Remember When:

[CalgaryJenn]

Ok, this thread might show the ages of some of the members, but add your,

Remember When:
- People were complaining that gas was .39
- When $100 was a lot of money
- Cigarettes were $3.00 and as a teen, you still had to scrape and dig for change

 

[jim]

Ok, this thread might show the ages of some of the members, but add your,

Remember When:
- People were complaining that gas was .39
- When $100 was a lot of money
- Cigarettes were $3.00 and as a teen, you still had to scrape and dig for change

Yes but luckily I never smoked.

 

[cljw31]

- when women couldn't vote

 

[Joe King]

I used to get $5.00 a week for allowance and for that i could buy a pack of smokes,take the bus downtown to a movie with snacks and if i hitched or walked home i could afford a car magazine.
Ah the good old days!

 

[Aeiyah]

I remember being able to fill a tank for $15 and on top of that, the gas stations would give you something useful for free. I used to have a collection of glasses, dishes and cutlery courtesy of several full tanks of gas.

 

[CalgaryJenn]

Remember when
- terrorist attacks only happened across the pond
- Happy Days was the best show on television

 

[CalgaryJenn]

Remember when Winnipeg had a hockey team? Neither do I..........

 

[jim]

Remember any of these?

- Atari

- Colecovision

- Commodore 64

- skinny leather ties

- Playboy cost $1.00 an issue

- B.A.S.I.C.

- Rubik's cube

- When we wondered if Darth Vader was telling the truth about his lineage

Intellivision

Visicalc

Wide lapels and ruffled shirts?

A chocolate bar and a coke for 25cents

Archie comics at 10 cents?

 

[jim]

Remember when:

- minimum wage was $3.00/hr

$2.50

and when Canada went metric gas was 17 cents a litre.

 

[87112]

I remember when Crosby Show, Family Ties, Senifeld, and finally Night Court was on at the same night on NBC.

 

[Bartdude]

Sunday night TV was Disney, The Beachcombers, and The Waltons

 

[poontanghunter]

commodore vic 20

2.25 minimum wage

 

[87112]

All the free time we had before the internet.

 

[maxx50]

WWlll

1959 dad wanted to build a A bomb shelter in the basement.. and we use to have the early warning sirens go off every month I miss those

 

[jim]

And finding a lady was the luck of the draw through the paper or an agency.

Newsgroups and usenet with text browser and 9600 baud modem was the first 'electronic pooning tool'

 

[Guardian Angel]

Telex machines
8 tracks
LP's
45's
kids playing at the local park during summer holidays


G.A.

 

[jim]

Telex machines
8 tracks
LP's
45's
kids playing at the local park during summer holidays


G.A.

Walking to school?

Biking without a helmet?

Playing dare I say "cowboys and indians"?

 

[john-john]

13 channels on the TV WITH cable

Rabbit ears

 

[jim]

13 channels on the TV WITH cable

Rabbit ears

2 channels and the 'french' channel with the Rabbit ears.

 

[Guardian Angel]

2 channels and the 'french' channel with the Rabbit ears.

When Hockey Night in Canada was on on Wednesdays and came on half way through the first period,

oh yeah - 6 NHL teams

G.A.