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“Heck, I’m Old”: 50 Posts From People Grasping The Reality That They’re Old Now (New Pics)
Interview
If you’re anything like us, there will be moments throughout your life when you get lost in your memories and genuinely forget how old you are. Sometimes, all it can take for you to get lost in thoughts about the Good Old Days is a glance at some retro decor, tech, or toys. When you snap out of your nostalgic daydreams, it can be a bit jarring to find yourself much further into the future than you thought you were. It’s hard to embrace the fact that you’re getting older… though we prefer calling it ‘leveling up.’
The “[Heck], I’m Old” group is a popular place online for people to post images from their past whenever they start feeling old and out of touch with the modern world. We’re featuring some of their most nostalgic and amusing posts for a brief trip down memory lane. Scroll down to check them out, and don’t forget to upvote the pics that resonate with you the most.
Bored Panda got in touch with the friendly team running “[Heck], I’m Old," and one of the moderators shed some light on our questions about nostalgia. You'll find their insights below.
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#1
Sports Drink
Ozymandias73 8 months ago
Had to be careful on a hot summer's day. Let it run for a few before taking that first sip.
Gdawg 8 months ago (edited)
My parents told me not to drink it cuz of spider webs and all the bull c**p
Aquarium Fuzz 8 months ago
And it didn't taste bad, either. It was a different substance than it is today.
camomooey 8 months ago
I remember the rubbery taste. We were probably being poisoned but didn't realize it.
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E2U&U2 8 months ago (edited)
Cold and refreshing, it was found in every yard during every adventure as a free-roaming kid in the summertime. For all the advances in technology, I regret that the world has changed so much that children will never experience the freedom and safety we enjoyed when "Be home before the street lights come on" was a thing parents said to their kids.
Sue 8 months ago
A spider came out of the hose once just when I was about to put the hose to my mouth. I learned to look first let the hose run a second before I drank. To be honest, my mom kept a water jug that everyone in the family drank from but we were to lazy/tired to go all the way inside.
Mark Alexander 8 months ago
If it had been laying in the sun you better wait more than a second or you'd burn your face off.
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malleymac84_1 8 months ago
and for some reason it tastes better than any other water from anywhere else
Lee451 Henderson 8 months ago
I never had kids. Do they still drink from hoses? Do they even leave the house?
Now, nostalgia can be incredibly powerful, no matter what generation you're from. We were curious why it has such a massive impact on so many people.
According to one of the moderators from “[Heck], I’m Old," everything revolves around the "memories of simpler, happy times."
They told Bored Panda that "with all that is going on in the world today, people really like to revisit old memories as a distraction."
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#2
Children Today Will Never Develop The Patience Of Sitting And Listening To The Radio With Their Fingers On The Buttons, Waiting For That One Song To Come On
Portentia9 8 months ago
Especially, if you could get the song without the DJ talking over the first few seconds of the intro.
Lupita Nyong'heaux 8 months ago
@portentia9: even worse was when they talked over the LAST 15-20 seconds of the song, cuz that was usually the BEST part of the song! Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!
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Debby Keir 8 months ago
I used that exact model to 'save' my game with a Sinclair Spectrum 80/81 ish.
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 8 months ago
i do this all the time with Spotify because my mother wont let me get Spotify premium. I have to press the shuffle button on my liked playlist to put on a random song, wait until the song thats playing is about to end, and start the screen recording about 5 seconds before it ends, hoping that the next song is the one I want to screen record. then once I get the song I want, I crop the song that was playing before it out so its just the one I want. then I go over to Google photos, find the song that I just screen recorded, and put it into the archive with my other songs so they don't get mixed up in all my other photos and videos. this is all done so I can have music during pe
Tahar Taggle 8 months ago
Or plugging one of these to your computer, pop in a game tape and having a snack while listening to the program loading... ^^
Nikki Gross 8 months ago
That was my first radio and tape player Mom bought me when I was a kid.
#3
It Took 4 People To Carry One Of These In The House
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
Had one of those monsters. It kept going clear into the 90s.
Sue User 8 months ago
I currently own a tv that i bought in 2004. Had to buy a chromecast because it is not a smart tv.
Load More Replies... Lupita Nyong'heaux 8 months ago
our house was broken into in the early '70s. when we got home, there was some stuff missing, but our TV/stereo/radio combo (which was even bigger than this one) was sitting by the door. they managed to get it that far before realizing, "yeahhh, this ain't gon work out." LMAO
Gogubaci 8 months ago
I have a funny story, happened to my uncle, he had one of these big wooden case TVs and one night a thief broke into his appartment through the balcony window (he lived on the 1st floor) and nicked the TV while his son slept virtually with his head on it. The thief tried to go out through the door, but because it was dark as he exited the appartment he stumbled and fell down the stairs, TV and all. They found the thief in the morning with a broken leg next to the TV, which was c*****d open like a watermelon. Thief got nicked by police, TV was put together with duct tape and it still worked for another 5 years or so
Jumping Jellyfishes 8 months ago
Whenever the picture went wonky, we'd bang on the top of it, and mom would yell, "Stop hitting the TV! It won't fix it!" But it actually did.
d4r4d6bkrn 8 months ago
I have one in my living room. My kids love watching old vhs tapes on it.
ROSESARERED 8 months ago
Just got rid of my CRT 68cm tv a month ago. Still works, but the new one is great....no background buuuzzzzz
The moderator added: "I see it as an emotional comfort kind of thing."
It's quite easy to get so wrapped up in daydreaming about the past that you start ignoring your present, at the cost of the future.
The moderator from the “[Heck], I’m Old” team had some helpful advice for anyone trying to navigate their relationship with nostalgia in a healthy way.
"Just don't get stuck in the nostalgia bubble. It can be a comfort in these trying times," they said.
#4
My Grandmother Had One Of These Cork Coaster Caddies. I Don’t Recall Why, But I Was Fascinated With It When I Was Young
Nikki Gross 8 months ago
We had 2 of those in our living room, because there were so many of us one wasn't enough. God help you, if Mom caught you setting down a drink without one. That was one of the few hard and fast rules in our house.
Mark Alexander 8 months ago
Still see the coasters. All the knobs have vanished and the caddies have decayed into dust. Occasionally, the coasters still show signs of cork.
#5
Because I Know What This Is For
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
One time, their imprint machine was broken, so they put the card on the desk, put the receipt form on top of it, and rubbed a pencil back and forth across it to make the carbon transfer of the embossed card number.
nottheactualphoto 8 months ago
Been there, done that. Because we didn't have a machine.
