Rotary dial Telephones.
Dot matrix printers.
Cable Channels that had a number and a letter (e.g. Channel 23J).
Turbo Buttons on PCs.
Mechanical gas pumps.
AM only radios
When an 150K file was considered large.
When weather guys had to draw their weather maps on air.
Cordless phones that cost $300.00 and picked up baby monitors
Cigerette vending machines
When all cars didnt have bucket seats.
UHF Dials on TVs
When a plane flying over your houes messed up your TV reception.
When TVs had to "warm up" before you could use them.
When using your card at the checkout involved that weird card/carbon paper slider gadget.
Those little yellow discs that you put in smaller records so the larger players could spin them.
Phones with real bells inside.
Card catologues.
Saving your computer work on a cassette tape.
Dot matrix printers.
Cable Channels that had a number and a letter (e.g. Channel 23J).
Turbo Buttons on PCs.
Mechanical gas pumps.
AM only radios
When an 150K file was considered large.
When weather guys had to draw their weather maps on air.
Cordless phones that cost $300.00 and picked up baby monitors
Cigerette vending machines
When all cars didnt have bucket seats.
UHF Dials on TVs
When a plane flying over your houes messed up your TV reception.
When TVs had to "warm up" before you could use them.
When using your card at the checkout involved that weird card/carbon paper slider gadget.
Those little yellow discs that you put in smaller records so the larger players could spin them.
Phones with real bells inside.
Card catologues.
Saving your computer work on a cassette tape.
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 4 months ago
I remember the card catalogues they had in libraries, don't they use them anymore? Yes, I remember cig vending machines,too. My sister was p-oed when they became rare. I'm probably too young to remember much else on that list.
I remember for our TV, we had a small black box that you had to turn a dial with the channels on it to select the channels. also, we had a box that had a list and a numerical keypad (like a phone keypad) that you had to punch in the numbers and press enter to go to the channel you wanted
and I remember the little round thermostats u had to turn to change the a/c & heat settings in the house
I remember when gas was CHEAP (back then, i thought $1 / gal. was expensive!)
our VERY OLD Apple IIGS computer, complete w/ the ligtning-fast 2.2/kb modem! (yeah...RIGHT! :lol: )
Our Atari 2600 / 5200 game systems
This old home computer system from Texas Instruments we had:
and I remember the little round thermostats u had to turn to change the a/c & heat settings in the house
I remember when gas was CHEAP (back then, i thought $1 / gal. was expensive!)
our VERY OLD Apple IIGS computer, complete w/ the ligtning-fast 2.2/kb modem! (yeah...RIGHT! :lol: )
Our Atari 2600 / 5200 game systems
This old home computer system from Texas Instruments we had:
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I remember for our TV, we had a small black box that you had to turn a dial with the channels on it to select the channels. also, we had a box that had a list and a numerical keypad (like a phone keypad) that you had to punch in the numbers and press enter to go to the channel you wanted
and I remember the little round thermostats u had to turn to change the a/c & heat settings in the house
I remember when gas was CHEAP (back then, i thought $1 / gal. was expensive!)
our VERY OLD Apple IIGS computer, complete w/ the ligtning-fast 2.2/kb modem! (yeah...RIGHT! :lol: )
Our Atari 2600 / 5200 game systems
This old home computer system from Texas Instruments we had:
and I remember the little round thermostats u had to turn to change the a/c & heat settings in the house
I remember when gas was CHEAP (back then, i thought $1 / gal. was expensive!)
our VERY OLD Apple IIGS computer, complete w/ the ligtning-fast 2.2/kb modem! (yeah...RIGHT! :lol: )
Our Atari 2600 / 5200 game systems
This old home computer system from Texas Instruments we had:
Trying to figure out how to get anything done in DOS on a computer.
Wondering why saturday morning cartoons didn't play everyday.
Those crazy Nintendo commercials that had kids blown away (literally) after playing NES tennis.
When McDonalds had cool toys in the happy meals.
When Joe Theisman got his leg broke by LT.
Wondered what that crazy dog chair was on PeeWee's Playhouse... I swear to god it looks like a toilet in the middle of his house.
(another peewee reflection) When Morpheus from The Matrix was a fruity cowboy.
Toys that weren't made of crap.
