There are certain moments in life that hit you with the undeniable truth: you’re getting older. Maybe it’s stiff knees, forgetting things you used to know by heart, or realizing you can’t pull an all-nighter like you once did.
Another sign? Catching sight of an old-school Game Boy tucked on a shelf or stumbling upon a vintage ’80s lunchbox at a flea market. People in this community have shared such experiences that made them mutter, “Okay, I’m officially old now.” Today, we’ve compiled the most relatable, cringe-and-laugh-worthy entries into a list below. Each one is a gentle reminder of how quickly time flies. Scroll down and get ready to laugh, reminisce, and maybe whisper, “Wow… I really am getting old.”
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Yes! We went to the appliance store to look at refrigerators a few weeks ago. The salesperson said that typically they last 10-12 years now! My parents' refrigerator lasted 40!
Load More Replies...The most common reasons these things break and can’t be fixed for under $500 is because of the circuit boards and touch screens. Now with Bluetooth and wi-fi it’s even worse
You aren't kidding. I am shopping for a stove and it is actually difficult to find one without wifi. Why on earth would my stove need wifi? What's it going to do, text me?
Load More Replies...I don't mind the touch panels, in fact I rather like them. But I hate appliances (and also software) trying to second-guess me, making "suggestions" and "recommendations" based on my previous use, or assuming they know better.
Interestingly enough there's a measurable pushback on screens in vehicles given the distraction factor; some companies are slowing going back to buttons & knobs.
Was terrified by these when I was a kid as my Mother would overload them and during the spin cycle they would walk across the room
YES! My veterinarian sister highly recommends Speed Queen for thousands of washings without a bunch of tech to break down!
Load More Replies...I don't want an appliance that is smarter than I am - a requirement which is very, very doable.
If You Know Then You Can Appreciate This Pic
My best friend's last name is Wiles so we do a lot of Wiley Coyote and this is her favorite.
Was traveling once and saw a large office building with "ACME"on it. Couldn't stop for a picture sadly.
This Was The 1st Video Game I Ever Played
The first game I played was, I think, a crappy game called "Maze Eater" on the Amstrad CPC. It was part of the Cascade 50 collection.
These posts give a nostalgic glimpse into items that were common just a few years or even a decade ago. From household items to gadgets that once seemed revolutionary, these objects evoke a sense of bittersweet nostalgia.
You might still spot them tucked away in thrift stores, hidden in attics, or proudly displayed by collectors who refuse to let go of the past.
I Wish I Still Had One, Along With The Giant Speakers!
I still have this cabinet. And I still play CDs and the occasional cassette of old mix tape., (Remember those?)
That's fairly modern stuff. I think I even spy a CD player, so 1980s at the earliest.
Mel Brooks Turns 99 Today, Happy Birthday!
An national treasure. Sometimes I think we should have living treasures like the Japanese.
Spaceballs 2 people! And bringing Rick Moranis out of retirement for a bit; largely left the acting world to care for his kids after his wife's passing years ago.
He's made some great films, Blazing Saddles is still one of my all time favourite movies
"You couldn't make that film now" - "Hey, we couldn't make it then!"
Load More Replies...This Is How We Had Fun
These were a lot more convenient to use than the 'Greenie Stick-Um Caps', that you had to peel off a sheet, one at a time, stick onto the toy, and then peel off after you fired it.
Hit the cap with a rock. If you hit it just right, the cap will go bang.
Load More Replies...I had the little bombs that took one cap and you tossed in the air, but rocks worked as well :)
It’s not just objects that disappear over time, animals vanish too. In recent decades, several species have gone extinct, some forever lost due to human activity. Climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, and invasive species have all played roles in these tragic losses. While we can still admire photographs or museum specimens, these creatures are gone from the wild, leaving gaps in ecosystems and in our connection to nature.
If You’ve Used One Of These, You’re Probably Retired
Flashcubes, yes - I used them, and I'm still a bit less than retirement age. For those who don't know: a flashbulb is a lightbulb filled with fine magnesium wire and oxygen, electrically ignited to produce a short flash of bright light for photography. A flash cube is a gadget with four flash bulbs: plug it in to the top of the camera, and rotate it 90° each time you used one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_(photography)#Flashbulbs
Load More Replies...Windows 98 Se Was The Best Operating System Ever And I Will Go Doom Guy On A Hill In Hell About It
98 may have been good for those games but trying to get it to recognize a printer or a scanner was maddening.
Not really. Standard Centronics Parallel port for the hardware interface, and an Okidata Microline 84 dot matrix printer. Drivers were bog standard. As for a scanner, an Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller hooked up to the flatbed scanner, and the software that came with the scanner.
Load More Replies...Used it on an Apple ][ when it was first released.
Load More Replies...My first had only MS Dos. My second was a 386 with 3.11. those were the times 😊
Load More Replies...I paid an exorbitant amount for classes on DOS. 3 days after I graduated, Windows came out. 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...Utter rubbish until Windows NT/2000, with 65,000 known bugs. Then just average rubbish.
