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Post by msdemos on Jan 22, 2022 22:37:29 GMT
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Post by gw on Jan 22, 2022 22:46:40 GMT
I'm stuck between quarter and dollar because I don't know if a gumball would count and cans of pop used to be like 32 cents.
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Post by Catman on Jan 22, 2022 23:01:52 GMT
Catman remembers other quite well.
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Post by ant-mac on Jan 22, 2022 23:52:07 GMT
I remember when apples and blackberries were fruit, a laptop was somehing you only got when you sat down, a window was something you looked through and "the cloud" contained water... if you were lucky.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jan 23, 2022 1:09:09 GMT
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jan 23, 2022 1:14:29 GMT
I'm d enough to remember when The Learning Channel actually had somewhat education content on it.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jan 23, 2022 1:33:14 GMT
The latest Marvel & DC comics... Ten cents apiece -- and you found 'em at the drug store in those twirling, column-like racks.
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Post by Schwarzwald Magnus on Jan 23, 2022 5:57:37 GMT
I remember mom jeans. [giveup]
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Post by Catman on Jan 23, 2022 11:46:16 GMT
Catman also remembers that great day back in the 70s when Mad Magazine lowered their price ... by moving the price to the bottom corner of the cover.
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Post by Stammerhead on Jan 23, 2022 12:08:34 GMT
We had pounds, shillings and pence… (UK version)  |
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Post by novastar6 on Jan 23, 2022 16:00:27 GMT
I remember when candy bars were 50 cents or 3/$1.
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Post by mystery on Jan 23, 2022 16:10:10 GMT
I remember when kids played outside, climbing trees, and building forts, and riding bikes all over the neighborhood until the street lights came on, and then they knew they had to go home. Today, parents would probably be charged with child endangerment if they did that.
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Post by llanwydd on Jan 23, 2022 16:51:03 GMT
I remember when anybody with a cell number was in jail.
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Post by Catman on Jan 23, 2022 17:31:17 GMT
I remember when kids played outside, climbing trees, and building forts, and riding bikes all over the neighborhood until the street lights came on, and then they knew they had to go home. Today, parents would probably be charged with child endangerment if they did that. Catdad often told the story of when he and a buddy were coming home from an afternoon hunting when a block away a streetlight turned on. His buddy said, "Bet you can't hit that light!" Catdad said, "Bet I can!" And he took aim and fired. Nothing happened at first, and his buddy said, "Hah! You missed!" Then the streetlight flickered and went out. They ran like hell.
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Post by theauxphou on Jan 23, 2022 21:42:30 GMT
I remember when one- and two-dollar notes were still in circulation. I also remember when my friend and I were kids we’d be allowed to buy cigarettes at the milk bar to bring home for his dad.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 24, 2022 4:11:15 GMT
I could always get rid of a quarter on some gum or something.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 24, 2022 5:58:30 GMT
When microwave ovens, cordless phones and VCR's were high tech devices.
When every store lobby had a cigarette machine
When the gas station I worked for had issues because gas went over $1 a gallon and the pumps didn't have the extra digit.
When the person at a store checkout had to find a pricetag and punch keys on a clunky cash register
When you had to crank the handle to roll down a car window
When you had to grab an encyclopedia (Vol 20 T-Te) to find a simple fact
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