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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.
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 😂
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
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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
Load More Replies... 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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marko skerlavaj 2 years ago
needed battery recharge only 2-3 per month... ....imagine that today
#51
I’m This Old
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
Using your finger to reverse the 45 just for the hilarity of it.
#52
I'm This Old
Maggie Stephenson 2 years ago
Back in the early 00's it was so ugly but we had to listen to our cd's
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Oh lord, I definitely had this one! You had to be careful while driving or the CD would skip. The first car I owned that had a built in CD player was like magic to me. :)
Wesley Clifford 2 years ago
For a while, cassettes in cars were better than CDs because there was no "ipod to cd" adapter.
#53
We All Remember Black And White Tvs
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
Yup. Sega Master System without the glowing monochrome tube just wouldn't have been the same.
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Something about those glowing, near-luminous tubes you lose with black and white on modern screens. PICT00005-...d766d2.jpg 
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
i pulled on out of the trash mid nineties and it worked like a charm, but everyone that visited me hated it. Boyfriend got me a color tv one for xmas around 2000 so he could watch football in color 😂
Crybabyartist 1 year ago
I have a Sony Trinitron still works.. with the click channels changers just like the picture... I also recently had to throw away a unusable, unrecyclable, piece of c**p lasted 2 years Visio
Crybabyartist 1 year ago
Yeah I have to use a converter to use this TV. that doesn't diminish the point.
Load More Replies... TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Father: "Son, go change the channel." WheeGoodBoi: "But I don't wanna!" Father: "Son..."
#54
Takes Me Back
Rinso the Red 2 years ago
Pro Tip: You can run to the left on the opening screen and do the whole thing backwards!
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cdubaya 2 years ago
Remember when my cousin got one. I was so jealous I picked tomatoes for a whole summer trying to save up the money for one. I did eventually and got a 10 speed bike instead of the Atari. I had to get places man...like to the local store to play the single PacMan arcade game or to the Howard Johnsons turnpike stop (back roads the employees took) to buy cigs from the vending machine and play Pole Position.
#55
This Is True
Rizzo 2 years ago
My math teacher: "You must learn calculus because you won't have a calculator with you at all times." :D
#56
A Quarter Of Nostalgia Please
Fat Harry 2 years ago
I remember when we switched to obligatory metric in the UK and we all got shafted out of sweets as shops decided that what used to be a quarter of a pound was now 100g, despite an ounce being 28g so a quarter being 112g.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Every butcher. And every lolly shop, but who could afford to go to a lolly shop?
JoNo 2 years ago
Good value when I'd ask for 10 cents worth of lollies and get 10 of them! Back in the day we could pick and choose which lollies we wanted.
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Nano Iders 2 years ago
The place where I buy food for my pets still has one of these. The guy there has an 1 kg lead weight and always tests the scale with it in front of you so you know the thing is perfectly calibrated.
#57
Admit You’re Old
Laughing Orc 2 years ago
Just don't cross the streams and you'll be fine.
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You've outdone me on this one. What is it? Air compressor? Line marker?
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
It's a ghostrap from "Ghostbusters" - from 1984
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Crybabyartist 1 year ago
Looking at the parts make me think this is about smelling for farts seriously
#58
Sony Walkman
Noyfb noyfb 2 years ago
This was the extra-thin one with an easily bent aluminum case. Later, cheaper, fatter ones had a plastic case.
Rinso the Red 2 years ago
I ended up with the yellow Sport one because I killed too many of the "regular" ones
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 years ago
Revolutionary. Meant my siblings and I no longer fought over what to listen to in the car.
#59
I'm This Old
Alexej Dvorak 2 years ago
His hairstyle! His glasses!! How old are you? "I don't know, somewhere between 6 and 57".
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#60
Kids Today Would Not Have A Clue What This Is. Do You Know?
Patti Disbennet 2 years ago
Ok, I've always wanted to ask this: was anybody else told as a child that if we saved these up they were for some drive to fight child cancer? We saved a gajillion of them lol
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
No, but I DO remember cutting my foot on one of them at the beach.
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James Edwards 2 years ago
Pull tab. People use to put them back into the can then choke on them
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
Yeah, the litter problem made them change to what we have now. I remember “church keys” on tin cans.
Libby Boucher 2 years ago
I have a smile shaped scar on my heel from stepping on one of these.