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Hoi-Polloi 8 months ago
It is a device to slow down credit card fraud, so it happens at human speed instead of computer speed!
Sue 8 months ago
I think some have updated now, but the sign in ASL for credit card was/is making a fist & running it over your other open hand like you were running the card.
Monosyllabicgirl 8 months ago
my favorite signs in ASL are like that. like soda (mimicking opening tab) and pancake (pan hand, wavering hand over for flipping the pancake) thank you for sharing, i love it
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 8 months ago
You don't even get embossed numbers on cards anymore, so these things (we called them Streamline) wouldn't work with modern cards.
#6
They Say You Can't Hear A Picture. I Would Have To Disagree
Son of Philosoraptor 8 months ago
I used to handle claims for a budwiser distributor. When they put you on hold, you'd hear the frogs having some hilarious dialog. It was great.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
Right about the time the banned using animated characters to advertise beer.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
I did a search and came up with this: "Vintage UK Beer & Booze Adverts (Vol.14)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlxvI5r6iEk
"But when getting stuck in the past negatively impacts the present, it also affects your future. Occasionally checking your rearview mirror while driving is good, but only looking back can quickly lead you to your peril," the moderator warned.
"Looking back at memories from your past can be good. It reminds us of who we are and where we came from. Recognize all the good things that contributed to who you are. Apply that experience in ways to better your now, and your future."
The “[Heck], I’m Old” subreddit is, somewhat ironically, also getting noticeably older. It was first created in late September 2013. Though that’s less than 12 years ago when you think about just how much the world has changed and everything that’s happened during that period leading up to 2025, it almost feels more like 120 years.
The world seemed so simple back then (even though it was anything but). At the time of writing, the community boasted 320k nostalgia-loving members from around the globe.
#7
Ever Read These In The Doctor's/Dentist's Office?
Hoi-Polloi 8 months ago
Heck yeah! I used to get SO VERY ANGRY at Goofus for being a jerk.
Load More Replies... TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 8 months ago
I used to get these sent to my house! good memories...
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
My GPs had copies of Punch magazine for everyone's entertainment. Well, they did have cartoons in them... https://magazine.punch.co.uk/gallery/PUNCH-1970s-Front-Cover-Cartoons/G0000NkZCCU4GYnc/C000066oZEvrNB5E
Auntriarch 8 months ago (edited)
I used to love Punch, didn't understand most of it at the time though. One dentist we went to had National Geographic, how posh was that?
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Saturday Morning Cartoons, Some Of The Best Memories Ever
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago (edited)
And the Disney Afternoon. Gen-X and Millennials grew up with the best cartoons for ever.
Lee451 Henderson 8 months ago
I must disagree. 1960's kids had the best Saturday mornings ever. Banana Splits, HR Pufnstuf, Lidsville.....
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Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
How can I trust a collection of Saturday morning cartoons without Bugs Bunny or the Flintstones? And where's Fat Albert? The Groovie Goolies? Pink Panther? Hong Kong Phooey? Dastardly and Muttley? Mr. Magoo? The Banana Splits? Okay, they weren't cartoon characters, but still. Other than Scooby and the gang and maybe Underdog, this is not my crowd, so I guess I'm even older than I thought.
cogadh 8 months ago (edited)
Flintstones was a prime time cartoon, not Saturday morning. All the rest of those are 1970s and earlier shows. Clearly the image above has a 1980s bias.
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 8 months ago (edited)
The 'toons here are WAY too modern, but at least they have Danger Mouse.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
Bro, Danger Mouse was from the 80s. Scooby Doo and Under Dog are from the 60s. Danger Mouse is way closer in time to TMNT and isn't as old as you think.
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Don Adams 8 months ago
Sure do. And Diver Dan, Captain Kangaroo, Soupy Sales, the Go Go Gophers. I am ancient! Lol
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
I'm a Brit but we had The Banana Splits over here in my youth: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBmglrblsu5rx5akev8TrEseGw0Tv-YiB
Vermonta 8 months ago
and here's the theme song la la la. la LA la la. la la
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I Miss These You Could Hang Up On People Satisfactorily
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Heh. I'll go you one better. We had that same phone - and ours was on a Party Line.
Vermonta 8 months ago
Hang up Margaret, I'm on here now and I know you are listening
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
You used to avoid calling people who had nines in their number because it took so much longer to dial.
General Anaesthesia 8 months ago (edited)
In the UK, if you survived long enough to dial the whole emergency number - 999 - they might send help.
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 8 months ago
Hitting 'end call' just doesn't resonate the way slamming down the receiver did.
Papa 8 months ago
I still remember the frustration of being near the end of dialing a number and my finger slipping out so I have to hang up and start over.
Lupita Nyong'heaux 8 months ago
facts! tapping that lil red button is not NEARLY as satisfying as slamming this bad boy down as hard as you could when you were angry with someone. lol
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Sure, slamming this sucker down was awesome. But we don't talk about the absolute terror of trying to be caller number 7 to win tickets to Supertramp! Oh, the agony of being caller number 6.
Michael Largey 8 months ago (edited)
In the 1960s I lived in a town where you only had to dial the last five digits to make a local call. The first two digits were the same for every number.
Monosyllabicgirl 8 months ago
also to those who remember the Pulse instead of tone, you could dial out on these even if parents locked the dial. could click the hang up in quick succession for each number as long as they didnt have a zero in it :)
Aging is a very natural and inevitable part of life. So, like it or not, you’ll have to get used to the idea that not only are you going to change, but so is the world. Technology is gonna get weirder and more powerful (probably!).
Tastes and trends in music, movies, video games, and entertainment are gonna shift time and time again. Pop culture will probably become even more bizarre than now.
#10
I Loved Playing With This In The Dark
Upstaged75 8 months ago
They still make this. You can get the original version with the pegs, or one with push buttons that light up.
#11
Anyone Else Use Plastic Cocktail Swords For Creating Sword Fights Between Your Action Figures?
Portentia9 8 months ago
I used them to peel and eat grapes when I was a kid. Sometimes, they were good for Barbie duals.
#12
Who Else Played Like This?
Noname 8 months ago
Rubber cement smeared on the desk, then rolling it into a very bouncy ball
Don Adams 8 months ago
Or making fake boogers and then flicking them at someone
Load More Replies... TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 8 months ago
kids used to do it when i was in elementary school, but i never did because i hated the feeling of glue on my hands
Sue 8 months ago
I don't remember having glue sticks when I was little but maybe my mom didn't buy them. Just the jar of paste, that tasted good.