I'm older than that. Our first family computer was a Mac SE, and before that my dad had a Commodore 64
Too Often A Sight When We Were Kids
Every single time I hear someone say they are not going to get vaccinated, I just shake my head. I have an appointment in 5 1/2 hours to get my annual flu and covid vaccinations.
Mine's on Saturday (Mr Auntriarch already had his cos he's older than me 😆)
Load More Replies...A little louder for those not paying attention in the back.
Load More Replies...Don't worry, Polio has not been fully eradicated world wide so with just a bit of international travel Anti-vaccers can bring this back too!! There're making so much progress spreading measles outbreaks after all. Who knows what they can accomplish with US government's enthusiastic support of k*****g the vulnerable.
My dad was a polio survivor, his mom was eager to get all five of her kids vaxed. He caught polio two weeks before the vaccines were to come to the area. Two weeks.
I was born in 1975. We only had 2 kids in the entire school who had polio. And both of them were originally from another country. But anti-vaxers are working really hard to bring this back.
my teacher in 5th grade had those braces and used a pair of canes, mid 1970s
I was born in 1979, so this wasn't a sight I grew up with. When I was a teen, I noticed my father's colleague had mismatching shoes. I was too shy to tell her that she put the wrong shoe on, but not too shy to tell my dad. Who, in turn, explained about polio braces.
Vaccines for polio etc are an absolute lifesaver. Covid shots are just ridiculous. There are as many cases of Covid now as there was in the pandemic, but how many deaths do you hear of now? Exactly.............
Take the golden toad as an example. Native to Costa Rica, this small amphibian was famous for its bright, metallic-orange color. Its life cycle depended entirely on seasonal rainfall, with eggs laid underground in moist forest floors. As climate patterns shifted due to global warming, its delicate reproductive cycle was disrupted, and the species disappeared entirely by the late 20th century—a stark reminder of how environmental changes can wipe out even the most seemingly resilient creatures.
My First TV
My brothers ripped the paper out and put in a roll filled with cusswords.
Your Song Request Finally Plays On The Radio. You Press "Record". The Dog Starts Barking
Nooo, for me, this was how I used to load games on my Amstrad CPC!
Correction: This is how I *tried* to load games on my Apple ][. After two days of frustration I sprang for pair of 5 1/4" floppy drives.
Load More Replies...Always hated when the DJ stepped on the beginning or the end of the song!
I had a beef with Casey Kasem about some of his intros. Long forgotten now.
A local radio station still plays retro Casey Kassum every Sunday. It's great.🎵💃
Load More Replies...These Were Our “Automatic” Ice Maker
So can I. And I can still feel the way I pinched my fingers pulling the levers back. Never again! The icemaker is a wonderful thing.
Load More Replies...I was four when I tried to lick the frost off the ice tray, for the first and ONLY time!
One of the first harsh life lessons, I was 5 (late bloomer lol) when I got that bright idea.
Load More Replies...You can still buy these. Why you'd want to, I have no idea. The trick was to let them sit out for about 5 minutes before using the lever.
We need these again, because twisting the plastic ones is much harder!
Oh no. I hated those metal ones. I was so excited when the plastic ones came out. Much easier.
Load More Replies...I still have a couple of these in the back of my pantry. You had to slam them against the counter to get the ice all the way out.
Yeah, and the ice "cubes" were pretty much crushed ice by the time you beat the snot out of it to free up the cubes.
Load More Replies...In Australia, the mountain mist frog once thrived in high-elevation forests and wetlands. By 2021, the species was declared extinct, largely due to the chytrid fungus. This deadly pathogen, spread through human activity, infects amphibian skin and has caused the decline of over 500 species worldwide. The mountain mist frog’s extinction highlights how interconnected humans are with wildlife and how quickly ecosystems can unravel when pathogens spread unchecked.
If You Thought This Guy Was Old Af When You Were A Kid, You're Older Now Than He Was Then
Today's fish is trout a la creme, enjoy your meal.
Load More Replies...I still remember when he and his wife Bernice were having a fight. At one point he picked up the phone to call her. (I can still hear his great deadpan voice.) "Hello. Is that you, Bernice?" He then gave a nod, and hung up the phone. P.S. I just looked up his biography and his second wife's name was actually Bernice!
Reverse image search says he was 54 in this photo. Not older than him, yet. lol
Used As A Foot Bath In Our House. Did You Have One?
Ours was used for just cooking. Now a five-gallon paint bucket. A very useful tool.
On This Date 45 Years Ago, Trans American Flight 209 Made A Miracle Landing In Chicago Saving Hundreds Of Lives. All Thanks To The Bravery Of Its Makeshift Crew
It was fantastic, wasn't it! Something to offend everyone. Sadly, we'll never see those days again.
Load More Replies...MAKE SURE you pick up and read a copy of "Surely You Can't Be Serious - The Making of Airplane", by Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker. It's as funny as the movie!
