flotntoke
thoroughly vaped
And, here's the rub.... All nice for nostalgia's sake - and do feel bad for kids today that they don't have drive-ins. But, shudder to think what it would be like to go back to a dial phone - connected to the wall by a wire no less! Or, the corded cable box with minimal channels or that remote.
Miss those times sometimes, but for the most part enjoy the advances in technology! Not always, but on all of these.
Miss those times sometimes, but for the most part enjoy the advances in technology! Not always, but on all of these.
Mr. Me2
Well-Known Member
We HAD that Zenith TV. We called that remote the clicker, because...These remind me of good times!
lwien
Well-Known Member
These remind me of good times!
I remember all of these but what in the hell is that thing in the 3rd pic?
The first cable box. Set TV channel on 3 and run the cable through that box to change channels.
Funny thing with the rotary phones back then, if you were making a local call you only had to dial 5 numbers or you could hit zero and let the operator connect you.
Funny thing with the rotary phones back then, if you were making a local call you only had to dial 5 numbers or you could hit zero and let the operator connect you.
Mr. Me2
Well-Known Member
That "dial 5 numbers " must go back to the '50s. For me (and on the east coast), you didn't have to dial the area code, and the prefix was 2 letters. Who remembers what the letters stood for?
And you could dial Information (411) and get a live operator (without waiting) to get a phone number for you.
lwien
Well-Known Member
"Hello, Operator? Connie Lingus please on Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles?"
oldiebutgoodie
Apostle, Church of Vaporization
@lwein, are you fudgin' now with google images? You sure as hell don't have that stuff hangin' around, not unless you're the greatest pack-rat ever. Those aluminum glasses are pure '50's, remember how cold they would get and wet with condensation? I'm trying to remember if the SF cable car operators still use that coin changer (as part of the nostalgia schtick).
Good morning, I just saw this thread last night and have been going through it here and there, good stuff @lwien very cool! I myself am 39, just hit the number 10 days ago. Was funny too, went to see Widespread Panic play the night before my Bday, sat at a table in the shade with a few younger fans not that I am old but damn they sure made me feel that way, I said something, not sure what it was, this one guy looks at me and says "Have you ever seen the Panic before?" uhhhh I got a grin and was thinking damn, yeah when you all were in diapers! I grew up in a small town here in the south, wasn't much to do but get in trouble, did quite a bit of that and learned after a few run ins with LEO's that it was a good idea to say yes sir, no sir, and thank you sir! Alot has changed since those days but my state is slow slow to come to action. When I was a kid if the sun was shining you better have your butt outside and the door better not slam behind me. We didn't play video games and hang out in the house until I was in my teens pretty much. I remember the first gaming console I saw and that was an Atari, wow what a device, pitfall was the shit!!! Then came the Nintendo and it was on, legend of zelda and metroid, spent many hours in front of that thing. The first show I ever saw I was 14 on my cousins shoulders when Aerosmith had the permanent vacation album. Then grunge hit the scene, Pearl Jam and Nirvana was all that you heard on the radio. Oh and then you had N.W.A. loved that old school gangster rap! What days they used to be, no locking your doors, could ride my bicycle from daylight to dark, there's no telling how many miles I peddled that thing. We could come and go just so long as we didn't break any bones and was home just before dark. Now I have 3 boys of my own and life is nothing like it is for them as it was me. They have grown so quickly, its crazy shoes keep getting smaller, legs get longer, seems like they just got out for summer, now its time to go back on the 6th, hell we didn't go back til September and didn't have all these half days and holidays like they do now, that reminds me what the hell am I paying taxes for anyway??? Well me and the boys have one last couple of good days ahead of us so its on!
Good idea Lwien, thanks for the trip back to the good ole days!
Good idea Lwien, thanks for the trip back to the good ole days!
lwien
Well-Known Member
Remember when your mom used to put this stuff on your cuts.............
Oh, and this which was just as bad, if not worse. That's right. Drop a few drops of mercury into your cut to kill the germs.
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GetLeft
Well-Known Member
Oh, and this which was just as bad, if not worse. That's right. Drop a few drops of mercury into your cut to kill the germs.
I was just about to post my own image. For us, it was the dreaded mercurochrome.
oldiebutgoodie
Apostle, Church of Vaporization
I always begged mommy to user mercurochrome because it didn't hurt like the hated merthiolate. But she came from "the more it hurts the better it works" school.
Fortunately, when I was a kid I was mostly on my own so I just took my chances with the dirt.
I think maybe this fits better with the pic of the drive-in theater speakers, if ya catch my drift.
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flotntoke
thoroughly vaped
That's before my time or more rural than where I grew up in the 70's. We dialed 7 digits.