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Huddo's sister 8 months ago
Kids still do this, in between using the phones lol. I literally saw a kid doing it today.
Meanwhile, from your personal point of view, as you get older, you’ll start noticing how the (un)healthy habits you’ve lived with up till now are affecting your physical, mental, and social well-being.
You’ll probably need to spend more and more time and effort maintaining your health, moving away from bad habits, and embracing new ones. The good news is that you can decide to improve your life, health, relationships, and career, no matter what age you are.
#13
My Grandmother Had A Large Number Of National Geographic Magazines. I Recall Looking At The Pictures While I Drank My Chocolate Milk. Good Times
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 8 months ago
There was an old joke: "What's the difference between a naked white lady and a naked black lady?" "One appears in Playboy and the other in National Geographic."
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Tim Douglass 8 months ago
I got my Dad's collection that extended from the mid 1930s to 1990s. I had a subscription that took me up to about 2008. We had a fire that destroyed most of them. I sometimes miss them, but they took up *sooo* much room!
#14
We All Grew Up With One Of These
keyboardtek 8 months ago
The pinnacle of laziness when one wastes electricity to open a can that can easily be done by hand in fifteen seconds. Unless of course one has bad arthritis pain in the hands.
#15
60 Yrs On, The PB&J Is *still* A Good Sandwich
Portentia9 8 months ago
I've had bouts of nostalgia with sandwiches. PB&J will always be a staple for me, however, from time to time, I want that old-fashioned thick bologna, cheese, lettuce and mayo sammich.
Douglas Turner 8 months ago
So trust me on this... take that, butter the OUTSIDES and put it in a sandwhich machine. It'll burn your tongue but it'll taste great.
Huddo's sister 8 months ago
I've never tried it, but I don't like chocolate with peanut butter, so I don't think I'll like it. Vegemite and cheese is a more nostalgic sandwich for me, even more so if it's toasted.
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Veggie sarnies rule! I'm in Canada now, so I have a relative in Australia that sends me a squeezy tube thingy (their current incarnation) every few months to feed my childhood habit (born in Oz, teethed on Vegemite on rusk biscuits).
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I asked our local triathlete what food she eats for extended energy, thinking she ate some exotic high nutritional foods and gobbled expensive supplements. She said she lives on PB & J sandwiches.
Auntriarch 8 months ago (edited)
Cheese & pickle please. Cheddar and Branston. Pure time travel.
Monosyllabicgirl 8 months ago
i love that you have this distinction. mine is for a BLT, has to be very lightly toasted
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Now, in moderation, nostalgia can be incredibly beneficial to you. Thinking about the great times you’ve had in the past can help you weather a lot of the stress, uncertainty, and anxiety that’s battering you in the present.
However, if all you ever do is daydream about the past and think how the Good Old Days were so much better than what you have now, you’ll miss out on a ton of great opportunities for relationships, friendships, travel, jobs, hobbies, etc
A good rule of thumb is to see how much nostalgia and daydreaming impact your routine. If you feel that your daily life, health, job, and relationships are being affected, it's time to dial back.
#16
You See This, But The Memory Of The Smell Dominates Even Faster
Kira Okah 8 months ago
Title is not a lie. Not touched play-doh in a long time and I still remember the smell.
Rob D 8 months ago
Well, since you'll own it, I'll join you. Albeit not quite as enthuastically.
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Monosyllabicgirl 8 months ago
anyone elses parents make it for you? the homemade smelled (and *ahem* tasted) the same but the food coloring would stain hands eventually
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 8 months ago
i once ate some when i was 2, and i still remember the taste..
Huddo's sister 8 months ago
I was secretly glad we were too poor to buy it, the homemade one didn't have the smell (and eating it wasn't so bad)
#17
Already In The Museum
Liz Rutherford 8 months ago
I had the accessory that you could hook up the CD player to your cassette player.
#18
Anyone Have This Rocking Horse?
Upstaged75 8 months ago
Absolutely! I have a pic of me from the 70's where I'm riding this horse while wearing fabulous plaid pants. :)
no adhesiveness 2020 8 months ago
"tell Grandma your horse wants a cookie. Don't let her give you no apple, he wants a cookie!"
malleymac84_1 8 months ago
I used to put on my cowboy hat, ride my horse (Buster) and play my toy saxophone. my mom has a picture.
According to WebMD, there are lots of pros and cons to aging that you can look forward to. One thing that you can look forward to is so-called crystalized intelligence, where you’re good at applying what you’ve learned.
Science Direct notes that this is the knowledge you’ve acquired through your culture, verbal ability, and social knowledge. Typically, crystalized intelligence peaks in middle age and then declines when you’re in your mid-seventies.
#19
All My Albums Played On This…
Scott Rackley 8 months ago
Yup, it was basically a wood resonance chamber. Real wood. Very very very heavy wood.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 8 months ago
Ours went from floor to ceiling. Amazing speakers (as all our neighbors could attest).
Lupita Nyong'heaux 8 months ago
this is remarkably similar to the combo the burglars were unable to steal in my comment in #1. lol the doors were different, tho, and slid into the cabinet so you could watch tv.
#20
These Were A Blast. Who Had This Or The Cheaper Glider?
Lee451 Henderson 8 months ago
Hey, the rubber band powered wete for the rich kids.
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#21
Who Amazed Their Friends With This Trick?
Ozymandias73 8 months ago
You couldn't be referring to the number 8,008 could you?
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WebMD states that as you age, you may become more agreeable, happy, and less inclined to get angry. You’re also more likely to be in tune with other people’s emotions while you’re in your forties. On the flip side, aging and illness can affect your taste and smell, which in turn can impact your diet and health.
Aging can also affect your sleep patterns. For some people, this means that they wake up earlier. Some might have trouble sleeping through the night and wake up more often while it’s still dark outside. Generally, older people are more scared of breaking something during falls. Meanwhile, you may get slightly shorter as the spaces between your vertebrae get closer together.
#22
Pizza And Chocolate Milk School Lunch Set Us Up For Our Healthy Later Years
Portentia9 8 months ago (edited)
There was something phenomenal about school pizza. I crave it to this day and have found nothing that comes close to it. It's the same with the foot-long chili-cheese dogs at school. They were great!!!