Unimportant fact: This movie is titled ''Flying High'' in Australia.
TDIL Airplane had a different name in Australia. Thanks STDU
Load More Replies...So every time I watch this notice something new...and I've watched it tons! Anyone else notice it's a jet, but the sounds actually are of a circa WWII bomber w/props?
The Yangtze River in China was once home to the massive Chinese paddlefish, one of the largest freshwater fish on Earth. Overfishing, coupled with dam construction, disrupted their natural habitat and decimated their population. By 2019, the species was officially declared extinct. The paddlefish’s loss is a sobering example of how economic development and environmental mismanagement can have irreversible consequences for biodiversity.
If You Know What The Hole At The Top Right Corner Of This Desk Is For
1st thru 4th grade our desks were screwed to the floor, the seat was part of the desk behind, the desk lids lifted up, and yes, it had an inkwell. Vernon Street School, Roseville, CA, 1951-1954. I didn't get one of those modern desks until 5th grade, 1955.
Load More Replies...My Introduction To Air Conditioning
Still cannot understand why they stop making this windows. On modern cars if you open window even so slightly at higher speed the draft and noise is annoying AF. You just tilt this and the car was filled with breeze.
Guillotine Paper Cutter, Favorite In School
That's not a guillotine cutter, that's a shear. A guillotine cutter is a terrifying piece of machinery in a printing plant. We had a shear at Stecker Box that had a knife that was over 5 feet long.
Perhaps, but they were always referred to as guillotines at school.
Load More Replies...Same, I'm the one that sharpens ours. Bed blade is easy, top blade is not.
Load More Replies...Most schools still have one. We are not about to spend forever cutting stuff out with scissors.
Load More Replies...Bruh, we have this as my former living assistance / serving job, used them to cut the menus (back in 2017+; I'm 27 currently), so...🤷♀️
On the Hawaiian island of Maui, the poʻouli bird was only discovered in 1973, inhabiting a tiny range of forests. Its small population faced intense pressures from habitat degradation, invasive predators like rats, and competition with other species. Within a few decades, the poʻouli was declared extinct. Its rapid disappearance underscores the fragility of species with limited habitats and the urgent need for conservation in biodiversity hotspots.
I’ll Just Put This Here
I wonder if they have a multi version for classrooms.
Load More Replies...And so many people still use that phrase. Timeless. 😂
Load More Replies...Get Smart! And I had no idea Mel Brooks was involved until Blazing Saddles.
Before Card Keys
Arthur Hailey, but yes, I enjoyed the book, too.
Load More Replies...That address is now a parking lot for the Macon County Law Library.
If You Know The TV Show From This Snapshot Of The Opening Credits, You Are Old
For a long time I thought that Toto's "99" was a tribute to Barbara Feldon. "Oh Ninety-nine, I love you..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhw-XlTMB5I
Load More Replies...In Brazil, the Alagoas foliage-gleaner, a small bird with a very restricted range in Pernambuco and Alagoas, vanished as its forests were nearly destroyed. The fragmentation and destruction of its habitat left the species with no room to survive, resulting in its eventual extinction. This case is a stark reminder that localized environmental damage can have catastrophic effects on species that cannot adapt or migrate.
Seems Like Just Yesterday. .
Class Of 87
You had a smoking area? We had to go off campus and heaven forfend we stepped one foot in.
Ours was across the street from the HS/Middle school.
Load More Replies...I graduated grad school in '87. I worked for a few years after college before going back for a master's.
At my high school there were a line of tall eucalyptus trees on the far side of the back sports field. You could see the puffs of smoke emerging from behind them.
In some places this is considerably less antique than you would think. I had to shame out the school I started working at in 2011 for having one. Took me a lot of work to get them to shut it down.
Waaaaaay Before Lip Fillers, We Had The 5 Cent Red Wax Lips At The Corner Store
Yes, loved those as a child, but it also puts me in mind of Rocky Horror.
Candy of a thousand uses! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpy95b-H6Vg
The Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent native to a tiny island between Australia and Papua New Guinea, has been described as the first mammal to go extinct due to human-induced climate change. Rising sea levels and storms destroyed the island’s vegetation, wiping out the species entirely. Officially recognized as extinct in 2019, the melomys’ demise serves as a tangible warning about the real-world consequences of climate change on biodiversity.
'member This Guy?
Sunday nights we’d watched Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” followed by the “Wonderful World of Disney,” then bed.
Jim is rolling in the swamp with the anaconda wrapped firmly around his neck. At Mutual of Omaha, we can help with life’s challenges such as this.
Poor Jim Fowler! He always bore the brunt of Marlin's treks!
Load More Replies..."I will now sit under this tree as Jim wrestles this saltwater croc".
While Jim is trying to stop the herd of stampeding wildebeest single-handedly without any weapons, I'll be preparing the jeep for a quick getaway.
"Some animals rely on speed for protection. Others protect themselves by sharp claws. To protect your financial investment..."
Sure I remember him, but don't know who the white haired dude is holding him...
