"I remember when..."

[Mgderf]

Got the idea for this thread from another but didn't want to thread-jack.

I remember when gas was $.35 p/gal and cigarettes were $.37 p/pack.
At this time you could still smoke on a commercial airliner. As a matter of fact, TWA used to give away cigarettes in a 4-cigarette pack upon request. Regular or menthol...

You could also purchase "Jarts" at this time.
Oh yeah. I'm pretty sure .22Lr were around $.25 for a 50 count box of Winchester.

 

[pudly]

Butter, salt, and eggs were considered bad for you.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I remember my mom stayed at home to raise us until we got into junior high school.

 

[Bigtanker]

I could walk into a gun shop, show my LTCH, pay for a pistol and leave. No calls or BGC.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I remember working at the gas station, when I was in high school, when gas went over a $1/gallon the first time.

 

[Bigtanker]

Going to the movie store to find your favorite movie. But the only copies left were BETA.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Going to the movie store to find your favorite movie. But the only copies left were BETA.

Somebody's still owe me my lifetime memberships!!!!

 

[pudly]

Somebody's still owe me my lifetime memberships!!!!

Lifetime membership = the shorter of yours or the companies lifetime.

 

[poppy]

Going into the local record store and listening to the 45 or lp before deciding whether to buy it or not.

 

[RevoWood123]

What country did all this occur in? That place sounds awesome.

I remember being able to walk to and from school, or riding my bike to the local pool all summer long. As long as I called mom to let her know where I would be, everything was fine.

 

[Bigtanker]

Having to step on the gas 2 times before starting you car.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I remember myself and my brother, at age 9 and 11, going camping by ourselves or with other boys, in the woods by the river, miles away from home. We were free-range kids before it was cool.

I remember when the science teacher went around the room with a bottle of mercury and an eye dropper, and he gave each student a blob of mercury on their desk to play with.

 

[Scuba591]

I remember having to push with my foot if I wanted high beams while driving

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Lifetime membership = the shorter of yours or the companies lifetime.

Even then, I didn't always read the fine print.

 

[Bigtanker]

My wife and I spent and hour trying to get our 7 and 5 year olds to understand how things used to be. Camaras and getting the film developed, tv with 5 stations and no DVR, corded phones etc. It was a lot of fun. That reminds me of this.
[video=youtube_share;bmuJj8-k8pM]http://youtu.be/bmuJj8-k8pM[/video]

 

[pudly]

Having a single family black&white TV.

Having to catch someone at home to call them on their dial phone.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Having to step on the gas 2 times before starting you car.

I remember wedging a cigarette butt in the choke linkage on my '66 Mustang to keep it open in the summer so it wouldn't flood the engine.

 

[Bigtanker]

I remember wedging a cigarette butt in the choke linkage on my '66 Mustang to keep it open in the summer so it wouldn't flood the engine.

Or having to take the air cleaner off and stick a screwdriver down the carb to start it if it was flooded.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Going to the movie store to find your favorite movie. But the only copies left were BETA.

I remember walking out of "that little room off to the side" at the video store, and almost running into my kid's kindergarten teacher.

 

[Bigtanker]

I remember walking out of "that little room off to the side" at the video store, and almost running into my kid's kindergarten teacher.

Was she headed in?