I Double Dog Dare You

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » February 21, 2004 3:59 pm

Cubbie Bear wrote:HUdson3-2700

... Emmmmpirrrrrrre!!!!

I was a BA3er!

Speaking of which, the whole Chicagoland area was 312 area code.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » February 21, 2004 5:46 pm

No:

Video games
VCRs
Walkman
CDs
MP3 players
Cable TV (just the soaps and Sesame Street in the afternoon) - remember rabbit ears??
Satellite TV
TIVO
microwave ovens
propane barbeque grills
handheld calculators
handheld portable hair (blow) dryers
electric curling irons
automatic bread makers (what? knead bread by HAND?)
electric razors
camcorders
digital cameras
personal computers

and...... no INTERNET!!!

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » February 22, 2004 3:35 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote: and...... no INTERNET!!!

How did we ever get by with all of that free time?

thegoatgod · Post by **thegoatgod** » May 18, 2006 3:14 pm

No I do not remember.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » May 18, 2006 3:30 pm

Ilph wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote: and...... no INTERNET!!!
How did we ever get by with all of that free time?

We moved around a LOT more physically and were in better shape!

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » May 18, 2006 3:32 pm

Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?

I remember my first pair of pantyhose in Grade 8 - they came from ENGLAND and were a brand called Pretty Polly. No more garter belts (except for MUCH more adult activity!)

And long after 8th grade!!

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » May 18, 2006 3:53 pm

I know this is a dusty thread...but it was fun to read that list!!
Some of it is before my time...but not much.

I remember my hand held 1st blowdryer.... a SUPERMAX. It was orange and cost a fortune! It was my "BIG" Christmas present that year...maybe 1970 LOL. I was about 10.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 18, 2006 4:00 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:Candy cigarettes

Some of the first lawsuits against tobacco companies mentioned candy cigarettes. They said it was an attempt to get little kids to start smoking. No lie.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » May 18, 2006 4:02 pm

LIPH wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote:Candy cigarettes
Some of the first lawsuits against tobacco companies mentioned candy cigarettes. They said it was an attempt to get little kids to start smoking. No lie.

And today they are labeled candy sticks although the packaging is the same and they have red tips.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 18, 2006 4:03 pm

tikitatas wrote:
LIPH wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote:Candy cigarettes
Some of the first lawsuits against tobacco companies mentioned candy cigarettes. They said it was an attempt to get little kids to start smoking. No lie.
And today they are labeled candy sticks although the packaging is the same and they have red tips.

I didn't know that. I don't hang out in candy stores anymore, TRO and all that.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » May 18, 2006 4:28 pm

LIPH wrote:
tikitatas wrote:
LIPH wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote:Candy cigarettes
Some of the first lawsuits against tobacco companies mentioned candy cigarettes. They said it was an attempt to get little kids to start smoking. No lie.
And today they are labeled candy sticks although the packaging is the same and they have red tips.
I didn't know that. I don't hang out in candy stores anymore, TRO and all that.

Sorry? TRO?

Saw these at the convenience store and was amused.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 18, 2006 4:28 pm

TRO = Temporary Restraining Order

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » May 18, 2006 4:28 pm

Ah, just hit me . . . temporary restraining order.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » May 18, 2006 4:29 pm

I shoulda been a lawyer.

tjtryon · Post by **tjtryon** » May 18, 2006 4:36 pm

Apparently mid-30s is plenty old enough to remember this stuff. Great thread. If you get a chance, go out to Wikipedia and read about the defining features of the different generations. It's actually a pretty damn interesting read...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generations

Can you believe my 13 year old daughter is not old enough to remember life before computers and the internet? I remember when we got our first TI994a... It used a cassette tape for a hard drive.

Remember with JR was shot? How about the Greatest American Superhero?

Further back, I remember our first COLOR TV, and when my mom smacked my dad when he bought her the first microwave for Mothers Day. News Anchors smoking DURING the broadcast...

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » May 18, 2006 4:42 pm

Listening to the transistor radio under my pillow so mom didn't know I was still awake.

Reading under the covers after bed time with a flashlight

Stealing my older brothers Playboy from the trash and seeing the "lower naughty bits" airbrushed out. (see above)

Sleeping on the back shelf, behind the back seat of the '62 Catalina on the drive to Minnesota for a fishing trip

Friday were Ladies Day at Wrigley Field 14 and older Free. When my sister was 12 she was almost 6 ft tall and lied to get in free

Watching the cigarette smoke through the beam of light at the movies

Huntley and Brinkley

At 43 stories, The Prudential Building in Chicago being the "Worlds 2nd Tallest Building" try and even see it now

BuffettNews.com

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