Author Topic: I Remember When... (Read 113784 times)

elit · « **Reply #40 on:** April 06, 2016, 07:26:58 PM »

Quote from: Boruch999 on April 06, 2016, 04:02:36 PM

Mini disk player.

Was going to say I when classmate spent a ton of money on that. .that lasted for like 5 seconds

Work-for-ur-muny · « **Reply #41 on:** April 06, 2016, 07:29:06 PM »

Quote from: jj1000 on April 06, 2016, 07:19:47 PM

When we used maps on road trips, and no that's not Google maps...

Something people born after 2000 have never and will never experience.

Oh, how I miss that. We used to go on long distance trips with my father, and he used to show me beforehand on the map the route we'll be traveling, and I had to be ready to guide him at a moments notice. Nostalgia.

Freddie · « **Reply #42 on:** April 06, 2016, 08:02:04 PM »

Triple A trip-tics, too.

hachover · « **Reply #43 on:** April 06, 2016, 08:06:34 PM »

When soda machines had a bottle opener next to the coin slot.
When cigarette vending machines existed. Pull the handle, get a pack, no questiins asked.

Freddie · « **Reply #44 on:** April 06, 2016, 08:07:13 PM »

When you could SMOKE on airplanes!

Work-for-ur-muny · « **Reply #45 on:** April 06, 2016, 08:29:00 PM »

Quote from: Freddie on April 06, 2016, 08:07:13 PM

When you could SMOKE on airplanes without the need to tamper with any detectors...!

FTFY

jj1000 · « **Reply #46 on:** April 06, 2016, 08:30:06 PM »

Quote from: hachover on April 06, 2016, 08:06:34 PM

When soda machines had a bottle opener next to the coin slot.
When cigarette vending machines existed. Pull the handle, get a pack, no questiins asked.

Cigarette vending machines are still in many bars and countries outside the US.

rileywiles23 · « **Reply #47 on:** April 06, 2016, 08:44:08 PM »

Screens were these chunky pieces that took up the whole room.

skyguy918 · « **Reply #48 on:** April 06, 2016, 10:24:44 PM »

Quote from: elit on April 06, 2016, 07:26:58 PM

Was going to say I when classmate spent a ton of money on that. .that lasted for like 5 seconds

Guilty. Was a lot of fun though.

ExGingi · « **Reply #49 on:** April 06, 2016, 10:38:25 PM »

When we thought a 20MB hard disk was sufficient, and when a 40MB hard drive had to be partitioned into two partitions, the largest one being 30MB.

Dr Moose · « **Reply #50 on:** April 06, 2016, 10:40:20 PM »

we used to fight over who gets to sit backwards in the station wagen.

ExGingi · « **Reply #51 on:** April 06, 2016, 10:47:59 PM »

When this game http://www.futrega.org/digger/ was played on a 12MHz XT, then on a 286 it would just speed up everything (including the music) and on a 20MHz 386 from PC Complete (the original brand name of......Dell) it was just too fast to play.

Sport · « **Reply #52 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:04:35 PM »

Quote from: Dan on April 06, 2016, 04:04:31 PM

...I played with these:

me too. Spent countless hours on those. Used to cheat on the long hurdles by jumping off then back onto the mat.

joe1234 · « **Reply #53 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:06:19 PM »

a slice of pizza was a $1

Sport · « **Reply #54 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:06:52 PM »

Quote from: Work-for-ur-muny on April 06, 2016, 07:29:06 PM

Oh, how I miss that. We used to go on long distance trips with my father, and he used to show me beforehand on the map the route we'll be traveling, and I had to be ready to guide him at a moments notice. Nostalgia.

+1 learnt how to read maps on those road trips:).

grodnoking · « **Reply #55 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:20:12 PM »

Quote from: 12HRS on April 06, 2016, 03:25:26 PM

Oregon trail was awesome

+1000

grodnoking · « **Reply #56 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:22:39 PM »

Quote from: jj1000 on April 06, 2016, 07:19:47 PM

When we used maps on road trips, and no that's not Google maps...

Something people born after 2000 have never and will never experience.

My dad still uses them.

ExGingi · « **Reply #57 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:34:27 PM »

When I could arrive at the airport for a flight JFK-CDG-TLV 10 minutes before scheduled departure with an expired passport and make it onto the flight.

ckmk47 · « **Reply #58 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:53:48 PM »

My husband's beeper went off at a restaurant and he stood at the payphone feeding it quarters (or was it still dimes?) to make a series of calls to take care of the emergency.

aygart · « **Reply #59 on:** April 07, 2016, 12:08:05 AM »

When someone sent a wedding gift with me from YYZ to NYC and I then chose to take everything carryon. At security they asked me to see something but let me by when they saw the gift wrapped box. Later I realized it was a silver challah knife. Well those don't cut anything anyhow.