I’m so old I remember…

[crazychemgirl]

ISOIR recording songs off the radio onto a cassette tape to make a mixed tape

 

[Saltfountain]

ISOIR when America had allies

 

[joclfc]

I remember having milk delivered, also remember the birds pecking through the thin metal tops and drinking the cream.

I remember going to the farm in our village and getting fresh milk before it was sent off in churns

 

[Treeview]

The vinyl version of this

 

[mortis]

ISOIR grandpa milking the cows and carrying the metal milk bucket into the house where grandma had already baked a loaf of bread.

 

[Ssbbw4u1974]

When The original Rubik's cube was first sold in stores

 

[UKSilverFox]

I remember that, it was about a couple of days before my first and only Rubik's cube went in the bin, never had any sticking power.

 

[Wonderer67]

ISOIR when there were rules my dad had four rules for calling after 10pm.

If I or someone was:
Drunk
Dead
In the hospital
Or in jail

 

[Slickrick123]

Watching porn with dial up internet.

 

[ccs29745]

ISOIR 8 track tapes and players

 

[Quimpossibility]

Watching the original Superman movie.

When it fucking came out.

Aged 4 or something

 

[latecomer91364]

I'm so old I remember when movies only had ONE producer.

https://www.artofthetitle.com/assets/sm/upload/s3/rq/qz/y0/mf_c.jpg?k=c8c36dde1d

 

[ExploringMan]

Newspapers with sports sections.
Nickel candy bars.
Polaroid cameras.
Space Food sticks.
When "normal" didn't change into "the new normal" every decade.

 

[Kat73]

When children were taught to be respectful and dicipline and holding them accountable was encouraged.

 

[Wonderer67]

I’m so old I remember Ron Popiel. Just set and forget it.
I’m so old I remember when the Salad Shooter was hand cranked.
But wait there’s more!!!
The pocket fisherman.

Fuckin classic!

 

[1darknightowl]

I'm so old I remember when movies only had ONE producer.

https://www.artofthetitle.com/assets/sm/upload/s3/rq/qz/y0/mf_c.jpg?k=c8c36dde1d

I'm so old I remember VideoPlus on VCR was meant to make scheduling easier. Never used it. Still did it manually, padded 15mins each end.

 

[Quimpossibility]

"Betamax" used to be Latin for VHS

 

[1darknightowl]

"Betamax" used to be Latin for VHS

Never had one. We did have a couple of pneumatic tape recorders.

 

[joclfc]

Im so old i remember the constables(police) going around the pubs on the weekend

 

[Norfolkguy49]

I'm so old I remember rumbelows

 

[joclfc]

I'm so old I remember rumbelows

?

 

[joclfc]

Im so old I remember the power cuts in the 70's

 

[Norfolkguy49]

?

Electrical store

 

[joclfc]

Im so old I remember free milk for children in school before Thatcher

 

[Baztrachian]

Things I remember:

Sitting in the back of my mom's station wagon without a seat belt. I also remember mom's 1967 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon with a 440 6-pack blowing the doors off of some kid's Mustang at a traffic light.

Tin cups as measuring cups.

The banana seat on my first bike. It was a Huffy.

My father getting a .22 bolt action rifle in the mail.

The neighbor's 1970's van with a custom paint job on the side.

Trusting the police.

Actually learning how to read, write, and compute in school.

When Washington and Lincoln had their own holidays.

Revere Ware copper bottomed pots and pans.

Actual silverware. Sterling silver and not that silver plated shit.

Men who had fought in World War One.

My dad using DDT and chlordane to kill bugs around the house.

The barrel in our back yard where we burned our trash.

Going to the butcher shop for meat, the produce shop for veggies, and the bakery for bread.

The veggies used to go in a paper bag and not a plastic bag.

Learning how to write cursive with the Palmer Method.

Plaid pants.