I’m so old I remember…

[Treeview]

Whatever happened to Zero Population Growth?

I did my part...no kids

 

[Wonderer67]

We had 4.5 channels, you had to move the antenna to get 5.

Anyone remember uhf channels??

For us it was channel 17 and 68 outta Philly.

 

[Wonderer67]

ISOIR…

These. A friend of mines mother passed away. He was cleaning out her stuff and found this.

https://imgur.com/a/a8wtxKM

https://imgur.com/a/TOUQJmM

 

[kieranhalcyon01]

 

[JustAnotherFlower]

... I remember 7-up bubble gum and Candy Cigarettes.

 

[Sgts19]

I remember my parents buying our first B&W Tv

 

[Bassytian]

We had 4.5 channels, you had to move the antenna to get 5.

I was going to say just that

 

[Strixaluco]

I still have memories of b&w tv, with no remote control. Even at home and not just on the summer cottage.

 

[Deadbed1968]

I remember BEING the remote control!

 

[Trubbycat]

I remember BEING the remote control!

I remember walking through the shag carpeting to change the channel. Zap!

 

[Trubbycat]

I remember walking through the shag carpeting to change the channel. Zap!

And I left out the staples and Legos stuck in the weave...

 

[Deadbed1968]

And I left out the staples and Legos stuck in the weave...

At least the shag padded your feet against the Lego’s! Hardwood floors are tortuous!

 

[Trubbycat]

At least the shag padded your feet against the Lego’s! Hardwood floors are tortuous!

The staples were the worst! Don't ask me how they wound up in the rug.

 

[Deadbed1968]

The staples were the worst! Don't ask me how they wound up in the rug.

They’re like glitter. It’s impossible to find it all!

 

[Trubbycat]

I'm so old I remember 15 cent comic books.

 

[Deadbed1968]

I remember when MAD magazine cost 25 cents

 

[Wonderer67]

I still have memories of b&w tv, with no remote control. Even at home and not just on the summer cottage.

My dad REFUSED to get a color tv. It wasn’t till mid 80s that we got our first one. I think it was my grans hand me down one!

 

[Trubbycat]

I remember my dad coming home with a color set. It was huge and of course in a piece of furniture. Miid 60s, I was very little.

 

[Deadbed1968]

I remember my dad coming home with a color set. It was huge and of course in a piece of furniture. Miid 60s, I was very little.

That’s the kind we had. Giant old Philco TV

 

[SWR101]

I remember sub $1/gallon gas

 

[Deadbed1968]

I remember sub $1/gallon gas

I was in High School then!

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-6d570/images/stencil/1200x1200/products/1194/9223/IMG_0825__38640.1619633262.JPG?c=2
https://preview.redd.it/still-have-this-old-tv-antenna-on-my-roof-v0-oetqjnifh94d1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=d623a18acfe522407824c7343e91617913b464f6

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Notice the price in the potato section? $ 0.49...

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

https://img.freepik.com/premium-photo/friends-having-water-balloon-fight-backyard_1022456-185073.jpg?w=360

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

ISOIR movie theaters showing a cartoon before the feature picture...

 

[37_ttej]

ISOIR having to stand still for, like, three whole minutes so we didn’t ruin the daguerrotype.
This was the fifth attempt.
Pa smacked us both around the ears afterwards.

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