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There's nothing like a good blast from the past. There was a time when technology had not taken over yet and we'd spend most of our days outside, playing until the street lights came on. Then we'd come back home, listen to cassettes, and watch our favorite movies on videotapes. There's nostalgia in reminiscing about how things used to be, and that's exactly what we're here to do - rekindle those memories.
The Twitter account 'I Love Nostalgia' brings back the golden eras - the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, and even the '00s. Whether you lived through those times or have only heard stories from your elders, the posts in this account will feel strangely familiar. Remember to upvote the ones that make you yearn to hop on a time machine the most.
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#1
Back In 1975, 'The Muppet Show' Predicted What Most Women Would Look Like In 2023
Lorraine 2 years ago
Hey, be nicer to Beaker, he's adorable unlike other orange ones.
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Monday 2 years ago
Perhaps we could say "most women on instagram/tiktok"?
Load More Replies...We've reached out to Ian Wright, the admin of 'I love Nostalgia' and here's what he had to say about his love for the golden eras: "I’d love to go back to the 80s because it was such a simpler more fun time. Plus, I was ages 8-18 which are very impressionable years! There was more freedom to do and say what you wanted. We were free to do and think many things without today’s pressures."
He also mentioned a few memorable events that reminds him most of the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s. For example, In the 1960s, the world was swaying to The Beatles' tunes, and mini-skirts were all the rage. Transitioning into the '70s, warm tones of brown and yellow painted the era. Evel Knievel's toy motorcycles raced into our hearts, while flares and big collars defined fashion. The 1980s brought the mind-bending Rubik's Cube, along with vibrant neon fashion. Ghetto blasters boomed, and the Commodore 64 sparked the digital age. The 1990s saw the rise of Tamagotchis, while homes resonated with the melodies of elegant HiFi music systems. Chatrooms on clunky PCs marked the Internet's early days. As the 2000s dawned, iPods revolutionized music, and MP3 sharing took flight. Meanwhile, mobile phones transformed into sleek and indispensable companions.
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#2
Hosewater™
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
It has electrolytes! The kind that get leached off the pipes, but still.
Jennie Dutton 2 years ago
Yummmm, I can taste it right now, and it's the best water ever...straight from the well, ice cold, and refreshing.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Only AFTER it cooled off. You could boil eggs in the water that was in that hose.
The members of the account surely love a nostalgic throwback into the golden eras of the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s. Here's why: nostalgia is a sentimental longing for the past, often linked to positive memories. It brings comfort during tough times. However, it can also create bittersweet feelings, making us yearn for better days.
#3
Besty Days Ever
Mr.G86 2 years ago
I miss these. If you got on, you knew the deal. The risk was always worth the ride. 🤣
Tee Rat 2 years ago
Wheel Of Misfortune, there was always the one sadistic kid with the evil grin who wanted to spin it for you.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
These still exist in plenty of places. I think the US has safety-regulated playgrounds into complete and utter boringness though.
JoNo 2 years ago
After giving it a push, I couldn't jump on; instead, I was dragged around clinging onto the bar for dear life. Everyone was yelling to let go. I can't remember if I let go or it was stopped, but I do know my knees and my pride bore the brunt of it. PS This was when I was a child, not now as an adult!
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
You picked yourself up, shook it off and ran like hell to jump back on again. That's how we did it. No broken bones, no missing teeth, no problem.
Anna roberts 2 years ago
Yeah because you better be REALLY hurt to go back inside the house
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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Yeah, but being thrown off it when it was going around really fast was part of the FUN of it!
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
These are safer than the one at our local park. It's a plastic round dome with seats in the middle and NOTHING to hold onto. So kids run around the outside of it holding the side (only way to get it spinning)then they fall and get trampled by the kids running behind them. Or toddlers try to climb on or get off while it's spinning. So dangerous and stupid and impractical
Nostalgia was first mentioned in 1688 by Swiss physician Johannes Hofer. Initially, it was believed to be a neurological illness. According to psychologist and author Arlin Cuncic, "It was not until the 19th century that nostalgia began to be seen as a positive sentiment, rather than a pathological condition. Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, for example, saw nostalgia as a way of reconnecting with our past and understanding our present. For Jung, nostalgia was a way to access the "collective unconscious"—the shared history and experiences that we all have as human beings."
#4
Only People Of A Certain Age Know Why These Two Are Related
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
I guess I was poor ... I used my pinkie finger
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#5
I’m This Old
Wombat1985 2 years ago
In Germany, that could mean you're anywhere between 60 and... well, to be honest, we still has those at my school until two years ago.
