I’m so old I remember…

[Serge69]

In no particular order, ISOIR: Sour Cherry Balls at 3 for a penny; a piece of Bazooka bubble gum, complete with cartoon, at 1 penny; safety belts in cars avaialble as an option, colour keyed with the car interior.

 

[Jeanie99]

I remember the Challenger exploding while watching at school. A horrible experience.

 

[DirrrtyDanny]

Rocket Fucking Robin Hood

 

[Serge69]

ISOIR I remember having a small US flag with 48 stars, then getting a new one with 50.

 

[Mo_Bandy]

When Lit skanks would get after me.

 

[Iwillgo]

When the internet was kept on a bookshelf, and called encyclopedia.

 

[Crownvic]

Hershey chocolate bars were 5 cents..

 

[latecomer91364]

I remember riding a mule (donkey, maybe) on the attraction that sauntered through the setting that the Mine Train traveled at the original Disneyland.

 

[BrownHornet72]

I remember there were actually cartoons(good ones) on Saturday mornings.

 

[PacificWaves]

Beanie and Cecil

 

[BrownHornet72]

I remember when TV stop broadcasting at midnight

 

[BrownHornet72]

I remember when gas was 83, 85 and 93 cent

 

[Serge69]

I remember when gas stations gave out free road maps. And when Texaco gas stations gave out https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lo...ds/2024/04/two-texaco-fire-chief-hats-2-1.jpg

 

[LeSabreur]

ISOIR "It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your children are?"

 

[SlyderInside]

ISOIR when the Packers could beat the Bears.

 

[Wonderer67]

ISOIR when

Running backs had numbers in the 20s and 30s. Sometimes 40s.
Offensive lineman had numbers in the 60s and 70s
Wide receivers in tight ends, had numbers in the 80s

Linebacker said numbers in the 50s
Safeties and quarterbacks had numbers in the 20s 30s and 40s

Altho, I remember Brad Van Pelt as a linebacker wore #10… so there’s that.

Kickers and punters wore those helmets with a single bar

 

[Lustful_Eyes4u]

I remember when you used to get a full size spare tire in the trunk of your car

 

[Salesgoat09]

Jiffy pop popcorn..

They still sell this! It’s I bought some last week as a nostalgia trip lol

 

[Hyacinthus151]

When TV’s had knobs

 

[Polranny25]

And cars had crank handles

 

[LatinaCarmen1980]

.... Having to come home before the street light came on.

 

[Nicefella]

.... Having to come home before the street light came on.

The good days. When you could ask your neighbor for a cup of water if you were thirsty

 

[Fivemagicbeans]

I’m so old I thought coconut oil was a sunscreen

 

[LeSabreur]

I’m so old I thought coconut oil was a sunscreen

My college girlfriend's tanning solution was a mixture of baby oil and iodine. There was no "screen" in there at all!

There were no boom boxes, so we would take an 8-track player, speakers and a car battery down to the beach to have music while surfing.

 

[mellowyellows]

I’m so old, I can remember when we used to drink water out of a hose.