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Posted: 12/7/2021 4:49:44 PM EDT
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ha... I remember the first microwave we got... maybe around 83-ish.... my mom got it from her dad(like a hand-me-down)... it had no buttons, it had a dial to heat, and it was HUGE... like you could cook a turkey in it..
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Posted: 12/7/2021 4:51:08 PM EDT
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Every kid in class standing reciting the pledge of allegiance.
The Sears wishbook |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 4:52:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And nothing after 11:00 You knew you were up late when the National Anthem came on. "This concludes our programming day." |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 4:53:26 PM EDT
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I recall most everything mentioned here, but I like to remember in context.
5$ Friday night. $2 gas, 99 cent 8 pack, a pack of Marlboro reds and $1.50 left for some 25 cent taps at the bar. Dad going to the hardware store and buying dynamite to blow up a beaver damn. Having the house wired prior to electricity being run ('67) in the rural electrification act. Each room had a single light hanging from the ceiling on an asbestos covered wire. The light had a rotation switch that had a "clack" you could hear throughout the house. We turned those switched for weeks before we actually had lights. One outlet in every room. There was always a sears catalog in the bathroom in case toilet paper ran out. The one in the outhouse was kept in a tin box so the mice wouldn't get to it. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 4:53:36 PM EDT
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Quote Historythta or remember when TV's that weren't consoles were always sitting on a little cart with wheels?... that' s how our was |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 4:58:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @NAM Holy shit! I had that exact radio for years! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Dad had to take his '57 Ford to the dealer to have factory seat belts installed @NAM Holy shit! I had that exact radio for years! It's my work clock; still runs 100%. Just gets a little noisy now and then; percussive maintenance works wonders. 
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Posted: 12/7/2021 4:59:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's my work clock; still runs 100%. Just gets a little noisy now and then; percussive maintenance works wonders. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Dad had to take his '57 Ford to the dealer to have factory seat belts installed @NAM Holy shit! I had that exact radio for years! It's my work clock; still runs 100%. Just gets a little noisy now and then; percussive maintenance works wonders. 
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:01:26 PM EDT
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Gold Circle coinpack fucking rubbers.
Playboy magazine Reel push mowers. Schlitz beer Falstaff Beer Pearl Beer Fabacher beer Cushman scooters Cushman Eagle Mustang motorcycles Yamaguchi Motorsickles Studebakers Nash Ramblers Kaiser cars Nash Metropolitan Western Auto Whizzer Titties from the 50's and 60's Cheerleaders J3 Cubs Aeronca Chiefs Mooney Mites Taylorcrafts Funks Stearmans Waco's Swifts Ercoupes Stinsons $1500 AT-6's $5000 P-51's Fleet biplanes  Boss McKenzie in Mexia, TX whoop'n teenage boys that fucked up with his gun belt. Coaches and principals that could hit a boy's ass hard enough with a board to raise his feet off the ground. Riding my bicycle through town carrying my Mossberg shotgun. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:03:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ha... I remember the first microwave we got... maybe around 83-ish.... my mom got it from her dad(like a hand-me-down)... it had no buttons, it had a dial to heat, and it was HUGE... like you could cook a turkey in it.. Amana Radar Range ? |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:04:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Schlitz beer You can still get Schlitz (and Blatz) in Wisconsin. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:07:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You can still get Schlitz (and Blatz) in Wisconsin. In steel cans? |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:09:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:12:37 PM EDT
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Quisp and Quake
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:14:10 PM EDT
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When playing war games with your friends entailed actually going outside with [fake for the most part but often with BB guns] your friends and having a war. You got hit, skinned your knees and elbows, ripped clothing, got in a few fights and in general, had one hell of a good time until everyone was exhausted.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:16:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: $79 SKS 
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:16:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In steel cans? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You can still get Schlitz (and Blatz) in Wisconsin. In steel cans? No, standard aluminum. Side note: When I was in Iraq/Qatar, our soda came with pull tabs (aluminum). |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:17:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuel cap behind the license plate on the back of the car |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:21:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:22:32 PM EDT