Francis 2 years ago
my nephew is 13 and goes to school in germany. they still use that thing today :D
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Donkey boi 2 years ago
These are great for painting on you walls if you're not artistic but great at colouring in.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
One of my friends actually used one for a work in art class, because he used a small version of his painting and used this to enlarge it!
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Charl Marx 2 years ago
We were still using these at my crappy university in 2011! One of them overheated in a lecture and caught fire and the whole building had to be evacuated, the melted plastic smell hung round the lecture theatre for the rest of the semester.
Monday 2 years ago
My high school was still using these when I left in 2011 too. Pretty sure they kept them going for at least a few years after.
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Gene Perry 2 years ago
I had one of these in my classroom for 30+ years ... used it almost daily until I retired. Screw Powerpoint!
Crybabyartist 2 years ago
Yeah. there actually used to be a way of thought that said that The Simplest Solution Is The Most Elegant Solution. now things are more and more unnecessarily complicated. this is a great example. Why use something as complex as powerpoint when you can use a light bulb and a couple lenses and do the very same thing!!
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Megan Lauhon 2 years ago
Ya know the weird part? I wanted to buy one for silly art reasons. You can't find them? Where did they put these things? Is there a warehouse full of them collecting dust?
David 2 years ago
These were common in school but one day the teacher rolled in an even older episcope and I was like - "what dark magic is this". Also, TIL that transparency overhead projectors are diascopes and opaque overhead projectors are episcopes. == https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaque_projector
#6
If You Know What These Are You're Totally Cool And Ace And... Old
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
My folks had a shoebox size container of these and they gave me hours of entertainment! Late 1950's.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I'm really hoping my mum still has ours. Who am I kidding, of course she does, she rarely gets rid of anything and has a whole shed full of stuff in her new house! I also hope I can claim them before my siblings :)
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Crybabyartist 2 years ago
the ones the the 1800s still work. Try booting up your old Windows 98 machine and see if it even turns on!
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Okasan Willis 2 years ago
I still have mine with the original bulb. Complete with the storage box
Nostalgia comes in three categories: personal, social, and cultural. Personal reminiscences relate to memories of specific people or events in one's life. Social recollections are tied to memories of feeling more connected to others, while cultural remembrances involve memories of feeling more connected to one's culture.
#7
Of Course It's Encased In Glass, It’s A Priceless Masterpiece
David 2 years ago
And feel. I can feel the little spring loaded magnet thingy when you would push in a bit to get the door to pop open.
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Fat Harry 2 years ago
My aunt had one like this. The volume k**b turned on its own if you used the remote control!
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
I remember on a Saturday when it was my turn to clean the house, I had the music on while the record was playing, parents out doing errands, I pulled the record player part out a bit to dust, and scratch…. it stopped working, I was so scared to tell my parents as it was new new, mom got upset but was actually glad I told her the truth, they replaced that part next week or so
Camellejokk 2 years ago
My ex husband bought one of those right after we were married. All told, we spent around $1500!!! Yes, I mean one thousand, five hundred dollars!! Not. A. Typo!
#8
Are You This Old?
Robert T 2 years ago
I don't remember any of my parent's cars having an ashtray in the back. My current car has both an ashtray and a cigar/cigarette lighter in the front. I neglected to specify the non-smoker option when I bought it! LOL.
Pete 2 years ago
Your car must be a few years old. Nowadays it’s a smoker’s option, and costs extra money for them to put in the ashtray & lighter.
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Satan Laughs 2 years ago
Mine had a record player sitting on TOP of all that. My years listening to music were never wasted. Love this thread. Good times.
James016 2 years ago (edited)
Mine did as well. It was a Kenwood stack. I would sit in front of it watching the graphic equaliser do its thing
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Alissa Hunt 2 years ago
For me the more buttons it had the cooler it was lol even if I had no clue how to use those buttons 😂
jTown608 2 years ago
When ever I'd get a new one, I'd save the speakers from the old ones and cram the wires in the ports. Surround sound, baby!
Me 2 years ago
I once passed out stoned on my couch listening to Pink Floyd, woke up to the Good Morning Vietnam- Soundtrack and it took me wayyyy to long to figure out that the CD had changed. So yes, I am probably this old.
Sharon McIlhargey 2 years ago
Adrian Cronauer first thing in the day would be awesome to wake up too.
Load More Replies...Nostalgia offers a range of benefits, including boosting one's mood and increasing self-esteem. Studies have shown that it can provide a sense of social support and aid in coping with challenging life transitions like divorce, retirement, and loss. Cuncic thinks that, "Nostalgia can also have positive effects on physical health. For example, nostalgia has been shown to boost immune function and reduce stress levels. Nostalgia can also help to increase life satisfaction and reduce anxiety."
