I'm so old I remember... (free, phone, elementary, kids)

[Sonata36]

Originally Posted by Lindsey_Mcfarren

I'm so old, I remember our first microwave.

I remember TV without a VCR or remote control.

I remember Pong and Atari.

I remember the Flip Wilson show and the Sonny and Cher show.

I remember when Disney was only on Sunday night at 7pm.

I remember when Happy Days, Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons were in prime time.

The first president I remember is Nixon and Watergate.

I remember when my favorite music was The Best of Bread on 8 track.

I remember Esso gas stations.

I'm so old that I thought I was young but I was old when all of this stuff ^^^ was current.

[ElizaTeal]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

I'm so old I remember when:

Clothes pins were the slide on (duck bill) type.......before the snap on type.

Ah yes before man invented the spring mechanism.

[mkfarnam]

I remember when:

Boys growing long hair was out of the question.

[Cunucu Beach]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

I remember when:

Boys growing long hair was out of the question.

And they were teased if their hair got too long.

I remember my first pair of long pants. Girls were always dressed in dresses.....maybe shorts in summer for playwear but dresses the rest of the time. Man, was that wind cold when it blew up you skirt.

[greatblueheron]

Penny candy.....oh what a treat!

Hard sour green apple, Bazooka bubble gum, paper straws with the sour powder/candy.....just about anything.

And those funny wax "candy" things: wax lips, wax tiny bottles filled with some bizarre sweet liquid. Then Halloween came and it was: long wax fingernails. LOL. (well these were not penny, but..)

Oddly I went on this tangent that Luden's cherry cough drops were the best "candy" so usually had those around. But they cost more.

[Cunucu Beach]

Speaking of cough drops......

Another OTC medication was those nasal inhalers that contained benzedrine.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

And they were teased if their hair got too long.

I remember my first pair of long pants. Girls were always dressed in dresses.....maybe shorts in summer for playwear but dresses the rest of the time. Man, was that wind cold when it blew up you skirt.

I didn't mind when the wind blew girls skirts up.

[mkfarnam]

Was it Bazooka bubble gum that had comics wrapped in them?

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

Speaking of cough drops......

Another OTC medication was those nasal inhalers that contained benzedrine.

Benzedrex

Vicks nasal spray

[jeepgirl27]

Originally Posted by Lindsey_Mcfarren

I'm so old, I remember our first microwave.

I remember TV without a VCR or remote control.

I remember Pong and Atari.

I remember the Flip Wilson show and the Sonny and Cher show.

I remember when Disney was only on Sunday night at 7pm.

I remember when Happy Days, Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons were in prime time.

The first president I remember is Nixon and Watergate.

I remember when my favorite music was The Best of Bread on 8 track.

I remember Esso gas stations.

I had a Cher barbie doll when I was little..my friend was jealous and cut up her pink dress, cut her hair and wrote all over it with a black marker..then she blamed her niece..I was so sad...

Oh Im so old I remember when I had short hair.