BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted January 15, 2009 BassResource.com Administrator Posted January 15, 2009 Count all the ones that you remember -- not the ones you were told about! The Ratings are at the bottom. Do you remember: 1. (a) Adam's Blackjack chewing gum ( Adam's Clove Gum © Beeman's Pepsin chewing gum (d) Fan Tan (carnation-flavored) chewing gum 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3. Candy cigarettes 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottle 5. Coffee shops with table side jukeboxes 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers 7. Party lines 8. Newsreels before the movie 9. P. F. Flyers 10. Butch wax 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix and only four numbers (e.g., ROchester 9753) 12. Peashooters 13. Howdy Doody 14. (a) 78 rpm records ( 45 rpm records © 33 1/3 rpm records ("LPs") And within that: 4-track stereo LPs 15. S&H Green Stamps 16. Hi-fi's 17. Metal ice trays with lever 18. Mimeograph paper 19. Blue flashbulbs 20. Packards 21. Roller skate keys 22. Cork popguns 23. Drive-ins 24. Studebakers 25. Wash tub wringers 26. Gum machines with a mechanical monkey that did a trick, and dispensed a stick of gum for a penny 27. Penny candy/peanut machines 28. Bottle caps with cork liners (you could make them into badges by putting the liner on the inside of your shirt and pushing it into the bottle cap on the outside) 29. Red rubber bottle stoppers 30. Hudsons 31. Nash Metropolitans 32. Sen-Sen 33. Telephones with real bells in them 34. Telephones with the bells in wall boxes 35. Candlestick telephones 36. Backyard incinerators 37. Weekly garbage pickup trucks 38. Helms Wagons (this may be local to L.A.) 39. Good Humor trucks 40. Inkwells in school desks 41. Palmer penmanship lessons 42. Available for 5¢: a public phone call; a candy bar; an ice cream cone; a pack of gum; a cup of coffee; streetcar or bus fare 43. Postal delivery service twice daily including Saturday 44. Laser discs 45. 8-track stereo cartridges 45. Headlight dimmer switch on the floor 46. Ignition switch on the dashboard 47. Heater mounted on the inside of the fire wall 48. Separate pedal for the starter motor 49. Rumble seats 50. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. (Do you remember what they were?) 51. Real ice boxes 52. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. 53. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner 54. Kel-Bowl Pacs 55. 15-minute radio serials (Superman, Red Ryder, The Cisco Kid, Captain Midnight, Tom Mix, etc.) 56. V-Mail If you remembered 0-15 = You're still young 16-20 = You are getting older 21-25 = Don't tell your age 25+ = You're older than dirt! I'm at "Don't tell your age" : Quote
Super User burleytog Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 16, but some of that stuff isn't all that old. Late 80s/early 90s Toyotas had the ignition on the dash. Quote
Super User Hookemdown. Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 You're a 90's kid if: You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House" You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. You remember reading "Goosebumps" You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off" You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. You danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.) HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!! http://www.clutterme.com/cars You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not... Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show. You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together. You remember when super nintendos became popular. You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders" "I've fallen and I can't get up" You remember boom boxes vs. cd players You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell" http://www.clutterme.com/sbtb You played and/or collected "Pogs" You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff! All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.) You made paper scrunchies to see who you'd end up marrying http://www.facebook.com/add.php?api+key=c7427d30bb17fa5df85a4fc74752d00e You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out. You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes. You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" You know the Macarena by heart. "Talk to the hand" ... enough said You thought Brain would finally take over the world You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!" You remember when everyone went slinky crazy. You remember when razor scooters were cool. When we were younger: Before the MySpace frenzy... Before the Internet & text messaging... Before Sidekicks & iPods... Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX... ...Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night. When light up sneakers were cool. When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs. When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing. When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie. When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans. When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever. Tag. Get Over Here!!!! means something to you. Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk. Red Light, Green Light. Heads Up 7 Up. Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on. Hopskotch. Tree Houses. Hula Hoops. Captain Planet. Running through the sprinklers. That "Little Mermaid" Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King. Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car. Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car. Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It" Or what about: Hey Arnold. Rugrats. The Secret World of Alex Mac. Rocco's Modern Life. Are You Afraid of the Dark? Doug. Magic School Bus. Aladdin. http://www.clutterme.com/aladdin Pinky and the Brain Sailor Moon. Blossom. Beavis & Butt-Head Wishbone. Bill Nye the Science Guy MR RODGERS!!!! Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years. Under the Umbrella Tree PEE-WEE!!! The Big Comfy Couch Kool-Aid was the drink of choice. Class field trips. When Christmas was the most exciting time of year. When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle. When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday. When Toys R Us overuled the mall. Go back to the time when: Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'. Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly.' Being old referred to anyone over 20. A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery. When Ninja Turtles ruled the world. When Aladdin was new, before the trilogy was complete. Before we realized all this would eventually disappear Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!! Quote
Super User Long Mike Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 I remembered so many that I'm beginning to think that I invented dirt. Quote
RiskKid. Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I remembered so many that I'm beginning to think that I invented dirt. It's all good Mike....I'm not far behind you! Quote
Super User Maxximus Redneckus Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 Im a 80s kid im gettin older though born in 69 Quote
Super User firefightn15 Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 Scored a 23, getting ready for the fox farm. Hook'em, that Saturday morning cartoon frenzy is still missed. Bugs, Elmer, RR, Wiley coyote, all good stuff. Some one told me that a lot of that stuff, especially the RR and W E Coyote clips were voluntarily not shown anymore because they were sometimes violent. Forgot a lot of that stuff until Glenn and you started reminiscing Quote
Super User Muddy Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 24; I think Mike even added a few! hey Hookem this thread was started for the Team Depends Crew , why on't you start one for you children, it will give you something to do on Saturday morning instead of watching bad cartoons ;D Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 53 of 56 so what I win Quote
Super User Bassin_Fin@tic Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 Nice list Hookem. Being 33 now most of that means much to me though I am a little older and am more of an eighties person. I got around 10 on Glenns list : Quote
slomoe Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Props on the list hookemdown, but you forgot "your momma" jokes ;D Quote
Olebiker Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 38 out of 56 I remember gotting up on Saturday morning and watching the test pattern on the TV while waiting for cartoons to come on. Quote
moby bass Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I remember about 46 of them on Glenn's list. I'm so old, I might be dead Quote
Brute Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Thanks Glenn. You sure know how to make an old guy feel even older. ;D Brute Quote
Fisher of Men Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 38 out of 56 I remember gotting up on Saturday morning and watching the test pattern on the TV while waiting for cartoons to come on. 21, Glenn. Looney toons were great. So were the Sid and Marty Croft shows (Land of the Lost, Sigmund the Sea Monster, Far Out Space Nuts, HR Puffinstuff, Wonderbug, etc.) and the Superfriends (without the two kids and the monkey). This was why I enjoyed the Boomerang network, but has anyone noticed that they've moved on to 90's and early 00's cartoons. I guess us older folks aren't that important anymore. :'( Quote
Daniel A. Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Glenn, your list left quite a puzzled look on my face most of the time. ;D I'm a 90's kid. That list took me back, Hookem. Quote
basser89 Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Interesting. I only got 15. And where I grew up, I figured I'd known more. Born in '71 so I'm pretty much an 80's kid too. The Drive In though shouldn't really count. There's still a working drive in, in the county I grew up in! Quote
Super User MALTESE FALCON Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 I tied with Mike, 53 out of 56. You got me with 26, 35, and 38. Falcon Quote
TheBeast Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I remebered like 21-22 but I know what most of them are. So which is it knowing what they are and such or actually using them and them being in wide use during you lifetime. Quote
Super User grimlin Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 24 of them. All in fairness though my family including my grandmother always keep old stuff around. Heck my dad still had my old 8 track i found at a garage sale for like $1. Quote
Super User .ghoti. Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 I remember all but 4 of them. Thanks a bunch for reminding me of my impending decrepitude. Quote
Super User fishinfiend Posted January 15, 2009 Super User Posted January 15, 2009 There is a gas station nearby that still sells candy cigarettes Quote
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