#10
Ouch
Jill Pulcifer 2 years ago (edited)
Yes the shin, I still have scars. edit... you know the shin is the leg right?
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Amanda Porter 2 years ago
We would have competitions on who could pedal hardest and fastest while being bare foot. We would be gone for hours.
#11
How You Found Your Friends In The 80s
Me. Just Me. 2 years ago
Oh wow, yes! On a Saturday or day off from school, we would hop on our bikes and pedal around the neighborhood. If we found a house with this we knew where we were hanging out that day!
Anagram margana 2 years ago
“How you found your friends in EVERY decade since the 1880s or thereabouts.” Bicycles did not just magically appear in the 1980s, folks.
sharonljeffords@gmail.com 2 years ago
Those bikes would be gone in 60 sec. flat in today's world.
Tee Rat 2 years ago
I always removed the kickstand, the chain guard, and the back pedal brake.
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ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
I'm pleased to say, this is still often how our driveway looks! I've run over many bikes left for me in the morning in fact.
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Being a girl, I always used my bike stand ... not sure, but didn't most girls refuse to lay your bike on the ground?
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
And every other kid in the neighbourhood would recognise the stolen bike and tell the owner - we looked out for each other in those days.
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Most Young People Don't Know What This Mechanical Device Is
Cat Chat 2 years ago
My kids know. My 2017 car is manual windows, lock, and transmission. My now 11 year old calls it "an old fashioned, new sports car" 🤣. After having all residences automatic windows in my last car not work right for the last few years, I wasn't taking that chance again.
Yayheterogeneity (her/she) het 2 years ago
Mine still has them in the back. Guess what broke in the front some years ago?
However, nostalgia can also have negative effects. For instance, it might lead to a sense of loneliness and isolation, cause people to excessively dwell on the past, and become dissatisfied with the present, making them less likely to take action in their current circumstances. The good thing is that there are a few tactics on how to avoid negative nostalgia. For example, you can try focusing on the present and doing things that make you happy. Spend time with loved ones and talk about positive memories. If needed, seek support from a therapist and be mindful of dwelling too much on the past.
#13
If You Remember This You’re Awesome Yet Bloody Old
Maggz Bennett 2 years ago
I've still got the scar on my finger from where one exploded in my hand..
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Historyharlot93 2 years ago
I won mine by selling Christmas Cards door to door.
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I remember that 110 was kind of a s**t format due to the negative being so small the pictures were not that great.
Timmy Pillinger 2 years ago
On the other hand the cartridge stopped you exposing the film by mistake. Good for kids.
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
Remember it? I HAD one! I still have the prints from it. Some of them are pretty terrible, but I was young and still learning the composition of a good photograph.
#14
I'm This Old And Still Alive
Mimi La Souris 2 years ago
they were hygienic, much more than the poop blowers we saw everywhere after
rullyman 2 years ago
That's a myth spread by paper towel manufacturers. If you wash your hands properly there won't be any poop on them, and if you don't wash them properly that poop isnt coming off on a paper towel and you're still putting it on the door handle!
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Esist Nosrep 2 years ago
They are still used, proper instaled ones are sanitary and towels are washed and desinfected in special facilities
Holy Shimmering Sheeps541t 2 years ago
It's the smell that lingers, sort of antiseptic and mildew.
#15
Saturday Morning Cartoons
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Where's Astro Boy, Adam Ant, Foghorn Leghorn, Felix the Cat, Mr McGoo, Top Cat?
Susan Alderson 2 years ago
Why did Saturday morning cartoons quit playing? After cartoons you watched American Bandstand.
4mySweetheart369 2 years ago
Where's Looney Tunes, Penelope Pitstop, Tom and Jerry, and El Kabong?
Mark Wilson 2 years ago
And a little later you had Shazam/Isis and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Rinso the Red 2 years ago
Let's not forget the nightmare fuel that was HR Pufnstuff!
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There are many examples of nostalgia in popular cultures, like Whitney Houston's song 'I will always love you'. It tells the story of a woman leaving her lover but promising to always love him. The touching lyrics and beautiful melody have made it one of the most beloved love songs ever.
#16
I’m This Old
Steve Kenney 2 years ago
*Looks at computer speakers on desk in 2023* I'm confused.
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Arvydas Opulskis 2 years ago
Later it become good tool for predicting incoming mobile phone call
QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
My son has a set that were my Dad's. He tossed his "new" ones. "These have better sound, Mom!" Smart kid.
