I’m so old I remember…

[Bisexguy70]

But did she also have to push in a pedal and move a lever on the steering wheel column to put it into gear? And constantly switch between different gears depending on speed and conditions? Ah, those were the days. Lol

Ive got that beat. I drove my fathers 1950 Ford truck. It was 4 speed and you had to double clutch. You turned the key, then pushed a button. The key started the fuel pump, the button operated the starter. Sometimes the fuel pump woukdnt turn so id have to open the hood and hit the fuel pump to make it start pumping. I loved driving that ol truck!

 

[Dribble]

Looks like my part of the world skipped those, we went from reels straight to more or less modern cassettes.

They were a lot more durable but sound quality was poorer and you couldn't record over them. There were 4 "tracks"...each in stereo (making 8 total) and you could repeat a single track. So for example...I had to buy Led Zeppelin 2 three times before I went vinyl...from which I could record my cassettes

Edit...you could also put it once and never hit rewind...it just kept going to the next track. After 4...it started over automatically. So Bob Seger Live Bullet could be jammed to all night.

 

[jaF0]

Dry counties and Blue laws.

Many counties around me are dry.

 

[ydahecnot]

 

[SirConradPeckereye]

AOL Instant Messanger

Juno Email

CD player w/radio (high tech right there!)

Cassette tape to play my IPod

 

[jaF0]

Remember the TV that you had to take the picture tube to the store and test them?

Picture tubes were (are) large and heavy. You didn't take them anywhere. You did take various vacuum tubes from inside the TV set to test at neighborhood stores where you could buy replacements.

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You could also have a guy come to your house and do it.


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[richmondman]

I remember thinking this was the coolest thing to have!

 

[CarlyAnn]

Roy Rogers by Hartland….I don’t have Trigger

 

[Scareltt]

Damn girls these days. Us men really have slacked off making it easy for you...lol

They just reopened one by our house. I haven’t been yet, but summer break is coming.

 

[Scareltt]

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I remember thinking this was the coolest thing to have!

The only air conditioning in school, was the computer room, and the principal’s office.

 

[jaF0]

I have and use one of those clear plastic phones in post 78.

I use checks often. Quite a few places around me do not accept cards, or charge extra fees for them.

There are currently many search engines better than the Goo Monster.

 

[Trekka]

It’s a wringer. You’d put wet clothes through it to get the soap out before putting it on the line to dry

I think I've heard about those in a Bobbie Gentry song. Or Dusty Springfield. Something!

By the time I was conscripted into family laundry duty we had

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everything in the eighties was so brown.
so, so much brown.

 

[jaF0]

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Ah, the 1970s

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[AlexBailey]

Lawn darts, or “Jarts”

Who the hell thought giving these to kids was a good idea?

 

[munch2much]

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Roy Rogers by Hartland….I don’t have Trigger

It looks as though Mrs Rogers has been naughty and needs admonishing

 

[jaF0]

My mom told me she used to have to put a key in the steering wheel arm and turn it to make her car start. How primative.

I do that in both current vehicles.

You're old if you remember putting the key in the dash (before the steering column system) or stepping on a button on the floor to engage the starter.

 

[ydahecnot]

 

[Bry1313]

Im so old, I crank called 867-5309

 

[Dribble]

Lawn darts, or “Jarts”

Who the hell thought giving these to kids was a good idea?

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They still are ball's ass fun. We put one ring on this side of the clothes line...and one on the other. Then we looked at the garage and smiled. We never looked back

 

[AlexBailey]

Movie theaters used to have ashtrays in the armrests.

 

[Strixaluco]

But did she also have to push in a pedal and move a lever on the steering wheel column to put it into gear? And constantly switch between different gears depending on speed and conditions? Ah, those were the days. Lol

These jokes don't work here. Manual still more common than automatic. I've only once driven a car with automatic gears.

 

[Strixaluco]

I do that in both current vehicles.

You're old if you remember putting the key in the dash (before the steering column system) or stepping on a button on the floor to engage the starter.

Or cars having a manual choker.

 

[Crownvic]

My old Chrysler sedan with fluid drive..

 

[Deleted member 3041612]

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This turntable/stereo system played 33 and 45 vinyl rpm records.

 

[richmondman]

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Roy Rogers by Hartland….I don’t have Trigger

Yes you do, too! Admit it!