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 8 months ago
and the mandarin orange cups were like a bomb of juice in your face, so you always had to call over a teacher to help you open em. good times. still eat em to this day(ate one this morning, and splattered my glasses with the juice)
Monosyllabicgirl 8 months ago
in Wisconsin our milk was only a nickel, even when i graduated 23 yrs ago. drank soooo much of it
#23
Loved This Pink Box
Monosyllabicgirl 8 months ago
i was so allergic to this, i had to go to dr for inflamed lady bits at like age 5. still used ot, just much less and much less often!
#24
If You Know What's Wrong With This Picture You Are Older Than The Internet And Still Smarter
Daniel Atkins 8 months ago
It is illogical that you still are a deputy despite being so incompetent.
nottheactualphoto 8 months ago
There was (is?) a prog rock band called Spock's Beard.
Load More Replies... Jumping Jellyfishes 8 months ago (edited)
I've got better Spock scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaKpbaWR2pI
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Okay - I get Spock, but who's the other guy and what's it all about? Can anyone explain?
Dori 8 months ago
That's um, the deputy from the Andy Griffith show. Name escapes me. I think the show was a product of the 50s, maybe the 40s? It's been in reruns forever and that's how this 40 something knows it.
Load More Replies...WebMD points out that early retirement might not be the best choice, as people who work jobs they enjoy while also having positive relationships with their friends and partners live longer. Older people can also be less stressed while at the same time losing some of their earlier self-confidence after turning sixty due to potential health issues and the potential for retirement.
#25
Toys Of The Past
Liz Rutherford 8 months ago
My brother jumped off the porch with a Tinker Toy in his mouth. He punctured the roof of his mouth and has to go to the hospital.
Duane Ringlein 8 months ago
Yessssssss, I'm so old had a tinkertoy, lincoln logs, and an erector set
Joe West 8 months ago
Dear Vermonta, I shan't dispute the erector set part of your comment.
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Who Remembers These Guys?
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Fun Fact: Roger Ebert wrote screenplays, including for Russ Meyers' "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens" (credited as 'R. Hyde').
Michael Largey 8 months ago
Yes, but now it's toes up instead of thumbs up.
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Oh No Mr. ____? If You Know His Name, Guess What... You're Old
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Mr. Bill. And you're right. I was an adult before he first appeared. Mr. Sluggo says 'Hi!'
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
Mr. Bill. My aunt's cat was named Sluggo this was such a huge part of my family.
Multa Nocte 8 months ago
I found a fabulous plastic Mr. Bill pin and took the pin off and glued Mr. Bill to my doorbell. Some a*****e stole it after 2 weeks.
Lynn 8 months ago
Back in the early 80's I found a perfectly molded clay Mr. Bill in the biology building at Indiana University. He went everywhere with me for months before meeting his demise. He was squished when a passenger in the rear of my car folded the seatback forward. That was his last 'Oh, no!'
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Part of SNL, Saturday Night Live, so yup. Funny thing is, even here in Canada, I well recall enjoying British TV when I was young. Monty Python was incredible for a teen in the '70s. Expand your horizons, Harry! Not everything stamped Made in America is trash.
Load More Replies...Which of the pics that we’ve featured here today do you feel the most nostalgic about, dear Pandas? Were there any images that made you stop scrolling while you daydreamed about your youth?
Generally speaking, what do you miss the most about the past? On the other hand, what are some awesome things that you love about the present that you wouldn’t change for the world? Let us know!
#28
Yes I Am!
Portentia9 8 months ago
I distinctly remember hanging with my then best friend discussing the ability to talk face-to-face from any location on a screen of sorts. This was in the early 80s and that was considered imaginative.
Tahar Taggle 8 months ago
There should be a World atlas, an encyclopedia and a pile of phone books in the background, for accuracy.
Michelle C 8 months ago
I still remember wanting to be left alone whenever I had a CD player on because I just wanted to enjoy the music I was playing!
#29
Idk If You Did, But I Always Did!
#30
My Favorite But Too Bad The Taste Didn't Last Long!
Portentia9 8 months ago
Yeh, the flavour didn't last and neither did the pack. It consumed piece by piece as the flavour wore off from the last one. I loved Fruit Stripes.
#31
For Just 25 Cents You Could Be A Cowboy Or Cowgirl For Two Minutes
Liz Rutherford 8 months ago
There was a little mom & pop grocery store a block from where I grew up. Not only did they have an awesome gum dispenser (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent and 25 cent), they had that bad boy. Had to beg my mom for a quarter so I could ride. She didn't cave often.
Margaret Lubahn 8 months ago
Sandy Pony is alive and well, and still costs only a penny at my local Meijer store!
#32
Atari - My Oldest Console Experience
Upstaged75 8 months ago
I got tendonitis in my thumb when I was 10 years old from trying to beat Pitfall. :)
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
We were the first ones on our block to get Pong, woohoo! Fascinating to ponder how many hours I spent chasing that silly white ball. Pinball was an early fave, too. Battling a little silver ball. Then Pac-Man came along, and I was invested in that little yellow ball, lol!
#33
Sitting In The Back Seat Of A Country Squire. If The Window Was Down, You Smelled Exhaust. If The Window Was Up, You Smelled Nicotine. What Did You Smell?
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Cattle Feed. If I was in the back end, I would be sitting on sacks of feed as we were coming home from the Farm Bureau.
Upstaged75 8 months ago
Everyone in my neighborhood back in the 80's had that same wood paneled wagon with the rear facing seats. We always fought over who got to sit there.
Monosyllabicgirl 8 months ago
i think thats the same one we had in late 80s. i would gladly drive one!
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
My Dad's cheap cigars! I practically lived in the back of our station wagon as we travelled across the country (North America) when I was a kid. My parents were half of a band with a drummer and guitarist that travelled on their own. Inhaling that cigar smoke and listening to country music on the radio are pretty heavy sensory memories for me.
Lee451 Henderson 8 months ago
Neither of my parents smoked. CAFE standards killed the very popular station wagon.
#34
Making You Queasy Since 1926
#35
At The Game I Begged My Dad To Buy Me A Plastic Batting Helmet - "No, You'll Just Break It Like The Other Three." - "I Promise To Take Care Of This One." After 52 Years, Did I Do Ok?
Upstaged75 8 months ago
When I played softball the team had one batting helmet that we all shared and only wore it up to batt. Then it would fall off as you ran to 1st base.
#36
The Elderly Among Us Will Know Who This Is!