Back In Our Day If You Wanted It In Your Movie, You Had To Build It
The practical effects in "2001" still look good today, 57 years later.
Load More Replies...This really was an amazing achievement (along with the earlier 2001: A Space Odyssey) for its time.
Westworld in 1973 used CGI. But the intention was to produce effects that were - well, strange. More here: https://theasc.com/articles/creating-the-special-effects-for-westworld and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nILKFlpOZi0
Used This Today For Maybe The Second Time In 40+ Years
Have 3 or 4, used to have one mde out of stainless steel... one day it grew legs and walked away
My grandfather had one of these. He called it a collapsible spanking stick. No, he never actually hit us with it.
Each of these species’ losses shows just how fragile our ecosystems can be when humans disrupt them. Unlike objects we might find in thrift stores or attics, these animals cannot be brought back. Their absence changes the natural balance, affecting everything from food webs to pollination networks, reminding us that human activity has long-lasting, sometimes irreversible, consequences.
Have you ever come across any of these extinct animals or vintage items? Seeing them reminds us that both nature and culture evolve and sometimes disappear faster than we realize.
Who Got A Coke From One Of These?
Inside, they had these little bars that the bottles were held between. If you wanted a specific pop, you had to play 1950s Jenga to get it out.
I saw that and thought about the store I remember it being in. It was a tiny grocery called Henderson's in Maryville Tennessee, across the street from my maternal grandmother's house. Very sweet couple, as old as trees, lol.
Load More Replies...They still have US ones, but they're the minis. And the Mexico ones are best...real cane sugar!
Load More Replies...A Wrinkle In Time
I was into hard sci fi when I read this, and I still thought it was brilliant. Also you Pandas are the only other people I know who've heard of it.
This was a reading assignment when I was in school in like 4th grade.
Load More Replies...My favorite book of all time. I refused to see the travesty of a 'film' that Ava Duvernay put together. Most of the changes were unnecessary, but leaving out Aunt Beast was a criminal act. How very egotistical to think that you know better about the subject matter of a wonderful book than the person who wrote it.
L’Engle had so many good books along with this one. A wind in the door, swiftly tilting planet, an acceptable time, ring of endless light, the arm of the starfish, many waters… I loved her writing so much as a kid.
At An Antique Store, What Is It
"and give me the carbons please" so no one could steal your card number on your MasterCharge
And having to call a long distance number to get approval
Ah...right up there with service at the gas station and they'd come out one to your window to settle.
I worked in my uncle's Esso station when I last used one of these.
Load More Replies...Raise Your Hand If You Had This Fiery Spit Of Satan Put On Every Cut And Bruise Growing Up
Gentian violet was my family's go to. Beyond turning my skin purple, I didn't have a clue what its purpose was.
Load More Replies...In the UK we had Dettol, which cured EVERYTHING... cut? put some Dettol on it. Sore throat? Gargle some Dettol. Drains smell? Put some Dettol down them.
We had gentian violet in the UK too. We also had kaolin and morph for vomiting and diahorrea!
Load More Replies...Oh this. Mamaw used tincture. Mawie used mercurochrome. I was a bit more careful at Mamaw's house.
Load More Replies...You're thinking of Merthiolate or iodine. I used to beg for mom to use Mercurochrome instead.
Load More Replies...My mom used Merthiolate. According to google, that stings worse than mercurochrome.
Merthiolate has a sting to it. Mercurochrome was painless.
Load More Replies...This is also covered in stories of 'family justice.' Turns out there were less painful solutions but grandma's still mad about you breaking her vase.
Ha! I'm going to use this little gem as an epithet: "By the fiery spit of Satan, stop doing that!"
Night Court
I see your "Night Court" and raise you "Car 54, Where Are You?". I can still sing the theme--lyrics and all.
I only recently learned (like in the last 2 years) that Richard Moll (Who played Bull) voiced Harvey Dent/Two-Face on Batman TAS. The two part into of Two-Face scared the c**p out of me as a child. I don't think I would have been able to reconcile that the lovable Bull was the voice of the character who scared me as a kid.
Happy 69th Birthday To Tom Hanks!
Do you think if there was an episode where these guys read a book to a bunch of kids, the Repuplicains would have lost their s**t back then?
It's called Bosom Buddies. Premise is two guys can't find an apartment that's in their price range and find out about a women's only building that has great flats for cheap. So they disguise themselves as women to get in. Lots of " nearly got caught" scenarios and laughs about how hard it is to be a girl. Kinda cute in a very dated way
Load More Replies...Kid Had No Knowledge Of Why I Was So Essatic When I Found This
For those who don't know: that's an adapter so you could play 45 rpm vinyl singles on your home record player if they'd been made with the big hole for jukebox operation. Old tyme jukeboxes had big conical spindles on the turntable so the record lowering mechanism didn't need to be absolutely precise in operation. If my words are confusing, sorry - best look up the details of vinyl audio records on the Web.
