*Rotary dial 12 channel televisions with no remote control. Parents made the kids 'the remote control'. They adjusted the horizontal roll knob every 5 minutes too!
*Only shopping during the day, Monday to Saturday
*Texting our friends via mail, the handwritten kind
*Mechanical typewriters (w/ white correction ribbons). Don't punch the 'o' so hard, it makes holes in the paper.
*One phone per house with real bells in them with short cords (parents put them in living room so they could listen to you)
*Actually having to remember someone’s phone number
*65 cent 45 rpm singles (you had to actually had to plug in a player to listen to them- broken needles)
*PF Flyers (Posture Foundation- They were first produced by BF Goodrich in 1937- you can still buy them)
*Returnable bottles (what I refer to as actually recycling)
*Non power assisted drum brakes on all 4 wheels (try braking after going through a puddle)
*Vacuum Wipers (worked really good at the stop light when you weren't accelerating)
*Calculator (pencil & paper)
*Slide Rule? What's that? (an improvement over the pencil & paper calculator)
*A full 1/2 gallon of ice cream
*Fast Food (Chef Boyardee in a can)
* Feel free to add your own to the list..
*Only shopping during the day, Monday to Saturday
*Texting our friends via mail, the handwritten kind
*Mechanical typewriters (w/ white correction ribbons). Don't punch the 'o' so hard, it makes holes in the paper.
*One phone per house with real bells in them with short cords (parents put them in living room so they could listen to you)
*Actually having to remember someone’s phone number
*65 cent 45 rpm singles (you had to actually had to plug in a player to listen to them- broken needles)
*PF Flyers (Posture Foundation- They were first produced by BF Goodrich in 1937- you can still buy them)
*Returnable bottles (what I refer to as actually recycling)
*Non power assisted drum brakes on all 4 wheels (try braking after going through a puddle)
*Vacuum Wipers (worked really good at the stop light when you weren't accelerating)
*Calculator (pencil & paper)
*Slide Rule? What's that? (an improvement over the pencil & paper calculator)
*A full 1/2 gallon of ice cream
*Fast Food (Chef Boyardee in a can)
* Feel free to add your own to the list..
- Putting my tape recorder up to the speaker and taping Dr. Dimento.
ReplyDelete- Waiting for The Love Boat, followed by Fantasy Island, as THE EVENT of Friday night.
- Eagerly searching TV Guide for news about my favorite perfomers, and planting my ass down in front of the TV when they were on!
- Being able to ride my bike at age 6 for MILES without my mom freaking out.
- Playing Space Invaders on my Atari - that was sooooo awesome.
- Walking down to the supermarket to buy the new Styx ablum.
Wow, those were the days!!!
Ah yes.. the Dr Demento Shaving Cream Song < click here
ReplyDeletei had an uncle in the jukebox and pinball business, arlen vending company. my cousins and I would get the older records when they put new ones in the machines, 45's.
ReplyDeleteI used to go over to Paula Vending Co on Emmaus Ave. to buy my 45's. They usually had them 7 for $1.
ReplyDeleteSometimes more/sometimes less.