I remember:
school busses without cameras
a time before "play-dates"
a time before ADD
when the principal gave spankings
single cassettes were $3.50
cigarettes were less than $2
when the news didn't disgust and anger me.



I remember:
school busses without cameras
a time before "play-dates"
a time before ADD
when the principal gave spankings
single cassettes were $3.50
cigarettes were less than $2
when the news didn't disgust and anger me.





I remember a time where I didn't cry because I thought the world was going to hell.
Look like a woman
Think like a man
Act like a lady
Work like a dog
- My Great Grandmother Bessie's Recipe for Success




I remember pogs
I remember cabbage patch kids
I remember y2k
I remember Karate Kid
I remember the yo-yo craze
I remember when i was a kid.....i miss those times...heck i miss the 90s
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- remember when the McDlt came out?
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/43/
And of course the Atari 2600
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/4089/
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I remember when ....
black boxes weren't airline recorders.
I had to explain to my mom what CDs were.
cell phones started to get popular around 7th grade.
pogs were cool.
trolls were just as cool.
gas was .99/gal.
Atari was new
Last edited by TigersMilk; 06-25-2007 at 06:14 PM.
you live like an ivy vine
you can only survive by clinging onto trees
that's your flaw
put down some roots so you can stand on your own
-Kenpachi
oh yes, pogs. I was a total addict... to the point where I had to steal and lie and cheat to get them




I remember when:
kids used to play outside, and it didn't have to be organized.
cable came to our town (1985 )
we got our first computer, the Tandy TRS-80
MTV played music videos (i know already said)
VH-1 was the bastard step-child of MTV.




I remember when the WWE was the WWF.
I remember The New Kids on the Block.
When Madonna was the main slut of the airwaves.
Married with Children.
Hulk Hogan
Ponytails on the side of your head
Chic brand clothes
The days before Wal-Mart was the bane of every town
Before children talked of politics




I remember NY Times Square before the Disneyfication of this country.





I remember those slap bracelet things being banned from my elementary school, but I took one anyway.
I remember when going skating on Friday night was vital to your social survival
I remember having parties at school for just about everything, and there were always cupcakes.
I remember when I thought I could live on the $180 a week I made at my after school job, and still have everything I wanted.
I remember thinking the boy I was 'going out with' when I was 14 was gonna be who I married.





i love this thread. just had to say that.
i remember punky brewster.
i remember NOT having a cell phone.
i remember thinking furbys were the coolest things ever. tamagochis and nano/giga pets, too.
i remember thinking midge was the coolest barbie doll.
i remember tgif on friday nights and later snick on saturday nights.
along with that, hanging with mr cooper, dinosaurs (not the mama!), the cosby show, perfect strangers, mr belvedere, who's the boss, and the wonder years. and i watched them all with my parents religiously.
(i feel so young, haha)





Dude, I remember Alf.
Edit: omg and who was that robot girl that wore the red polka dots? I miss that show!!
Look like a woman
Think like a man
Act like a lady
Work like a dog
- My Great Grandmother Bessie's Recipe for Success
I remember when sex was harmless fun and motorcycles were extremely dangerous.
I remember "Headbanger's Ball" being the ONLY thing on TV in the middle of the night.
I remember the test pattern that used to come on at 11 pm or so and stay until morning.
I remember when carbohydrates were very good for you, and meat fats were evil.
I remember believing that as long as you went to college, the world would open up for you.
I remember Space Invaders and Pong
"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."
-Humphrey Bogart
"Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink."
-Lady Astor to Winston Churchill
"Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it."
-His reply
"If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs."
-David Daye
"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."
-Humphrey Bogart
"Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink."
-Lady Astor to Winston Churchill
"Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it."
-His reply
"If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs."
-David Daye
Greatest. Visual. Ever.
I remember Arnold Schwarzenegger as a killing machine from the future, not the governor of California.
I remember saying that if gasoline got to "over 75 cents a litre, I'm not driving anymore".
I remember Astro-Boy, GI Joe, the orignial Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (both the show and the movies), Transformers, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (I wanted to be He-man when I grew up).
I remember watching WWF on TV with my parents and my brother...to the extent that I remember when the Undertaker debuted and I saw in shock that he beat Hulk Hogan.
I remember making mix-tapes and listening to them in my walkman on road trips.
I remember being a kid and not needing a helmet for everything.
I remember being innocent, and naive, and not so damn bitter, jaded and cynical about the world and everyone in it.![]()





I remember when Michael Jackson looked, well, like Michael Jackson.
I remember 8-track tape players (ka-chunk! ka-chunk!).
I remember "The Six Million Dollar Man".
I remember live jellyfish in Santa Monica Bay.
I remember when O.J. Simpson was "only" a famous football player.
I remember wondering what I would be doing in 2000...
I remember Jams!








I remember doing the math in school to figure out how old I would be in 2000 and couldn't believe how old I would be by then.
I remember making popcorn on the stove top in a large pot with a little bit of oil on the bottom.
I remember Two Guys, Kress, Altmans and Bambergers





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