You old FART!

[RobertScorpio]

^^ I agree; in many ways, it was.

I was going through some stuff this weekend and found three of them....now don't laugh!!!..I have a JACKSON FIVE...a DOORS...and a BARRY MANILOW...just no way to play them, which may be a good thing for 2/3 of them...

I don't remember all of what I have, but it would be some of these: Jesus Christ, Superstar, Best Of Peter, Paul and Mary, some Simon & Garfunkel, Donovan, some Harry Nillson, some Warren Zevon, Bat Out Of Hell, various Beatles collections. I think the last 8-Tracks I bought were the first Pretenders and the first Knack albums.

Oh man..I had that JESUS CHRISTSUPER STAR 8 track...it use to sit on the shelf next to my Richard Harris THE PROPHET 8 track tape...

Rob

 

[freak]

I remember those old car phones back in the early 90's. My Dad still has one in the garage even though it doesn't work anymore!
It's been at least 7 years since Voyager has been off the air!
It's been more than 40 years since Trek first began!
Getting my first computer at age 12. And it was the very first computer with MS-DOS prompt on it.
those floppy disks..still have some!
VCRs were really big in the 90s as well.
my 80s TV living until it broke down in 1996-had to get a new one and couldn't get it fixed. Loved that frakking thing!
Neighbors' children being about 2-4 years old when we first moved into the neighborhood and are now 18-20yrs old!

 

[trekkiedane]

I don't think we had anything between the reel to reel tape recorders and the Compact Cassettes here - but then,I grew up in the CC-age my last machine died eating my first cassette; Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds!

 

[TGTheodore]

I don't think we had anything between the reel to reel tape recorders and the Compact Cassettes here - but then,I grew up in the CC-age my last machine died eating my first cassette; Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds!

MGM tried a small cassette cartridge format, but the "famous" one is the one that became the standard.

I still have the portable player and twelve of the cartridges. The player actually WAS portable with a nice built-in molded handle.

--Ted

 

[sbk1234]

Hey, I remember when Married With Children and The Simpsons were considered controversial.

 

[John Picard]

Hey, I remember when Married With Children and The Simpsons were considered controversial.

I remember when All in the Family was controversial.

Funny story: Both Married...With Children and The Simpsons were on the verge of being canceled when, in both cases, it was some uptight religious ninny who campaigned against both shows. The efforts backfired, resulting in high ratings because people, being who they are, were curious about the uproar.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I know that was the case for Married, but i haven't heard that for The Simpsons.

 

[Dale]

I remember when a TV show's title card would declare proudly that it was in color.

I remember paying a quarter to play PONG, and getting our PONG home system in 1974.

I remember when a payphone cost a dime.

I remember returning soda bottles to the store for the deposit money. This was not what we now think of as recycling. They simply washed out the bottles and refilled them.

I remember the first movie I ever saw: Planet of the Apes. It was at the drive-in.

I remember watching Apollo launch after Apollo launch and being mad that none of them actually went to the moon. I also remember watching the moon landing, finally.

I remember the Vietnam war on the news every night.

I remember owning 8-track tapes.

I remember when it was the height of hilarity to tape record the toilet flushing.

I remember when manual typewriters were common.

I remember the world before Pop-Tarts.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

There was a world before Pop-Tarts?! You lie!

 

[Dale]

And on the 8th day, God created Pop-Tarts, and they were good. Man, they were good.

 

[Kira's Mom]

I remember when it was the height of hilarity to tape record the toilet flushing.

Oh, yeah. That was a classic kid thing to do when I was growing up.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I remember when a payphone cost a dime.

I remember phone booths. In fact, I remember the drugstore in Columbian Square had about four dark wood telephone booths set into the wall. I went back a couple of years ago and they were gone-- along with the lunch counter. I'd like to slap the idiot who came up with that brainstorm.

 

[John Picard]

I remember when a TV show's title card would declare proudly that it was in color.