Cartoons that weren't crappily made.
When arcades were in their prime.
Wondering why saturday morning cartoons didn't play everyday.
Those crazy Nintendo commercials that had kids blown away (literally) after playing NES tennis.
When McDonalds had cool toys in the happy meals.
When Joe Theisman got his leg broke by LT.
Wondered what that crazy dog chair was on PeeWee's Playhouse... I swear to god it looks like a toilet in the middle of his house.
(another peewee reflection) When Morpheus from The Matrix was a fruity cowboy.
Toys that weren't made of crap.
Cartoons that weren't crappily made.
When arcades were in their prime.
Wimplestein
89 Posts
19 years, 4 months ago
When McDonalds had little packets of cookies in their Happy Meals
i remember almost all of these things, even though a few were before my time. i think i can thank my grandparetns for my remembering some of these things, as they seem to repel the idea of technology
ThreeTimesOneMinusOne
518 Posts
19 years, 4 months ago
I remember the time I graffitied most of one issue of a Disney Adventures that I had borrowed from the school library, and then never got caught for it.
Im really aging myself here, but I remember everything on the list. Except for the computer stuff.
My family had one of those tv with the 0-9 keypad on it. We got it in 86.
When Toys R Us had the rainbow awning on the buliding
When cartoon Geoffery and family was the Toys R Us mascot
When Toys R Us had the rainbow awning on the buliding
When cartoon Geoffery and family was the Toys R Us mascot
xSpiralDancerx
136 Posts
19 years, 4 months ago
I remember mostly the computer stuff because my dad was a manager at Radio Shack. We still have a word processor and it still works. :lol:
We still have one of those stereos that has the record player on the top with cassette players and a radio. We had the c.d. player but it stopped running and it wouldn't play burned c.d.'s.
My mom still uses a rotary phone. She keeps it upstairs :lol:
We still have one of those stereos that has the record player on the top with cassette players and a radio. We had the c.d. player but it stopped running and it wouldn't play burned c.d.'s.
My mom still uses a rotary phone. She keeps it upstairs :lol:
pikachulover
My family had one of those tv with the 0-9 keypad on it. We got it in 86.
When Toys R Us had the rainbow awning on the buliding
When cartoon Geoffery and family was the Toys R Us mascot
LOL! We still have one in my town like that. I will admit that I havent been in one in years, though.
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 4 months ago
Here are my random memories:
1) Trapper Keepers
2) Jelly shoes and bracelets
3) "Slap" bracelets: banned from our elementary school because kids accidentally cut themselves with it
4) Playing "TV Tag"
5) The Hokey Pokey at the skating rink
6) When cars didn't have the center brake lights
7) When video cameras were the size of VHS recorders (no joke)
8) When there were actually Saturday morning cartoons starting at 6am
9) Sea Monkeys: thought they were supposed to look like the characters on the box and when you could actually wear them around your neck in a water locket!
10) Romper Room: the magic mirror
11) "Wonder Works" television series on PBS
12) Kangaroo shoes with the random zipper pocket on the side
13)Penny loafers: some kids actually put a penny in them
14) When Disney movies weren't computer generated
15) Collecting Garbage Pail Kids
1) Trapper Keepers
2) Jelly shoes and bracelets
3) "Slap" bracelets: banned from our elementary school because kids accidentally cut themselves with it
4) Playing "TV Tag"
5) The Hokey Pokey at the skating rink
6) When cars didn't have the center brake lights
7) When video cameras were the size of VHS recorders (no joke)
8) When there were actually Saturday morning cartoons starting at 6am
9) Sea Monkeys: thought they were supposed to look like the characters on the box and when you could actually wear them around your neck in a water locket!
10) Romper Room: the magic mirror
11) "Wonder Works" television series on PBS
12) Kangaroo shoes with the random zipper pocket on the side
13)Penny loafers: some kids actually put a penny in them
14) When Disney movies weren't computer generated
15) Collecting Garbage Pail Kids
I remember a good number of these things, especially the rotary phones and card catalogues that you could never read because they were so yellow and faded.
Remember 5" (or whatever) floppy disks? They really were floppy. And the drive made awful noises when it loaded. And you had to shut the drive "door" to make it stay in because it was spring loaded or something.
