Play the game...I remember when...

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Be Nice
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Dec 7, 2010 5:55pm
I use to go to The Dixie Electric Company and "party" 'till dawn.

gas was less than $1.40.

my hair was on my shoulders.
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Apple
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Dec 7, 2010 6:12pm
I remember when basketball shorts didn't go lower than the knee (bootie shorts as my kids call them).
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Belly35
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Dec 7, 2010 6:23pm
I remember my first McDonalds ......... Hamburger, fry and milk shake ....50 cents ....
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believer
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Dec 7, 2010 6:53pm
I remember when someone else not only pumped your gas for you, but also cleaned your windshield at no extra charge.
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Be Nice
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Dec 7, 2010 7:10pm
^^^you and I must have been neighbors.
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Dec 7, 2010 7:11pm
for 5 bucks I could buy a joint, a pack of smokes,two bucks in the gas tank to cruise around and still have enough change yo buy a 16 oz returnable Mountain Dew
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redfalcon
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Dec 7, 2010 7:21pm
Cigarettes could be bought in a vending machine located anywhere.

Gas was 80 cents a gallon

There was no internet

The internet companies charged by minutes, not a flat fee.

Cell phones were the size of bricks and weighed just as much.

Milk was delivered to the doorstep (in all fairness I lived in the United Kingdom as a kid and this is where this happened).

Pan American Airlines was the king of the sky

Jonathan Taylor Thomas had a career

You could walk your loved ones to the gates at the airport

Payphones

Phonebooths (with the actual enclosed glass cage)
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Be Nice
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Dec 7, 2010 7:31pm
a condom machine was in the old Certified gas station restroom just down the street.
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Dec 7, 2010 8:34pm
ccrunner609;591629 wrote:
Mcdonalds had those little gold ash trays
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That's a good one, son! BTW, redfalcon, we actually had milk delivered to our house up to 1992!

When I was little, we used to yell at the delivery guy "Milkman, give us a ride". And he would say, "hop in, kids"! Imagine that happening today!
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Be Nice
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Dec 7, 2010 8:44pm
^^^Wouldn't be happening. The milkman would already be in jail for child molestation.
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Dec 7, 2010 8:52pm
Thread Bomber;591643 wrote:for 5 bucks I could buy a joint, a pack of smokes,two bucks in the gas tank to cruise around and still have enough change yo buy a 16 oz returnable Mountain Dew
5 bucks in my day could get you a sandwich bag full .... so goes the nickle bag
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redfalcon
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Dec 7, 2010 9:11pm
Man, the McDonalds gold ash trays is a great one.
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Gardens35
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Dec 7, 2010 9:33pm
Rex Kern and the Buckeyes owned OJ Simpson and the Trojans in the Rose Bowl.
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Dec 7, 2010 9:52pm
90's Nickelodeon (Enough said)
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bigkahuna
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Dec 7, 2010 9:58pm
rookie_j70;591846 wrote:90's Nickelodeon (Enough said)

This.

As far as food goes.

A lot more Hardees, and a Rax here or there.
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Dec 7, 2010 10:00pm
bigkahuna;591860 wrote:This.

As far as food goes.

A lot more Hardees, and a Rax here or there.
Rax and Hardees.......great call
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ytownfootball
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Dec 7, 2010 10:05pm
How cool the new pull tabs on beer cans were...

when you actually used a bottle opener

Those juice filled wax lips candies at the 5 & 10

lol...candy cigarettes
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bigkahuna
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Dec 7, 2010 10:08pm
I remember candy cigs having just a pinch of powdered sugar, so you can actually puff them. O'Henry Candy Bar anyone?
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ernest_t_bass
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Dec 7, 2010 10:14pm
River Raid on Atari. Still my favorite game of all time.

When sex wasn't EVERYWHERE you look, and they had good clean FAMILY shows like Home Improvement. Shows like that took the prime time slots.
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redfalcon
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Dec 7, 2010 10:17pm
bigkahuna;591873 wrote:O'Henry Candy Bar anyone?
Ah the good old times. Like six hours ago.

http://www.rockofagescandy.com/HTFCandyBars/Products/OHenry.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Henry!

They still make them.
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ytownfootball
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Dec 7, 2010 10:21pm
when you went to a 76 gas station and got an orange styrofoam ball stuck on to your antenna...broke the antenna on pops 67 GOAT gettin that thing off
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CenterBHSFan
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Dec 7, 2010 10:22pm
Going to the Burger Chef! Who remembers those?



I remember that I used to LOVE that place and always looked forward to getting a record with my kids meal. Good times!

They actually have some of the records on youtube haha!

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Gardens35
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Dec 7, 2010 10:29pm
ytownfootball;591901 wrote:when you went to a 76 gas station and got an orange styrofoam ball stuck on to your antenna...broke the antenna on pops 67 GOAT gettin that thing off

I remember when someone said GOAT and you knew what it was.
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Dec 7, 2010 10:36pm



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Dec 7, 2010 10:39pm
I remember when Atari came out with the game Pong and me and my sister would spend hours playing.

My first motorcycle,The great QA 50 made by Honda.

I remember spending every possible hour everyday outside in the neighbors yard playing sports and just running around the neighborhood with friends trying to find a reason to be outside and not sit in the house.

How times have changed!