Sharon McIlhargey 2 years ago
My 19 year old has has a set found at a flea market for the same reason. The same ones online cost $60 more.
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Wesley Clifford 2 years ago
I had a pair of these on my desk until COVID sent me to work from home for good. No need to have them at home because I have better speakers there.
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
We pulled a pair of these out of my aunt's music room in May so that we could hook my son's Walkman up to it. https://www.facebook.com/680986422/posts/pfbid0Fp2LLXo5kUsaMhDpUGLZBVF766i4ZA7qgpXgoPKq7UTzoX97ew1yQth47Gegji3vl/?mibextid=cr9u03
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
That link was weird…idk why. 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=pfbid0Fp2LLXo5kUsaMhDpUGLZBVF766i4ZA7qgpXgoPKq7UTzoX97ew1yQth47Gegji3vl&id=680986422
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#17
I’m This Old
Son of Philosoraptor 2 years ago
And you could buy stuff during a power failure!
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cerinamroth 2 years ago
The power went down in our bookshop in Edinburgh when I worked there in the early Noughties and so we had to haul one of these bad boys out. Unfortunately, I misjudged the force required and snapped the customer's credit card in half. I always was s**t at retail.
Robert T 2 years ago
The last time I saw one of these was around 2000 in the US. Last time I saw one in the UK was probably about 1980!
Fat Harry 2 years ago
We had these when I worked at Next (UK) in about 2000, but only as a backup and we never used them in my time there.
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Malcontent 2 years ago
We had to use these at my first job when the credit card machines stopped working ( bank network issue or something ). Oh, the chaos that ensued with all the management running around between tills...
#18
Feeling Stressed? Put Your Electronic Devices Away And Just Get These Rings Sorted Out. Take Your Time
Beeps 2 years ago
I know that to an extent they’re still around, but you just can’t get the good ones any more. There used to be such amazing ones with different hoops, baskets, decorations and backgrounds. Even the one shown on here is super basic compared to the ones we used to have. Why don’t they seem to sell them anymore?
Pickles, Pennies, & Ponies 2 years ago
I had this one and the basketball one.
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Just a ray of f'ing sunshine 2 years ago
They caused many people's anxiety! Haahaa
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Spencer's slave 2 years ago
They're still around! I got my grandson one and he plays with it for hours.
Another example is the classic film 'It's a Wonderful Life', often thought to be one of the most nostalgic movies of all time. It tells the story of George Bailey who considers suicide on Christmas Eve. An angel appears and shows him how different life would be if he had never been born, leading George to appreciate his life. The movie's sentimental portrayal of small-town life in the early 20th century has made it a holiday classic.
#19
David 2 years ago
Or free if you could recite the jingle from the TV ad. I forget what year they did / stopped that but I recall stupidly reciting the lyrics and getting a free big mac. It must have worked because I can still remember it 50+ years later. "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun. (googles... ) Yes! Nailed it. lol pretty lame flex. Internet tells me that ad came out in 1974 so I guess that was the time frame when I got the free one. https://www.aaaa.org/timeline-event/mcdonalds-two-beef-patties-says-mouthful/?cn-reloaded=1
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Wesley Clifford 2 years ago
You've not experienced luxury until you got a Mc DLT in the 2x sized container to keep the "hot side hot, cool side cool." https://mcdonalds.fandom.com/wiki/McDLT
James Pelley 2 years ago
Let's not forget the chicken nugget box with the ROUND sauce holder, when all the sauces were SQUARE!
#20
This How It Was Done Kids
Kookamunga 2 years ago
When I was in trouble (95% of the time), my parents would just unplug the phone and take it away. I had my own line.
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Donnamarie Dion 2 years ago
Having to hide the handset so your parents didn’t know you took it “off the hook”
Anna roberts 2 years ago
And the older my mom got the longer the phone stayed off the hook and I was 3,000 miles away. Luckily one of the kids I grew up with lived right across the street from my mom. Called her up often to go make sure my mom was still alive
Amanda Hunter 2 years ago
Loved it when star 69 feature became available, I caught our mystery hang up caller.
#21
I'm Either Seeing A Scene From Ghostbusters Or 1980s Google
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Dewey Decimal, definitely. One University library tried to convert me to Library of Congress. No luck, fella.
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ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
and the smell ... the smell from these. I would never take one out. I was too scared of our librarian even thinking I put it back wrong. I wonder how many hours they had to put these back in order ... or how often they checked it? Kids are mean ...
Never Snarky 2 years ago
They had a rod through a hole in the bottom of the cards. They couldn’t just. Be pulled out.