I remember paying a quarter to play PONG, and getting our PONG home system in 1974.

I remember when a payphone cost a dime.

I remember returning soda bottles to the store for the deposit money. This was not what we now think of as recycling. They simply washed out the bottles and refilled them.

I remember the first movie I ever saw: Planet of the Apes. It was at the drive-in.

I remember watching Apollo launch after Apollo launch and being mad that none of them actually went to the moon. I also remember watching the moon landing, finally.

I remember the Vietnam war on the news every night.

I remember owning 8-track tapes.

I remember when it was the height of hilarity to tape record the toilet flushing.

I remember when manual typewriters were common.

I remember the world before Pop-Tarts.

What about when breakfast cereal came with a prize? I'm talking about cool stuff like records, glow-in-the-dark pens, working plastic padlocks, and things like that.

 

[Dale]

I remember when a TV show's title card would declare proudly that it was in color.

I remember paying a quarter to play PONG, and getting our PONG home system in 1974.

I remember when a payphone cost a dime.

I remember returning soda bottles to the store for the deposit money. This was not what we now think of as recycling. They simply washed out the bottles and refilled them.

I remember the first movie I ever saw: Planet of the Apes. It was at the drive-in.

I remember watching Apollo launch after Apollo launch and being mad that none of them actually went to the moon. I also remember watching the moon landing, finally.

I remember the Vietnam war on the news every night.

I remember owning 8-track tapes.

I remember when it was the height of hilarity to tape record the toilet flushing.

I remember when manual typewriters were common.

I remember the world before Pop-Tarts.

What about when breakfast cereal came with a prize? I'm talking about cool stuff like records, glow-in-the-dark pens, working plastic padlocks, and things like that.

The little baking soda-powered plastic submarine.

 

[sbk1234]

I remember pet rocks.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I remember when a TV show's title card would declare proudly that it was in color.

I remember paying a quarter to play PONG, and getting our PONG home system in 1974.

I remember when a payphone cost a dime.

I remember returning soda bottles to the store for the deposit money. This was not what we now think of as recycling. They simply washed out the bottles and refilled them.

I remember the first movie I ever saw: Planet of the Apes. It was at the drive-in.

I remember watching Apollo launch after Apollo launch and being mad that none of them actually went to the moon. I also remember watching the moon landing, finally.

I remember the Vietnam war on the news every night.

I remember owning 8-track tapes.

I remember when it was the height of hilarity to tape record the toilet flushing.

I remember when manual typewriters were common.

I remember the world before Pop-Tarts.

What about when breakfast cereal came with a prize? I'm talking about cool stuff like records, glow-in-the-dark pens, working plastic padlocks, and things like that.

The little baking soda-powered plastic submarine.

I remember that sub!!!

 

[John Picard]

I remember when a TV show's title card would declare proudly that it was in color.

I remember paying a quarter to play PONG, and getting our PONG home system in 1974.

I remember when a payphone cost a dime.

I remember returning soda bottles to the store for the deposit money. This was not what we now think of as recycling. They simply washed out the bottles and refilled them.

I remember the first movie I ever saw: Planet of the Apes. It was at the drive-in.

I remember watching Apollo launch after Apollo launch and being mad that none of them actually went to the moon. I also remember watching the moon landing, finally.

I remember the Vietnam war on the news every night.

I remember owning 8-track tapes.

I remember when it was the height of hilarity to tape record the toilet flushing.

I remember when manual typewriters were common.

I remember the world before Pop-Tarts.

What about when breakfast cereal came with a prize? I'm talking about cool stuff like records, glow-in-the-dark pens, working plastic padlocks, and things like that.

The little baking soda-powered plastic submarine.

I'd forgotten about those! Never could get mine to work properly.

 

[RJDiogenes]

How about the little "volcano pellets" that you could get from places like Johnson-Smith? Those were fun.

 

[Noname Given]

I remember when the Beatles were together.

I remember when you could buy Goofy Grape.

