The wife and I have a recurring conversation where we review things that we grew up with and took for granted and then marvel that today yoots never experienced any of it (an example being leaded gasoline). Here is a list from Beloit College that illustrates this perfectly. It also make me want to go coffin shopping .

they've always had tamper-proof packaging on foods and medicines

they've never seen the test pattern when a tv channel goes off the air

they've never gone to the library and rooted through the card catalog (the physical card catalog with drawers) for their school reports


anybody know who has the best coffin prices in H-town? does Wal-mart carry them yet?

i have.... i went to catholic school. our library was the upstairs of the chapel. bahaha

Yeah ABC News last nite had a brief story on that list.... damn I feel old.

*weeps and yells at kids to get off her lawn*

I remember the day my parents bought a VCR. We rented Rambo, First Blood.

Sometimes I feel old when reading lists like this, then other times I just think of how far things have come in such a short time. Some things good, some not so good.

Now my Dad...he's old!

that first video camera, had to carry the battery pack on your back,

Were you one of the lucky VHS ones or the unlucky beta max ones? LOL

I remember finding stuff to do just to record stuff to watch later. LOL


How exciting was it to watch water get heated in a microwave or popcorn pop in special poppers. LOL

or that Mtv stood for MUSIC television

I was umpiring a LL baseball game and a guy walked up to me and said. Hey see the kid on 2nd base? I said yes. That`s my son. OH ok. After 38 years of umpiring I felt old out on that field. you see I umpired that guy also when he was 12yrs old.
Nickel pin ball machines.
Quart soda bottles 10cent deposit and 5 cents on little bottles returned.

You younger ones really missed the good life.

I remember my in-laws had a "car phone" that came with a huge carrying case/bag back in the late 80's.

I remember the first portable record player, 110 camera's, instant camera's, computer, microwave, vcr, car cell phone, game system, when they first came out. My parents also had a Brownie camera & floor model tv

But I don't consired myself old because of it. Maybe when I hit 70's I might.

Here's something interesting: Pretty Neat

A Day In History, Was you there?

1940's, http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1940s.html
1950's, http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1950s.html
1960's, http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960s.html
1970's, http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1970s.html
1980's, http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1980s.html
1990's, http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1990s.html

Talking about how much things have changed over a short period of time.....

I picked up the book, Bourne Supremacy, to read before I see the movie. And, it's so funny, because the spys in the book don't have cell phones, so they get away with alot of stuff that could never happen today. This book was written in the 70's, I believe.

One part, Bourne had to find coins to make a call from a phone booth!! Ancient!!

We actually talked about this in class last night. I'm one of the oldest in my class, mind you, at 30 years old. You should have heard the dumb stuff those kids were saying.

"Did they have credit cards in the 80's?" And the giggles when we talked about winding down a car window instead of pushing a button.

And yeah, Wrangler, we had VHS, but I was always pissed because the videos I wanted to see were always in beta while the VHS copies were always out. 200 copies of Hello Mary Lou Prom Night II in beta and one on VHS which is always OUT, DAD, why can't we get beta?

Sweet!

That's one movie I did see.

How times have change, it's amazing. I use to love to hear my grandmother talk about the olden days.
Olden days are catching up with us.

By the way I'm 21 and I remember the card catalog at the library, it was over by the steps on the left when you come in the door. This could be because I like to read a lot and maybe the library was my favorite place when I was a kid, I don't remember.

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think what WVD meant to say Ithlilian, was that most of us here are AARP members....

I've got a jean jacket older than that! LMAO!!

i'm 23 and i vaguely remember a "dewey decimal system rap" lmao.

OH to be 21 again. NA, To much of a pain in the Azz trying to keep up.
I`ll take my AARP card and watch time fly by me.
No way would I want to grow up in this time & age.

I remember coke bottles with the states name where it was made on the bottom.
I can remember 2 way traffic on Franklin Street.
I can remember the bus stop in the squaer.
I can also remember WALKING TO all me schools. What the hell is a school bus? J/K
It`s better off you not knowing what we older ones knew growing up. That way you won`t feel so unfortunate growing up in the world today.

...and mcgee's the oldest...




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Humm... this brought back a lot of memories for me... Anyone remember the gas shortage where you were assigned even & odd days & had to wait forever just to get an allotted amount of gas on your assigned day??? Or when you were having leftovers for dinner you actually warmed up the food in a pan or pot on the stove??? Microwave? What was that?!?!? Or the old rotary dial phones & you only had to dial the last digit of the now three digit number & then the last four? There was no cable, no remote, no electronic hand held games - for entertainment, kids would play board games, or outside activities with all the other neighborhood kids or (gasp) read! No MP3 players, iPods - just 45s (& 8-track when that came out). I remember when the first walkmans came out - I was in middle school & just *had* to have one! It played only cassette tapes and was huge to lug around with big, bulky headphones!

I remember the bowling lanes that used to be in the back of TwoGuys, a dept store in the SE shopping center,,,, the best flat cheeseburger one could buy from BurgerChef on the corner of VA AVE and Halfway BLVD

Bowling lanes at Two Guys? I don't remember that.