My grandparents still had a rotary phone in their rec-room (there's another old one for you) in the late 90's. It was the phone I usually used there. I still remember agonizing about the time it took for the dial to glide back to base so you could dial the next number - and seemed everyone I called had at least three 9's or 0's in their number (and different layout than phone above). For me, it took longer to dial on that thing than it usually took for my conversation! Funny thing is it was never even noticed until we had a few of those new fangled push button phones.
CarolKing
Singer of songs and a vapor connoisseur
I just bought a set of the stainless steel tumblers with a picher rom the picture above. I remember them as a child. My mom had a set. Everything tastes extra cold.
You boys probably don't remember the Footsie and the Mystery Date Games. 2 of my fav toys back in the day.
Who didn't have these.
Got this for my 10th birthday.
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Mr. Me2
Well-Known Member
Nobody's posted a picture of a Viewmaster yet...I just bought a set of the stainless steel tumblers with a picher rom the picture above. I remember them as a child. My mom had a set. Everything tastes extra cold.
You boys probably don't remember the Footsie and the Mystery Date Games. 2 of my fav toys back in the day.
Who didn't have these.
Got this for my 10th birthday.
OnCloud8
Vapor Vixen
Oh wow! It's been very interesting reading everybody's stories and learning ages!
So, I'll play: I'm in my late 30s (chronological), late teens (emotional), and I look like I'm in my mid 20s.
I spent the majority of my youth in dark rooms with steady beats and big bass, the dj's played actual vinyl, sometimes the record would skip or fall out of the groove... and the dj would just drop the needle and start it again...we thought we were so "high tech" with our "techno" and our variable speed turntables. ha! now I have a dj app on my phone I could rock a party with...
I started reading FC years ago, long before I joined. I had given up combustion on my own because my body had taken a stand and rejected smoke. I was really bummed because I just didn't feel like myself. Vaporizers allowed me to get back to my routine without trashing my lungs. I've been all about vapes for many years now, and have become an advocate for switching to vaping in my personal life, I've gotten several people into it, and they all report feeling much healthier. Since I made the switch my exercise tolerance and general health has been on an continual upward swing. Now I actually have the energy to act the age I feel and look
So, thanks FC! This community changed my life and I'm really quite grateful!
So, I'll play: I'm in my late 30s (chronological), late teens (emotional), and I look like I'm in my mid 20s.
I spent the majority of my youth in dark rooms with steady beats and big bass, the dj's played actual vinyl, sometimes the record would skip or fall out of the groove... and the dj would just drop the needle and start it again...we thought we were so "high tech" with our "techno" and our variable speed turntables. ha! now I have a dj app on my phone I could rock a party with...
I started reading FC years ago, long before I joined. I had given up combustion on my own because my body had taken a stand and rejected smoke. I was really bummed because I just didn't feel like myself. Vaporizers allowed me to get back to my routine without trashing my lungs. I've been all about vapes for many years now, and have become an advocate for switching to vaping in my personal life, I've gotten several people into it, and they all report feeling much healthier. Since I made the switch my exercise tolerance and general health has been on an continual upward swing. Now I actually have the energy to act the age I feel and look
So, thanks FC! This community changed my life and I'm really quite grateful!
flotntoke
thoroughly vaped
Can't believe no one posted a pic after @Mr. Me2 mentioned it!
Figure some of the yougins on here wouldn't know what it was - and some still don't even with the picture. This thing was total psychedelica for a kid. I still blame my excessive viewmaster use for so much experimentation with tripping in later years. Still don't know which ones I liked best, the Hanna Barbera cartoons or the great US national park shots. One of those toys you opened at Christmas and were like "Oh.. a viewmaster. Great!" very sarcastically. But, it was also one of those that got played with for years after at my house.
Figure some of the yougins on here wouldn't know what it was - and some still don't even with the picture. This thing was total psychedelica for a kid. I still blame my excessive viewmaster use for so much experimentation with tripping in later years. Still don't know which ones I liked best, the Hanna Barbera cartoons or the great US national park shots. One of those toys you opened at Christmas and were like "Oh.. a viewmaster. Great!" very sarcastically. But, it was also one of those that got played with for years after at my house.
Amoreena
Grown up Flower Child
Don't recognize several toys above. Perhaps because I'm older and wasn't the right age to play with them?
I used to watch Engineer Bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stulla, and played the "Red Light, Green Light" game.
Also remember Sheriff John https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_John singing, "Laugh and be happy, and the world will laugh with you. ..." That particular philosophy turned out to be a crock but he sang like he believed it.
I used to watch Engineer Bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stulla, and played the "Red Light, Green Light" game.
Also remember Sheriff John https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_John singing, "Laugh and be happy, and the world will laugh with you. ..." That particular philosophy turned out to be a crock but he sang like he believed it.
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