I'm so old I remember... (free, houses, to buy, legal)

[TN Tin Man]

Originally Posted by Wild Flower

And you got the phone from the phone company! I think we paid a rental fee? Anyone remember?

Yes... Good Ole Ma Bell.. $4.95 a month for the lease on the phone.. made your phone will with taxes around $8-9 month for local calls on a party line... long distance was extra..

[CSD610]

I'm so old I remember when MTV aired their very first video and continued to play nothing but videos.

[TN Tin Man]

I'm so old I remember.. The very cramped phone booth you could sit down in. Located in the lobby or over in the corner of the bar or restaurant. Had a little dinky ash tray.. that some one always stuck their gum in.. a .25 slot -- .10 slot -- .05 slot.. the newer ones that came in around the mid 60's at the airport had a .50 slot.. Once you got a dial tone you would dial the number on that rotary wheel 0--------9 .. then the nasally operator ( from jersey ) would say 35 cents for 3 minutes please.. fumbling around you would drop the coins in the slot.. never failed 4 of the dimes you have drop straight through.. so you drop another quarter and the operator would chime in it's only 35 cents. Then you would have to tell her you have no more dimes.. now you had 4-5 minutes.. the bi-fold door is closed but the little fan on top of the booth is not working.. so you have to crack the door open.. Then the guy with the bald head and black rimmed glasses in the plaid ran jacket is now staring at you.

[BlondeArizonaBabe]

I'm SO old I remember:

1. The old Tootsie Roll commercial (and still memorized the song!).

2. Ma Bell was still in business (landline phones).

3. Teasing & perming your hair was the style to be (the higher to Jesus!)

4. When Mr. T had a Saturday morning cartoon!

5. "Dandy" Don Meredith did those Lipton Tea commercials. (wait a minute, was it Lipton or Luzianne??).

6. When the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders still could wear ponytail hairstyles when in uniform.

7. Roller skating rinks was the place to hangout with your friends.

8. Typing classes were done on electric typewriters (wasn't no computers or internet! LOL!).

9. You actually had to use a payphone booth to call your friends (no cell phones or texting back in those days, Kiddies!).

10. MTV played nothing but music videos then, before all those shows they put in later.

[TN Tin Man]

I'm so old I remember.. when roller skates clipped on your shoe and held in place by a straps and a " KEY" for tightening them to your shoe and the wheels were metal.. made great sparks at night street skates not allowed on wooden floors..

[wit-nit]

Originally Posted by TN Tin Man

I'm so old I remember.. when roller skates clipped on your shoe and held in place by a straps and a " KEY" for tightening them to your shoe and the wheels were metal.. made great sparks at night street skates not allowed on wooden floors..

Me too. My first pair of roller
skates were like these.


We would use the wheels later
on to make wooden scooters,
a precursor to todays surfboards.

[TN Tin Man]

Originally Posted by wit-nit

Me too. My first pair of roller
skates were like these.


We would use the wheels later
on to make wooden scooters,
a precursor to todays surfboards.

I got my first pair of metal skates on Christmas when I was 6-7. Only problem I had no were to skate all the roads were I lived were dirt.. Santa made a terrible mistake that years..

Tin Man is top heavy so I could not use a stand up scooter had to build a kart..

[Frydazechild]

Originally Posted by TN Tin Man

I'm so old I remember.. when roller skates clipped on your shoe and held in place by a straps and a " KEY" for tightening them to your shoe and the wheels were metal.. made great sparks at night street skates not allowed on wooden floors..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml16...layer_embedded

[Frydazechild]

I remember "Sing Along with Mitch" follow the bouncing ball.

[todd00]

Remember Fizzies, that weird soft drink, perhaps a cousin of Alka-Seltzer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upmsJQP6oGo



Mitch Miller was once on an episode of Car 54.