Michael None 2 years ago
My family owns some land that my dad has been camping on for the last 50 years. I still find these in the dirt on occasion. Don't litter folks.
#61
You Know That The Best Ever New Music Was Listened To On These Headphones
Thomas E S Thomas 2 years ago
All I remember is "Raise your hand when you hear the beep." They kept doing hearing tests on me in middle school thinking I couldn't hear the teachers, and that was why I wasn't working. Truth was that I was ignoring them. I felt like I was wasting my time at the school when I'd rather be at the library reading a choose-your-own-adventure book.
Justin Thyme 2 years ago
FAR better than bluetooth-- still attached to my Onkyo system on the bookcase, still in regular use
#62
If You Know What This Is Your Old
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
I'm hoping to see a Polaroid Instant camera on this list (and btw, many photos on here are USA-style stuff, so having to think a little out of the box, lol).
David A Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
You youngsters. The box brownie was our camera when I was young.
#63
Remember Playing This?
Mycroft1967 2 years ago
Frustration turned into Trouble. Maybe you remember that one with the bubble popper.
Rebecca Joan 2 years ago
Idk what this is, but it’s called Trouble where I’m from. “The Pop-o-matic Trouble”
ROSESARERED 2 years ago
Hated this game. Housemates found that little fact out, and gave me one for my 21st birthday...only gift I've ever given back
Gabriela Cink 2 years ago
Omg! It is called frustration in english? Wahahahah :D i thought we have hilarious name for that game. It would be something like: Pal, don't be mad!
#64
Here We Go
Susan Green 2 years ago
Are you Canadian too? We always called them freezies here.
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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Remember Otter Pops? They tasted sooo much better than the cheaper ones.
#65
Many Younger People Will Not Have Clue What This Is. Do You Know?
Nano Iders 2 years ago
That's a cassette tape, and right below is the soft pad that pressed the tape against the player head.
#66
If You Know What This Is You're Ancient Like Me
Kookamunga 2 years ago
Jiffy Pop was so....weird. jiffy-pop-...848299.jpg 
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
Best popcorn maker ever. Truly. My grandma still has hers. I make my on the stove in a pot, but this is the next best thing imho
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
We bought one a couple of years go that uses this technology. Our first one had a glass container. Bad press about microwave popcorn has brought these back.
#67
Did You Ever Get Some Tadpoles?
Downunderdude 2 years ago
Found a puddle with some weird wiggly things in it. Brought them home and kept them in my bedroom. Whole family got mosquito bites.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
Remember the brine shrimp - I mean, Sea Creatures - you could order out of the back of comic books?
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 2 years ago
Is it bad that my first thought was: "What's in that moonshine?"
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
We put them in a bowl in the kitchen and watched them grow. One morning we came down and there were mini-frogs everywhere. Our mom went spare, haha.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
I caught some tadpoles one spring as a kid when I was like 7 or something, I made the mistake of telling the teacher, so I had to give updates to the entire class on how they were growing so we could learn about it :/
Cactuar Jon 2 years ago
Yeah, and my mum emptied the whole jar down the sink to 'clean the jar'. I spent years as a kid checking the drain outside to see if I could spot them (and possible catch them) as they passed through. I refuse to believe that I'd missed them lol
ChexmyLicks/🇯🇵 2 years ago
no cus i hate frogs before lol or anything from bug insects and anything unsettling for me
#68
Going Online In The ‘80s
#69
I’m This Old
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 2 years ago
Hot damn did I feel like a basketball star when I ripped those off at a my one hour of weekly rec ball practice.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
LOL, I used to wear these at horse shows over my breeches in order to keep them clean. It was so satisfying to rip them off like I was a male stripper. :)
Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
The funny game at school was to rip it off from the guy who wore it, then run, and witness him in pants! First ones weren't sewed on the top, so ripped off entirely😁
François Bouzigues 2 years ago
I was the weird one not having them in junior high school. Saved me from a lot of unbuttoning.
Annita Stephanou 2 years ago
They made a comeback at some point with ladies wearing them over high heels. Yeah... no..
Cactuar Jon 2 years ago
thats what poppers were when I was a kid. These days, I hear 'popper' are classed as something totally different 🤔 😳
#70
Words To Live By
My “in my head” Voice 2 years ago
One Eyed Willie. Why did I never catch the double entendre before?
