bias ply tires that wore out in 20,000 miles or less
AM radio with disc jockeys talking over the music
AM radio with disc jockeys talking over the music
classic old stuff you DON'T miss
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there was no internet- and so no threads- back in the day
Kind of like drinking beer out of the keg the evening after a keg party....nasty, but it was beer.
This thread could go on forever - where do I start:
No tv remote
5-7 channels (maybe)
Rotary phones
Baggy 80s sweaters on women
TVs and stereo speakers that weighed more than an artillery piece
No tv remote
5-7 channels (maybe)
Rotary phones
Baggy 80s sweaters on women
TVs and stereo speakers that weighed more than an artillery piece
grain alcohol parties- where stupid behavior was tossed aside for stupider behavior
I bought a set when my kids were little- don't remember the cost, but they weren't cheap
I have an old World Atlas. It’s actually pretty cool. It’s from the 40s and has all the random colonial names for countries that have now been changed
Funny you should mention that. Driving home right now from working in Michigan. I am a passenger in my co-worker's vehicle and his AC is out. Temps fluctuating between 85-90 degrees and humidity rising. Still 4 hours left in our drive back to SW Ohio. Adapt and overcome. Went through Desert Shield/Desert Storm with temps in upper 120s and humidity in upper 90s.
Carburetors....
cassette tapes
Non-stainless steel exhausts
Film cameras
Women wearing blouses/jackets/dresses festooned with shoulder padding (yeah, i know)
CRT televisions and monitors
Dial-up internet
Notre Dame football
Hot-air popcorn poppers
Leisure suits
Smoking in bars, restaurants, aircraft
Trip-tiks
cassette tapes
Non-stainless steel exhausts
Film cameras
Women wearing blouses/jackets/dresses festooned with shoulder padding (yeah, i know)
CRT televisions and monitors
Dial-up internet
Notre Dame football
Hot-air popcorn poppers
Leisure suits
Smoking in bars, restaurants, aircraft
Trip-tiks
Not sure where you were getting 7 you lucky dog? We had the 3 networks, PBS (VHF?), and sometimes UHF (which was the only channel that covered hockey for a stint). Regardless, agree that it is not missed.
For my last 3 high school years and when I came home on summer breaks on college, I slept in our semi-finished attic bedroom. You needed 2 fans to keep any kind of cool - one on each side. Like sleeping in a wind tunnel. On the hottest days, I slept in the basement but it was foul down there
I remember working with a girl at a restaurant where the uniform was a plain white button up shirt. She’d stop by on her day off to pick up her check and we’d be asking, “Where’d they come from?!”
Mandatory suits and ties at work - ridiculous!
Harvest Green and Gold colored furniture
Harvest Green and Gold colored furniture
Those old string-belt drive drills at the dentist office....made your entire jaw vibrate. And then the dentist saying, "You're not feeling pain, you're feeling pressure!" B.S.!
I entered N.C.E. (now N.J.I.T.) in the fall of 1967. All students had to wear a jacket and tie to class, and the professor decided if jackets could come off in the class room. Left school November 1968 and was in Army for 2 years. Upon ETS in January 1971, I returned to N.C.E. and the entire school culture had changed to long hair and tie dye shirts. A total 180 degree shift over those two years.
No rear window defroster in vehicles
Manual screwdrivers, saws, drills.
Flashlights that had the same effect as a candle
Wooden ladders.
Penn State on national tv once a year, maybe, minus the bowl game.
Manual screwdrivers, saws, drills.
Flashlights that had the same effect as a candle
Wooden ladders.
Penn State on national tv once a year, maybe, minus the bowl game.
My father grew up on a farm in Kennett Square. Very strict parents. They made him dress up for school every day. He headed to F&M for college in 1955 and was excited to wear whatever he wanted. Shows up the first day wearing jeans (dungarees) at school for the first time ever and sees everyone else dressed up. Alas, 4 more years of having to dress nicely for class
Ugh, no thank you! I’m in a professional line of work but haven’t put on a tie for a few years now. Jacket days have been few and far between. I am damn glad for this trend.
Now while working remotely due to COVID, I haven’t put on a pair of long pants — even jeans — since mid-March. I will miss my shorts when I do inevitably have to step back into the office. I’m holding out hope that we’ll be permitted to stick with predominantly remote work for the long term.
as much as I’ve derided American Motors products and business-decisions, variety is ALWAYS a good thing for shoppers - particularly those sniffing a car-purchase...
I lament the fact that car “choices” are becoming so homogeneous, no more special-orders, goofy body-style variants, even the damn color-palate is reduced to grey, black, white, and maybe two other options if you’re lucky... all for the sake of milking the last drop of scale/margin/unit-cost ....
The product collecting dust on AMC showroom floors may have been sprayed with customer-repellent, alas - they were different ( to a fault ) and for some it was an important purchase and a point of pride
I actually don’t mind....I feel more work oriented when I’m dressed up. I also think that it shows the person I’m dealing with I respect them enough to wear a tie for them. I don’t expect them to wear a tie if they don’t want to, I just feel it’s the right thing for me to do.
I definitely get that. In my situation it’s kind of the opposite... the clients we work hand-in-hand with day after day (at least before COVID) dress casually, and it could come off as pretentious and awkward if I’m regularly showing up overdressed. I’ll spruce it up a bit for a big meeting with their leadership, but that’s it these days.
I’m with you on the suits. I went business type casual over ten years ago. I went round and round in my own head when I opened my own company. My wife basically said why would you do that? Once I thought about it I really didn’t have a good reason to change back. During the whole mess we went to casual. I was happy to get rid of that though as it gets a bit over the top for some people.
Def Leopard and pretty much all 80s hair bands. Motley Cru had a few good songs as did some one hit wonders but good lord was most of it bad...
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