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re: Old people, what did you used to do to get stuff before Amazon?

Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:24 pm to
Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2011
17200 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:24 pm to
I’m only 28 and I remember ordering a shite ton of stuff through different catalogs that came in the mail.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Mackinac Island
Member since Jul 2009
38562 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:26 pm to
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Also, how did you know how to find your friends to hang out without cellphones?
Too busy slamming 2 for $2 Quarter Pounders to worry about friends.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53814 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:26 pm to
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In my day, you filled out the order form on the Sears catalog

I fapped to the bra and panty section of the Sears catalog as a young lad until Victoria Secret started sending catalogs in the mail.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135025 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:28 pm to
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Also, how did you know how to find your friends to hang out without cellphones?



Well little Johnny, we’d all just meet up at your moms house
This post was edited on 12/14/18 at 4:29 pm
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
8851 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:28 pm to
I miss the days of those thick Sears Catalogs.

We lived in the same neighborhood and actually went outside to do shite.

I’m not quietly arguing with anyone, especially by text message.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53814 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:29 pm to
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Too busy slamming 2 for $2 Quarter Pounders to worry about friends.

For some reason I remember that a quarter pounder meal deal was $3.23 when I started driving. I usually could find the last quarter that I needed under my seat or in my ashtray.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
76084 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:29 pm to
The Mall
Posted by northshorebamaman
Mackinac Island
Member since Jul 2009
38562 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:29 pm to
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I fapped to the bra and panty section of the Sears catalog as a young lad until Victoria Secret started sending catalogs in the mail.

Fredrick's of Hollywood had the Hustler of catalogs.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53814 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:30 pm to
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Fredrick's of Hollywood had the Hustler of catalogs.

I remember a few of those too. I always checked the mail as a kid
Posted by Tigerfan56
Member since May 2010
10526 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:30 pm to
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church or light a fire, sometimes both


What if you had friends who were smart?
Posted by northshorebamaman
Mackinac Island
Member since Jul 2009
38562 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:30 pm to
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For some reason I remember that a quarter pounder meal deal was $3.23 when I started driving. I usually could find the last quarter that I needed under my seat or in my ashtray.

2 for 2 was around 95 time frame. And Whopper's were 99 cents.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60081 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:31 pm to
I have to eat 2 caniacs just to feel full now
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:31 pm to
Weird thread. Common sense would give you all of your answers.
Posted by CatsGoneWild
Pigeon forge, Tennessee
Member since Jan 2008
15199 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:31 pm to
JCPenney catalog
Posted by Uncle Stu
#AlbinoLivesMatter
Member since Aug 2004
33877 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:34 pm to
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Sound Trek was THE place to go for electronics, stereo stuff back in the day.


Wrong: Nobody beat John Fred

New Generation was the ONLY place to get electronics

Posted by Dawgholio
Bugtussle
Member since Oct 2015
13047 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:35 pm to
JC Penny catalogs
QVC
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
16593 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:37 pm to
And after we finished school, we got a job and moved out of our parents house.
Posted by WWII Collector
Member since Oct 2018
9282 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:56 pm to
We whipped our kids and other young people with a switch and made them go get our stuff for us.

Didn't have to lift a finger.
This post was edited on 12/14/18 at 4:58 pm
Posted by joeleblanc
Member since Jan 2012
4114 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 4:57 pm to
Buy the product in a store moron
Posted by PortHudsonPlaya
Houston
Member since Jul 2017
3170 posts
Posted on 12/14/18 at 5:02 pm to
People had to be accountable back then. If you said you were going to be or meet somewhere, you did. You didn’t surf around on social media all day for better options. Relationships meant something.
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