I'm picturing old video cameras and dial TVs right now. Hey, remember polaroid cameras? The big ones?
Remember 5" (or whatever) floppy disks? They really were floppy. And the drive made awful noises when it loaded. And you had to shut the drive "door" to make it stay in because it was spring loaded or something.
I'm picturing old video cameras and dial TVs right now. Hey, remember polaroid cameras? The big ones?
- When most cartoons didn't look like Flash animations.
- Our old TV with VHF and UHF dials.
- Owning a Sesame Street record player.
- Owning a "My First Sony" tape player.
- When Disney was great, and their channel had family-oriented shows.
- Our old TV with VHF and UHF dials.
- Owning a Sesame Street record player.
- Owning a "My First Sony" tape player.
- When Disney was great, and their channel had family-oriented shows.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not." -Kurt Cobain
Sunriser
I remember a good number of these things, especially the rotary phones and card catalogues that you could never read because they were so yellow and faded.
Remember 5" (or whatever) floppy disks? They really were floppy. And the drive made awful noises when it loaded. And you had to shut the drive "door" to make it stay in because it was spring loaded or something.
You can still find whole boxes of 5.25" disk at thrift stores. If you take the disk material out of the plastic case you can store a CD inside. A kind of a retro CD jacket.
desolateangel
48 Posts
19 years, 4 months ago
hot pink bmx bikes with handle bars pushed forword,35 cent faygo pop, 900 neon braclets up one arm, tight rolled pants, spike haircuts with steps on the side, teatherball, switchblade combs, fart spray, cool latenight t.v., la gear with the tags still on them, rollerskating, skywalks, jawbreakers, ghettoblasters, studio line, seeing how long you can do a catwalk before u broke your neck, no helmets & pads, halloween costumes like neon hair color and all the other stuff u got at the drugstore, 5 & 10 stores, drive in movies, huge stereo speakers the size of refrigerators, so many things.
I recall most of that first list. I know it all was in my time but I didn't have a computer so I can't remember a lot of that stuff. My random memories are:
The TV we had where you pulled the knob and it turned on (had to warm up) and a friend and I discovered that turning on the TV, writing something on the screen with a flashlight (like, oh, say ASS) and then turning off the TV would leave the ASS illuminated for several minutes. It was really creepy...and it had the push buttons to switch channels.
My grandma's old carpet; brown and scratchy. I'd sit on it and watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and then wait till the end of Rogers to see the Trolley drawing with the episode number. After which I'd begin my "no nap today gramma!" campaign which lasted unitl roughly 6 seconds after my head hit the pillow and goygoy (passifire) was in my mouth.
Spokey Dokeys. The neon plastic thingies you put on your bike's spokes, and they'd make this musical noise as you pedaled.
My Aunt's apartment, going there and playing with my cousin. They had a bunny and a parakeet...and he had He-Man and GI Joe...AND ATARI 2600! (That's big stuff for a 3 year old!).
Going to Target with my mom every saturday and getting a new toy (1986-1987 was all about Silverhawks...yes I was a tomboy, yes I was a spoiled only child)
Plastic Tube bracelets filled with water and glitter, FAZ Jewlery/Make Up, and when I was in High School (specifically frosh year '94-95) Scrunchies...so many scrunchies.
The TV we had where you pulled the knob and it turned on (had to warm up) and a friend and I discovered that turning on the TV, writing something on the screen with a flashlight (like, oh, say ASS) and then turning off the TV would leave the ASS illuminated for several minutes. It was really creepy...and it had the push buttons to switch channels.
My grandma's old carpet; brown and scratchy. I'd sit on it and watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and then wait till the end of Rogers to see the Trolley drawing with the episode number. After which I'd begin my "no nap today gramma!" campaign which lasted unitl roughly 6 seconds after my head hit the pillow and goygoy (passifire) was in my mouth.
Spokey Dokeys. The neon plastic thingies you put on your bike's spokes, and they'd make this musical noise as you pedaled.
My Aunt's apartment, going there and playing with my cousin. They had a bunny and a parakeet...and he had He-Man and GI Joe...AND ATARI 2600! (That's big stuff for a 3 year old!).
