Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Stuff I remember from my past:

Rotary Phones
Black and white TV with VHF only reception
Cars with manual shift transmissions with shifters on the steering column
Cars with no air conditioning
Houses with no air conditioning
Schwinn bicycles made in USA
No computers, except mainframes
No cell phones
Gas at $0.75 per gallon being outrageous
Watergate hearings (ZZZZZZZZZ...all I remember is a bunch of guys saying “I don’t recollect”)
Stingray bikes with banana seats and sissy bars
Bell-bottom jeans
Quisp and Quake

You get the idea.
(I also had the privilege of living in the East Bay in the 1960’s - we weren’t in Berkeley, but close enough. Yikes!)


176 posted on 05/14/2013 9:26:26 PM PDT by Disambiguator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Disambiguator; 2ndDivisionVet

So, do ya still remember how to adjust the points on a car, or what the dwell was?


192 posted on 05/14/2013 9:59:58 PM PDT by doorgunner69
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 176 | View Replies ]

To: Disambiguator
Rotary Phones..
Cars with manual shift transmissions with shifters on the steering column....
Stingray bikes with banana seats and sissy bars.. ..


And playing outdoors for hours without Mom worrying what you were doing..

I would HATE to be a kid today having to leave the house with a cell phone
Once I was out of the house I and my friends were FREE to play for hours until the sun started to set.

These kids are chained to Mom's apron strings by that damned doodad...And they don't realize it..
199 posted on 05/14/2013 10:22:25 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 176 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson