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Posted by Shiley • 6/18/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

Do you remember when...

a book was just a book.

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6/18/08

ThriftShopRomantic

...Shirley started that 'Finish the Sentence' thread? I do.

I'll have to do better, Shirley, once I have more coffee.

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Lol! Funny thing, I remember that too. I don't owe you a Coke or anything do I? No Pepsi for you down there Jr.!
2. 6/18/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Nah, save the Coke for later.
3. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Well, I don't have any on hand at the moment. I have some Diet Pepsi though.
6/18/08

RTBjr73

Do you remember when... an oil change done on your car was more expensive than filling up the tank?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yes! $0.99 bummer!
6/18/08

Shiley

Cars were made out of metal?

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1. 6/20/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  THOSE were the days...A person could even work on their own car without needing a dealer's computer to hook it up to...
6/18/08

RTBjr73

When you went to the drub store, asked out loud for a pack of smokes, and whispered for a box of condoms?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  No, not really.
6/18/08

calais50

every day included nap time? (brb...going to get my nap mat...)

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  I do remember that.
6/18/08

thebigandyt

...things were really hummin'
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Lol!
6/18/08

Shiley

3,2,1, Contact was on PBS?

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1. 6/20/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  I loved that show...Remember the Electric Company?
6/18/08

crkian

You could have sex without the kids disturbing you

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yes! I do remember that!
2. 6/18/08
  
  markstoneman
  
  You could finish your sentences?
3. 6/18/08
  
  crkian
  
  ?
4. 6/18/08
  
  markstoneman
  
  I mean the days when you could finish your sentences when talking to your spouse without the kids interrupting.
5. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  I am free this month. My mom has the kids.
6. 6/18/08
  
  crkian
  
  Sorry Mark got the wrong end of the.. hang on kids want me
7. 6/18/08
  
  AngieA
  
  thats funny crkian
6/18/08

Manictastic

freedom fries were still called freedom fries instead of french fries.

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  I've never heard of that. They were?
6/18/08

RTBjr73

Do you remember when...you could play a sport, and not hurt the next day?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yup!
2. 6/20/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  Vaguely. *LOL*
6/18/08

Shiley

a phone call was $0.10?

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6/18/08

Manictastic

I still had my old header over on my blog. It seems as if it was just yesterday. Oh wait, it was

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Lol!
6/18/08

RTBjr73

When holidays were NOT stressful?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Childhood?
2. 6/18/08
  
  AngieA
  
  When holidays were just plan fun, period!
6/18/08

kdawg68

do you remember when....Kurt Warner found Ricky Proehl in the corner of the end zone to send the Rams to the Super Bowl?

do you remember when....Curlin rallied after stumbling out of the gate to nail Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense at the wire in the 2007 Preakness?

do you remember when...Team USA could actually win basketball games against Asian, Eastern European, or South American countries?

do you remember when...you had no idea what a blog was?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  I can only answer the last one 7 months isn't so far away.
2. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  Do you remember when...
  
  Going to a sporting event or to the movies didn't break the bank?
  
  When Ronald Reagen hoped that his surgeons were Republican?
  
  "Where's the beef??!!"
  
  Burt Reynolds looked human?
  
  you could ride in a back of a truck in the summertime?
3. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  yes to all of those.
4. 6/18/08
  
  AngieA
  
  When Michael Jaskson looked human.
6/18/08

Shiley

roller skates were cool?

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1. 6/20/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  You have NO idea. I still have a pair, even now...and they weren't those inline jobbers, either.
6/18/08

Shiley

the Cleveland Indians played at the new stadium and went to the series?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  And played one of the greatest World Series games ever?
2. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yes! Yes! Yes! I went to the playoffs!
6/18/08

RTBjr73

Banana seats and orange flags on your bicycles?

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1. 6/20/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  Actually that was the best bike I ever had, in retrospect. Coaster brakes. Good for skidding.
6/18/08

RTBjr73

PICTURE PAGES!!!!!!!!

(you KNOW you want to sing the theme song.)

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1. 6/18/08
  
  calais50
  
  Picture pages??? What's that?
2. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  kiss my azz for making me feel old
3. 6/18/08
  
  calais50
  
  Sorry 'bout that, Grandpa Tommy
4. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  Darn whipper snappers!!!!
5. 6/18/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  Hmmm...I don't remember this, either. Sorry!
6. 6/20/08
  
  justamie
  
  WANT to sing the theme song? I have no choice now. I'd blame you, but it's really the OCD. "Picture pages, picture pages, time to get your picture pages . . ."
  
  There, do you feel less old now?
6/18/08

Shiley

Star Wars first hit the theater?
the ice cream van was the coolest vehicle in existance?
Superman I hit theaters?
Solid Gold was on TV?