Load More Replies...Sometimes known as a "spider". If you want the whole story about why 331/3 LPs and 45 Singles use a different hole, TechMoan has a half-hour video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbFgVjijrHI
Khavrinen: the explanation doesn't take 30 minutes. Home record players had a simple circular spindle - possibly 1/4" diameter (yes okay I should look it up or measure it, but my record player's been in the loft these last ten years, so...). Jukeboxes, with their machinery, couldn't easily be made to lower a record onto such a spindle precisely enough. So, jukebox turntables had large conical spindles - the machinery could lower the record so the large hole in the record was close enough to the narrow top of the conical spindle that gravity would do the rest of the work and settle the record in place. 45 rpm singles were made with 1) normal domestic holes 2) jukebox sized big holes or 3) normal domestic holes with a moulding which meant you could press out the centre section leaving a jukebox sized hole. I've got 45 rpm singles with all three options.
Load More Replies...You put it in a 45 RPM record so it would fit on the spindle.
Load More Replies...That's usually a good one to pick up and bet a younger person a tiny fee that they don't know what it is.
A house I stayed in had a rotary phone. I bet the kids they couldn't call their mum on it. I was right.
Load More Replies...One Of Our Favorites
The Fisher-Price "My first semi-mobile phone." An insight into the future.
How About A Nice Hawaiian Punch?
It made an appearance here in France. Loved it, but it disappeared soon after, never to be seen again.
Bit Of Smoke With Your Burger Kid?
Billy Crystal In Soap, The Quirky Sitcom (1977 To 1981)
Notice, it was more acceptable when men were dressed as women back in those days. Billy Crystal, Tom hanks, robin Williams. Patrick Swazey, Wesley Snipes.
If You Saw This Movie
It's held up well. Showed it to my students and they laughed a ton.
Load More Replies...I was 8 months pregnant when I saw it, and laughed so hard I started having contractions.
I only watched this for the first time this year... not really nostalgia for me.
The main actor, Nǃxau ǂToma, became very famous in Japan apparently. He really was from a tribe of San people (previously called "Bushmen") and had only seen 3 white people before being cast in the movie. He was from Namibia.
Sigh ….. Yup
We had some once that were attached to a silhouette of a black cat and were supposed to produce the cat's tail. It actually looked like the cat had lava diarrhoea. My brother and I loved them. My mother threw the rest out...
Load More Replies...We’re Old !
I still have 3 of the faux wood panel ones with the three drawers. I used them to store my Commodore and ColecoADAM software cassettes in.
Load More Replies...I can still hear the "Cha-chunk!" when it switched tracks in the middle of a song.
Load More Replies...Is it only here in Japan that they still release music on K7? Old people here still buy them.
These Things Were Truly Awful. I Loved Them. I Haven’t Chewed On Wax In Decades!
The 1950s had a severe lack of good candy, with the exception of candy corn.
you cant say that about a decade where you could buy a zagnut bar and a zero bar for a penny at literally every store in america. have you ever had a zagnut or zero?? life changing.
Load More Replies...Boing! Boing! So much sugar. I used to get these at the corner store two front and I’m 76 so things cost a penny back then.
Sunday Evening TV Of The Past
Marlin Perkins was so mean to Jim. "Here we see sharks in a feeding frenzy. Now Jim will jump in and feed them."
Snl Land Shark Skits!
My family has used land shark jokes for years. Whenever I would visit my parents, one of us would leave a plastic shark in surprise places all the time. When I got married my husband joined the routine and was very good at hiding small sharks everywhere for my family to find.
"Candygram for Mongo": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH6_kasOHac
Load More Replies...On This Day In 2019 Mad Magazine Announces They Will Stop Production After 67 Years
Single handedly shaped my world view. That and it's low rent cousin 'Craaackedd'.
Production stop is what happens when real life out-absurds satire.
Spy -vs- spy. The fold-out (fold-in?). Drawn out dramas. Don Martin. D!ck deBartolo.
Bought a flash drive with every issue on it , I read it when I'm bored foe good laughs
But there are still plenty of pictures of George bush Jr. around. and his antics.
Mary Ann Or Ginger
If You Know This Man's Name, Schedule A Colonoscopy Immediately!
Who Else Had To Sit Through This On Sunday Night?
No. Not because it wasn't on but because I'd saved and scrimped together my allowance to buy an ancient 8" BW TV so I could watch "Science Fiction Theater", "The Man and the Challenge", and other shows my family didn't like in my own room.
My dad loved it. Also "Sing Along with Mitch", which was even worse. It was about that time that I started listening to the classical radio station.
I Suppose It Was Inevitable…
To All The Old Nerds Out There: Sharpen Your Pencils And Commence To Flowchartin'!
Does Anyone Eat These Anymore?
I’m with you. Root beer barrels were one of my favorites.
Load More Replies...Check Out Some Of The Names On "Now That's What I Call Dad Rock"
The songs span about 30-40 years. Born to be Wild was 1968; Mr Brightside was 2004.
Radioactive and Take Me To Church were 2013. It's closer to 45 years.