#71
If You’re Over 40 You’ll Know What This Is
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
35mm slide viewer? May be another size as there were other sizes, including a magnifying version for 8mm movie film
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
Oh God. Core memory. First time I found one i was like 4/5 and it was my uncles. I looked. It was a naked woman.
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
Keychain photo viewer. The very small photo was glued inside on the white end, you held it up to a light source and looked through the lens at the small end to see the photo. They were very popular in the 60s and 70s. I still have some with my school photos in them.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
I'm 27 and I know what this is, I even have one. They have little pictures in and basically theyre just a "device" that lets you view a tiny photo. I have one from when I went to disney as a kid.
Snorkeldorf 2 years ago
I have one from a California trip. Went to Knott's Berry Farm. Boy was that fun! Still love the pic.
S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
Used to have one we bought at Disneyland. Was a picture of the Matterhorn Mountain ride.
#72
I’m This Old
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
I was in my 30s & had kids of my own by the time the first 'mobile' phones were a thing, This was it: 5d01ac4725...2719a.jpeg 
BM Khalid Hasan 2 years ago
I have a Nokia from 2005, still works great. I just need a new battery.
cerinamroth 2 years ago
Really? How?! Mine was run over by a double-decker bus in Edinburgh and then a taxi and it barely had a scratch on it!
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They are making a comeback, but of course with extras. https://www.aeliotis.com/aeliotis/products.aspx?catid=1077&catnm=%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AC%20%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%AC&cp=MA%3d%3d&fb=MTAwMQ%3d%3d&fp=&fai=&fav=
#73
Coffee Just Tastes Better In These
Margaret H 2 years ago
I preferred my gold Fire King mugs - I use my one remaining 40yo mug every morning
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
Yes! My grandmother had these. There may still be a few lingering around
cerinamroth 2 years ago
NO! I cannot drink a hot drink out of a cup that isn't white on the inside!
#74
You Might Be Old But Are You This Old?
Apple Jakes 2 years ago
Don't think my family had the money for a sweet tube like that, but I loved me some Fraggle Rock.
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 2 years ago
I LOVED Fraggle Rock. I wanted to eat Doozer sticks SO BADLY. Every time a Fraggle would chomp on one of those, I was so jealous. I had no idea what I THOUGHT Doozer sticks would taste like, I just knew I WANTED them XD
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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Videodisc? They were easy to store, but you couldn’t record on them, so they didn’t last long. They kind of strike me as the ancestor of the DVD.
ROSESARERED 2 years ago
Wow, that's great...we only had grans old one when she updated. Colour tube gone, everything in black and white
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
I've never seen one of these before, and I'm in my 60s. Was it only sold in the USA? A bit envious, tbh.
Michael Braisher 2 years ago
They were terrible. I only had access to a faulty one back in the day but even in 1989, I saw and felt how flimsy the whole thing was. That record cartridge must also have been awful.
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Do You Remember Milk At School?
Kharyss 2 years ago
I had the privileged distinction of being the Class Milk Monitor. Got a little badge and everything. All to hand out the little bottles from the milk crate and load them back in afterwards.
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Rtblast66 2 years ago
Margaret Thatcher too it away in the 70's. B!tch. Thatcher the milk Snatcher
James016 2 years ago
Add in Edward Short who removed milk for over 11s and Shirley Williams who took it from 5-7 year olds. All 3 were shits for doing so.
Load More Replies... StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
Margaret Thatcher, the Milk Snatcher, put a stop to that (UK). She never lived that name down (along with others).
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
My parents have mentioned it a few times - how everyone got handed a bottle of milk at school because it was good for you to build strong healthy bones!
#76
Do You Remember This Bunch?
James Edwards 2 years ago (edited)
1 banana, 2 banana, 3 banana, 4...4 bananas make a bunch and so does many more
Chris D'Asta 2 years ago
I got to meet them at Dispensa's Castle of Toys outside Chicago. I think it was 1977.
#77
He-Man Toy. Did You Have One?
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 2 years ago
Me too! I'm female and my mom didn't want me to have He-Man and G.I. Joe toys (she wanted a girly girl). My dad is the one who bought me all my contraband "for boys" toys XD I still have my Cringer toy! I admit that I loved the He-Man franchise so much that, even today at the age of 41, I occasionally wear t-shirts with He-Man and Skeletor on them. One of my favorite pieces of clothing is a pair of cargo shorts with a patch of Skeletor on them. The patch is in a heart shape and says "Live, Laugh, Love" with Skeletor doing his trademark "MYAAAH" laugh XD
Load More Replies... Little king trash mouth 2 years ago
We still have it! Well actually my in-laws. Kept a whole box of my husband's old toys. My kids love to play with them when we visit. There's even greystone castle!
