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re: What were things you couldn’t believe we used to do?

Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:50 am to
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:50 am to
Doctors actually made house calls in the 50s, and 60s, but just getting your tonsils yanked was a 3 day hospital stay.
Posted by Mr Breeze
The Lunatic Fringe
Member since Dec 2010
6688 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:53 am to
BB gun wars with your buddies.

Save S&H Green Stamps given out buying gas or groceries.

Black & White TV kids shows on Saturday mornings.

Catch fireflies and put then in jars making a "flashlight."

In summer, mom put you outside in morning and said "don't come back until lunch time."

Time are different today.

Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
16388 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 10:59 am to
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Leave the house with no form of communication with the outside world.



I talk to them mfers
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49479 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:01 am to
Weed dealers
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7586 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:28 am to
Actually listen to what other people think. Or more specifically actually care about what they're saying.
Posted by LSU-MNCBABY
Knightsgate
Member since Jan 2004
25163 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:50 am to
Go about our day without having to hear everyone we’ve ever come into contact withs uneducated uniformed opinion about literally everything
Posted by OmniPundit
Florida
Member since Sep 2018
1440 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:01 pm to
From TD's 81 year old, here are a few things I remember that your parents (or grandparents) may remember.

Blackout practice during WWII.

Rationing, and ration coupons during WWII.

Hog Killing. (Your job was tend the fire.)

Walking to school.

The first stores with air conditioning.

Your family got a telephone. (Party line, because that was all there was back when.)

Seeing your first airplane.

The atomic bomb; the end of WWII.

Indoor plumbing; city water; electricity.

This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 8:31 pm
Posted by jkylejohnson
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2016
14513 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:05 pm to
Napster with a cdrw drive for the win.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
60757 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:05 pm to
The 6 o’clock news that reported news
Posted by Clark14
Earth
Member since Dec 2014
26289 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:16 pm to
Collect Coke bottles and walk to the little neighborhood store and get a nickel refund for each bottle to buy candy with.

Playing outside all day,no air conditioning inside,and getting your drink from a water hose.

Slingshots,whiffle ball,tackle football,etc.

I grew up in Hot Springs,the city bus route ran down our street with a bus stop on the corner.Us little kids,by ourselves which is unheard of today,would board the bus for a dime and ride it downtown to see a movie and walk around to the stores.Mr Prichard was the bus driver.

It was a great time to grow up.
Posted by RTRinTampa
Central FL
Member since Jan 2013
5532 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:37 pm to
Clackers. Giant marbles on string with a ring in the middle. LOL.

Lawn darts a close second.
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
2050 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:52 pm to
We used to not whine like little beaches.
Posted by TexasTiger90
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Jul 2014
3576 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:52 pm to
Minded our own fricking business
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
467276 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:57 pm to
just show up to friends'/neighbor's houses without any warning

having multiple kids share a room

hogging the phone, preventing all outside communication

only having 1 family vehicle
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
169045 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:58 pm to
Using a cassette tape with a wire to sync your portable CD player to your car radio
Posted by Tiguar
Montana
Member since Mar 2012
33131 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:58 pm to
Can’t even comprehend how we existed with the bottom two.

The days of yelling at my sister to get off the phone so I could use the dial up internet.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
467276 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 4:59 pm to
underrated tech

spending real money on "systems"
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
467276 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 5:00 pm to
oh i got another one

having 1 TV in the entire house and it being about 24"
Posted by Clark14
Earth
Member since Dec 2014
26289 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 5:12 pm to
Those damn clackers were lethal..haha.

They seemed to always hit the wrist bone,hurt like hell,then do it again.

I remember arguing with my older sister because she wanted to see some band called the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show and I wanted to watch The Scarecrow on the Wonderful World of Disney.

We flipped back and forth til the Beatles came on.
Posted by 007mag
Death Valley, Sec. 408
Member since Dec 2011
3921 posts
Posted on 6/27/20 at 5:16 pm to
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Party line
wanna make a call and your neighbor be on the line or worse be talking and hear your neighbor listening in on your conversation.

Has anyone mentioned walking to the local store and picking up a pack of cigarettes for your dad and telling them to put it on the ticket?
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