Fun from the past, do you remember when?

[dlabrie708]

Originally posted by Pipanella
I remember, too, that you only had to dial 5 numbers to call someone. .
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YES!!! I remember only dialing 5 numbers too and miss it...lol! I also can remember dailing a few numbers and then hanging up and your own phone would ring. Does anyone remember doing this? I cannot remember the numbers you had to dial [it was only 3 numbers I think]. We use to play practical jokes on our brothers and sisters by doing that all the time!

Lori

[AndersonGal]

remember when your mom made sure you had a pretty hanky in your purse before you went off to Sunday School?

Sleeping on curlers when getting your school photo taken the next day because who had a curling iron?



I wonder if I would still like Dark Shadows if it was on now?
Use to scare the heck out of my little friend and I thought that was a hoot. :shame on me:

[Pipanella]

I sure do remember having to wear curlers to bed! My mom was a hairdresser, and goodness! Can't have her daughter going ANYWHERE without her hair lookin' good! I remember when we got a set of electric curlers. Mine were cool, 'cause they had steam, too. Then curling irons... can't remember when I first used one of those. Probably in high school. The one I had was super-cool, too. It held water, and once you got your hair wrapped around it, you pushed in on the end, and it sprayed water (just a little) out the full length of the curling iron. That really helped set the curl. (The sizzling sound it made was pretty awesome, too. LOL )

At our house, you could dial the five numbers of your phone number and hang up and it would ring. We can still do that now, you just have to dial all ten numbers. We'll do that sometimes if one of us is upstairs and we don't want to yell downstairs to someone. LOL.

[MariB]

I lived in several large cities when I was growing up, so the 5 digit phone numbers wouldn't have worked. However, instead of 7 numbers, there was a word prefix plus 5 numbers. You dialed the first two letters of the word. I don't know why I remember this, but two of our numbers were KIng 95719 and VIking 66106. Area codes didn't exist so all long distance calls had to be placed through the operator. Can you still reach an operator by dialing zero?!?!

Pip, I remember those steam curlers and still have (but don't use) the amazing sizzling curling iron. I believe Clairol was the first to make hot rollers, but I had the special steam ones made by Norelco, maybe? They came in a white case and were designed to grip the hair and not let go. Ouch!! Painful memory. How the heck did I sleep with hard plastic rollers in my hair? I had forgotten about the bedtime ritual... dump all the rollers on the bed, put them in without looking in a mirror because I'd done it so many times and then cover them all with a curler cap that matched the curler bag.

When I was a child I had to wear little white gloves to church and other dressy occasions. How many kids now have even heard the phrase, "Don't get your gloves dirty!"? Dressing up wasn't just for church. When I was in college, no one would dream of taking a commercial airplane flight or train trip without wearing business clothes. Women wore hats to events where they would look out of place now and wearing one to church was required.

There were no male elementary school teachers. And one of the worst things you could be caught doing in high school was chewing gum.

There were no self-service gas stations.

There was a ledge under the back window of all cars that was great for a young child to lay on. There was no such thing as seat belts. And cars were made of metal with no plastic except maybe the seat covers.

My parents paid $19,000 for the house I live in. It's worth at least 10 times that now. Their mortgage payments were under $100 per month. When my late husband and I were first married, our rent was $80.

My favorite soap was The Secret Storm. I remember watching General Hospital when I was home sick from school as a child. Back then the shows weren't taped. They were live.

What I miss most: Doctors made housecalls.


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[Pipanella]

Until I was a sophomore in high school, girls were not allowed to wear pants to school OR school functions, such as basketball games. After that, we were allowed to wear them to school functions, but not to school. Then, finally we could wear them to school, but never at any time, were we allowed to wear jeans!

My how times have changed!

[AngelswDirtyFaces]

Remember Those "Pull Tabs" from can soda pops/beer cans?
You had to pull the tab --all the way off. ( I stepped on one
as a kid--cut my foot bad. Glad they got rid of those. ) lol

I was just thinking about this too, before I read this post.
..How about "BREAD BOXES"! ( to store your bread, on your kitchen counter! lol I'm sure some people still have them?
My Mom had one, when I was growing up. but, haven't seen one
in ages!!


I' also remember....

Poka Shells

Wallabee suede (mens shoes),

Angel Flight Pants ( for men LMAO,..shinny disco pants!)

Ditto' & sailor pants ( girl's pants)

besides Dodge Ball, how about... "Tether Ball'' Ball !!

anyone remember those? lol

[Pipanella]

I remember some of those!

Yes, those pull tabs! You could make chains with them, too, by folding one into the next.

I'm thinking it was Puka Shells, though.

Angel Flight Pants.....are those the same as parachute pants?

Dodge Ball, what a nasty game, especially when you played it on the blacktop parking lot at recess. 4-Square was much more fun! (And I was really GOOD at that one! LOL!)

We actually jumped rope at recess when I was in elementary, too. Do kids still do that?

Tom and Kelly, sittin' in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love,
Then comes marriage,
Then comes Tom pushin' a baby carriage!

ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[3tbear]

I remember, my mom had one of those wringer washers, and party lines, how could I forget. Those were so annoying!

Wearing white gloves and hats to church, yep, remember that.
You couldn't go in a church without a hat.




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[JoyceeD]

I can remember life before cell phones and laptops!

How about Starsky and Hutch! We caught a rerun a few months back and my kids just laughed hysterically!! C'mon wasn't Starsky cute?

Tab...funny, I remember Dad had one with dinner every night...then my mom bugged him how BAD it was for him and from then on he drank Diet Coke! hee hee!