I remember when comics cost twelve cents.

I remember reading Rendezvous With Rama when it was first serialized in Galaxy.

And I remember watching this:

Add me to all of the above, plus:

I remember what the phrase "It's an E Ticket ride!" means.

I saw Star Trek; Star Trek: The Animated Series; Speed Racer (the animated series, not the recent film); The Brady Bunch; Bewitched; The Partridge Familiy; Night Gallery (with Rod Serling); The Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman first run.

I was still a year from getting my learner's permit when the original Star Wars (the 1977 version, not the 1997 bastardization) came out.

 

[Non Sync]

I remember taking the Universal Studio Tour and they were filming for a new series Ironside.
I remember playing Star Trek on a dot matrix paper terminal almost 10 years after the original show went off the air.

Beloit College has been releasing their Mindset List for their faculty:

Students entering college for the first time this fall were generally born in 1990.

For these students, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.

1. Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.
2. Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying people at parties.
3. They have always been looking for Carmen Sandiego.
4. GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.
5. Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic bottles.
6. Shampoo and conditioner have always been available in the same bottle.
7. Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino.
8. Their parents may have dropped them in shock when they heard George Bush announce “tax revenue increases.”
9. Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.
10. Girls in head scarves have always been part of the school fashion scene.
11. All have had a relative--or known about a friend's relative--who died comfortably at home with Hospice.
12. As a precursor to “whatever,” they have recognized that some people “just don’t get it.”
13. Universal Studios has always offered an alternative to Mickey in Orlando.
14. Grandma has always had wheels on her walker.
15. Martha Stewart Living has always been setting the style.
16. Haagen-Dazs ice cream has always come in quarts.
17. Club Med resorts have always been places to take the whole family.
18. WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling.
19. Films have never been X rated, only NC-17.
20. The Warsaw Pact is as hazy for them as the League of Nations was for their parents.
21. Students have always been "Rocking the Vote.”
22. Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme Court.
23. Schools have always been concerned about multiculturalism.
24. We have always known that “All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.”
25. There have always been gay rabbis.
26. Wayne Newton has never had a mustache.
27. College grads have always been able to Teach for America.
28. IBM has never made typewriters.
29. Roseanne Barr has never been invited to sing the National Anthem again.
30. McDonald’s and Burger King have always used vegetable oil for cooking french fries.
31. They have never been able to color a tree using a raw umber Crayola.
32. There has always been Pearl Jam.
33. The Tonight Show has always been hosted by Jay Leno and started at 11:35 EST.
34. Pee-Wee has never been in his playhouse during the day.
35. They never tasted Benefit Cereal with psyllium.
36. They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy to play with in the crib.
37. Authorities have always been building a wall along the Mexican border.
38. Lenin’s name has never been on a major city in Russia.
39. Employers have always been able to do credit checks on employees.
40. Balsamic vinegar has always been available in the U.S.
41. Macaulay Culkin has always been Home Alone.
42. Their parents may have watched The American Gladiators on TV the day they were born.
43. Personal privacy has always been threatened.
44. Caller ID has always been available on phones.
45. Living wills have always been asked for at hospital check-ins.
46. The Green Bay Packers (almost) always had the same starting quarterback.
47. They never heard an attendant ask “Want me to check under the hood?”
48. Iced tea has always come in cans and bottles.
49. Soft drink refills have always been free.
50. They have never known life without Seinfeld references from a show about “nothing.”
51. Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year they were born.
52. Muscovites have always been able to buy Big Macs.
53. The Royal New Zealand Navy has never been permitted a daily ration of rum.
54. The Hubble Space Telescope has always been eavesdropping on the heavens.
55. 98.6 F or otherwise has always been confirmed in the ear.
56. Michael Milken has always been a philanthropist promoting prostate cancer research.
57. Off-shore oil drilling in the United States has always been prohibited.
58. Radio stations have never been required to present both sides of public issues.
59. There have always been charter schools.
60. Students always had Goosebumps.