candy bars were 25 cents
postage stamps were 13 cents
red hair and freckles were considered a curse


how far back do you go?

I can remeber when I would get 25 cents for my allowance and I could buy a pop and a bag of chips with that.

It's true!

kisscamille said:

Yup.....

my Mom tells me she used to be able to buy an ice cream cone for a nickel.
(that was in the 1940's)

Oh lord!

All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?

It took five minutes for the TV warm up?

Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?

Nobody owned a purebred dog?

When a quarter was a decent allowance?

You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?

Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?

All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had
their hair done every day and wore high heels?

You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped,
without asking, all for free, every time?
And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?

Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?

It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner
at a real restaurant with your parents?

They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . .and they did?

No one ever asked where the car keys were
because they were always in the car,
in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?

Lying on your back in the grass with your friends
and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a ."

and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?

Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals
because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?

When being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives,
but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.

Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.

Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy,
Howdy Dowdy and the Peanut Gallery,
the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows,
Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.

As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games,
Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool,
and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I'm talking the late 60's and early 70's.

The price of things today is outrageous! (i know that makes me sound old )

sag10 said:

You said it all, Sag.
You said it all.

kisscamille said:

I know - remember when gas was $2 a gallon?
Boy, those were the days.....

I remember when gas was $.49 cents a gallon...

sag10 said:

Probably best to give the source when "borrowing" posts.

lovemachine said:

I was thinking the same thing. I smell cut & paste.

Fleshofmyflesh said:

You guys are old!

pardonme4livin said:

I can remember when I kicked pardonme4livin's ass. Boy, those were good times...

i can remember when...

Murray the K and Harry Harrison and cousin brucie and wolfman jack ruled am airwaves.

when David was on sesame street

the hippest cat on tv was Ez Reader from the electric company

playing in my grandparents yard

Kato and the green hornet

when Hammer Beverages were delivered to your door (glass bottles)

Glass bottles of Nehi Orange soda

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I can remember when. . .

A large drink was 32 ounces instead of 44 ounces.

You could buy HBO without having cable.

I used to eat at McDonalds.

Most pop bottles were made of glass.

i remember when comic books were 35 cents.

i remember when there wasn't such a thing as cable tv, internet or cell phones.

i remember my parents taking me to the first "star wars" movie at the theater the first month it was out.

i remember crystal pepsi, ROM and TOBOR.

i remember when a digital watch meant a crazy looking silver thing with a bright red readout. (actually, i'd love to have one of those again)

i remember when now & later's, and lemonheads were 10 cents and much bigger. penny candy actually cost a penny and the in chicago we had the super transfer that you could use all day for 1.75 on sundays.

i can remember when Snaps were 6p.

but nobody will know what the fuck i'm talking about.

~Crisps sold in UK~

i can remember when they introduced the Pound Coin. that was weird.

I remember when. . .

it was common to see people breakdance on refrigerator boxes.

rocking a high top fade with zig zag lines in the back.

when a gallon of regular gas was $.99

the Cosby Show was the #1 show on tv.

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I remember those too!

Red hair and freckles are sexy as hell!

I remember filling my first car with 67 cent per gallon gas

i also remember the wbmx on chicago radio. all they would play was house music those were the days. i had this big ass radio i'd use to tape music off the radio stations

Let's see..

I remember when SNL was funny.

I remember John Belushi dressed as a bumble bee.

I remember ftp://morra.et.tudelft.nl/pub/prince

I remember when MJ was black...


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I remember not being so bitter and jaded.....

I remember when the young 'uns used to respect their elders.

youth of today.

jerseykrs said:

I remember that too

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I didn't know you were bitter supa, you always seemed so positive to me.

Cradams said:

were you a bad little boy or were you very good?