I remember when

Ivan Seeking

Quote by Evo

Remember Jiffy Pop?

Oh yes... I don't think we ever used it though. Maybe we were too poor for Jiffy Pop.

MB, I didn't realize that anyone still makes popcorn this way... Hmmmmm, I may try it again, but if I burn myself it will all be your fault.

rewebster

I remember the first painting that took my breath away--at the Art Institute in Chicago when just this special female art teacher and I took a train trip up there for the weekend.

--(first trip to the Art Institute, too)

Ivan Seeking

Quote by Tom Mattson

I remember when toy spaceships had spring loaded cannons that fired plastic missles that were juuuuussst small enough to swallow and choke on.

Seriously, my brother and I had Battlestar Galactica toys that fired little red plastic projectiles (guess they were supposed to look like lasers). They were great, my brother and I would run all over the house shooting them at each other. But then the missles were recalled when some kid choked on them, which we thought was lame. My mom confiscated our missles and sent them in. In return, the company sent us each a free Hot Wheels car, which I thought was pretty stupid on their part. Little plastic missles bounce right off a person, but those Hot Wheels cars leave a really nasty welt.

I had this set containing a spring powered cannon that fired a projectile about the size and weight of a real 44 bullet, and spring loaded wall that would explode when hit. I can still recall that the wall mechanism was fairly stiff and required a good bit of force to actuate, so those projectiles must have really been zinging along. I guess that's why I don't recall being shot... I don't think anyone wanted to try that one.

hypatia

Never wear a 3 foot long leather fringed belt{heheh remember those} while rideing on the handlebars of your friends orange crate bike. Thats all I have to say about"remembering when".

turbo

I remember when the best way to get a motorcycle sound on my bicycle involved using clothespins and baseball cards to rub on the spokes. IIR, Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron rookie cards sounded really good.

sas3

I remember my first C.B. Radio a "23 channel" Pinto Base station from J.C Pennies.

turbo

I remember when even pretty small radios had to be plugged in to AC and NONE of them got any band other than AM, and I used to pray for sundown when the mega-stations in Albany and Buffalo would start pumping out Mo-Town, Blues, and English rock.

rewebster

Long trips on vacation on non-interstate roads

Andre

I remember doing homework I would sneak into the office of the little family company and use the dinosaur calculator. A big very heavy black metal box with an 10 x 10 array of buttons each marked 0-9.

With some physical extertion, turning the heavy handle, it was actually possible to have that thing make your calculations for homework. Wow.

GeorginaS

Quote by turbo-1

I remember when the best way to get a motorcycle sound on my bicycle involved using clothespins and baseball cards to rub on the spokes. IIR, Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron rookie cards sounded really good.

Yes! Hockey cards flapping in bicycle spokes. Wonderful noise.

Ronnin

I remember when people thought corduroy jackets and pants actually looked good. I remember my bowl haircut and those stupid velour sweaters my mom use to make wear. It's Texas mom, we only need sweaters two weeks out of the year!

turbo

I remember when Milky Way and Snickers bars cost 5 cents, and a Hershey Lunch Bar (plain chocolate) cost 3 cents. At the time, sodas cost 10 cents (including the 3 cent deposit on the soda bottle) so if the store owner trusted you, he'd sell you a bottle of soda AND a Lunch Bar for 10 cents with the understanding that you'd consume them on the front porch of the store and bring the bottle back in when you were done.

Dr Transport

Quote by Evo

Remember Jiffy Pop?

My son's boy scout troop thinks that Jiffy Pop is the best thing since sliced bread.

jim mcnamara

Quote by Astronuc

Cooking on a wood stove.

Did that up until 2001. We heated with wood and used the stove for long cooktime items like beans.

1 gallon water
2 tsp salt
3 cloves garlic whole
about 6 ounces of salt pork
3 quarts of soaked pinto or anasazi beans

Boil covered from when the sun shows full over the Sandia Mountains til dark. 'bout 8 hours in winter. Check water ever 2-3 hours..... Crudely mash the beans with a potato masher (in some of the liquid.)

Our neighbors add wood ash to the beans at the start.

Ronnin

Quote by jim mcnamara

Our neighbors add wood ash to the beans at the start.

What kind of flavor does that add?

rewebster

I remember when they had E tickets at Disneyland

I think I've still got a coupon book or two with a few of the other 'letter' tickets that weren't used in some box -- we lived out there '55 to '61

I found this in a box a while back--I don't remember where it came from

jtbell

Quote by Ivan Seeking

I remember when McDonalds was just a local hamburger stand - just one.

I don't go back quite that far (at least my memory doesn't), but I do remember when all McDonald's had a counter on their sign that proudly announced how many hamburgers the chain had sold so far: "100 million served"... "200 million served"...

Of course, they eventually had to switch to the Carl Sagan version: "Billions and billions served."

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rewebster	I remember the first painting that took my breath away--at the Art Institute in Chicago when just this special female art teacher and I took a train trip up there for the weekend. --(first trip to the Art Institute, too)

hypatia	Never wear a 3 foot long leather fringed belt{heheh remember those} while rideing on the handlebars of your friends orange crate bike. Thats all I have to say about"remembering when".

turbo Recognitions: Gold Member	I remember when the best way to get a motorcycle sound on my bicycle involved using clothespins and baseball cards to rub on the spokes. IIR, Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron rookie cards sounded really good.

sas3 Recognitions: Gold Member	I remember my first C.B. Radio a "23 channel" Pinto Base station from J.C Pennies.

Andre Blog Entries: 2 Recognitions: Gold Member	I remember doing homework I would sneak into the office of the little family company and use the dinosaur calculator. A big very heavy black metal box with an 10 x 10 array of buttons each marked 0-9. With some physical extertion, turning the heavy handle, it was actually possible to have that thing make your calculations for homework. Wow.

Ronnin	I remember when people thought corduroy jackets and pants actually looked good. I remember my bowl haircut and those stupid velour sweaters my mom use to make wear. It's Texas mom, we only need sweaters two weeks out of the year!