Donna Peluda 8 months ago
Clap for the wolf man. The guess who. I know who he was because of that song
Arthur Waite 8 months ago
I remember seeing him in American Graffiti, and looking up who that was, then trying to find him on the radio.
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Michael Largey 8 months ago
He did a lot of work in Mexico, and his show was syndicated there and in Canada.
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Going Into The 100th Year
Dawn Marie 8 months ago
I am a girl. DUHHH!!! I was 6 when I asked for these one Christmas I am 61 now. I still have them and will give them to my first grandchild if/when it ever arrives!!
Tom Brincefield 8 months ago
I never had enough to build exactly what I wanted, but it was always a struggle getting them back in the container.
#38
Whose Parents Had One Of These?
Scott Rackley 8 months ago
I loved going there for the black light posters for my bedroom.
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#39
Us Older People Will Know The Error
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Unless he has a really agitated bottle of Champagne in his frunk. No radiator to boil over - front OR back.
SM 8 months ago (edited)
There are actually two errors. Engine is in the back, and air cooled. Some motorcycles had larger engines. :-)
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Er, air-cooled Beetle engines ranged from 1131cc (1938) to 1584cc (flat four). Honda's CB750 managed 125mph in 1968 from 736cc - you really don't actually *need* a bigger engine than that on a motorcycle (never mind what I've got in the garage... 😁). Perhaps, SM, you're confusing VW Beetles with Citroen 2CVs? - which began with engines of 375cc and ended up with 602cc (flat twin).
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago (edited)
For the confused: that's a VW Beetle (Type 1 aka Bug) with its air-cooled engine at the back, pictured as if it were an overheated front-engined water-cooled car blowing off steam. The steam *appears* to be coming from approximately the location of the spare wheel (Beetles keep the battery under the rear seat - they are not the same as other cars...). The only liquid in that front luggage compartment was windscreen washer fluid, but the tank for that was further back.
#40
Found One In The Wild
Lady Eowyn 8 months ago
I remember ones all of wood, a wooden bench to sit on, the phone mounted just over a shelf, with another shelf underneath for the phone book, which was often chained in place.
Joe West 8 months ago
In the 1960s, at the "D(estroyer) & S(ubmarine) Piers Fleet Call Center onboard US Naval Operating Base Norfolk Va, I waited patiently until directed to the specific telephone booth where the operator had connected my call home. Yeah, it was a relic of the WWII avalanche of sailors calling their homes all over America. Sometimes those calls needed an operator to research, locate, and connect to a sailor's family from rural and distant parts, bringing folks lacking telephone service to folks who did (sometimes the local general store or town mayor). So far as I know, the call center is long gone and those sweet, patient, caring telephone operators--all women--have passed, unsung, across the bar. G-D Bless them, every one.
#41
Did You Have These?
Alex Boyd 8 months ago
We used them for these laminated phonics worksheets; you wrote your answers and took it up for the teacher to check, then cleaned it with a paper towel and some sort of spray. The worksheets were color-coded by level and lived in a big box; when it was time to do them, you'd line up at the box and pick out one from the color you were on. once you'd done each one well enough to get a checkmark, (I don't remember if it had to be perfect, or 9 out of 10, or what) you got to go on to the next color. It was a low-tech way for everybody to work at their own pace, and use one set of materials for the whole class. It worked pretty well, unless you were down to 1 or 2 worksheets left to complete in a color, and some other kid picked that one to do. Then you'd have to re-do one you'd already checked off.
Lee Gilliland 8 months ago
We used these in the Air Force to track airplanes. No I am not kidding.
emily_harvey116 8 months ago
I used them at my job as a restaurant hostess to mark our table charts.
#42
A Local Dairy Queen Still Has Their "Little Miss Dairy Queen" Mascot Up From The 1960s
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Found another one! This beauty was around in 2019 in Saco, Maine: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsosIEplqLE/ Little-Mis...27205.jpeg 
#43
If You Know This Man’s Name And The Name Of His Most Well Known TV Character, You Are Or Will Soon Be Eligible For A Senior’s Discount
Bill Swallow 8 months ago (edited)
Well, GOLL-EE! Let's see if I can cipher it out, Sergeant Carter!
Lupita Nyong'heaux 8 months ago
yeah, he killed that song, which is one of my favorites. the lyrics are extremely moving.
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Kyra Noelle 8 months ago
Since no one mentioned his real name, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Nabors
#44
If You Recognize This Family... Mmmm, You Is Old
Portentia9 8 months ago
We were convinced that Roger was the guy doing the shake move in Ferris Buller's Day Off. It was during the city dancing scene.
#45
Early 70’s Picture Time At Family Gatherings - Gotta Have These
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Later replaced by the flash bar - a strip with as many bulbs as exposures on a roll of film. Contacts on top and bottom, you had to flip it over midway through the roll, but at least you had enough bulbs.
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Same as the Flip Flash? We knew each other well back when: https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2014/flip-flash/ Flip-Flash...85e81.jpeg 
Mike F 8 months ago
"Flash Cubes" they snapped onto the top of your camera and replaced the big flash bulb reflectors.
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#46
Guys - Did You Have One, Or Just Want One?
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Here in the UK, we had the Raleigh Chopper: https://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_collectibles/70s/raleigh_chopper.html (inspired by the US Schwinn Stingray)
Auntriarch 8 months ago
Recently saw a Chopper on Repair Shop, grown men tearing up all round...
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Chuck Freiman 8 months ago
Mine didn't have the shifter on it. But yes.....,.,my favorite bike.
#47
Did You Play This Game
#48
Wham-0 Toy From The Past
Nimitz 8 months ago
And you'd always try to trick someone else into going first so they could find the rocks you missed.
Nannychachi 8 months ago
It was all fun and games until you hit that one hard root thing sticking up out of the ground.
Nikki Gross 8 months ago (edited)
All the way into my teens in the early 90's we would make the homemade "Redneck" version. A really thick plastic tarp and you would either use baby oil or vegetable oil, water hose pick the slightest incline and automatic Slip 'N Slide. We were all broke, so we made do with what we had laying around.
