I remember when...........

[spiritangel]

I was thinking this would be a fun idea for a thread

I remember when I was a kid that we were rarely at home, and barely ever indoors unless it was raining or blowing a gale

I remember playing atari for the first time

I remember when paddlepops started to go up in price they were 20c then edged up to 50c now they are like $2

just a couple to start it off I mean i could be here for hours oops just realised this is like a picless version of lovelys thread eep

[bonified]

What about chocolate hearts? With the thin delicate chocolate coating?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xj1uNfMyVM

[lovelocs]

I remember when my knees first started grinding.

I remember thinking only old people complained about the price of things quadrupling in their lifetime.

I vaguely remember having a much sharper memory...

[MattB]

I remember never having our front door locked during the day...

I remember cheap candy...

I remember going skating at the roller disco on Sunday afternoon before the big kids took over the floor...

[NewfieGal]

I remember when 30 was old lol :P

I remember watching cartoons that weren't violent

I remember when we got letters through the mail lol

I remember playing in the dirt, when video games were for days you were sick and couldn't get outside to play

[MattB]

Originally Posted by NewfieGal

I remember when 30 was old lol :P

I remember watching cartoons that weren't violent

I remember when we got letters through the mail lol

I remember playing in the dirt, when video games were for days you were sick and couldn't get outside to play

I remember when cartoons WERE violent, before "The Man" said I couldn't be trusted to not want to blow things up with the dynamite that was always lying around the house in the 70's...(not to mention the easy access I had to the ACME catalogue...)

[Micara]

I remember my best friend Mandy and I riding our bikes up to the bookstore and buying all the new Sweet Valley/Baby-Sitters Club books that came out each month... I remember when the books were $2.50 each.

I remember buying BOP magazine for the New Kids on the Block poster inside. And getting really annoyed when Kirk Cameron was on the cover, because I didn't think he was cute.

I remember getting the magazine "YM" in the mail, just for the embarrassing story part.

[mimosa]

Aw cool! That's what my sister and use to do. We loved reading those books and that YM magazine. We actually went to a New Kids concert together. You just bought back so many memories back to me. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Micara

I remember my best friend Mandy and I riding our bikes up to the bookstore and buying all the new Sweet Valley/Baby-Sitters Club books that came out each month... I remember when the books were $2.50 each.

I remember buying BOP magazine for the New Kids on the Block poster inside. And getting really annoyed when Kirk Cameron was on the cover, because I didn't think he was cute.

I remember getting the magazine "YM" in the mail, just for the embarrassing story part.

[Prince Dyscord]

Yeah, I remember going outside a lot and playing with the hose. Though I am of the nintendo generation and I was an only child. Still, whenever there were a bunch of kids around we had fun.

Basically things were interesting before the net hit. Though I'm not going to say things were better simply because kids nowadays are having their own memories that they'll cherish. And god I feel oooooold

[WhiteHotRazor]

I remember The Great Space Coaster

[Blackhawk2293]

I remember when we could joke about planes crashing or being hijacked at the Airport and not being escorted away by security!

[WhiteHotRazor]

I remember when you had to always carry coins on you in case you needed to call someone.

[Micara]

Originally Posted by WhiteHotRazor

I remember when you had to always carry coins on you in case you needed to call someone.

Ha! I remember pay phones at the mall! One time I walked by and it was ringing so I answered it and it was a pervert asking me what my bra size was. I said 38 triple Z, haha!

I remember prank calling people. Now that was good times!

[Blackhawk2293]

Originally Posted by Micara

Ha! I remember pay phones at the mall! One time I walked by and it was ringing so I answered it and it was a pervert asking me what my bra size was. I said 38 triple Z, haha!

I remember prank calling people. Now that was good times!

During the late 90s to early 00s, they upgraded a whole lot of payphones here in Australia but they had a flaw where you could get away with using them with out paying. All you needed was an Australian $2 coin and a McDonalds straw. What you do was drop the coin into the slot as normal, pick up the handset as if you were going to dial and then stick the straw in the gap above the refund slot. The straw would trigger the eject and refund your coin but still give you $2 credit. When you looked like you were about to run out, you just hang up and do it again. LOL

Of course, they picked up on this eventually and removed those phones.