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6/18/08

robertstevenson

people left the doors unlocked

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  From Cleveland so no. I hear in Canada they still do. Any Canadians can tell me if that's a falsehood or not?
2. 6/18/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  We still do - although we live in the boondocks.
3. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Ahhh... See you had me fooled with the whole horse thing kdawg. I thought Kentucky Derby American... It's all good! ")
4. 6/18/08
  
  AngieA
  
  I still do as well.
5. 6/20/08
  
  JanelleV
  
  Yea - I don't even get in my car without locking the door.. So I definitely couldn't rest easily at night if my front door wasn't locked!
6/18/08

whineymomma

we used to use pay phones?

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1. 6/20/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  Used to? Gads, I MUST be the only person left without a cell phone (with no intention of getting one, either.)
6/18/08

whineymomma

the kinds with the little booth door you could shut when we were lost on the side of the road?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yes
6/18/08

RTBjr73

Cowboys and Indians!!!

(Bet I am going to piss off some ACLU person on THAT one)

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  What's ACLU? I'm Native American and I used to play that and watch Lone Ranger too.
2. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  same here!!! well, my grandfather was full blood
3. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  My great, great gram was. Traced back to Pocahontas she was a grandma.
4. 6/18/08
  
  robertstevenson
  
  I think that's cowpeople versus native americans
5. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  So, you're saying cows are people and they have rights too?
6/18/08

sdk1988

Do you remember when, you listened to your favorite band, you heard the crackle, hiss and pop's of LP's...

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yes had a Fisher Price record player and we just purchased a new record player.
  
  How about the crackle, hiss, and pop of Pop Rocks candy?
2. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  American Bandstand!!!
  
  "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it!! I'll give it a 76, Dick."
3. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yes! Madonna on AB?
4. 6/18/08
  
  Anniepooh
  
  Oh, yeah! We played vinyl albums for our kids awhile ago and they actually called them "really big CD's".
5. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Lol!
6. 6/18/08
  
  sdk1988
  
  Haha.. yeah the fisher price record players.. I remember the "I ain't getting Nothing for Christmas" album..drove my sister nuts with that one.. and it had a skip in it!! I ain't..I ain't...I ain't....
  
  My son took an LP into the pre-school he went to a few years back, they were awe-struck!!
7. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  I gotta piggyback off of sdk1988...remember good old fashioned jukeboxes? with 45's in them?
8. 6/20/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  I still have (& play) not only LPs, but 45s. I gave up on the 78s years ago, though. *L*
6/18/08

morgantj

Do you remember when... you first learned how to ride a bike.

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  yup and scars to prove it too.
  
  How about the training wheels on the bike?
2. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  Big Wheels, with the pull break!!
6/18/08

Shiley

David Sole sang? (from Starsky and Hutch)

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6/18/08

Anniepooh

...you could actually get penny candy for a penny?

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6/18/08

Shiley

Atari! Frostbite Baily?

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6/18/08

Shiley

Tandy Computer from Radio Shack that cost $2000?

Internet had no pictures?

Hooking to the net meant you had to put a chip in your phone?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  sdk1988
  
  Wow.. Tandy - yeaper! Commodores too!
6/18/08

RTBjr73

"Chevy Chevette..It will drive you happy?"

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Chevy Chase was on SNL?
2. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  and the two "Wild and crazy guys!!"
3. 6/20/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  Remember the Ford Pinto gas tank issue & the AMC Pacer or Gremlin?
6/18/08

Anniepooh

...AOL was still back at 1.0? Gawd, the hellish memories.

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1. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  Friends don't let friends drinkand use AOL
2. 6/18/08
  
  Anniepooh
  
  ROFL. I spent YEARS in Food Chat. AOHell.
3. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Cras Test Dummies! "...once there was a kid who got into an accident on his way to school... Mmmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm..."
6/18/08

Shiley

You Got Mail was in theaters?

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6/18/08

RTBjr73

Transformers were the coolest toy on the market.

Don't forget the rubik's cube craze.

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6/18/08

Shiley

Smurfs?

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1. 6/20/08
  
  justamie
  
  Or their aquatic cousins, the Snorks!
6/18/08

libdrone

do you remember when you had to pay Compu$erve 8 bucks an hour to go online?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  No, we all made an unspoken pact to not relive that memory. Remember?
2. 6/18/08
  
  crkian
  
  I remember doing that and thinking their chat rooms were the best thing ever
6/18/08

Shiley

Cable was just cable no satellites or dish networks?

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6/18/08

barryfromtexas

Do you remember when you could ride the dial back when dialing the phone? - heck when phones had dials, when antything had dials! TV- Radio "don't touch that dial!"

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6/18/08

RTBjr73

There were actually really cool toys in a Happy Meal?