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Sue Powell 2 years ago
We have four 15 drawer units of these catalog drawers in our home. They make wonderful storage for all kinds of things. One unit still has all the catalog cards from a local high school library.
Demongrrrrl 2 years ago
When I was a senior in high school, a bunch of dumbass guys in my class broke into the library and trashed it. They tipped over the bookcases and tossed the contents of the card catalogs all over the place. They spray painted the class year on the walls and were stupid enough to brag about it. I think they should have been expelled, but instead they weren't allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony.
We hope this gave you some food for thought and made you understand nostalgia a little bit better. We wish you only positive nostalgia while scrolling through these posts from past eras.
#22
If You Know What These Are You’re Old As Dirt
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I never understood why they always had a head in profile embossed on them
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
Still got a lot of these. My eyesight isn't as good nowadays, and they're perfect for that, lol.
#23
I’m This Old
Wesley Clifford 2 years ago
I burned a line in my monitor by leaving the "3d maze" screen saver running full-time. The brick pattern lit up the very center horizontal line pure white all the time.
Robert T 2 years ago
Ironic, considering that that is what screensavers were intended to prevent!
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Lester the Space Duck 2 years ago
I (still) set the "mystify" screen saver... Flying Toasters was always a favorite.
Crybabyartist 2 years ago
Ahh came to mention flying toasters. You can still find mimics of those but they aren't that authentic which is too bad.
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Cathy Carey 2 years ago
Seems like any computer related stuff (like the speakers a couple pics back) are too modern for this list.
Lynn Morello 2 years ago
I would sit and watch this for hours, I looked for the Kettle and odd images that would be created.
#24
Lose One Piece And You’re Screwed
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
The one piece you lost was the end cap not the pieces of lead. If you lost that you had to try to tape it up somehow. As you say you could easily make up for the lead with a tissue or something.
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Terri Martin 2 years ago
I remember trying to hold my thumb over the top, pressing really hard trying to use them after loosing a piece 😔
#25
If You Know What This Is You Had An Awesome Childhood
TheReader19 2 years ago
CAP GUNS, I loved these; playing cowboys and Indians ( no offence intended to anyone it was the 70's).
#26
Can You Smell The Crayons?
Mycroft1967 2 years ago
I love the smell of crayon in the morning. Smell like hydrocarbon wax and an earthy clay.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Also, when I put an oven pan on the stove, warmed the plates little bit. And the draw with the melting crayons.. 🫠 🖍
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Pamela Christie 2 years ago
Friend of mine claimed that the colors all smelled different, and said he could identify them blindfolded. We challenged him, and gave him 17 crayons to smell, agreeing beforehand that he wouldn't have to be specific: Seafoam Green could just be green, etc. He missed every single one. Never even came close to getting any right. We made him wear a crayon suspended from each nostril for the rest of the evening, and forever afterwards, called him by various crayon colors. "Hey! Blue Violet! Are you coming or aren't you?" "Mustard has a girlfriend!" "Hey! Where's Burnt Umber's burger?"
Katie Everswick 2 years ago
I've had three jettas, and I've always wondered why they all smell like crayons! It's strange
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#27
Do You Recognize This Living Room?
Kookamunga 2 years ago
“I don't have to fall asleep after sex. I want to fall asleep after sex. I welcome the darkness.” - Al Bundy
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This is the kind of house you could afford for your family of 4 on a single income in the 80s.
Thomas E S Thomas 2 years ago
"Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage..."
Mell 2 years ago
This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other.
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I'm so old I thought, at first glance, that the Bunkers had remodeled.
ShellsBells 2 years ago
I remember a lot of my friends would say they weren't allowed to watch Married with Children. I didn't understand why. I used to lay across the foot of my mom's bed to watch it.
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ADJ 2 years ago
Single income family, had a house, kids, and wife who wanted sex all the time. Even had a car. And a dog. And we thought he is a loser...
Laura Mende (Human) 2 years ago
It was the time... Same with the Simpsons to be honest.
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#28
Watch Your Fingers
Stary_cat 2 years ago
They still have these just in plastic so easy to cut things the guillotines are so easy!
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
My last year of high school, one of the art teachers cut the tip of his middle finger off with this. Hospital's just down the road so...you know. He shows me the cauterization a few days later by flipping me off, it was pretty funny.
#29
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Best thing for cutting the turkey at Thanksgiving, though. Like butter.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
Please tell me what it's for. Found one like that and have been wondering.