#78
Are You This Old?
#79
Feeling Old Yet? Ouch, That Hurts
Rizzo 2 years ago
This is funny. When my dad was young there was only black and white television and no one has been on the moon. Yes, I am old.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
I’m older, had had older parents to boot. When my father was born, the US was finally sending troops to fight in WWI. My mother was only three years younger than him. She died when she was 80. He died when he was 95. If they were still alive now, they’d be 106 and 103, respectively. I’m 62.
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Rob Chapman 2 years ago
Now I REALLY feel old. When my dad was a kid, TV's had just been introduced.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
PS1 was my first console, I'm only 27, how tf is this kid old enough to post on the internet ;-;
Maggie Stephenson 2 years ago
I miss the ps1 days playing street fighter, streets of rage and twisted metal
#80
I’m This Old
Downunderdude 2 years ago
What's the matter with you children? What about ha'pennies, thruppeny bits, tanners, shillings, florins, half crowns? Tsk. The youth of today.
Andy Cran 2 years ago
reading that just got the smell of the toffee ones,wow
Load More Replies... Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 years ago
Oh god, the come and praise hymn book, handed out at every assembly.
Annita Stephanou 2 years ago
Opal fruits is Star Fruits here and you can still find them. Marathon is Snickers
#81
I’m This Old
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
I still have the very first iPod with a FireWire connector 😆 I remember being gobsmacked that it could hold a whopping 1000 songs lol
#82
Sometimes You Don’t Realise How Good Something Was Until It’s Gone
#83
Did You Have A Lamborghini Poster?
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 2 years ago
It looks like the car is parked on the front driveway of what might be a castle/mansion owned by an old family/noble family. If their estate is large and old enough, some of their ancestors may have been buried on the property - the estate would have had a set-aside graveyard for family members - instead of being buried in a cemetery. So, yes, it IS a graveyard, but probably isn't a public one XD Or I'm totally wrong and that's a church in the background and it IS a normal graveyard - and whoever took the photo thought it was a rad backdrop for a gullwing Lambo XD
Load More Replies... Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
In fact, the car you mention was the James Bond Lotus Esprit. Cool car also
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Laughing Orc 2 years ago
No, but I had the die-cast models of the Countach and the Ferrari testarossa.
Detroit Citizen 2 years ago
I had the Ferrari F40, also had the Cindy Crawford drinking a Pepsi next the Lambo posters
#84
I'm This Old
Amanda Porter 2 years ago
I still hope to find my own hidden indoor lagoon equipped with janky waterside and pirate ship one day!
#85
The Coolest Father”s Day Gift A Dad Could Ask For
Annita Stephanou 2 years ago
You can find replicas online (Amazon, eBay etc)
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#86
It Might Be A Really Fancy Monopoly Board But It's Still Getting Flipped If I Land On Those The Deep Blue Plots With Hotels On Them
Amanda Porter 2 years ago
Never seen a fancy board in person, but the heartbreak when learning 'mom-fees' aren't real!!
Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
Husband and middle aged son have the darn board memorized. But that's a cool board thingy!
Himory TheDreamer 2 years ago
I'll forever remember the time when I was a kid that I grabbed the plastic bad full of metal Monopoly pieces and hit it on my head. On purpose. No idea why. My game wasn't this fancy tho
#87
What Song Would You Select To Annoy Everyone?
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
I'm a millennial and I barely knew any of those. OK, I'm not from the US, so that might be a thing
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
I'm 100% Gen X and proud. I had every single one of these but the Tonka truck. My friend had one, though. Barbie had some crazy rides in that thing!
Julie Ann Al buzbeba 2 years ago
Funny I didn’t see the good old Calculator watch! Mine even had a little video game you could play on it!
Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
I'm a millennial and I barely knew any of those. OK, I'm not from the US, so that might be a thing
Load More Replies... QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
I'm 100% Gen X and proud. I had every single one of these but the Tonka truck. My friend had one, though. Barbie had some crazy rides in that thing!
Julie Ann Al buzbeba 2 years ago
Funny I didn’t see the good old Calculator watch! Mine even had a little video game you could play on it!
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