I'm so old I remember... (places, CA, commercial, street)

[Tarastomsgirl]

Originally Posted by SandyCo

I remember when VCRs first came out, and they were all "top loaders". (Those of you who are as old as I am will know what I'm talking about.)

every channel!

still have it, stupid thing still works.. it sits on top of my dvd player now lol

[findinghope]

does anyone remember U68!
that was before MTV!
and having nothing to watch on sundays because there was no cable and only 13 channels! oh boy...

[delusianne]

YouTube - U68 Promo circa 1985

featuring a comedian popular in the 80s named, ahem, Emo

[findinghope]

EMO!!! lol too funny--i loved it thanks for sharing--reminds me of old times sitting with my cousin in her garage watching u68 on a saturday night--lol

[cncracer]

I remember when gas cost 25cents a gallon, and a tank never went over $5.00. I remember when the big mac was a new to the market,

[RDSLOTS]

I remember begging, almost on hands and knees, for a box of 64 Crayola Crayons, which at the time was the biggest box of crayons available.

My Mother contended there was nothing you couldn't color with a box or 16, or 24. Who the heck was she kidding?

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by cncracer

I remember when the big mac was a new to the market,

I was in Sydney when the Big Mac was a new item there. The promotion tool was, if you could recite to the counter person, "Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun," you'd get one for free.

I was a starving college student who'd been a lifelong picky eater. That promotion was the turning point for my attitude and my hips.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by RDSLOTS

I remember begging, almost on hands and knees, for a box of 64 Crayola Crayons, which at the time was the biggest box of crayons available.

My Mother contended there was nothing you couldn't color with a box or 16, or 24. Who the heck was she kidding?

We may have had the same mother. To this day I associate the 64-crayon box - and its adorable little sharpener! - with spending sprees, amoral romantic associations, heedless roadster racing.

[quiet walker]

Originally Posted by delusianne

YouTube - U68 Promo circa 1985

featuring a comedian popular in the 80s named, ahem, Emo

And lots of other great faces! Thanks

[AksarbeN]

I’m so old I remember: sandwiches wrapped in wax paper instead of plastic bags, and then use the wax paper to go down the slide on the grade school playground.