Load More Replies...Can't be a true Dad rock album without a Steely Dan track. Also I love how BP meticulously scans the image to find a naughty word right at the bottom and censors it (yet "The Killers" is fine)
Mock if you will, but I'm going to enjoy my "dad rock" while drinking my "dad beer" and crying my "dad tears" over the harsh realities of "dad aging". *Listens to some "dad blackened doom metal" for catharsis.*
Oh, c'mon. You guys are babies. For us, there WAS no Dad-rock. Dad listened to Perry Como and Jo Stafford (just to name two). Honestly? These days I do too.
Hozier, Imagine Dragons, and several others on these CDs have only been around in the last 10-15 years. Hardly Dad music.
back when the singers could actually sing. No machines enhancing their voices.
This One Stung A Bit
I carried a huge can of Aqua Net in my purse so I'd always be able to fix my hair.
Michael Mckean - Young People Might Know Him As Chuck From Better Call Saul, But Older Folks Will Recognize Him As Lenny From Laverne & Shirley
45 Years Ago This Week, A Odd Fellow Made His Talk Show Debut. Whatever Happened To Him?
I remember when he came out, a lot of us thought he was never going to make it as a late night host because his humour was so off-beat. Was thrilled when he succeeded.
Wasn't Letterman's first show on in the morning? I remember he'd do phone calls for viewers who'd write to him.
Load More Replies...Used to love Letterman and watched him every night. One of the things he used to do all the time was low key insult his celebrity guests. He must have eventually been told to cut the c**p or he'd run out of people willing to be guests because that trademark of his faded away. It did however, play a big part in viewer popularity back in the day.
Dig that telephone in the background. Its cord is as thick as a broomstick, and goes to a Western Electric key system.
He scared the c**p out of me once. Had a cut to a 'breaking news story' "The United States has officially declared hostile intent to the 'bumping' of the US Navy Destroyer,*** by the Soviet Union".
If You Know Their Names, You're Getting On Up There
Eddie Murphy’s, “I’m Gumby, Dámmit!” is still one of the funniest things!
I love Gumby! I have a big Gumby stuffie on my living room couch. gumby-with...818849.gif
Tupperware Kids Cups - We Used These As The “Bathroom Cup”
These actually have an interesting history. The shape of the cup is the same as one in King Tut's tomb. There were reproductions very popular just after the discovery, ten years later that design was used to make similar cups in aluminum. Those were later reproduces in plastic. Very few people are aware that your bathroom cup may well have been designed by ancient artisans.
Hello Chief
The Push Up
Who Waiting In Line In 1977 To See This ?
Drive in, in my footed pajamas as I had to go straight to bed after, not that it was memorable or anything.
I took my 2 1/2 year old son. That was the only time EVER that he sat still for so long. He was mesmerized & didn't want anything to eat or drink. He didn't even need a bathroom.
Every time I tell students I saw this in theaters...they freak out like I am now a million years old
Yes, the drive-in! We went to the toilet and came out just as the opening crawl was starting and we were going, "We're missing it! We're missing it!!" while running and counting bumps! I was 8 and my brother was 5!
How Many Old People Still Have A Drawer Full Of Manuals?
Wanna Feel Old?
John Travolta and Ringo Starr duet "With a Little Help from My Friends"
"I get dressed with a little help from my friends. I wipe my b**t with a little help from my friends"
Load More Replies...If You Know Who These Two Guys Are…
Jack LaLanne. He was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker.
Load More Replies...Got the Addams family on my server along with 4 movies (2 live action 2 animated) and season 1 of wendsdy oh yes nd since it's similar the Munsters show and movies too
If You Know What Happened To This Poor Man You Could Probably Use A Good Nap
Yeah I call BS on this one. I have 20/1100 vision which is beyond legally blind and if I hold the page right up to my eyes I can still read. Also, magnifying glasses existed and it's not like all of them are broken. Plus there are still eye glass shops around so it's not like he couldn't figure out how to rig up new glasses.
Load More Replies...One of my favorite episodes! The other two favorites are "Eye of the Beholder" and "To Serve Man".
I read recently (can't remember where) that this TZ episode is unusual in that the protagonist hasn't actually done anything to merit what happens to him. He just wanted to have time to read. That's not a crime.
Can Anyone Else Smell This Pic Too
LePage mucilage. You had to scrape the dried stuff off the dispensing tip, but you could at least use the whole bottle. Super Glue and its cousins? You can use it maybe twice. Then the top get glued on, and you throw it away and buy another one.
My Father Had A Similar Shaving Bowl
I still use this, but better quality. This kind of shave is very relaxing.
This Was My Introduction To Characters Breaking The Fourth Wall
Andy Lee's 'Do not open this book' (& now tv series) is a ripoff of this. Lucky him to be able to recycle it and make money.
I give this as a gift at every baby shower I go to. There is now a part two with Elmo!
Oh Gawd. After a point you want to k**l Dr. Seuss and everyone on Sesame Street because you Do Not Want To Read That Book Aloud Ever Again.