Nikki Gross 8 months ago
BTW: Don't ever try to use ANY type of dish liquid detergent. We tried that once during the Summer, when we had ALL been drinking and roasting in the Southern heat. IYKYK. We used WAY too many bottles of the cheapest things that we could buy. #1: Bubbles are great, in small quantities. NOT when it looks like Mr. Bubble exploded. #2: Dish liquid on bathing suits, shorts, t-shirts, flip flops and sandals, is impossible to wash off with a water hose. Good luck trying to sit on ANYTHING without your a*s sliding around, even the grass. #3: If you're wearing a 2 piece bathing suit or halter top, make sure that shīt is secure. More than one girl lost their tops and in one case, her bottom came off.....Have a fun summer and drink responsibly!
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 8 months ago
Somebody brought a slip-n-slide to a picnic in grad school and we had the greatest time. Until the next day, when a bunch of bright 20 somethings realized they'd spent the prior evening repeatedly hurling themselves onto the ground, and that sh|t hurt. A lot!
Portentia9 8 months ago
In the 80s, our house was upgraded. Workers left a big roll of kitchen tile and we used it for a slip n slide. It was great as it was super long!!!
Huddo's sister 8 months ago
I was never able to have one. Not just the cost, but we had no lawn only concrete (my grandad was against having lawn). One time I did go to a friend's birthday party who had one which was cool.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
Had one. Had friends who built an extra large one out of plastic drop cloth. That thing was legit scary.
#49
Did Anyone Have One?
Tom Brincefield 8 months ago
We had this version. Used it until we ran out of the flavor liquids.
#50
Does Anyone Recognize Them?
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Johnny Carson. AKA the best darn talk show host ever and I shall die on this hill.
#51
Banned Early To Mid 1960s Toy
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Clackers. Problem was if you got too energetic with them, the plastic could splinter and send sharp splinters toward faces and eyes.
Chuck Freiman 8 months ago
I had a pair......of clackers in the early 70s. Loved playing with them. But terrified the would break and kaboom! No more face.
#52
Who Remembers These, And When Raspberry Candies Was Still Dark Red, And Not Windshield Wiper Blue?
Sue User 8 months ago
Remeber the craze if "cinnamon sticks" ? People soaked toothpicks in a cinnamon solition and chewed on them.
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Mint ones too, as I recall. Never used them as actual toothpicks. We just sucked on those tasty pieces of wood. What the hey was wrong with our parents, lol!
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#53
Saw This In A Coffee Shop. My 28-Year-Old Daughter Had No Idea Why I Said: "Ohhhh Noooooooooooooo!" In A High Pitched Voice
#54
Does Anyone Else Still Love Them?
Jessica Scott 8 months ago
I just had a whole conversation with my boss the other day about rainbow sprinkles are the best
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 8 months ago
I brought these to a party, everybody groaned about how bad they were, they were gone within 5 minutes, and everybody was happy. People. Go figure.
#55
What Did You Buy With These?
Lowrider 56 8 months ago
As a kid I used to love going to grandpop's, it was literally right across the street. He save the stamps for me to put in the books. Then I got to pick out what I wanted.
Lady Eowyn 8 months ago
I still have a horse figurine my mom bought for me with green stamps! It's a big ceramic figure in a traditional Greco-Roman style.
Jumping Jellyfishes 8 months ago
We got a ping pong table. Spend hours pressing those stamps onto a wet sponge to glue into the books
#56
Jim Henson's Dinosaurs
Nimitz 8 months ago (edited)
Some people lament Firefly, but Dinosaurs was my first. They created a show kids where immediately hooked on then cancelled it with everyone dying at the end of the first season. I remember my mom and her church hating the show because the Satanic Panic! at the time said dinosaurs weren't real and fossils were just a trick from Satan
#57
Cracker Balls- I Used To Terrorize My Younger Sisters With These
Bill Swallow 8 months ago (edited)
Impact-detonated loosely contained black powder. Fun, but a bit blase after real fireworks. If we had any dud firecrackers, we would bend them in half to break one side open in the middle, put them down on a big flat rock with a bit of powder spilled out, light it, and then quickly smash the end of a baseball bat down on it. EASILY three times louder than the firecracker would have been had it worked! (You know... these might have worked the same way had it occurred to me to try it!)
Upstaged75 8 months ago
We just had those strips of paper caps that exploded when you hit them with a hammer. They were meant for cap guns, but we never used them that way. :)
Ozymandias73 8 months ago
I used to squeeze them between my fingers until they popped. No danger or damage.
Hoi-Polloi 8 months ago
I loved these guys. My brother and I would use them as artillery in our army man battles.
#58
Before P-Touch, Dymo Had These…
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Ours was a much sleeker, gray and dark blue metal version. I likened it to a ST: TNG Phaser. Sorta like this - Dymo-Label...77723f.jpg 
Huddo's sister 8 months ago
I coveted my grandad's one, but by the time he gave it to me, the new Dymo label makers were more my thing.
#59
Wow, This Does It For Me!
Michael Largey 8 months ago
They starred in the TV show "He and She" in 1967, and that's what they still are.
#60
Who Here Had One Of These Bad Boys?
nottheactualphoto 8 months ago
The board would vibrate, causing the "players" to move around slowly and randomly.
Don Adams 8 months ago
Later editions had the bases that could be adjusted by turning a wheel so you could somewhat direct the players motion. Helped a little. Not much, but a little
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There Are People Who Think The Word “Ditto” Originated With The Pokémon
Kira Okah 8 months ago
The ditto machine is the origin of a single meaning of the word ("a copy of a paper" meaning). Ditto in the common usage of "thing mentioned previously" came into English from Italian, with the same meaning, in the 17th century.
Donna Peluda 8 months ago
In Italian I think it's a colloquial express meaning "said" any Italians in the house.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 8 months ago
There was also the ditto mark - " - which meant 'same as the word right above this mark.' Often used in all sorts of lists.
Sue 8 months ago (edited)
If there were several items below, they taught us to write "Ditto" first, then use the ".to replicate the entire sentence above.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 8 months ago
I still remember papers from the ditto machine in grade school. The ink always looked purple. And they'd be warm if the teacher had just run them.
Sunny Day 8 months ago
Makes me think of the mimeograph machines. They were hand crank, and made blue-ink copies of the master. They came off slightly damp and cool.
Janos Schumacher 8 months ago
Ditto = '' It's called a ditto mark. It's used all the time. I use it when making notes all the time. 4@25#$5/#=$2,500, '' to Johnson and Co. FOB both. People still write things sometimes.
Igor914624 8 months ago
They need to watch "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" just to see the scenes with the teacher nicknamed "Ditto" and everyone sniffing the tests to get a buzz from the ditto fluid.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
We had one in my grade school in the 80s. It's how they made work sheets and such for us kids.
aditya syam 8 months ago
actuallhy it comes from the word 'indeed' => 'indeeddio' => 'ditto'. all is flux...
