Hey REMEMBER..................

[kittykook]

My other thread on raising kids in a technological age just made me think of a great idea for a new thread!

Have any of you ever seen that show on HGTV called "Hey Remember" where they show neat things from the past? It's a fun show and it always brings back memories for me.

So let's all post some things we remember.............

I'll go first.

I remember 8 track tape players and the big bulky tapes. I had one of the BeeGees!

I remember watching "The Wonderful World of Disney" every Sunday night at 7:00pm while we all sat in the living room and folded the laundry for the week.

I remember the silver Christmas trees that had a light-wheel that you sat in front of the tree that would turn and make the tree look like it was changing colors.

 

[hissy]

I remember doing ironing, with a coke bottle full of water and a spout on the top of it to sprinkle the water on the ironing

having to go home for dinner when the street lights came on

sitting on the roof watching the fireworks at Disneyland at night

Hamburger Fry's in the park with the 4-H Club and three legged sack races.

candy cigarettes

 

[katson7]

Originally Posted by hissy

candy cigarettes

I used to love them!!!

I also remember 20c Lucky Dip bags that my local milkbar used to sell. It was packed full of lollies and chocolates and a small toy or two.

 

[wellingtoncats]

Mmm candy ciggs - still sell them here, don't know what the originals tasted like but these sure are good!

 

[pinkdaisy226]

I remember when floppy disks were actually FLOPPY... and huge too!

and aw, I remember candy cigarettes. Yum!

 

[dawnofsierra]

A simple one most of us remember, when security guards were not required to patrol the halls of our schools. It's so unfortunate that this fits in this category.

 

[kittykook]

Originally Posted by dawnofsierra

A simple one most of us remember, when security guards were not required to patrol the halls of our schools. It's so unfortunate that this fits in this category.

Yeah I remember that too.

I also remember when we stayed outside all day and went all over the neighborhood. We walked to the 7-Eleven store to exchange coke bottles for money so that we could buy candy and didn't come inside until my dad whistled for us. (his whistle could be heard all over the neighborhood)

Unfortunately, kids aren't safe enough to be turned loose in their neighborhoods nowadays.

I remember when everyone wore blue eyeshadow!

 

[mrsd]

I remember when my grandma got her microwave oven--the first time I'd ever saw one! Over 21 years ago.

Makes me feel old.

 

[tuxedokitties]

Anyone remember going to a soft drink place (can't remember the name

) where you picked up a container, and filled it with your choice of bottles of all sorts of different soft drink flavors - Cola, Root Beer, Ginger Ale, Cream Soda, Orange, Sasparilla, Grape, everything...and when you were done with the bottles you brought them back empty for credit on your next choices?

 

[tuxedokitties]

Drive-in movies

 

[KittenKrazy]

I remember when our church building got indoor plumbing......

 

[mrsd]

records The first time my son saw a record he asked, "Is that a huge CD?" Talk about a generation gap.

 

[tuxedokitties]

computers that used tape recorders to play programs...

 

[mrsd]

slide projectors

 

[tuxedokitties]

Schoolhouse Rock

 

[ash_bct]

Originally Posted by tuxedokitties

Drive-in movies

We are the only city in Alberta that still has a drive-in...
We spend lots of summer nights there and always have!
It will be a sad day if it closes~

 

[hissy]

mood rings....hayrides.....roller skating on skates with four wheels...skat-scooters- chatty cathy and sisterbelle, thumbelina, and tiny tears E ride tickets to use at disneyland..going steady and jr high sock hops-

 

[KittenKrazy]

Originally Posted by hissy

.....roller skating on skates with four wheels

OMG ! That's one of the reasons my knees are in such bad shape now!

Originally Posted by tuxedokitties

Schoolhouse Rock

I loved that !

Fat Albert cartoons
Saturday mornings with The Superfriends and Scooby Doo

 

[leli]

Picture Pages with Mortimor Icabod Marker!

 

[pinkdaisy226]

I guess it's not THAT old but...

When the internet first came out. I used to email my friend, then CALL her to tell her I emailed her. What a nerd! But she was the only one I knew that also had the internet!