Hey, does anyone remember Bubble Yum?? When it first came out there was the big scare about worm eggs?? Was it worm eggs or is my memory going? I can remember Mom hollering at us, practically ripping the gum out of our mouths!

Ahh, the good old days of DOS. Eek!!

What a great thread, thanks for the memories!

[dlabrie708]

Pip...I'm not sure if Angel is talking about parachute pants, because those are kind of from the 80s. Since she mentioned disco, I bet it must be those really thin, kind of silky, shiny looking pants from that time. Not very attractive on a man...lol! But boy, do I remember parachute pants also...yuck! My mother used to laugh at my brother for wearing them and said..."years from now when you are looking at pictures, you will regret wearing them!"...lol...she was right!

I was born in '67, but I am the youngest of six children. So I remember seeing my brother and sisters in some pretty crazy outfits. I remember my sister used to go to the disco every weekend. I thought she was so cool and that she looked gorgeous!!!...lol

All my school pictures are horrible -- you figure I started 1st grade in '73 and the fashion was not so hot for a little girl...lol. I also had that dumb Dorothy Hamill haircut at one point. I looked like a boy!!! It didn't stay back at all...it just fell forward. So I really looked more like one of the beatles! [or better yet...one of the monkees!]

Pip...I remember 4 square!!! I loved that game. Just recently, I was at my mother's house and we didn't have any sidewalk chalk for the kids to use. So, I was using a rock to make the outline of a square on the driveway. I was going to show my niece how to play 4 square with my other nieces and nephews. She just kept looking at me funny....and said..."what are you doing with that rock?" I told her we used rocks to make the outline for hopscotch and 4 square when we were young. Gasp!!! She thought we had it so hard....lol!!! Does anyone else remember looking around for that perfect rock that would write like chalk? I think it is so funny now.

Lori


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[3tbear]

I remember those thin shiny stretch pants, they came in something that looked like a silver metallic, something you'd probably wear on a space ship (LOL) and other colors. I had really wanted a pair, but DH said they looked like pants hookers wore, so I never got them. They were supposed to be sexy for their time.

[Mouse7088]

Originally posted by AngelswDirtyFaces
Remember Those "Pull Tabs" from can soda pops/beer cans?
You had to pull the tab --all the way off. ( I stepped on one
as a kid--cut my foot bad. Glad they got rid of those. ) lol

I was just thinking about this too, before I read this post.
..How about "BREAD BOXES"! ( to store your bread, on your kitchen counter! lol I'm sure some people still have them?
My Mom had one, when I was growing up. but, haven't seen one
in ages!!

Oh man..Kenny and I were trying to explain the pull-tabs to our 7 and 9 yro the other day...didn't work. LOL!

Here's your bread box babe...yeppers..in my kitchen LOL!

[AngelswDirtyFaces]

Originally posted by Mouse7088


Oh man..Kenny and I were trying to explain the pull-tabs to our 7 and 9 yro the other day...didn't work. LOL!

Here's your bread box babe...yeppers..in my kitchen LOL!

Too funny!!
Moms Bread Box was "Copper" to match all
the other copper in the kitchen!! lol
( I now put my bread in a basket, that's what got me to start thinking about those bread boxes.

Puka Shells... I think you're right Pip! lol Ohh Yeahhhhh Making
chains w/ those pulltabs!!!! hahah--what fun we had eh?!!

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perfect rock that would write like chalk? .
OH I REMEMBER THAT LORI!!!!

OHHHHHH....JoyceeD
Starsky and Hutch!
HUGGY BEAR!!! LOLOL

I remember watching "Happy Days' a lot w/ my family. lol
..does anyone remember when DISNEY, had disney movies
every SUNDAY NIGHT! (wonderful world of disney/family nite)

Angel-Flight pants & parachute pants are two different styles. lol
neither of which... did anything for "style"!! lololol
(Angel-Flight pants -thin & shinny)
(parachute pants =big n' baggy) lol


How about these....

Pony tail at the side of your HEAD!! lmao!!!
( like chrissy from three's company T.V. show.

Bottle caps ( candy)
good humor man ( drove the ice cream truck around the neighborhood every day)
straw filled with flavor SUGAR!! lolol

I also remember when T.V. had Ch. 2-13 .. only.
& NO remote control,
haha.. we had to turn the "dial".

how about sewing a "Wrap skirt" in sewing class @ school.

anyone own a Pet Rock?
or have a picture of Leif Garret on your bedroom wall?? LOL

Thanks for the memories......
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[MariB]

Originally posted by JoyceeD
Hey, does anyone remember Bubble Yum?? When it first came out there was the big scare about worm eggs?? Was it worm eggs or is my memory going? I can remember Mom hollering at us, practically ripping the gum out of our mouths!

Remember the rumors about PopRocks? They supposedly contained spider eggs.
And then there was the silliness about McDonald's hamburgers containing worms. One of my friends swore that her brother saw a story about this tasty additive on 60 Minutes so it HAD to be true.

The non-remote control TVs...I still have two as backups and had to use one several months ago. It was agony to sit through commercials without being able to flip through other channels. However, I hate, loathe and despise Carrot Top so much that I would jump up and change channels whenever one of his annoying commerials came on.

[Mouse7088]

Pssst...there isn't bread in the bread box...shhh...there are Little Debbie snack cakes! LOL! I buy Schwabel bread 99% of the time and it doesn't fit in there nicely until we've eaten about 25% of it so a lot of times I just put the lunch snacks in the bread box.


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