[Ryan]

This may have just been an American thing (or even a specifically Californian thing), but I remember when wearing overalls was "gangsta" back in the early 1990s.

[LadyDeelicious]

Originally Posted by Ryan

This may have just been an American thing (or even a specifically Californian thing), but I remember when wearing overalls was "gangsta" back in the early 1990s.

I remember too Ryan, although I am from CA lol!!!! I remember playing in the street til the lights came on, and if I wasn't inside by dark, I would have a red bottom!

[EtobicokeFA]

I remember having one phone in the house (rotary dial), and the only TV, was in the living room, or family room.

This might just be just as Canadian thing, but I also remember road hockey as well.

[Critters]

I remember, at the age of five, being allowed to ride my bike only so far - if I couldn't see the roof of our house, I wasn't allowed to be there. Ours was a split-level in a suburb of single-story ranch-styles, so I could go quite far and still see at least part of our roof.

I remember the mad scramble to run inside to collect change when someone heard the distant bells of the Ice Cream Man on his little bike-powered freezer cart, dispensing fifty-cent popcicles for sticky handfuls of small change.

I remember Dad bringing home our first computer. A Commodore64. I spent ages learning that beast. And I wasted hours on games... that I don't regret for a moment!

I remember our first video game system. Intellivision. It had games like Centipede, Tank Commander, Asteroids, Blackjack. Dad and I played each other, and I played other kids. I kept that thing and still used it until I was in university.

I too remember the 'be home before dinner' curfew. And breaking it a few times. And getting a sore butt for my troubles.

I remember saving up birthday and xmas money for Star Wars toys, waiting with intense, almost drug-like anticipation when a new figure or playset was released.

[MattB]

Originally Posted by EtobicokeFA

I remember having one phone in the house (rotary dial), and the only TV, was in the living room, or family room.

This might just be just as Canadian thing, but I also remember road hockey as well.

We had two rotary phones, one in the kitchen and one in the basement. Also- our TV was on a tray with wheels so we could move it around if needed...

CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

[Micara]

Originally Posted by Critters

I remember, at the age of five, being allowed to ride my bike only so far - if I couldn't see the roof of our house, I wasn't allowed to be there. Ours was a split-level in a suburb of single-story ranch-styles, so I could go quite far and still see at least part of our roof.

I remember the mad scramble to run inside to collect change when someone heard the distant bells of the Ice Cream Man on his little bike-powered freezer cart, dispensing fifty-cent popcicles for sticky handfuls of small change.

I remember Dad bringing home our first computer. A Commodore64. I spent ages learning that beast. And I wasted hours on games... that I don't regret for a moment!

I remember our first video game system. Intellivision. It had games like Centipede, Tank Commander, Asteroids, Blackjack. Dad and I played each other, and I played other kids. I kept that thing and still used it until I was in university.

I too remember the 'be home before dinner' curfew. And breaking it a few times. And getting a sore butt for my troubles.

I remember saving up birthday and xmas money for Star Wars toys, waiting with intense, almost drug-like anticipation when a new figure or playset was released.

Our first computer was a Commodore64 too! I remember playing "Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?" on it! And "Wheel of Fortune"!

[fat9276]

The title of this thread makes me think of this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFECH...eature=related



I am old

[dharmabean]

Simply put, I remember when Life was a bit easier.

I remember when things seemed to just flow smoothly.

I remember when friends were friends, regardless.

[toni]

I remember getting all excited to watch my little pony and care bears in the morning.

[ScreamingChicken]

I remember when my Saturday mornings were spent in front of the TV watching WorldWide Wrestling (Jim Crockett Promotions), Mid South Wrestling, Memphis Wrestling. The afternoons meant catching the WWF then World Championship Wrestling at dinner time then World Class Championship Wrestling at 10:30 PM.

[Blackhawk2293]

I remember the days when people used to get dressed up and go to a club or a bar and actually socialise with each other instead of sitting around tables playing around with their phones.