It's The Latest Version!
I lothe AOL. I used to work phone tech support, and every new version of AOL broke all installs of AOL UNLESS you went through and uninstalled every version you had listed, and then ONLY installed the newest one. And the thing was, it wasn't consistent. Some could have a dozen AOL versions installed on their computer before the new one broke it, and the next call they only had 2 versions installed.
I kind of liked getting those in the mail, because I could reuse the floppies. As did the OP.
Who Wore These Loud Wooden Clogs ?
I found them very uncomfortable and loud. Could be used as a weapon in a pinch, though.
Me. Sounded like a horse on concrete or hard floors. chased as shoplifter is a pair once. had to run out of them. a clerk picked them up for me.
The Original Thongs
Me too! Like 5 pairs because that "toe" ribbon would always rip.
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My cousins had one of those. When we visited I would spend hours trying to get that ball all the way across. I'm not exactly a coordinated guy, but I did eventually make it. But only once.
If You Watched 80's TV Then You Know That This Is Not An Egg
Who Else Spent Their Time And Money Here?
The place I went to that had that carpet pattern was an arcade with a kids party room. All the arcade machines, with the exception of the really new ones, were set to free play. So for $10 a head you could play all you wanted. I had so many birthday parties a a kid there, mine, my brother's and a lot of my friends.
And The 90s Were 30 Years Ago
I have a fully restored, cherry red 1956 Chevy pickup in my garage. Better than either of these!
I would prefer EITHER pickup over today's land boats. I recently went to a grocery store and there was a pickup truck that HAD to take up 4 parking spots because it was both too long and too wide to fit into just one. Thankfully they were at least nice enough to park fairly far back in the lot.
These Were A Thing Once
We Wore This Baby Out … 😊
Greeting Professor Falken, It’s Been 42 Years…
I call nonsense on the location. We all know Stargate Command is located in Cheyenne Mountain!
Would Anyone Like Coffee?
Percolations are the best! My old one finally wore out, so I just got a new one.
My mom had one, set it up in the morning and it ran all day, by the end of the day the coffee looked like mud but she drank it anyway
My mom had one, fixed it in the. morning and it ran all day, by the end of the day the coffee looked like mud....but she drank it anyway
My parents still have this. It comes along on every camping trip.
How Old Are We? Well, Carly Simon Turns 80 Today. We're Getting Up There
You probably think this song is about you...
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Two Big Johns From Our Day That I Miss Alot
I remember seeing John Madden's giant paw around the microphone handle!
Oh Nooo!
This Fellow Was Big In Our Old Lives Twice, Once For A Famed Cartoon And Once For A Huge Sitcom! Who Is He?
Mr. MaGoo, AND, Thurston Howell III, from Gilligan’s Island (currently just one picture up!)
Jim Backus also had a considerable career as a dramatic actor ("Rebel Without A Cause")
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Kids back then thought they were candy too! I'll never forget my friend Stacey recounting the time her little brother ate a whole jar and then barfed up a technicolor yawn, lol!
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The Dunkin' Donuts around here don't actually make donuts anymore. They're made at a central corporate facility and trucked to the stores.
How To Ruin Your Political Career In One Easy Lesson
Nowadays almost mandatory to do this in order to get elected. No matter the party
Ah, but do you remember Wilbur Mills, the Tidal Basin, and Fanne Foxe (aka "The Argentine Firecracker")?
Where Were You In '62?
Rip Michael Madison (67) You'll Always Be The Tough Guy
If You Recognize These Girls
These Rising Toys Gave Many Days And Hours Of Fun To Me And My Cousins On Their Concrete Driveway
I'm Magic Marxie, bringing fun / Marx makes more toys than anyone!
I was only allowed to ride it in the backyard, with too long grass and completely uneven ground because of our dogs. I could barely get it to move, but I loved it anyway.
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how was this possible lol. to this day i have been unable to recreate the nuclear heat that these f****n things gave off after a minute in the microwave. im convinced old microwaves were literally just small nuclear reactors.
Load More Replies...The one I didn't like was the Franks & Beans. There was also one with vaguely "Tex-Mex" offerings that I really liked. (The Salisbury was pretty good though.)
On "liver and onions" night for her and my dad, my mom would make me the Swanson fried chicken dinner, bless her heart! You fought your way through the rock hard coating to the rubbery skin underneath, all to be rewarded with a nugget of meat on the bone. It really wasn't worth the effort, but to me it was a gourmet meal!
People Thought This Was A Look
It was a look, so what? At least people dared to wear more than jeans in blue or black.
i feel like if homeboy on the right just tucked in the ascot all of these would be fire
Helping Our Teachers Take Their Smoke Breaks
The high tech beep on the cassette would tell the projector to move to the next frame on the film.
They weren't connected. The beep told the human to advance the film.
