I’m so old I remember…

[angelofthenorth]

I'm so old I remember
tape cassettes giving way to CDs
that there were no such things as a video recorder, never mind DVD, Blu-ray, and now streaming. In fact, a live stream was something you took off your socks and shoes and enjoyed on hot summer days

 

[Commodore69]

Playing Pong for the first time at my grandparents as a kid on a black and white TV.

 

[UsuallyPresent]

Reel to reel audio recorders. One acquaintance had an old wire recorder. ..

 

[Commodore69]

8 track tape player in my parent’s VW van.

 

[angelofthenorth]

I'm so old I remember we drank water before it became popular

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

ISOIR the "interim" device invented between the time of CD's and DVD's...called Laserdisk...

 

[tommyt125]

Ace of base

 

[deft]

That thing where you used to… erm… and the guy was there? He used to… kinda… y’know…

…ah, no, I’ve forgotten.

 

[tommyt125]

Getting film developed

 

[Wonderer67]

Getting film developed

Anyone remember fotomat?

https://imgur.com/a/7fUMCE6

 

[Medicalman13152]

I am so old, I remember writing programming for my first "PC" via PUNCH CARDS! (Olivetti P-602) - Go ahead Google (AI) it my younglings.

 

[CarlyAnn]

Using the word “younglings” makes me believe you.

 

[j769]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Nokia_3210_3.jpg/250px-Nokia_3210_3.jpg

Remember texting people using this phone / keypad. Yea the struggles back in the day...

 

[angelofthenorth]

ISOIR food colouring, E numbers, artificial sweeteners, flavouring,& preservatives

 

[Dogma52]

ISOIR: Turning on something and having it just work. No registering on another device. No signing into an account. No downloading an app. Just plug it in and it does the thing it's supposed to do.

 

[Strixaluco]

ISOIR when phones had nothing to do with texting and ordering from postal catalogs were done sending in a paper form or possibly calling the company.

 

[Pad_Foot]

I remember when Jaba The Hut was a humanoid .., briefly

 

[CarlyAnn]

I remember when the Dallas Cowboys were good.

 

[Abeona1]

ISOIR
phones attached to the wall.
TV with 3 channels
TV you had to get up and turnover to the next channel manually .
Elvis Presley dying

 

[Mrmphilll2]

Yahoo messenger and Mirc

 

[MrPimms]

Dot matrix printers being the soundscape to hell.

 

[JKL123]

I remember when the Dallas Cowboys were good.

you are old!

 

[Olderwiserstillhorny]

Riding in my uncles new 57 chevy

 

[Chatomatic]

I remember when gas stations gave away free gifts with a fill up at the full service pumps.

 

[1DarkNightOwl]

ISOIR: Turning on something and having it just work. No registering on another device. No signing into an account. No downloading an app. Just plug it in and it does the thing it's supposed to do.

Please bring this back!

Dot matrix printers being the soundscape to hell.

I liked the sound of dot matrix printers. Daisy wheel was worse.