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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 04:51 PM Original message |
I remember when... |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Let's see.... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I remember when TV wasn't on all the time |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Getting letters from friends away at camp |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I had pen pals in France and in California...it was a blast! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I wasn't much of a letter writer. When I went to camp |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And the test pattern |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I remember thinking how cool it was to stay up late enough to |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. I wasn't allowed to stay up that late.... |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. or the National Anthem |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. We had a Buick. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Chryslers and Buicks |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Land Yachts. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. I remember Green Stamps. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yep. And gas station attendants. |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Gas-Station GIVE AWAYS! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Right! I got a 'set' of U. of ALA. ones. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I had a transistor radio shaped like a Shell gas pump! It was so cool! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Transistor radios were our iPods(?). |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. I loved going to the Green Stamp store! Remember returnable coke bottles? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I worked in a grocery store. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. I remember wanting a pair of glasses SO MUCH. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. damn, I grew up in the south, '50s and 60's.... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. 40s & 50s here. About a decade ahead of you. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Hi! I live in Athens, GA, near Elberton! Granite Capitol of the World! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Hold it. NH is "The Granite State". |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. yes-- and I went to grad school in Athens in the early 90's.... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Mike Nesmith's mother invented witeout. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The Monkees? THAT Mike Nesmith? |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yep |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Indeed. |
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Mrs.Matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. I remember... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And a special DU Lounge welcome to Mrs. M. |
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Mrs.Matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Hi Trof!! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Hit reply in the wrong spot nt |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I remember when parsley was free at the grocery store. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. OK. You're older than dirt. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. Party lines |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. I can remember taking a quarter to the store |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. No TV remote |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I was my mother's TV remote.... |
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