I’m so old I remember…

[The_Weeping_Angel]

Saturday morning cartoons was so much fun. School House Rock commercials in between.

I'm just a bill sittin' here on Capital Hill....



.. I'm A LAW!!!

 

[HappyToBeAlive]

When at midnight, the TV would play the national anthem and then go offline.
When you have a few minutes to go to the bathroom on commercial break so not to loose the show.
When Ch 3 (or 4) was where you played video games
When there was a full debate over Beta vs VHS (and when porn made the worst technology win)

 

[jaF0]

I heard it through the grapevine .....


https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FzAliKtzkHAw%2Fhqdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=20f4c568854a97c4c11bf4fceab92c76e9bec79bb5547f77ad1d69c124b9692e&ipo=images

 

[jaF0]

When Thrush was a foreign intelligence agency.

 

[Sinstories]

I heard it through the grapevine .....


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And you could get those figurines at Hardees....I had them all.

 

[SherlockianMan]

When purchasing a new watch, calling a telephone number to get the correct time so you could set it.

 

[caitiff1969]

When you had to call the theater to listen to a recording, telling you know WHAT was playing, and when. If you missed if, then you had to call again....lol And on the old dial phones, that sucked, especially if you messed up the number.

 

[caitiff1969]

I remember when Jack in the Box had characters/mascots in an attempt to combat the McDonalds Fry Guys, Grimace, Mayor McCheese, and the Hamburglar.

 

[Slickrick123]

I remember the struggles of dial up internet.

 

[Sinstories]

When purchasing a new watch, calling a telephone number to get the correct time so you could set it.

TI4-1212

 

[SexyVita]

https://oldphoneworks.com/cdn/shop/collections/da48b9090b02c50eb886b4a9b8793cc1.jpg?v=1657658504&width=750

Multi-line rotary dial telephones

 

[jaF0]

^^^ And every single one of those went to something like this:

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Literally MILES of wiring and dozens to hundreds of relays in each building. The grey wire on the back of the phone pictured above is 25 pair, 50 wires and most all of them were used in each phone.

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A 1,000' reel was heavy and bulky.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

https://e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2020/11/23/16061360696245.jpg

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

https://townsquare.media/site/481/files/2018/05/green-stamps.png?w=980&q=75

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p417196_b_h10_ad.jpg

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

https://u-mercari-images.mercdn.net/photos/m42452883816_1.jpg?width=1024&height=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&fit=crop&_=1676385142

 

[Strixaluco]

When purchasing a new watch, calling a telephone number to get the correct time so you could set it.

Just waiting for the time signal in the radio.

 

[Lady_Libra_]

https://u-mercari-images.mercdn.net/photos/m42452883816_1.jpg?width=1024&height=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&fit=crop&_=1676385142

That writer’s cramp was a bitch to get

 

[thefishfryer]

When Thrush was a foreign intelligence agency.

Open channel "D"

 

[Fingerfuxs]

I remember not being fear monger’d by the morning or evening news every single day !

Global warming
Russian
China
Guns and all that baggage
Left verses Right agendas

 

[thefishfryer]

I remember not being fear monger’d by the morning or evening news every single day !

Global warming
Russian
China
Guns and all that baggage
Left verses Right agendas

and when politicians where interviewed rather than talked over.

 

[bobb_sledd]

I remember when the New York Mets were a respectable baseball team.

 

[LIDiver]

Car windows had a crank.

 

[Wonderer67]

I remember when the New York Mets were a respectable baseball team.

Last year must’ve been an aberration! This years been a nightmare.