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6/18/08

Shiley

there was a vampire soap opera on TV?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  barryfromtexas
  
  Dark Shadows
2. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Ahhh... I couldn't remember the title.
6/18/08

RTBjr73

Piggly Wigglies?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  sdk1988
  
  We still have one of those here.. at least we did 2 years ago!
2. 6/18/08
  
  scheduledoctor
  
  The Piggly is still around! Go to South Carolina!
6/18/08

barryfromtexas

That the hyper kids got a whooping and were able to sit still in class after that instead of filling them full of ritalin?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  yes! and remember as kids, when we had to take a "trip to the restroom" if we acted up in a public place?
  
  and we still love our parents for doing it?
6/18/08

barryfromtexas

Dime stores

(edit) oops wrong spot

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6/18/08

Shiley

Brady Bunch?
Scooby Doo?
Micheal Jackson looked normal?
We all thought Boy George was a girl?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  Boy George isn't a girl?
2. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Did you see the Crying Game?
  
  The girls on Star Search pretending to be Boy George?
6/18/08

RTBjr73

"The girls on Star Search pretending to be Boy George?"

If you read that over and over....you'll will get yourself confused.

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Lol!
6/18/08

RTBjr73

Pop Rocks!!!

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6/18/08

barryfromtexas

Hogan's Heros and the Beverly Hillbillies

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6/18/08

Shiley

Opie Taylor from Andy Griffith?

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6/18/08

Shiley

The original Battlestar Gallactica?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  I loved that show...gads I was a total nerd.
6/18/08

sdk1988

HR Puff & Stuff and Gigglesnort Hotel!

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1. 6/18/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  How about the "New Zoo Review?"
6/18/08

Shiley

Dire Straits?

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6/18/08

RTBjr73

When MTV played videos?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yeah. What's up w/ that?
2. 6/18/08
  
  sdk1988
  
  And the weather channel reported actual weather...
3. 6/18/08
  
  MVT5150
  
  Those were the days.
6/18/08

shagnast2100

Remember when....when the people were broke? now they have a negative cash flow position...thanks America for you euphemistic banter that sheilds us from reality

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1. 6/18/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  Welcome to 1984. Big Brother luvs U!
6/18/08

Shiley

Juice filled wax pop bottles (candy)?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  MVT5150
  
  And when they were like 20 cents for a bag. I bought some for my wife and I got a bag of like 10 for a couple of bucks.
2. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  I love those things.
6/18/08

RTBjr73

...you had school clothes, play clothes, and church clothes? And you better not be caught playing in NOTHING but your play clothes?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  I played w/ Tonka trucks in the mud in my pretty, frilly, lacey dress because I wanted the best of both worlds.
6/18/08

Shiley

90210 and it's coming back?

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6/18/08

LGramlich

...TV stations went OFF THE AIR at the end of the day.

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yes! If you woke up here in America you see the flag waving on some channels and on others the multi- colored bars on the screen.
2. 6/18/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  Not to mention that there were only 13 channels & no remote.
3. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  My Tv was green and we always had a repair guy for our floor model Tv.
4. 6/18/08
  
  MVT5150
  
  13 channels? Wow! We only had 4, including pbs. Remember having to use aluminum foil to help the rabbit ears get reception.
5. 6/18/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  MVT5150; Actually,.where I lived just a few years ago I only got 2 channels...IF the weather was good. 13 channels were the max available, though. That's what I meant.
6/18/08

RTBjr73

when we didn't have cell phones, VCR's, power windows, microwaves, bottled water, flavored bottle water, mechanical pencils...

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Ditched the cell, don't have power windows other than that yup!
6/18/08

Shiley

Aerosmith and Run DMC preformed "Walk This Way?"

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6/18/08

LGramlich

...pet rocks were da BOMB!

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6/18/08

Shiley

clap on, clap off, clap on clap off, the clapper?

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6/18/08

scheduledoctor

the best shows on television were Different Strokes, Quantum Leap, and Family Ties?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Yes! I have to throw in my personal favorite Growing Pains.
6/18/08

MVT5150

"I've fallen and I can't get up!"

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Whe my daughter falls down that's what she says it is so funny!
6/18/08

Shiley

plop, plop, fizz, fizz, Oh what a relief it is!

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6/18/08

LGramlich

...the "$100 Grand" (chocolate) bar was a "Hundred Thousand Dollar" bar?
Remember 8-track tapes (or even reel-to-reel,) & Betamax?
Am I the only one who remembers "Hardware Wars," the short film spoofing Star Wars that appeared on HBO in the early days?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  MVT5150
  
  Remember when HBO was just one channel.
2. 6/18/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  I even remember that it was channel "6" for us. *L*
6/18/08

RTBjr73

remember when you saw more parents playing with their kids outside?

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  When the world seemed a safer place?
6/18/08

MVT5150

"Don't squeeze the Charmin" or "You got your peanut butter on my chocolate, no you got your chocolate in my peanut butter"

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1. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  Mr. Wickles is that his name?
2. 6/18/08
  
  MVT5150
  
  Close, Wipple.
3. 6/18/08
  
  Shiley
  
  You're good.