I’m so old I remember…

[Gamine67]

I remember going through the discount boxes of vinyl records at the Payless drugstore, with a hole punched in the corner, in search of last years hits for just $2.99

Gonga find? The Kinks - Schoolboys in Disgrace, a masterpiece theme album.

 

[Coyote100]

I remember when it was safe to take the whole family to Tijuana.

 

[joclfc]

I remember getting either drinking glasses or kitchen towels in boxes of oatmeal.
And flatware when you filled your tank with gas. At .23 cents a gallon.

Ye I remember petrol ️ in the UK under £1 a liter, also remember gallons

 

[chame1eon]

I remember having pen pals in school where you write letters to someone from another country cause you couldn't just go online and talk to people from anywhere.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

I remember...

- walking home alone from elementary school every day
- Once home, knowing mom and dad were both at work, racing back out the door to find friends to play with
- Having my mom yell out the front door for me to come home for dinner
- Pretending I was just finishing my homework and asking if I could go out to play after dinner
- Putting on my football uniform on Sundays to watch the NFL with my dad
- Nana's Norwegian pancakes rolled up with melted butter and topped with syrup

 

[Milo9012]

I remember neon signs. They were often works of art and, if not that, they could be memorable.

 

[Milo9012]

US airline that went under in 1982

I remember Pan American Airlines.
It's so weird now to see that logo in movies like '2001 A Space Odyssey', set in a future the airline never survived to fly in.

 

[joclfc]

I remember when you could go out on a Saturday night with £20, get pissed, have a takeaway, bus home and still have change in the morning

 

[Milo9012]

Electrical store

Anyone remember TV repair shops?
They used to be a thing before TV's became disposable...

 

[Baztrachian]

Anyone remember TV repair shops?

I remember the tube testers at the grocery stores.

 

[Gamine67]

I remember neon signs. They were often works of art and, if not that, they could be memorable.

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There are efforts to preserve mid-century neon, they are Art. Tucson has done a remarkable job of preserving and relocating them.
https://preservetucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/the_neon_pueblo_tucsonsignguide.pdf

I remember when today’s bike path used to be a railroad line with wild blackberry bushes.

 

[NakedStoryLover]

... TVs being wheeled into the classrooms to watch the first space shuttle landing.

 

[NakedStoryLover]

Anyone remember TV repair shops?
They used to be a thing before TV's became disposable...

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And using the yellow pages

 

[inkandiridiumnibs]

Anyone remember TV repair shops?
They used to be a thing before TV's became disposable...

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Yes, in fact, there is one around the corner from my house.

 

[CuyValDar]

 

[SherlockianMan]

I'm so old I remember when Lit forums had nude pics

 

[cdstefi]

ISOIR gigs where the band was loud onstage, not just the FOH PA system. When guitarists used 100W amps and shifted air, and nobody used in-ear headphones for monitors.

Music was better when it was loud. And fuck your hearing.

 

[NakedStoryLover]

ISOIR gigs where the band was loud onstage, not just the FOH PA system. When guitarists used 100W amps and shifted air, and nobody used in-ear headphones for monitors.

Music was better when it was loud. And fuck your hearing.

It certainly fucked my hearing!

 

[Bdm20]

It certainly fucked my hearing!

What?

 

[Wonderer67]

ISOIR gigs where the band was loud onstage, not just the FOH PA system. When guitarists used 100W amps and shifted air, and nobody used in-ear headphones for monitors.

Music was better when it was loud. And fuck your hearing.

Amen. I’ve seen hundreds of punk rock bands. And will not be letting up soon.

What I do miss (and I’m so old I remember) when you didn’t need to buy tickets online for every fucking show. You could show up at the vfw hall or club for 5-10 bucks and see three bands.

CBGBs, Pyramid club, pipeline, TLA, City Gardens, etc…

 

[Zephreck]

Our first telephone line was called a party line. We shared it with other houses. Only o e person could talk on it. So if the other house was using the phone you could not receive or make calls.

 

[Poeticwolf]

Before the internet, we had phone modems and connected to BBSes.
Bulletin BoardS

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

ISOIR when both ice cream trucks and donuts trucks would drive through my street - and could tell which was coming by their distinctive jingle they broadcast on their speakers...

 

[cdstefi]

Amen. I’ve seen hundreds of punk rock bands. And will not be letting up soon.

What I do miss (and I’m so old I remember) when you didn’t need to buy tickets online for every fucking show. You could show up at the vfw hall or club for 5-10 bucks and see three bands.

CBGBs, Pyramid club, pipeline, TLA, City Gardens, etc…

The 70s/80s were the golden age for live music, when you could see the top bands in reasonable sized venues for sensible ticket prices. I really don't see the point of mega-arena shows (I guess it makes sense to the promoters but not the fans).

One of my most treasured memories is catching a BÖC warmup show at the Venue in London. Billed as Soft White Underbelly for the true fans, I got tickets easily and for next to nothing by today's standards, and got to see the original lineup at something like the peak of their powers (although they split almost immediately afterwards following a disastrous festival appearance).

 

[joclfc]

I remember finding porn mags in my dads wardrobe