sneaking out. -
yup. And we had 5 digit phone numbers and party lines.Rain:Wait, you could leave a message with the operator?
Well, they were regular phone numbers, but you just dialed the last number of the prefix and the number.
For that matter, I remember telling the operator west seattle 4 and the number or CH4 and the number. -
"Give me the 4-1-1"
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Hello, directory assistance.Rain:"Give me the 4-1-1"
Or calling a number (used to be 555-1212 in our area) and getting, "at the tone, the correct time will be........" -
An honest to God Service Station
Gas at .50/gallon
Concert T-Shirts for $5.00 and tickets for $8.00
The Arcade
not wearing seatbelts
Not knowing the ingredients in food etc
