I’m so old I remember…

[munch2much]

IASOL I can recall when women (in the U.K. at least) used to look amazing in their trendy red/white or blue/white striped T shirts.

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

I can’t quite make that out. But is it a slide rule, for multiplication etc?

It is a slide rule used for basic math like mulriplication and division and even including geometry and trig calculations. And it was always in a case that attached to your belt. An interesting article how the slide rule put a man on the moon. https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/201..., the,and do other sophisticated calculations.

 

[CaffeinatedHub45]

Gas was less than a dollar/gallon. When it finally passed that mark, stations used to list the price at 1/2 gallon until the new pumps arrived with the $ and decimal point.

 

[AmberLGreen]

 

[AmberLGreen]

Great "massager" eh?

Those deep soothing vibrations did the trick

 

[Bry1313]

I’m so old I remember seeing the Purple Rain tour live.

 

[Ssbbw4u1974]

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Everything in my bedroom being decorated with this bitch.
I also remember that the collectible dolls actually smells (and tasted) like the fruit they were named for.
Which brings to mind that the villain, the Pie man. Who was always trying to kidnap shortcake and her crew to make them… actually I am not sure what he wanted to make them do. I do remember him being canceled because of his obsession with them.

I had her sleeping bag, and tons of SS stuff in my closest, in a box, I have a strawberry shortcake doll from when I was 10!!! Loved the cartoon!!

 

[Ssbbw4u1974]

Parachute pants

 

[AbsintheFather]

First two pics are our car. Has all of the extras, AC, shoulder belts(!), rear facing jump seat, luggage rack, rear spoiler and the best: 351 Cleveland block engine. It’s a fast car.

Oh, and faux wood grain.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643597659326885888

That's a great looking car, I love it. You don't see Torino wagons often. Yeah, the Cleveland engine was the better performer of the two by far. Thanks for sharing!

 

[blulilacgrl]

I’m so old, I remember when Michael Jackson’s Thriller video premiered on MTV

I remember when MTV premiered..

Video killed the radio star ....

 

[Crankbait88]

My dad's old pickup truck with "3 on the tree" and the headlight dimmer switch on the floorboard.

 

[DeerTrace118]

I’m so old, I remember playing frogger

 

[Joxlrg]

I’m so old, I remember playing frogger

Asteroids, Defender

 

[Intrigued42]

Donkey Kong on Colecovision! (w/ Luigi and Mario!) Oh! and Atari's Pong!

Asteroids, Defender

 

[DeerTrace118]

Asteroids, Defender

YES!!!

 

[RocinanteCaliban]

Recording my favorites songs off the radio on cassette...still have all my old cassettes too!

 

[jaF0]

I’m so old I remember seeing the Purple Rain tour live.

Early to mid 70s, ABC TV and Radio stations used to team up to run concerts (In Concert) late night in 'simulcast'. The TV station would play the video portion with mono sound, while the FM radio station would play the audio portion in stereo. They had it worked out to sync as best as possible.

Watched a bunch of concerts that way, one of which was Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Center of the Earth.

"Simulcasting to provide stereo sound for TV broadcasts
Before stereo TV sound transmission was possible, simulcasting on TV and radio was a method of effectively transmitting "stereo" sound to music TV broadcasts. Typically, an FM frequency in the broadcast area for viewers to tune their stereo systems to would be displayed on the screen. The band Grateful Dead and their concert "Great Canadian Train Ride" in 1970 was the first TV broadcast of a live concert with FM simulcast. In the 1970s WPXI in Pittsburgh broadcast a live Boz Scaggs performance which had the audio simultaneously broadcast on two FM radio stations to create a quadrophonic sound, the first of its kind. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulcast


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Concert_(American_TV_series)


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[jaF0]

Oh, and that reminds me of Kelly Harmon and BABY!!!!





(No one will get that).

 

[Scareltt]

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Carried one on my belt throughout high school

That’s what got us to the moon!

 

[HarryHill]

Oh, and that reminds me of Kelly Harmon and BABY!!!!





(No one will get that).

Baby Shark?

 

[Beholders_Eye]

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Carried one on my belt throughout high school

I still have my Dietzgen slide rule; couldn't for the life of me tell you how to work it today. But what a workhorse through college...

 

[Backagainpart4]

I still have my Dietzgen slide rule; couldn't for the life of me tell you how to work it today. But what a workhorse through college...
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Yup. Used one of these many times

 

[jaF0]

No sharks.

 

[jaF0]

"The Maverick was introduced on April 17, 1969, as a 1970 model at a very competitive price point of $1,995 "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Maverick_(1970–1977)

"Ford offered the Pinto solely as a two-door sedan, with entry level models priced at $1,850,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto

"The April 6, 1970, cover of Newsweek magazine featured a red Gremlin for its article, "Detroit Fights Back: The Gremlin". The car was available as a "base" two-passenger version with no rear seat and a fixed rear window, at a suggested retail price of $1,879,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Gremlin

 

[EarlyDawn1973]

Donkey Kong on Colecovision! (w/ Luigi and Mario!) Oh! and Atari's Pong!

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