*Official Old White Guy Thread* Remember the good old days? (1 Viewer)

[Binky The Doormat]

At Work Whiskey Dispensers

Shame this could never happen today.

 

[PIK95]

One word. Tang.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Tab cola was a beautiful drink for beautiful people.

Personally, I wanted to buy the world a Coke.

The Cris Collinsworth commercial where he is walking towards the hot blonde.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I miss Buitoni Instant Toaster Pizza :(

-QG

 

[GilbertGrape]

On a trip through Texas, my Dad gave me $10 and told me to go buy a case of Miller Lite at a gas station. I was 9. They sold it to me.

 

[Zegras11]

When you'd go down to the little league snack counter and buy a pack of baseball cards and get 10 cards for a dime. I loved that gum.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

When you'd go down to the little league snack counter and buy a pack of baseball cards and get 10 cards for a dime. I loved that gum.

And in those ten there would be maybe one Dave Parker and Ron Guidry and the rest would be the likes of Biff Pocoroba, Tim Foli, Ken Kravec and Bake McBride.

 

[Courtjester]

When you'd go down to the little league snack counter and buy a pack of baseball cards and get 10 cards for a dime. I loved that gum.

And in those ten there would be maybe one Dave Parker and Ron Guidry and the rest would be the likes of Biff Pocoroba, Tim Foli, Ken Kravec and Bake McBride.

But you know it didn't matter, because when you pulled that common that completed your set--it was the highlight of your day vs.today consulting with Beckett to see what it is worth.

 

[Zegras11]

When you'd go down to the little league snack counter and buy a pack of baseball cards and get 10 cards for a dime. I loved that gum.

And in those ten there would be maybe one Dave Parker and Ron Guidry and the rest would be the likes of Biff Pocoroba, Tim Foli, Ken Kravec and Bake McBride.

But you know it didn't matter, because when you pulled that common that completed your set--it was the highlight of your day vs.today consulting with Beckett to see what it is worth.

exactly. I must have thrown away 20-30 Ryan/Koosman rookie cards trying to find that last player to complete the 1-128.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Charlie's Angels cards

-QG

 

[Fennis]

Rubber bands around my baseball cards stored in a shoe box.

 

[Fennis]

I remember eating noodle salad at the lake.

Wearing one of these??

That's a sweet look.

 

[Reginald Cornsilks]

Oof.. Sorry GPJ

 

[flapgreen]

When you hung speakers on your side view mirror at the drive in and not set that radio thingy to a certain number.

 

[ShamrockPride]

What's a seatbelt?

 

[General Tso]

I miss going to the fireworks and not having inconsiderate d-bags walk two feet in front of where you are sitting and stand there videotaping the fireworks. Happened to me last night - twice. First of all, why the #### does anyone videotape fireworks? Are you going to go back home and and watch them again and again. Why can't people just watch a live event and, you know, actually enjoy it live. Second, when did awareness and consideration of other people completely disappear? I'm here to look at the fireworks, not your fat ###. On the plus side, what's cool about being an old white guy is feeling unencumbered to tell people exactly what you think of them in circumstances like this.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

When your Dad was exactly like Kevin Arnold's dad in the "Wonder Years".

 

[Binky The Doormat]

When you'd go down to the little league snack counter and buy a pack of baseball cards and get 10 cards for a dime. I loved that gum.

And in those ten there would be maybe one Dave Parker and Ron Guidry and the rest would be the likes of Biff Pocoroba, Tim Foli, Ken Kravec and Bake McBride.

Great call on decent, great names, still mostly unknown (now) players - a true card collector.

 

[ShamrockPride]

Remember when concerts were filled with lighters instead of phones?

 

[renesauz]

I'm not young, but some of these posts are making me feel young. Thanks guys!

 

[flysack]

I remember not even wearing a seat belt yet alone a car seat as a kid. We would play in the back of the station wagon while mom drive us around.

Shtick aside, I feel bad that son has missed out on this. Goofing off in the back seat was good times as a kid.

Remember when you could stretch out across the back and nap on long trips too?

 

[flysack]

Prefacing this with the fact that I'm 53 years old...

Penny candy. Was actually a penny.

TV. Someone had to get up and change the channel; adjust the volume; adjust the antenna.

TV. For the most part, you only had one in a household.

Popcorn. You had to make it on the stovetop.

Happy Hours. They had specials on drinks.

Shorts. They were short.

Smoking. Most adults smoked; certainly almost every guy.

Music in the car. AM radio was a significant percent of what you listened to.

Thirst. When you were at home, you drank water out of the tap.

Children playing sports. They kept score. Not everyone won the game. You got a trophy only if your team won it all.

Hitchhiking. We all did it.

All of these are on the come back. Even tap water now that the dirty secret about bottled water is out (hint: it's no better than most tap water).

Also, one of the best things about the 21st century is smoking tobacco is falling away but the legal weed is coming. If you're going to smoke, smoke something that treats cancer not creates it.

 

[NCCommish]

I remember not even wearing a seat belt yet alone a car seat as a kid. We would play in the back of the station wagon while mom drive us around.

Shtick aside, I feel bad that son has missed out on this. Goofing off in the back seat was good times as a kid.

Remember when you could stretch out across the back and nap on long trips too?

To be fair though things do happen. We were riding back from Atlanta one hot Georgia day. All the windows down,no ac, and even the wind was hot. So one cousin and I were napping in the back of the car. My other cousin was upfront with my grandmother. He is allergic to bees. One get sucked into the car as it passes. He goes into full on meltdown. Grandma swats at the bee. She forgets she still has one hand on the steering wheel. Car does a screeching near 90 degree turn off a highway embankment into a corn field which we mow through, just a total path of destruction.

