I’m so old I remember…

[PicassosPleasure]

I remember a time before the internet, no one had mobile phones,had to use phone box, writing letters, and playing outside with friends,

i spent hours talking on party lines. The chat room of old

 

[PersonalFavors]

i spent hours talking on party lines. The chat room of old

For me that would be listening in on my sister from a different phone in the house.
Back then we were not allowed to answer the phone during dinner. A rule I would love to enforce now!

 

[PicassosPleasure]

For me that would be listening in on my sister from a different phone in the house.
Back then we were not allowed to answer the phone during dinner. A rule I would love to enforce now!

Same rule in our house, and you naughty little brother.

 

[PicassosPleasure]

I'm so old, I remember gas being .25 per gallon. There was no minimum wage. Mailman ran twice a day. The street cleaners ran every Monday. The word cable was something used to latch things down with. House hold only had b/w tvs. Potato chips came in 1 flavor, fried.

You forgot the milk truck. Picking the metal six-pack carrying case into the house with the bottles clanging, and setting the old bottles in it and putting it out on the porch.

 

[Lady2020]

Flowers in December.

 

[PicassosPleasure]

Flowers in December.

Wait a minute, did I send you flowers for MY birthday?

 

[Lady2020]

Wait a minute, did I send you flowers for MY birthday?

Not that I recall.

 

[PicassosPleasure]

Not that I recall.

That's my problem, I'm old enough to remember recalling things things at one point.

 

[Lady2020]

That's my problem, I'm old enough to remember recalling things things at one point.

It is scary to age.

 

[PersonalFavors]

It is scary to age.

Only when I can't remember if I forgot it.
Or sometimes I may over think it when I finally get some and I am one and done. It does make me get some exorcise of some kind.

 

[zoso682001]

Remember three local tv stations...long before cable ...had to get up and manually change the channel...

...and adjust the rabbit ears !

 

[PicassosPleasure]

...and adjust the rabbit ears !

Hah! Don't forget standing there holding them just right.

 

[MichiganBiker27]

Rotary dial phones

Dukes of Hazzard in b&w - blew my mind when I found out the car was actually orange

Ford vs Carter

 

[Lady2020]

Johnny Cash.

 

[Bdm20]

Captain Kangeroo

 

[Polranny]

Casey Jones

 

[Elypep1980]

People fighting over “collectible” mini beanie babies at McDonald’s

 

[Lady2020]

Land line.

 

[Bdm20]

Party line.

 

[Lady2020]

Party line.

I remember that.

 

[PicassosPleasure]

Party lines were our generation's chat rooms.

Party line.

 

[Photog1rl]

ISOIR the Electric Company.

 

[Lady2020]

I'm almost 70. So I was recently thinking that if I'm listening to music from the 70s that means my grandmother was listening to music from the 30s. Is this weird af?

 

[caitiff1969]

ISOIR the Electric Company.

Early career roles for Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman, and where I learned about Tom Lerher

 

[caitiff1969]

Using a 300 baud modem, and hoping nobody picked up the phone.