This Is For The Older People Here

[canegrl04]

I remember Ditto jeans (popular among teen girls in the '70s)They were skin tight bellbottoms and came in many colors.Those were the days I use to wear them

Dick Clark's American Bandstand on Saturdays

Datsun 280Z

8 track players

Cigarettes at 75 cents a pack (used to be able to buy them as a teenager)

I remember hearing the news that RFK was shot.I was 7 years old.I didn't grasp the significance at the time

[azsnowman]

I still HAVE my OLD 8 track player in my woodshop........and YES, I ACTUALLY listen to some of them

[Stephanie]

I remember the milkman, air-raid practices while in elementary school, record ALBUMS and 78's and 45's, 8 track tapes, FM converters for car radios (they only had AM stations), Flower power (my father had the big flower decals on his Metropolitan), Korvette's, General Stores, Buffalo shoes (huge platform shoes), disco, 1976 bicentennial, Camaros, Firebirds and Trans-Am's being "the in cars", cigarettes at .50 a pack, smoking in supermarkets and hospitals (I must admit now - YUCK!) and leaded gasoline.

I'm sure I could think of a few more.

[azsnowman]

When I got out of the Navy in 1980, living near the indian reservation where there are NO taxes, a CARTON of Marlboro cigarettes were "$3.50" Aboard ship, when out to sea past the coast line (50 miles) all taxes came off smokes, I paid "$2.25" a CARTON for Marlboros!!!!!!

[alicia-w]

Famolares

[breeze]

I still HAVE my OLD 8 track player in my woodshop........and YES, I ACTUALLY listen to some of them

That's OLD.....! LOL, just kiddin', Dennis! There was nothing like
listening to your favorite 8-track tape blaring from those 6" x 9" speakers
in the back windows!

[CajunMama]

Datsun 280Z

My husband drove one of the those when i met him. RED! Did i fall in love with him or the car?

[Aslkahuna]

I watched Bandstand every weekday when it was being broadcast from Philly in Black and White.

Steve

[Janice]

How about taking chalk and making hop scotch on the sidewalk.

Long braids.

Saddle shoes and penny loafers.

Pop Beads that you hooked together.

[HurricaneGirl]

I remember 33, 45 and my Dad's 78 records.

I remember my neighbors across the street had a clothes wringer in their basement.

I remember meeting Stan Kenton and Hank Snow when i was little and going to a Charley Pride concert.

I remember when gas was 35 Cents a gallong and my parents thinking that was highway robbery.

I remember my mom blowing up a corned beef in her pressure cooker!

[Aslkahuna]

I remember buying gas for under 20 cents a gallon and my Father paying under 12 cents. Everything that has been said here I remember since I will be 67 in September which makes my an official Geezer.

Steve

[Stephanie]

Datsun 280Z

My husband drove one of the those when i met him. RED! Did i fall in love with him or the car?

My father had a green one!

[angelwing]

I still have my brothers reel-to-reel tape player and he taped a segment of country music from WMMR 93 wayyyy before it became a rock station!

[alicia-w]

i had a 240Z....what a sweet car....

and we had a reverb amp on our stereo. while we were all traveling to Japan and Okinawa, we bought awesome stereo equipment and other things at a fraction of the cost on the American market. Noritake china was another one.

[Pburgh]

Pop beads!!!! Yep I remember those. I just turned 61 so I guess I'm one of the old geezers too. lol

[Stephanie]

I still have my brothers reel-to-reel tape player and he taped a segment of country music from WMMR 93 wayyyy before it became a rock station!

IT WAS????? OMG! I moved to this area WAY after that. I can't even begin to imagine!

[Miss Mary]

At first I didn't know what you were talking about Karan - I remember pop beaded necklaces! They were fun to make.

I remember gas being as low as 35 cent a gallon. Driving your friends around, putting 2 bucks worth of gas. Everyone pitched in, a buck or two or a few quarters. Spare change went a long way back then.

I remember gas stations offering self or full service. My dad preferred pumping his own gas b/c if they pumped, they always wanted to check your oil. And then he claimed you weren't really low, they just wanted to sell more oil. I remember him going on and on about it. And meanwhile, you're just sitting in this car, quite capable of pumping, washing the windshield, etc. Going all service was a good idea, IMHO!

I remember old fashioned shoe stores. You could barely get inside the door and a salesman was in your face - can I help you, what are looking for, what size are you? You could never just browse around, they were right behind you. I hated that! Then if they couldn't find the shoe you wanted in your size, they'd bring other styles, in your size. Of course you felt pressured to at least try them on, but really wanting the other shoe style. Shoe stores going self service was a good idea, IMHO too!

Making pot holders for our mothers and other mom's in the neighborhood. Charging 25 cents for them. I made so many, even preorders to match someone's kitchen colors.

Babysitting for 50 cents an hour.

Changing cloth diapers, with rubber pants and the large pins with ducks on them.

[Janice]

Flash Gordon decoder ring. Or, was that ring from another space show?

Hey, I babysat for 25 Cents an hour.

Real home cooked meals, everything from scratch

Mens flat tops.

Waves in women's hair.

[Miss Mary]

Janice - when I married the first time in 1975 I made almost every meal from scratch. I remembered my home ec teacher saying to stock your pantry with the 10 basic baking items - flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda.....etc, etc. I'd stand there at the Kroger baking aisle and see a biscuit mix or cake mix. Thinking, now wait a minute, I can make all of these from scratch. So I did.

I try to make a lot of what I cook from scratch still.

Even homemade apple pies!

But I never heard of anyone babysitting for 25 cents an hour.....LOL

[j]

I used to babysit for nothing...well I used to go over to where my g/f was babysitting and "help" her. They paid her $5, I had a "date", and it cost me nothing!