Going to Target with my mom every saturday and getting a new toy (1986-1987 was all about Silverhawks...yes I was a tomboy, yes I was a spoiled only child)
Plastic Tube bracelets filled with water and glitter, FAZ Jewlery/Make Up, and when I was in High School (specifically frosh year '94-95) Scrunchies...so many scrunchies.
readmyspinexx
155 Posts
19 years, 4 months ago
Tanookie78
Here are my random memories:
1) Trapper Keepers
2) Jelly shoes and bracelets
3) "Slap" bracelets: banned from our elementary school because kids accidentally cut themselves with it
4) Playing "TV Tag"
5) The Hokey Pokey at the skating rink
6) When cars didn't have the center brake lights
7) When video cameras were the size of VHS recorders (no joke)
8) When there were actually Saturday morning cartoons starting at 6am
9) Sea Monkeys: thought they were supposed to look like the characters on the box and when you could actually wear them around your neck in a water locket!
10) Romper Room: the magic mirror
11) "Wonder Works" television series on PBS
12) Kangaroo shoes with the random zipper pocket on the side
13)Penny loafers: some kids actually put a penny in them
14) When Disney movies weren't computer generated
15) Collecting Garbage Pail Kids
I thought only we had the Hokey Pokey at out skating rink! And at the end they threw out tootsie rolls...*sigh*
They still have the big polaroid cameras too, by the way. At Walmart. And they cost a lot too.
Briana83
4 Posts
17 years, 11 months ago
IMissThe80s
I remember for our TV, we had a small black box that you had to turn a dial with the channels on it to select the channels. also, we had a box that had a list and a numerical keypad (like a phone keypad) that you had to punch in the numbers and press enter to go to the channel you wanted
and I remember the little round thermostats u had to turn to change the a/c & heat settings in the house
I remember when gas was CHEAP (back then, i thought $1 / gal. was expensive!)
our VERY OLD Apple IIGS computer, complete w/ the ligtning-fast 2.2/kb modem! (yeah...RIGHT! :lol: )
Our Atari 2600 / 5200 game systems
This old home computer system from Texas Instruments we had:
Is that a TI-99 4/A? My dad says we have a few in the attic, but I have no idea if they still work.
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IMissThe80s
I remember for our TV, we had a small black box that you had to turn a dial with the channels on it to select the channels. also, we had a box that had a list and a numerical keypad (like a phone keypad) that you had to punch in the numbers and press enter to go to the channel you wanted
and I remember the little round thermostats u had to turn to change the a/c & heat settings in the house
I remember when gas was CHEAP (back then, i thought $1 / gal. was expensive!)
our VERY OLD Apple IIGS computer, complete w/ the ligtning-fast 2.2/kb modem! (yeah...RIGHT! :lol: )
Our Atari 2600 / 5200 game systems
This old home computer system from Texas Instruments we had:
Is that a TI-99 4/A? My dad says we have a few in the attic, but I have no idea if they still work.
Random things I remember:
1. When televisions had knobs and they actually weren't as flat as pancakes
2. When "Power Rangers: The Movie" came out
3. Discovery Zone
4. Windows 3.1
5. Those Ninja Turtles Troll Dolls
6. When a couple gigabytes per hard drive was actually the norm
7. When the "Fantastic Four" cartoon was on
8. These "friendship bracelets" from Chuck e. Cheese's that I shared with my brother (They were shaped like hearts when you put them together)
9. When the 1995 "Star Wars Trilogy Set" was released
10. Micro Machines
12. Nintendo Virtual Boy
13. When the Macintosh logo was still rainbow-colored
14. "The Letter People"
15. Those markers that could be color-changed if the "magic marker" was used
1. When televisions had knobs and they actually weren't as flat as pancakes
2. When "Power Rangers: The Movie" came out
3. Discovery Zone
4. Windows 3.1
5. Those Ninja Turtles Troll Dolls
6. When a couple gigabytes per hard drive was actually the norm
7. When the "Fantastic Four" cartoon was on
8. These "friendship bracelets" from Chuck e. Cheese's that I shared with my brother (They were shaped like hearts when you put them together)
9. When the 1995 "Star Wars Trilogy Set" was released
10. Micro Machines
12. Nintendo Virtual Boy
13. When the Macintosh logo was still rainbow-colored
14. "The Letter People"
15. Those markers that could be color-changed if the "magic marker" was used