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Did Anyone Have To Wear This Hideous “Headgear” During The Day? I Was Lucky And Only Ordered To Wear It At Night, But Still Hated It
Nope. I was supposed to to correct my massive overbite, but my parents asked if I cared that I had one and I said no so they never made me.
If You Know Who She Is Then Congrats..you're Old
Alison Arngrim. Her memoir, Confessions of a Prairie 81tch", is worth reading.
My understanding is that outside of character she was exceptionally nice.
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La Olympics 1984. If You Know What Happened Next, You're Old
I remember Mary Lou Retton’s amazing vault, but I’m not a track and field spectator, so I do not remember this very well.
All Zola Budd did wrong was be born in South Africa. People acted like she was a mass m******r. No one can help where they are from. People got upset because she refused to say anything against the government - but her entire family lived here and she would have been crazy to endanger their lives by speaking out. (Look what happened to John Kani - King T'Chaka from Black Panther - when he spoke out.) No one will ever convince me that the whole thing wasn't staged to eliminate Zola from the race.
I Was 10 Years Old When I First Saw Them. They Scared The [hell] Out Of Me
If Your Family Or Kinfolk Owned One Of These Beauties…you Just Might Be…
My parents still have theirs. It's still in good nick, even the original cushions.
You're Old If You Recognize This Guy
Why embarrassed? I used to watch That’s Incredible! all the time.
Load More Replies...John Davidson. 1968. good Lord did ai have a crush. My dad was in TV and I met a LOT of celebs and he was a very gracious man.
If You Have A Favorite Quote From W.c. Fields, You're Old Af
A woman once drove me to drink, and I didn’t have the good grace to thank her!
I always keep a bottle of whiskey in my pocket, in case of snakebite. I also keep a snake in my pocket for the same reason.
At the end of his life, he was asked how he'd live his life over. He replied, "I would have lived it over - a saloon."
[While dealing out the cards] Young fellow: "Is this a game of chance?" W.C.: "Not the way I play it!"
Who's Getting The Fried Ice Cream?
The Other Half Of The Expression
There's a movie, the only scene of which I can remember involves this dialogue between a father and a son. Father points to a pile of horse manure on the ground: "What's that?" Son: "Shıt". Father takes out bottle of Shinola: "What's this?" Son: "Shinola". Father: "You'll do all right, boy."
Hello Mrs.cleaver. I Came Here For The Beaver
Thought of that as soon as I saw the picture :)
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The same mechanism as the knives I carried around as a teenager. (not to attack others - but I never forgot what impression a small kitchen knife made on two wannabe gang rap.ists when I was 9 years old. Never needed it to defend myself, luckily, but it certainly made me give off different vibes even when I was on my own).
44 Years Ago This Week, A Quarter-Eating Machine Was Invented That Featured A Gorilla (Oddly Referred To As A "Donkey"), A Supposed Princess, And A Plumber
Fun fact; it was supposed to be Popeye trying to rescue Olive Oyl from Bluto, but the licensing deal fell through and Nintendo had to quickly pivot.
Who Knows What This Is ?
Those are arms of the Six Million Dollar Man! My brother had one of those.
Any Food You Have To Steer Clear Of Now?
Chewing Gum Cigar's
I remember packs (resembling cigarette packs but with made-up brand names) containing peppermint sticks the same size and shape as cigarettes.
Did You Ever Eat A Pinecone?… Many Parts Are Edible. You Know His Name If You’re Old As Me
I like that it contains neither grapes nor nuts. Similar to an egg cream in that way.
Crazy Foam In The Bathtub
If You Know What TV Character Uses This Car, Then
Do You Know These Guys
If You Had One Of These, You Probably Need Glasses To Play It Today
Anyone Else Flashing Red?
Oh Jenny Agutter. She's 72 now, apparently, but I still would. I'd re-watch the movie too ;-)
Load More Replies...The plot was a bit stupid but the sets and costumes were gorgeous. My dad LOVED this movie.
Logan's Run. For anybody curious about what I look like, I'm the blond who touches the old guy.
I wasn't curious, but I am now! It's a great film too.
Load More Replies...This Is The 350lb General Electric Giant TV With Fully Integrated Vcr Of 1978. I Never Saw One Of These Growing Up Nor Did I Know They Even Existed. Did You Have One Or Know Someone Who Had One?
Nope. I grew up with a 21-inch portable TV--black&white--which we rolled around the house. Decades before the VCR.
I don't think we had a room big enough. But actually these were really not very good, you needed to turn the lights out to see the screen properly.
Well, I Guess This Makes It Official, I’m Old
I have the floppies for my Commodore Mouse for the 64. Not the Amiga mouse, but the 1351 for the Commodore 64 and GEOS.
Favorite Angel?
I Had To Explain Who This Man Was And What He Was Known For To A Young Coworker. His Name Still Rolls Off The Tongue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Buttafuoco Essentially an antisocial git who managed to parlay his over-the-hill yobbishness into minor celebrity.
Joey Butta-something ? His wife cut off his d**k, right? I think? 🤔
Came here to say exactly that. Didn't get at least half of these...
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