#62
I’m Old
Lee451 Henderson 8 months ago
Anyone remember the plastic goop you smeared on your LPs to "clean out the grooves"?
#63
I Think My Fingers Are Still Red From Eating Pistachios
Daniel Atkins 8 months ago
They were dyed red to hide discoloration on the shell from the drying process and make them look more attractive.
Kira Okah 8 months ago (edited)
As someone who has never seen a pistachio dyed red in my life let alone eaten one, what purpose is there behind painting them red?
FlamingZombies 8 months ago
https://sporked.com/article/why-were-pistachios-dyed-red/#:~:text=Prior%20to%20the%20'70s%2C%20most,producers%20dyed%20the%20nuts%20red.
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
We use them at my work and I always ask new co-workers "Do you remember when these were bright red?"
Heras buddy 8 months ago
The colored ones were imported from Iran. The natural ones are from California. Guess why you don't see the colored ones anymore.
Don Adams 8 months ago
The red was added to hide the splotches of deterioration in transit. Otherwise no one would be buying them. Always fun to have red fingers for a while after eating them.
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Another Saturday Morning/Afternoon Must Watch
Sue 8 months ago
Kansas City Bombers! We saw it at the drive-in & I was 10 & rollerskated everywhere. I told my parents in the car that's what I wanted to be when I grew up. My dad said "no way that's going to happen!" Even at that age, I looked at him like he was crazy thinking I was making serious life plans.
#65
If Your Family Used An Old-Fashioned Oil Lamp Like This Whenever You Lost Your Electricity, Then Yeah You’re Probably Old Like Me
Portentia9 8 months ago
I began collecting them in my early 20s. I should start again. they are so wonderful and ambient.
Huddo's sister 8 months ago
My mum has a collection, I was never allowed to touch them
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 8 months ago
We upgraded to Coleman lanterns with the Thorium Mantles. They put out a lot of light. The hurricane lamps were relegated to the attic or the summer kitchen.
Dusty's mom 8 months ago
Way better than candles, and they last much longer on a fill. If you have reflectors, they light up even better.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
One thing about growing up in the UK in the 1970s is that camping holidays were a thing for a lot of people - we just got out the camping gear for power cuts. Gas cartridges and pressurised paraffin for the lights, a big gas bottle for the twin hob + grill cooker. There was a time when power cuts were deliberate events to save coal: https://www.historyhit.com/when-the-lights-went-out-in-britain-the-story-of-the-three-day-working-week/
#66
Big Laughs Starting In ‘69 … 😂
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Impostor! You're not fooling anyone, you with your front water-cooled engine!
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago (edited)
They made 50 "Herbie"s for the original film, apparently. https://motor-j****e.com/surprising-facts-about-the-legendary-herbie-volkswagen-bug/66814/. (the censored url component should read j-u-n-k-i-e without the dashes) There's a Herbie from the 2005 remake in a museum "this particular Herbie was equipped with a 200 horsepower engine that can propel it to a remarkable 138 miles per hour" https://www.petersen.org/vehicle-spotlights/1966-volkswageen-beetle-herbie
#67
Who Used These Bad Boys For The 4th Of July?
Bill Swallow 8 months ago (edited)
We had a big 'ol farm, most of a mile from the highway. Our Fourth of July activities always included firecrackers, cherry bombs, ash cans, M-80's, carbide cannons, and, after dark, sparklers, aerial bombs, buzz bombs, roman candles, and the like. Always a huge picnic and cookout at the picnic table across from the house, with a big wood fire in our stone fire pit, cooking hot dogs on sticks, with burgers, baked beans, macaroni salad, iced tea, chips, potato salad, deviled eggs, and toasting marshmallows on sticks over the coals. Funny thing - farm work made us all acutely aware of safety, so we never, EVER had a fireworks accident. In later years, I added Estes Rockets to the festivities. One favorite game was to plant a big 1-1/2" steel pipe in the ground, aimed up like a vertical mortar. Light a cherry bomb, drop it in the pipe, put a big rubber ball on top, withdraw to a safe distance, then run like mad to catch the ball before it landed. Played softball in the afternoon.
Kyra Noelle 8 months ago
Sounds like a lovely time. Would be nice to go back and relive.
Load More Replies... Nannychachi 8 months ago
You're gonna stand there, ownin' a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistlin' bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker don'ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistlin' kitty chaser???
nottheactualphoto 8 months ago
As a kid in NYC, these things were the stuff of legend. I may have seen an M-80 once in my life, but I'm not sure.
#68
If You Used One Of These You’re Likely Old Af
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 8 months ago
Had one for my Master System, although it had an RF connector rather than the screw type shown here.
#69
There Was That Special Odor And Hum Of The Transformer When You Plugged It In
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Here in the UK, we had Hornby model trains: https://hornbyguide.com/default.asp
E2U&U2 8 months ago
My Lionel train set was a gift from my grandfather about 65 years ago. After he passed, my grandmother gave it away, thinking I no longer cared about it. About 40 years ago, my husband found the same set and gave it to me as a Christmas present. I set it up every December on a track that surrounds the tree. Sadly, it no longer runs.
#70
How Much Money Did You Feed The Beast Back In The Day?
Nannychachi 8 months ago
They were 45 cents a pack when I started smoking in the 70s. Worst habit I ever had to break.
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Luckily, I was too young to smoke. The pinball machines took all my change!
Michelle C 8 months ago
My dad’s family did. I took one look at one of those in a local restaurant near where my grandparents lived and wondered why people would buy cigarettes like that. I also wondered why they would buy them at all.
#71
Feb 22nd: Who Else Watched The Miracle On Ice Game 45 Years Ago?
SM 8 months ago
Basically, true amateurs winning against a professional team (that of course, claimed to be amateurs). Not like today where it is all professionals. I don't think I saw this live (hard to remember, I was 23 at the time), but I certainly remember hearing about it and seeing it replayed many times.
Michelle C 8 months ago
I was too young to witness it, but I definitely heard a lot about it growing up!
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 8 months ago
I think it's fair to say that most of us in the UK didn't care. We're not big ice hockey fans.
Lupita Nyong'heaux 8 months ago
yup!!!! i screamed soooooo loud when we won! i couldn't believe it!