Old farmer comes out and checks on everyone. My cousins and I ended up in the floorboards with some bumps but otherwise unhurt. His wife took us into the house for some pie while the farmer towed the car out of the field. He and grandma pulled the corn stalka out of it. Do you know that thing started right up and ran like a champ, seriously impossible to tell. Farmer refused to take onw cent said he was just glad we weren't hurt. And I swear the embankment was at least 10 feet. Those old Plymouth's were tanks. I did get a bump on my head and it hurt for a while but otherwise unscathed.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

I remember not even wearing a seat belt yet alone a car seat as a kid. We would play in the back of the station wagon while mom drive us around.

Shtick aside, I feel bad that son has missed out on this. Goofing off in the back seat was good times as a kid.

Remember when you could stretch out across the back and nap on long trips too?

To be fair though things do happen. We were riding back from Atlanta one hot Georgia day. All the windows down,no ac, and even the wind was hot. So one cousin and I were napping in the back of the car. My other cousin was upfront with my grandmother. He is allergic to bees. One get sucked into the car as it passes. He goes into full on meltdown. Grandma swats at the bee. She forgets she still has one hand on the steering wheel. Car does a screeching near 90 degree turn off a highway embankment into a corn field which we mow through, just a total path of destruction.

Old farmer comes out and checks on everyone. My cousins and I ended up in the floorboards with some bumps but otherwise unhurt. His wife took us into the house for some pie while the farmer towed the car out of the field. He and grandma pulled the corn stalka out of it. Do you know that thing started right up and ran like a champ, seriously impossible to tell. Farmer refused to take onw cent said he was just glad we weren't hurt. And I swear the embankment was at least 10 feet. Those old Plymouth's were tanks. I did get a bump on my head and it hurt for a while but otherwise unscathed.

I remember when they wouldn't let women drive.

 

[flysack]

Remember when wide receivers were those little pooseys on the outside used to free up running lanes for real men?

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

When you had to get up to change the channel on the tv

Growing up I thought the reason people had kids was to change the channel and get another beer from the fridge. My kids had it too easy. They still got me beer though.

My dad: Son, you want to do something together?7-year-old me: YEAH!

My dad: Great! You go get me a beer, and I'll drink it!

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

It was cool when you got a VCR with a remote because the TV didn't have one.

Our first VCR was a sweet big Betamax, and the remote control was connected to it with a 15 foot cord.

We were always a VHS family. My main job with our first VCR was to put in the tape we marked "LETTERMAN" into the VCR before I went to bed so the VCR would record Letterman on a tape my parents could find if they wanted to watch it the next day. This duty also included setting the record speed to "SLP" so it would record at the 6-hours-per-tape speed, allowing to record an entire week of Letterman in one tape.The long cord remote control I remember was for one of our first cable boxes. It was this futuristic device that let you key in the channel number you wanted instead of spinning that dial on the box.

We were also in a city that had interactive game shows on local cable that you could play at home through this corded remote. A multiple choice question would appear on the screen, and when the screen also said "PRESS NOW" you logged your guess, and the show kept score against other people playing at home. It was like those those bar trivia games only at home.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

It was cool when you got a VCR with a remote because the TV didn't have one.

Our first VCR was a sweet big Betamax, and the remote control was connected to it with a 15 foot cord.

We were always a VHS family. My main job with our first VCR was to put in the tape we marked "LETTERMAN" into the VCR before I went to bed so the VCR would record Letterman on a tape my parents could find if they wanted to watch it the next day. This duty also included setting the record speed to "SLP" so it would record at the 6-hours-per-tape speed, allowing to record an entire week of Letterman in one tape.The long cord remote control I remember was for one of our first cable boxes. It was this futuristic device that let you key in the channel number you wanted instead of spinning that dial on the box.

We were also in a city that had interactive game shows on local cable that you could play at home through this corded remote. A multiple choice question would appear on the screen, and when the screen also said "PRESS NOW" you logged your guess, and the show kept score against other people playing at home. It was like those those bar trivia games only at home.

Columbus, Ohio?

 

[Das Boot]

It was cool when you got a VCR with a remote because the TV didn't have one.

Our first VCR was a sweet big Betamax, and the remote control was connected to it with a 15 foot cord.

We were always a VHS family. My main job with our first VCR was to put in the tape we marked "LETTERMAN" into the VCR before I went to bed so the VCR would record Letterman on a tape my parents could find if they wanted to watch it the next day. This duty also included setting the record speed to "SLP" so it would record at the 6-hours-per-tape speed, allowing to record an entire week of Letterman in one tape.The long cord remote control I remember was for one of our first cable boxes. It was this futuristic device that let you key in the channel number you wanted instead of spinning that dial on the box.

We were also in a city that had interactive game shows on local cable that you could play at home through this corded remote. A multiple choice question would appear on the screen, and when the screen also said "PRESS NOW" you logged your guess, and the show kept score against other people playing at home. It was like those those bar trivia games only at home.

Columbus, Ohio?

My first thought as well... good old QUBE.

ETA: Wiki on QUBE

 

[Fariq]

Remember when it was considered cool to catch a butterfly and eat it? No?

 

[Fariq]

Remember when you had a box controller with a wire attached to your tv and you could jerk the wire real quick and flip your cat in the air as it walked by?