...you could actually roll-up the tube to get all the toothpaste out?

...you could go to the grocery store without actually SEEING inflation as it's happening?

...you could start a thread about absolutely ANYTHING at the org and be guaranteed to at least get CLOSE to page 2 before the thread died? *siiiiigh*

. . . . you had to buy a super long phone cord in order to be able to chat on the phone and wander around the house getting things done at the same time?

. . . after chatting & wandering, you needed to spend a half an hour or more readjusting (getting the knotted twists) out of the phone cord coil?

...it took 2 minutes to correct a typo because you had to wait for the White-Out to dry?

...the marking of Spring was a sky full of kites.

...all the kids on the block played together.

...roll tacos were 10 for $1.00 and they were good without all the junk dumped on them.

...when you paid to see a movie it was actually 2 movies you saw.

...gas was .49 cents a gallon?

Byron said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Byron said:

...gas was .49 cents a gallon?

No I don't remember...u old foagie...

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Byron said:

your first Brother typewriter?

I remember when I first heard about a phone coming out with a camera..I thought "what a stupid idea"

no one has ever accussed me of being Steve Jobs-esque

.....the 'Search' function didn't work

There were only 16 different Hot Wheels cars? And The Red Baron was the end-all be-all?

Byron said:

...gas was .49 cents a gallon?

I think it was .90 a gal in my neck of the wood, and folks were complaining about the high price of gas. Oh my gawd if they only knew.

Byron said:

...it took 2 minutes to correct a typo because you had to wait for the White-Out to dry?

YES!

I still have a landline phone that I can slam on people if I need to.

I remember gas at $1.29 a gallon. I was alive when it was cheaper, but that's as low as I remember paying.

Also, I remember buying several packs of Now & Laters AND playing a couple video games on the way to school, for a DOLLAR!

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Along the lines of what other people have said.

Remember when...

...you could get 3 or 4 of something for a dollar that actually MATTERED? Like, enough food to actually feed more than one person.

LayzieKiddZ said:

I remember when chips were 25 cents.

I remember when candy bars were 5 cents and a pack of cigarettes was 25 cents!

Oh, and when penny candy was really a penny. Hell, if you had quarter, you were friggin RICH!

OK, how many of you remember:

Party lines

Typewriters

Hoola Hoops

Roller skates you had to have a key for

Bicycles with those big balloon tires

McDonald's fries tasted heavenly because they were fried in beef tallow

Kids who respected their elders

White wall tires

Records

Record players

When Prince was a pup?

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...you pirated music by borrowing your friend's record and playing it through a set of headphones that were wrapped around your tape recorder?

...porn was elusive enough that it was easier to just draw your own?

NDRU said:

...you pirated music by borrowing your friend's record and playing it through a set of headphones that were wrapped around your tape recorder?

...porn was elusive enough that it was easier to just draw your own?

Yes and yes!

... getting a hold of a REAL VHS porn, not something that was dubbed over 100 times, was awesome! And you would actually WATCH IT, instead of just clicking through it, checking out small parts, so you could get to another xhamster video?

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... the holiday season didn't officially start until the day after Thanksgiving.

... people got their news from the local newspaper or evening news program.

... square dancing was taught in school.

... Spencer gifts was a place to find porn, gag gifts, and "cool things."

... Prince treated fans to epic 12" releases.

You had to wait years to see movies on TV (Like Star Wars etc.).

Nobody, anywhere, had a sex tape lol ...You wanted to see a celebrity nekkid? You had to hope they had a nude scene in a movie and that you were old enough to go see it.

Britney Spears got as much media attention as Miley Cyrus is now

Snoop Dogg wasn't "Bob Marley reincarnated"

The Simpsons was funny

People thought youtube was a cheap brand of toothpaste

VH1 replaced MTV instead of doing the same shit

Anyone could pull off the president's voice

dJJ said:

your first Brother typewriter?

Smith-Corona for me.

...WHEN you could buy a gumball for 1¢?

...WHEN roadtrips meant kids looking out the windows, instead of looking up at video monitors or down at their videogames/tablets/phones?

...WHEN comic books cost 65¢?

...WHEN having a beeper was "cool"?