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
My mom still has most of the kitchen appliances she got as wedding gifts in 1970. They still work too. This one got used only at Thanksgiving every year. :)
Jill Pulcifer 2 years ago
I think they sent you home from the hospital with one of these. Congrats on you baby! Have something sharp on us!
Manic Mama 2 years ago
I still have one of these. It works, although it makes a faint burning smell.
#30
My First Record Player
Robert T 2 years ago
Yay! This is the proper one with the "pins" on the record that pinged the individual notes in the music box head. One of those records is "Clair de Lune".
Jody Whitmarsh 2 years ago
My first record player was a choo-choo train that drove in little circles with a record sticking out the top
#31
They Don’t Make ‘Em As Strong As This Anymore
BM Khalid Hasan 2 years ago
If the real truck loses a wheel, they can put that obsolete part on this and go!
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Sand off the rust, apply primer, bright yellow paint, and replacement stickers if you have to, and it’s good as new.
Nano Iders 2 years ago
Found mine at my parents' house not too long ago. A 40 year old bulldozer. It was rusty, bent and the tracks are lost forever; but I'm dead set on restoring it.
ChexmyLicks/🇯🇵 2 years ago
bro i could use it like a rollerskates bc of how strong n hard they were
TJ Wilkins 2 years ago
We used the dozer and dump truck to build roads for Barbie cars as well as our Matchbox collection
masterrocket31 2 years ago
Had this truck growing up. I completely forgot about it until now. I feel wierd now.
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
Had this one and the bulldozer. Brother had the grader and the track hoe. I know I was young but these were very very heavy... and thick metal. Not something you want to drop on your foot.
#32
Today They Wear A Helmet, In The 70s You Wore Brown Corduroy Trousers
Jennifer Critchley 2 years ago
My corduroy was burgundy and they made me invincible! Minus a couple of bones and a doctor's visit to remove gravel from my face and right leg. Invincible lol.
Robert T 2 years ago
Yeah, tried doing that on my Striker, which was an imitation of a BMX, but weighed about 2 tonnes and had no give in any of it, so the landing was like hitting a wall.
Alissa McDermott 2 years ago
I legitimately thought this was a picture of my brother for a moment 😂
Son of Philosoraptor 2 years ago
Ok this really creeped me out - my father took the exact same picture of me. Same brick jump, same bike, same clothes. Only the head of the kid has been changed. D*mn...
#33
Who Remembers 'Big' Slides? Health And Safety Would Never Allow These Again
Ti Al 2 years ago
I can still feel the pain and smell the hot metal by just looking at the picture. In hindsight I'm wondering how we made it through our childhood.
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Add some water and a little dish soap and you'd fly 10 feet off the end of it. Good times.
Andy Cran 2 years ago
we used to put dirt/grit at the end for extra slide dish soap (or fairy as we called it in UK) mums would go mental for unauthorized use of fairy liquid
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Susie Elle 2 years ago
Oh my god yes. When I was little and we were visiting my grandparents, we'd sometimes go to this big playground somewhere in the area that had slides like this one and HUGE tanden swings where all the seats were organized in a row (in front of each other, not next to) so you could swing with like 8 people in tandem. Crazy, and crazy fun.
#34
I'm This Old
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
I played for hours with mine. I really s*cked at drawing with it but it was fun. Here in France it was called Telecran.
Rinso the Red 2 years ago
Had a friend that could do legit drawings with this thing. Like give them a subject and they'd make it for you. Unreal amount of skill
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Jeremy Crocker 2 years ago
When I was a kid you could buy picture templates and mazes to put on the screen.
#35
Wake Up, It’s 1983
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
it's that reliable that my parents still have one. :')
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Marlene Kent 2 years ago
My parents got my brother and I ones with the flip numbers. I think they were like $150.
Load More Replies... Holly Stevens 2 years ago
Everyone had this. I think they must have handed them out to everyone of a certain age
Jill 2 years ago
Mine's happily residing in my kitchen so I can see it every day. :)
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One Day You Went For Your Very Last Bike Ride With Your Friends And Didn’t Even Know It
Thomas E S Thomas 2 years ago
Best seats ever devised for a bicycle. They were intended for kids to ride all day.
Christopher Creighton 2 years ago
I grew up in a small town in Missouri and, thanks to Walts bike shop, I was able to buy one of these with my own money. One of my neighbors also had one. The fat tires were so cool, out ranking the Schwins in our eyes.
#37
I’m This Old
October 2 years ago
For every lefthanded kid who was forced to learn how to write with these: I feel you. Everyday I came from school looking like a smurf.