Arlnee 8 months ago
yeah, I was 13, on a trip to Boston with my family when that game happened, so we saw it live instead of on tape delay (because we lived in California--for non USians, pretty much everything on TV revolved around the Eastern time zone three hours different so in California you always saw everything last) in our hotel room. That whole vacation was awesome.
#72
Are You "Take A Picture With Your Phone So You Can Read It" Old?
Portentia9 8 months ago
I firmly believe that the progressively small print is deliberate. On ALL products.
Uncle Panda 8 months ago
Our vision fades with age so we don't see the wrinkles in the mirror or on loved ones faces.
Igor914624 8 months ago
I am "I have to have progressive lenses in my glasses to read this" old.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 8 months ago
Yep. I was trying to see the output voltage of a phone charger only yesterday, and the tiny print combined with dark green text on black plastic meant I had to take a photo and zoom.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
Not yet but I'm getting there. I'm farsighted so stuff small and close to my face is starting to give me trouble.
#73
I Think This Was Standard In Every Home. It May Have Been The Most Thing Given At Christmas
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
"Old Spice means quality, said the Captain to the Bosun; Look for the package with the ship that sails the ocean!"
Kyra Noelle 8 months ago
You knew Grandpa was getting ready to head out to who knows where, the house reeked of Old Spice. LOL
#74
If You Ever Saw These Burning Around Road Work, You're Old As Dirt
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
I'm utterly baffled What is that? Can anyone explain? (I'm guessing perhaps some sort of lamp? Roadworks etc. warning lamps were all battery powered here in the UK come the early 1970s as far as I recall)
Don Adams 8 months ago
They were placed around road construction sites and other hazardous locations for night time - the flame would serve as a warning light.
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Been There Done That Don't Know Which Was Worse Summer Or Winter
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Yeah, I'm old, but not *that* old. Even my one set of grandparents with an outside loo had had a proper flush toilet fitted by the time I was born.
Load More Replies... Lee451 Henderson 8 months ago
Did you spray until the rim with creosote to deter black widows?
Load More Replies... Janos Schumacher 8 months ago
That's what we had when I was a kid. My parents only got a septic system a few years ago. They're stupidly expensive. I remember going out to the outhouse when it was 45 below zero. You do get used to it and it hurries your business up.
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
Nighttime! I had to use one in my early days in Australia. No worries about the weather. I just hated that last trip of the night. Bugs, you bet. Possible snakes, sure. My cousin sneaking up behind me and scaring the literal c**p outta me? Oh yeah.
#76
The Older I Get, The More I Make This Face
#77
If You Know Who This Is
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
'Hawk', a second-season alien character from Gil Gerard's "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" TV series. Added to try and raise the ratings.
Hoi-Polloi 8 months ago
I mean... us boys had Col. Wilma Deering, so it's fair.
Load More Replies... Ozymandias73 8 months ago
He was my favorite character! I just thought he looked cool and his demeanor was kinda cool too.
Portentia9 8 months ago
We had these amazing ponchos that were from S. America. One was red and black, the other was white and black. They opened up into a V-shape. My eldest brother and I would run around the house pretending to be Hawk man and Hawk woman, jumping off beds and furniture, flapping our pretend wings.
#78
Earl Scheib Paint Job
sofacushionfort 8 months ago
Earl was born on Feb 28, 1908 (a leap year), and died on Feb 29, 1992: leap year day. If he’d been born a few hours later, he’d only have had 21 birthdays instead of 84
#79
I Hear It's An Excellent Vehicle To Travel To Czechoslovakia
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
STRIPES!!! OMG I never see that movie referenced anywhere. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, JOHN CANDY!!! Hilarious.
Uncle Panda 8 months ago
We see "Lighten up, Francis" all the time. It still applies.
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If You Know This Boy And Where He Lived, You Are F’in Old!
MagicJacket 8 months ago
I think "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble," but yeah. Years later, we got the Bubble Boy on Seinfeld.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 8 months ago
A friend of mine's daughter was born with the same disease that the "boy" had in this movie. It's called SCID and is absolutely horrible. They were able to cure her with a bone marrow transplant, but she was very sick for a long time.
Tiny Dancer 8 months ago
That's John Travolta and Glynnis O'Connor from 1976's "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble". Not a big hit, but notable for the real love affair between Travolta and the actress that played his mother, Diana Hyland. Nearly 20 years difference, they clicked and spent what, tragically, turned out to be the last six months of her life together (breast cancer).
#81
I Bet They Never Thought Her Daughter Would Become Famous
#82
Where Did You Buy Your Back To School Clothes?
#83
Digital Derby Anyone?
#84
Another “Blast” From The Past
#85
My First Cassette Is Always Van Halen I!
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 8 months ago
The single of Sister Christian by Night Ranger. And he fast forwards through the B-side so he can get back to MOTORIN'!
Portentia9 8 months ago
He is definitely listening to The Bangles or The Go-Gos. IROC's were for the preps, muscle cars were for the metal heads.
#86
Did You Have One Of These In Your Basement? I Can't Recall If There Were Rules
#88
Anyone Have This?
Bill Swallow 8 months ago
Nope, but I bought one for a friend of mine who was studying Comp Sci at Penn State. We had a blast programming it.
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Arlnee 8 months ago
American here, and actually I would LOVE to see one of these lists from a European or Asian perspective. Maybe someone can put some of those lists together? I'd love to see what others think is nostalgic from that time...
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Interesting to learn a little about the past of a foreign culture - thank you BP. It probably is nostalgic if you come from the right country - me being a Brit, not so much. 😁
MagicJacket 8 months ago
I love this thread. These were some of the items from my youth. If I had known better, I would have spent my youth taking photos of all sorts of things from my hometown. I love nostalgia.
Tom Brincefield 8 months ago
The only thing on this list I didn't experience first hand was some of the cartoons, because they were too new. 😭
Arlnee 8 months ago
American here, and actually I would LOVE to see one of these lists from a European or Asian perspective. Maybe someone can put some of those lists together? I'd love to see what others think is nostalgic from that time...
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Interesting to learn a little about the past of a foreign culture - thank you BP. It probably is nostalgic if you come from the right country - me being a Brit, not so much. 😁
MagicJacket 8 months ago
I love this thread. These were some of the items from my youth. If I had known better, I would have spent my youth taking photos of all sorts of things from my hometown. I love nostalgia.
Tom Brincefield 8 months ago
The only thing on this list I didn't experience first hand was some of the cartoons, because they were too new. 😭
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