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400 dollar full auto M16's at the gun shows.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:23:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryDimmer switch .. hated replacing them half the time the screws were rusted solid |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:24:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: candy cigarettes in packs designed to look like the real thing (i remember salem and marlboro in particular) |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:25:26 PM EDT
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Charles chips
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:25:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLooking at those makes my mouth burn. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:25:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dad had to take his '57 Ford to the dealer to have factory seat belts installed Remember in the 80's when some dodge cars had automatic seat belts. Most annoying shit int he world. Work to even get in the car without the seat belt on. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:27:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That makes you a straddler of the big shift. When you were a kid- You parents, grand parents, and great grand parents all likely Lived in a home with a wall mounted phone Had a TV with limited channels,and not 24/7/265 broadcasts Had a record player/tape player/radio Didn’t have a VCR Didn’t have a computer Took trips using a map With figuring out where to get gas or stay on the fly, and limited 24 hour gas stations Had to use a pay phone Wrote checks Did not have or had very limited credit card use The majority of guys our age graduated high school - And then made the shift from checks to ATM to credit cards Bought a VCR Switched to CDs Got cable When we deployed we brought a book, and had no contact with home. Got a computer Got email Got a cell phone, etc. Over a ten year period or so Then we bought our first stuff off of Amazon and EBay. We switched to DVDs and Blue rays. We got onboard with mp3s and a iTunes We stopped going to get movies at blockbuster We had cars with nav We can look up anything anytime from just about anywhere Got rid of cable Got streaming It got so When we deployed we could video call home from a mature theatre or make a sat phone call to home off the coast of Somalia or whatever Over the next ten years Even if you had kids in 1985 or so, they grew up in a very different world than someone that was born 1975 or earlier. Let alone kids born 1995 and later. The life of an American born in 1965 was not very different than that of someone born in 55, 45, 35. Someone born in 95 had a different life than someone born in 85, and vastly different than 75, 65. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How old do you have to be to be considered an old timer? I remember all of these I and don't really consider myself old at 55. That makes you a straddler of the big shift. When you were a kid- You parents, grand parents, and great grand parents all likely Lived in a home with a wall mounted phone Had a TV with limited channels,and not 24/7/265 broadcasts Had a record player/tape player/radio Didn’t have a VCR Didn’t have a computer Took trips using a map With figuring out where to get gas or stay on the fly, and limited 24 hour gas stations Had to use a pay phone Wrote checks Did not have or had very limited credit card use The majority of guys our age graduated high school - And then made the shift from checks to ATM to credit cards Bought a VCR Switched to CDs Got cable When we deployed we brought a book, and had no contact with home. Got a computer Got email Got a cell phone, etc. Over a ten year period or so Then we bought our first stuff off of Amazon and EBay. We switched to DVDs and Blue rays. We got onboard with mp3s and a iTunes We stopped going to get movies at blockbuster We had cars with nav We can look up anything anytime from just about anywhere Got rid of cable Got streaming It got so When we deployed we could video call home from a mature theatre or make a sat phone call to home off the coast of Somalia or whatever Over the next ten years Even if you had kids in 1985 or so, they grew up in a very different world than someone that was born 1975 or earlier. Let alone kids born 1995 and later. The life of an American born in 1965 was not very different than that of someone born in 55, 45, 35. Someone born in 95 had a different life than someone born in 85, and vastly different than 75, 65. The tail end seems to be the very end of the 70s. You can find them by asking if they didn't get their first cell phone till after high school and if they have a hotmail email address (from before it was bought by MS) that's a dead giveaway. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:30:58 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryWe still have these on our shelves: 
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:32:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember NOT having smoking sections Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I remember smoking sections I remember NOT having smoking sections You might have to explain that one!
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:34:02 PM EDT
[#28]
Sitting around after supper reading and listening to the radio because there was no TV.
