Zone1 If You Can Recognize These Images Then You Are Pretty Much ANCIENT

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I remember back then, you had to buy a separate answering machine. Before they finally installed them in the push-button phones.

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I remember the first answering machines! I think that's when I first felt that technology was barreling down on us like a runaway train.

Now it's hilarious to see a twenty-something look at a rotary phone, totally clueless.


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[JGalt]

I love the photos. better time not without problems but better.

I actually remember a small restaurant in my home town of Prescott, Arkansas that had a sign that read "No Coloreds Allowed."

Believe it or not, that restaurant is still in business. Of course the last time I was there was in the 80's, and they had a black woman doing the cooking.

Isn't that something? They went from refusing to serve black folks, to making them slave over a hot stove, in only 30 years.

Where the hell is IM2 tonight? I bet he'd get a kick out of that story.

 

[Marshal Matt Dillon]

Hell, youngster. I'm older than "ancient."

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Wow! Much respect for you, I have!

 

[Mortis]

Where the hell is @IM2 tonight? I bet he'd get a kick out of that story.

Who? Neva heard of him....Lol

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

when I was a kid, we used grocery store paper bags---cut down ---to make the school book covers. There was a 2 cent refund on the stubby coke bottle. I am VERY OLD

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Yeah, we used to spend summer days scrounging for pop bottles, to get the deposit back. Also, the bottle tops that you had to use an opener on. They had cork liners, and we'd save up the Pepsi liners because the Pepsi bottler had pony rides in the summer time that we could trade the cap liners for.

 

[1srelluc]

LOL.....But sort of sad.....Apsco had plants in IL and CA.

Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co., est. 1905 - Made-in-Chicago Museum

A history of the Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co. (APSCO); part of our research archive of notable 20th century Chicago manufacturers and their products.

www.madeinchicagomuseum.com

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I actually remember a small restaurant in my home town of Prescott, Arkansas that had a sign that read "No Coloreds Allowed."

Believe it or not, that restaurant is still in business. Of course the last time I was there was in the 80's, and they had a black woman doing the cooking.

Isn't that something? They went from refusing to serve black folks, to making them slave over a hot stove, in only 30 years.

Where the hell is IM2 tonight? I bet he'd get a kick out of that story.

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Yeah, my Japanese in-laws had stories about life in America right after Pearl Harbor. Lots of signs saying "No Japs". It's amazing that they never became embittered. My in-laws were very well adjusted to the hardships, but then my FIL went on and had a very successful career and they were simply Americans, who looked a little different and ate different food.


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[lg325]

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Yeah, we used to spend summer days scrounging for pop bottles, to get the deposit back. Also, the bottle tops that you had to use an opener on. They had cork liners, and we'd save up the Pepsi liners because the Pepsi bottler had pony rides in the summer time that we could trade the cap liners for.

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We used them to play checkers

 

[eagle1462010]

 

[JGalt]

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I actually had one of those drug store tube testers years ago. Bought it at a garage sale for $20, it would be worth a small fortune today.

 

[BackAgain]

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Every one of them!


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Yup.

I may be ancient but …

what did I come in here for, again?

 

[1srelluc]

I actually had one of those drug store tube testers years ago. Bought it at a garage sale for $20, it would be worth a small fortune today.

Remember when the TV repair man (another thing long gone) would show-up with that huge fold out box with tubes and such in it. They go for $100.00+ empty.

I bought one full of tubes, meters and such at a yard sale, it took me a while, but I made around $600.00 on the box and contents.

Like this one:

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Remember when the TV repair man (another thing long gone) would show-up with that huge fold out box with tubes and such in it. They go for $100.00+ empty.

I bought one full of tubes, meters and such at a yard sale, it took me a while, but I made around $600.00 on the box and contents.

Like this one:

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My mom used to forget that we weren't supposed to run the vacuum under the color TV -- first Color TV we ever had -- because it always screwed up the color, and then the TV guy would have to come out and demagnetize the TV.


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[Cellblock2429]

I recognize and have used all but one or two of the 35 objects from this link; guess I’m an ancient old dinosaur, LOL - now, excuse me, whilst I retire to my typewriter, 8 track tapes and classic Atari games: If you remember any of these, you just might be ancient….

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/—-/ Color me ancient.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Remember when the TV repair man (another thing long gone) would show-up with that huge fold out box with tubes and such in it. They go for $100.00+ empty.

I bought one full of tubes, meters and such at a yard sale, it took me a while, but I made around $600.00 on the box and contents.

Like this one:

/—-/ They were called in to degauss our color tv.

Why Did We ‘Degauss’ Our Old Monitors?

Discussing the process of degaussing a CRT screen, which is a surprisingly awesome way to spend a Saturday afternoon with a magnet.

www.vice.com

 

[Unkotare]

None of those is all that old.

 

[egp320i]

yep all of them, paper bags on your books so you could get maximum return and you could doodle on them too

 

[egp320i]

Mortis 2400, each Christmas I would get a game or two, back then they were stupid $$ and my brother and I would play the hell out of it

never did complete pitfall, river raid was tough as was seaquest. space invaders and the default astroids got pretty tricky too

I still have it packed away somewhere with about 20 or so games, I read they are worth some good coin now

 

[Mister Iggy]

Im not ancient, but grew up in the 80s.

 

[egp320i]

Mister Iggy same, good times, fun movies, the best music and some questionable fashion

oh how the girls looked good in their LEI and Guess jeans