Heck, Burger Chef was the only fast food place in town. One on VA Ave (no Halfway Blvd back then) and one up at Penna Ave and Burhans (near the Miracle Mart, later Kings, or vice versa). Then they built the first Mickey D's on Northern Ave, Big Mac, Large Fry and medium Coke for 90 cents.

Burger Chef was the best! I remember Two Guys, but no bowling lanes??? How about Pappy's? the best pizza around!

I kind of remember Pappy's... but not where it was... give me a hint!

But I have to disagree on the best Pizza, it was Mrs. Corsi's.... lol.

Pretty sure it was in the Ames Shopping Center off of the Dual Highway... Ah, yes, Corsi's (still good) - I remember getting the spaghetti there... they always had the best sauce! And Rocco's, before it changed hands...

Runs: Can you still run?
Well you young wipper snapers should take notes then.

How about Jounior the blind broom door to door salesmen?

ah yes Two Guys...got my first training bra there....so embarassed
We got our burgers and shakes from Richardson's ( just cut thru the golf course to get there). Didn't even know that Burger Chef exsisted.
Pappy's was across the street from Zayres shopping center.

Zayres - I couldn't remember what it was called before Ames... Thank you! It was racking my brain! Richardson's used to have the best onion soup! Anyone remember McCoys downtown? You could shop & get lunch... hot turkey sandwiches & french fries & gravy! (I think this is turning into a "food" thread)...

What about The Orange Bowl in the Valley Mall...mmmm,pretty good pizza. Mcrorys used to be in the mall as well.
Back then the place to buy clothes downtown was at Leeds... you weren't part of the in crowd as a kid unless your folks bought your clothes from there

Member's Only Jackets & Gasoline Jeans... Oh, and don't forget the parachut pants!

My first job was at Pappy's Pizza, but not in Wash Co. Many happy memories.

21...kid...I get it, but I was referring to somewhere around the age of 12.

Don't we want our young people to be involved in the local community and interested in the issues?!?!?! Go me!

Ithlilian, I think it's great you're on here. Please continue to post, I for one, appreciate your views and opinions on here.

That's dear.

shut up, i'm trying to be nice....

Ah Burger Chef! My best friend & I were discussing all the places that were in town when we were growing up & this was one of them. They had the best seasoned fries, even better when you ordered them covered with chili & cheese!!

I worked at Miracle Mart while in high school, then they closed down.

I worked as a Security Guard at Two Guys when I was in college, then they closed down.

I worked at Eyerly's in the mall, then they closed down.

I worked at Montgomery Wards in the mall in my early 20's, then they closed down.

I work for the Federal Government now...

BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID!!!!

No offense, but I don't think I'd offer you an application to join my employement!

BTW... Eyerly's... I forgot about the Bon-Ton's former name... I think my mother actually still has bags & boxes with the Eyerly's logo on them!

yea. it was a big blow to downtown when them and McCrorys moved to the mall.

OK, I’ll be 31 in July, (yeah I know to some not old enough) but anyway I remember a lot of stuff that you guys have already mentioned like; our first VCR, huge-@$$ camcorder, Atari and pong, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, our first computer was a Mac, huge thing with like a ridiculously small 8” x 8” screen and a dot matrix printer. I also remember:

When CVS was People’s and they had the lunch counters

The progression of Two Guys, to Nichol’s and now Big Lots and whatever else is there now

When South High’s band used to ‘practice’ march up and down Spruce Street

The upstairs and the pet store at the mall

Jim’s Always, Richardson’s and the Venice were the places to eat on the Dual

Visiting my great-grandparents house and property before they built the McDonald’s on Sharpsburg Pike

Life before and the long phased construction of Eastern Blvd.

Life before and the construction of the overpass at Wilson Blvd and Virginia Ave

The old ‘D’ building and the auto shop at South.

The DMV on Franklin Street

When they actually had a Fair at the Fairgrounds.

Rocky Ridge farm market

Don’t even get me started on all the rolling fields before the developers came along.

That’s enough for now, I’m sure I’ll think of more

The progression was Two Guys, Nichol's, Pharmhouse, Michelle's ? I think? and then Big Lots took over. I mean, if you're talking about the Maryland Avenue location.

My first job ever was cashier at Pharmhouse when i was a junior in high school. The first time I ever spoke up for myself in employment terms was asking to be promoted to, "PharmBeauty." A quarter more per hour and I loved it. I met my first and only true love. I was so proud of my department. I built the cosmetic displays that everyone trashed. I cleaned shelves every week. Our makeup department had amazing deals on makeup. I actually paid attention to the dates of the sales and thought I was true to company policy, but the managers always shit on the deadlines. I knew bitches were stealing shit all the time and they didn't care. I wanted to be militant about my designated area!

why does this not surprise me? from our phone conversations, this must be where it all started!

I liked Peoples, I always got grilled cheese and french fries there it was awesome, at least, I think they had food there...if not it was somewhere else in the south end shopping center.

Did YOU have parachute in gym class?!??!?

Yes

Yes, how about the giant trampoline?