Jeff Brock 2 years ago
When I started doing that ridiculous curl, my left handed mom wasn't having it. We spent many evenings unlearning what the right handed teachers allowed left handed kids to do. Sitting at the kitchen table with a big chief tablet and a pencil the diameter of your thumb practicing writing with your hand positioned in the mirror image of right handlers. Now, years later, my daily use pen is a fountain pen. I never get ink or pencil lead on my hand. My handwriting has never been as nice as hers... from either hand. When she was young they just tried to beat left handedness out you. So she ended up with flawless handwriting and you couldn't tell which hand produced it. This is one of a thousand things I should have thanked her better for. She died recently and my list of things I should have said or done is never going to get shorter now
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VioletHunter 2 years ago
We still use fountain pens in school here in Germany, but I think the cartridges are different today.
Sharkie 2 years ago
Well... You can still buy these. But there are more options. Bigger ones, more colours etc. Also many pens have other specific cartridges just for them.
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Katie Everswick 2 years ago (edited)
Please, somebody? Us Americans are in the dark...
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Dear Millennials And Gen Z, Take A Seat... Lots Of Love Gen X
Ripley 2 years ago
I recently went to a furniture shop to check out some items. As I walked in a little girl put a whoopie cushion on a sofa and then sat down hard, giggling like a loon. It was the most adorable thing I've seen in ages.
Charl Marx 2 years ago (edited)
The oldest millennials were born in 1981 and the youngest Gen Z in 2012, you can't lump them together for this one.
Monday 2 years ago
Gen Z you mean, youngest Gen X was 1980. That being said yeah, as an older millennial I had tons of these.
Load More Replies... Little king trash mouth 2 years ago
My son got one from an arcade not too long ago while trading in his tickets. He and his brother still find it hilarious
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
I have one somewhere in the house right this very minute—-and have used it many times, but only on people I knew who would roll with the joke.
#39
Admit You’re Old
WindySwede 2 years ago
Saw the picture, never seen this before. Read your comment. Heard the *click* in my head 👍
Load More Replies... Downunderdude 2 years ago
Travel alarm clock. My mother had one. It was red leather. I coveted it. I had no use or need for it. I just coveted it.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
I still have one. In red. Not candy apple red, but the more toned down oxblood red.
Mama Penguin 2 years ago
My dad had one with a blue cover. I distinctly remember the click sound.
#40
This Came Out In 1979
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
Wish I could post the pic of my son's. He got one of these for Christmas last year. $200!!! Even came with headphones like these. He carries it everywhere and connects it to his car.
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
They seemed to have made a comeback. My 23 year old nephew is really into them. I still have all of my old mix tapes lol
Marlene Kent 2 years ago
My company was on strike and I had to pull an overnight picket. Thankfully, my bestie loaned me her Walkman. It sucked but it sucked less with music.
Cihan Ekizoglu 2 years ago
Sony products had a distinct plastic smell when new. It was kind of sweet, just like Honda cars back in the day.
#41
Memories Of School
Demosthenes 2 years ago (edited)
We just had a giant rope attached to the 20 ft. Ceiling in one corner of the gym. Once a year every student had to climb the rope to the top. Coach always put a 4 inch thick pad at the bottom in case of falls so everything was fine. Interestingly I don’t remember anyone ever falling.
Never Snarky 2 years ago
We had one of those, too. I was lucky to get a couple of feet off the ground.
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
I loved using them, infact I loved doing anything else than playing football (soccer for our US friends) for 90 minutes.
Cat Chat 2 years ago
We got a fancy new school in 3rd grade so our ropes were fancy and came down from the ceiling (1980).
Andy Cran 2 years ago
yep we got ceiling ropes too and was expected to climb to top at 9-10yrs old with only those smelly green rubber 1inch thick crash mats to land on, nightmares
Load More Replies... Timmy Pillinger 2 years ago
Indoor climbing frame. They are hinged to the wall at on end and have a wheel at the other so you can drag them round to right angles with the wall. Never saw them used, suspect teachers terrified of injuries.
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Cath Homer 2 years ago
We still have those at the school where I work. Abd the impossible ropes. Every day I'm tempted...
#42
I Finally Did It
Dan Flo 2 years ago
Yes to this. :) I think that is why I became an engineer lol.
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Jody Whitmarsh 2 years ago
I just learned to solve it. I love all the little patterns. Still have one and change the patterns all the time
Camellejokk 2 years ago
I’ve actually solved one of these only a couple of times. Once I was drunk (never double dog dare me). Yeah.
