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Damn, that brings back memories. The gum always had a weird powdery finish, too.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:When hockey or baseball cards had that dry stick of gum.
When we had no awareness for the quality of food and chose the stuff that tasted good.
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You were a collector?hedonist said:
Damn, that brings back memories. The gum always had a weird powdery finish, too.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:When hockey or baseball cards had that dry stick of gum.
When we had no awareness for the quality of food and chose the stuff that tasted good.
I remember collecting Star Wars as well as Planet of the Apes cards too.
"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Not a collector, but I do remember buying the baseball card packs with that awful gum. I'd get them at Rexall Drugs, after moseying around their make-up department.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
You were a collector?hedonist said:
Damn, that brings back memories. The gum always had a weird powdery finish, too.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:When hockey or baseball cards had that dry stick of gum.
When we had no awareness for the quality of food and chose the stuff that tasted good.
I remember collecting Star Wars as well as Planet of the Apes cards too.
Strawberry-scented roll-on lip gloss, anyone? God, I loved that stuff.
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Pet rocksI'll ride the wave where it takes me......0
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lolhedonist said:
Not a collector, but I do remember buying the baseball card packs with that awful gum. I'd get them at Rexall Drugs, after moseying around their make-up department.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
You were a collector?hedonist said:
Damn, that brings back memories. The gum always had a weird powdery finish, too.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:When hockey or baseball cards had that dry stick of gum.
When we had no awareness for the quality of food and chose the stuff that tasted good.
I remember collecting Star Wars as well as Planet of the Apes cards too.
Strawberry-scented roll-on lip gloss, anyone? God, I loved that stuff.
got 10 cents... can't afford lipstick... but I got enough to buy a pack of cards!"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
I would imagine the creator is a multi millionaire.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
The genius of marketing.mcgruff10 said:Pet rocks
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when, working in the restaurant business, I had to show up on Thursday even if i wasn't working that day to pick up my cheque.Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer0
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When people littered everywhere and it wasn't even considered weird. When I saw this bit on Mad Men I totally cracked up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ife7cSVVgrs
We would just go and find our own rocks and paint them. It was free, although we would steal rocks from people's rock beds in their yards, soooo...Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
The genius of marketing.mcgruff10 said:Pet rocks
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
And freaking out when the phone rang on your off day. Was it your weed guy, your friends or the manager telling you someone called in so they need you.. the phone was a total crap shootHughFreakingDillon said:when, working in the restaurant business, I had to show up on Thursday even if i wasn't working that day to pick up my cheque.
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You didn't like dialling phone numbers ending in zero because chances were that you didn't dial it back far enough and would have to start again.0
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I've fallen and I can't get up!
got a car...got some gas...oh let's get out of here-get out of here fast...
I hope you get this message but your not home...I will be there in just a minute or so...
I want to go but I want to go with you.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. -MT
I've had enough, said enough, felt enough. I'm fine, still in it.0 -
My old number was 374-0900. No shit.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:You didn't like dialling phone numbers ending in zero because chances were that you didn't dial it back far enough and would have to start again.
My buddies used to get pissed off trying to call me on the weekends before we headed out- there was no call alert back then... only the busy signal."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
You called the weather on your phone at least 2x a day.0
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Calling to find out the time.
"At the tone, the time will be....."0 -
Awesome!RunIntoTheRain said:Calling to find out the time.
"At the tone, the time will be....."
And you called it just to know the time.
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I still give the number for time and temperature to annoying store clerks who insist they need a phone number.RunIntoTheRain said:Calling to find out the time.
"At the tone, the time will be....."
Generic products were just black and white with a giant barcode. There was an entire aisle devoted to just generic products.2014: Cincinnati
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