I’m so old I remember…

[Cwtchseeker]

Happy Eater restaurants

 

[bunny4med]

A rotary phone in the "phone room" of the house.

 

[CuriousGuyVa]

Collection S&H Green Stamps at grocery stores

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Changing channels this way...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/77/99/8d7799bcd6d8ce832f63eb8e2c526cb8.jpg

 

[sftopbottom]

An ashtray with a beanbag bottom, full of lipsticked butts, on the dash of Mom's '74 Impala.

Charles Kuralt - Sunday Mornings

Creature Features.

Whacky Wafers.

Going on the Ramblin' Rod show (a Portland, OR local)

Delivering newspapers on my bike before school.

My Schwinn stingray apple
crate bike with a long sissy bar, purchased with said paper route money.

Tinker Toys at Christmas.

 

[willlph]

Fallout shelter training .
Unscrambled c-band satellite feeds .
AMC gremlins and pacer dealerships
Tang

 

[sftopbottom]

Fallout shelter training .
Unscrambled c-band satellite feeds .
AMC gremlins and pacer dealerships
Tang

fallout training in school! yes, and saying the Pledge of Allegiance, standing in a group of other children being brainwashed by Nationalism...what a time it is to be alive then and now!

 

[Trubbycat]

Getting a dollar from my mom after church and getting five comic books.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AVYAAOSwQVhky6d3/s-l1200.webp

 

[Sweet_b19]

life before social media and being reachable 24/7

 

[Cwtchseeker]

Getting C&A socks for Christmas

 

[CuriousRick]

life before social media and being reachable 24/7

I miss those days.

 

[willlph]

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[Japansurfer]

Being asked what y2k means

 

[Treeview]

Cable ski bindings

 

[ImpishSeraph]

It not being illegal to go the river and swim with manatees with interaction.

 

[Gamine67]

Changing channels this way...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/77/99/8d7799bcd6d8ce832f63eb8e2c526cb8.jpg

And the tin foil antenna booster.

 

[mortis]

Skate key tools, stingray bike with a banana seat.
Hanging on the monkey bars.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Skate boarding with metal wheels

https://skateboarding-hall-of-fame.myshopify.com/cdn/shop/files/EDF238D1-0AC0-4DEF-84F8-A4B7FDB54D81_1178x.heic?v=1702595820

 

[MrDevereaux]

When double deck cassette decks made you the coolest, even cooler with the high speed dub setting.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Being able to select the type of record used in the record player - 33 RPM, 45 RPM, or 78 RPM.

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/%C2%A9-The-Vinyl-Factory-2016-Lewis-Durham-Crate-Diggers-Photography-Michael-Wilkin-8-of-42.jpg

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Using this to clean in the record grooves...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FNMAAOSw2EJceWHh/s-l1600.webp

 

[Crownvic]

The old fashion Sunday paper with about 50 sections..including big comic strip..section...would take most of the week to read the entire paper...miss that..

 

[ShyGuy68]

No internet
Phone booths
No cell phones
Smoking allowed everywhere

 

[Tweedledude]

No internet
Phone booths
No cell phones
Smoking allowed everywhere

Ah yes the good old days....