That faint buzz you heard when you turned on the car radio during the half-minute wait while the tubes warmed up. Vent wings Manual chokes Kendall bragging about their two-thousand-mile motor oil. Picking up the handset and telling "Central" the number you wanted to call. The handset was held against the ear and one spoke into the microphone atop the "candlestick". |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:35:27 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: ha... I remember the first microwave we got... maybe around 83-ish.... my mom got it from her dad(like a hand-me-down)... it had no buttons, it had a dial to heat, and it was HUGE... like you could cook a turkey in it.. Remember seeing the warning signs everywhere? |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:40:13 PM EDT
[#30]
 Grey Poupon - Pardon Me (1981, USA) |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:40:44 PM EDT
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Jax beer and Cream of Kentucky bourbon.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:44:33 PM EDT
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  Stag and Hanley beer. Doubt anyone here has tried it unless you are from the mid-west in the 50s - early 70s. Hanley might have been the worst I have ever had in my life. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:44:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: TV repair men would come out on house calls to fix an ailing TV. It was usually a bad vacuum tube or two. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:46:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dimmer switch .. hated replacing them half the time the screws were rusted solid Road salt from your boots seemed to be the main cause of failure . |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:46:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:50:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 5:58:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryFor some reason I loved the chemical smell from the mimeograph machine. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:05:07 PM EDT
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Christmas morning getting up and seeing the 'long box' under the tree knowing that Santa brought either a new rifle or shotgun.
I continued that with my kid. Most every Christmas had a new gun under the tree. Do that for an 8, 9, or 10 year old kid today and expect a visit from a County Karen. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:08:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:13:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:18:11 PM EDT
[#41]
Waiting for the tubes to warm up.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:20:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gold Circle coinpack fucking rubbers. @ElSupremo |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:22:26 PM EDT
[#43]
No shit.......I grew up using one.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:25:20 PM EDT
[#44]
The family watching Let's Go To The Races on Friday evening with their tickets from the grocery store to see if we hit it rich.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:25:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: For some reason I loved the chemical smell from the mimeograph machine. Quote HistoryQuoted: For some reason I loved the chemical smell from the mimeograph machine. Me too. It’s just a very distinctive smell, which is what my memory thought of first, before any “visual” memory. Hell, I can smell it through that picture. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:30:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Amana Radar Range ? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: ha... I remember the first microwave we got... maybe around 83-ish.... my mom got it from her dad(like a hand-me-down)... it had no buttons, it had a dial to heat, and it was HUGE... like you could cook a turkey in it.. Amana Radar Range ? I can't remember... I don't think I paid much attention... I think it was wood grained, or at least brown. hey, do you guys remember those "Mark-it" grocery stores where you go in with a grease pencil, all the cans and stuff are in bins and you write the price on top and put it in your basket? |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:32:40 PM EDT
[#47]
No seat belts in cars and we lived through it.
Used to ride in the back of my dads truck all the time. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:33:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: High beam switch on the floor. In 1972, I was in Augusta, GA for 3 months. While there, I bought a 1972 Corvette and had to go to Atlanta to pick it up. While driving back, then on 2 lane highways, it became dark so I switched on the headlights. They came on on high beams and I could not find the dimmer switch with my foot. I drove back the entire way on high and likely pissed off a lot of on coming drivers. The next day, I discovered that Chevrolet had placed the switch under the floor mat. 
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:37:01 PM EDT
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Buying a god set of used G78-14s for my '71 Maverick.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 6:38:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In 1972, I was in Augusta, GA for 3 months. While there, I bought a 1972 Corvette and had to go to Atlanta to pick it up. While driving back, then on 2 lane highways, it became dark so I switched on the headlights. They came on on high beams and I could not find the dimmer switch with my foot. I drove back the entire way on high and likely pissed off a lot of on coming drivers. The next day, I discovered that Chevrolet had placed the switch under the floor mat. https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-zxf9GDV/0/9d4d6c8a/L/i-zxf9GDV-L.jpg Was your picture taken when Harry Truman died? Flags at half staff and I can't think of another major public figure to go that year. @keiswa |
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