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  • rssesq
    rssesq Fairfield County Posts: 3,299

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    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.

    Damn, that brings back memories. The gum always had a weird powdery finish, too.

  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    hedonist said:

    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.

    Damn, that brings back memories. The gum always had a weird powdery finish, too.

    You were a collector?

    I remember collecting Star Wars as well as Planet of the Apes cards too.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    hedonist said:

    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.

    Damn, that brings back memories. The gum always had a weird powdery finish, too.

    You were a collector?

    I remember collecting Star Wars as well as Planet of the Apes cards too.
    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.

    Strawberry-scented roll-on lip gloss, anyone? God, I loved that stuff.




  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,176
    Pet rocks
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:

    Pet rocks

    The genius of marketing.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    hedonist said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    hedonist said:

    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.

    Damn, that brings back memories. The gum always had a weird powdery finish, too.

    You were a collector?

    I remember collecting Star Wars as well as Planet of the Apes cards too.
    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.

    Strawberry-scented roll-on lip gloss, anyone? God, I loved that stuff.




    lol

    got 10 cents... can't afford lipstick... but I got enough to buy a pack of cards!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,176
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    mcgruff10 said:

    Pet rocks

    The genius of marketing.
    I would imagine the creator is a multi millionaire.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,989
    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 cheer



  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,866
    edited January 2017
    When people littered everywhere and it wasn't even considered weird. When I saw this bit on Mad Men I totally cracked up. :lol:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ife7cSVVgrs

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    mcgruff10 said:

    Pet rocks

    The genius of marketing.
    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... :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,965
    HughFreakingDillon 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.

    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 shoot
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited January 2017
    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.
  • embrace
    embrace Posts: 849
    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.

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    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 old number was 374-0900. No shit.

    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!"
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,965
    You called the weather on your phone at least 2x a day.
  • RunIntoTheRain
    RunIntoTheRain Texas Posts: 1,033
    Calling to find out the time.

    "At the tone, the time will be....."
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    RunIntoTheRain said:

    Calling to find out the time.

    "At the tone, the time will be....."

    Awesome!
    And you called it just to know the time.
  • Sarah
    Sarah Toronto Posts: 736
    edited January 2017
    rssesq said:


    WHOA!... EARLY CHILDHOOD...!

    Anyone else remember the '80s TV show and toy line called "The Get-Along Gang"?
    Post edited by Sarah on
    "Somewhere in between / There and here / I got lost / I got scared..."
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    RunIntoTheRain said:

    Calling to find out the time.

    "At the tone, the time will be....."

    I still give the number for time and temperature to annoying store clerks who insist they need a phone number.

    Generic products were just black and white with a giant barcode. There was an entire aisle devoted to just generic products.
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