#43
This Is True
Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago
My grandmother had a crush on the Hoff... "He's got such lovely hair..."(as she was transfixed on the TV screen)
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Is it just me or did K.I.T.T. sound like the long lost brother of C-3PO, who was even camper and more fussier?
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
I didn't know they did a remake! They're rarely as good. Heard they were thinking of remaking BtVS, and I was like, 'Noooooooo!" Don't fix what isn't broke, haha.
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PurpleUnicorn🇮🇪 2 years ago
Michael Knight and KITT, the Knight Industries Two Thousand. KITT was the coolest car
#44
Remember These?
Crybabyartist 1 year ago
There's a word for front to back (backwards). Enjoy your new word!
Load More Replies... Robert T 2 years ago
Bought a slide scanner for my Dad a few years back so he could transfer some of his slides to digital. Some of the slides are older than me!
Auntriarch 2 years ago
We're going to scan in my dad's slides, we've got a digital photo frame, it will be nice for him and my mother to have them where they can see them every day
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SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 2 years ago
We used to dread my father setting up for a slide show. They’d get stuck every few slides and it’d take HOURS to go through one thingy of of them.
Never Snarky 2 years ago
Still have one. Still have 13,000 slides. Yes, they are all labeled and organized. Still love slide shows. Another thing with a distinct smell.
Suck it Trebek 2 years ago
Oh god, my grandparents had one. Every year they vacationed at the same place took a s**t ton of pictures then invited us over. We had to sit there forever as they would fill the entire wheel with pictures. Sheer torture.
#45
If You Know What This Is You're As Old As Me And That's Old As Dirt
Norah Reilly 2 years ago
Yeah, but does anyone remember the Kodak Disc camera?
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The Scout 2 years ago
Never seen the advantage of those film cartridges when most cameras used "normal" rolling films - although if you inadvertedly opened your camera, those gave you precious extra seconds before the film went bad.
MsPlants 2 years ago
I loved my first camera! if I was lucky 10 out of the 24 pictures were usable lol. it was always fun to get them developed to see how disappointed you would be
Amanda Porter 2 years ago
This makes me sad for today's generation. The wait! The anticipation! And then finally, the horrible out of focus pictures we used as evidence of why we will be a professional photographer one day!!
#46
Works Only If You Shake And Tap It
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Definition of a torch: a recepticle for dead batteries. Watch the zinc rust.
Crybabyartist 1 year ago
Pale yellow light lasted 15 minutes.. i loved the old Ray-O-Vac cat logo though.
Jody Whitmarsh 2 years ago
The thing weighed 5 lbs, why couldn't they just behead the bad guy in horror movies with it. They'd always just toss it away if it didn't work. Then it would inevitably turn back on after it gets thrown into the grass. Moral: always keep your light
Amanda Hunter 2 years ago
Still essential in California, in case of power outages caused by an earthquake, or PGE cutting off people's power if it's windy.
#47
Being '80s Cool With This Bad Boy Pen With A Digital Clock
Crybabyartist 1 year ago
I have one... I'll send it to you.. Seriously. May need a battery. Seriously if a person really wanted to take me up on this offer it shouldn't be all that hard to find a way to contact me.
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Terri Martin 2 years ago
These were fancy when I was a kid😅 I remember getting one for Xmas and thinking I was the shizzzzzz
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Same. These modern kids can keep their smart phones, give us these! Hmm... on second thoughts I'll take the smart phone.
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#48
I’m This Old
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
And don’t forget the tiny spoon coffee stirrers theater we’re popular with the late night party crowd, lol
GB 2 years ago
I was just about to write something to the same effect! I think they stopped providing the stirrers once this became a "thing". I actually have one that I found mixed in with a bunch if c**p at a junk shop. I bought that bundle of cràp just for the spoon. I feel like I should put it on a pedestal and display it as art. (I think Duchamp would approve)
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Duckie Measles 2 years ago
Nah. Nicotine smells terrible and secondhand smoke is deadly.
Load More Replies... Jeremy Crocker 2 years ago
I only remember them being silver. The glass one must be from a fancy upscale McDonald's.
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
In New York it was only banned in 2003... ok yeah I see now that I've typed that it's been a couple more years than I originally thought
#49
Even Now Aged 50, As A Man, I'll Admit I Still Don't Know What These Strange Things Are In A Hair Salon!
Panda Kicki 2 years ago
My aunt still had one of those in the 80-s. It smelled funny and sent out small sparkles , they still used it for home perm. I was both terrified and fascinated.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Hair dryers for Jair set in curlers. Faster than air drying. But loud AF.
#50
Which Ones Did You Have?
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
5190. Programmed "Take On Me" as my ringtone.
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