showing your age...

[Randi]

Uh oh. I'll just bet there is no one who remembers having to get off the couch, walk across the room, and turn the knob in order to change channels.

That's what I have to do now, although not to change channels - but volume, on/off and everything else. I need a new TV!!

[kokopup]

post by Pomtzu

I think kids should have a mandatory course in basic typing in elementary school now. They start out so early on the computer that they should be taught the proper way to navigate a keyboard.
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Kids today can type faster on a phone keypad, with their thumbs, than
most could do with 10 fingers on a standard typewriter. Times are a changing.

[pomtzu]

post by Pomtzu


Kids today can type faster on a phone keypad, with their thumbs, than
most could do with 10 fingers on a standard typewriter. Times are a changing.

You've got that right, but darned if I can. I watch my grandkids in amazement while they're texting!

[Taz_Zoee]

This thread is cracking me up!!
We have a typewriter here in the office and one time I was using it a younger co-worker walked by and said "you know how to use that thing?". I about died.

Several years ago when I was working in child care we had a record playing during nap time. I asked one of the college students, who was working for his hours, to restart the record. He looked at me like this and said I don't know how.

[pomtzu]

Remember when drug stores were drug stores, and not mini Walmarts? And of course every one had a soda fountain where you could sit down at the counter and get sodas, shakes and sundaes.

I remember the first of the fast food burger joints where I lived, before the onslaught of McDonalds and the rest. Burgers were 15 cents or 10 for $1.00 - and they were good - not like what is typical now.

[lvpets2002]

You watch == The Speed of Texting will be in the Olympics..

You've got that right, but darned if I can. I watch my grandkids in amazement while they're texting!

[beeniesmom]

Great thread....

Not to add to the pile but....
Who had a Polaroid camera?

[lvpets2002]

Hey I have a 1950/1960? model.. The camera & lens comes out of the case like a acordian.. I also still have a 70's model that works..

Great thread....

Not to add to the pile but....
Who had a Polaroid camera?

[pomtzu]

Great thread....

Not to add to the pile but....
Who had a Polaroid camera?

ME!!! I had one of the more expensive ones that my Dad gave me. I still have it - maybe I can sell it to a museum some day. I don't think there is even film available for them anymore - not that anyone would want it anyway.

[Willow Oak]

I have a lot of dogs and cats. I have a nice bed, and I have a vague recollection of sleeping in that bed and not on the floor.

[Medusa]

Great thread....

Not to add to the pile but....
Who had a Polaroid camera?

I did. Just got rid of it a few years ago.

[Medusa]

Remember when drug stores were drug stores, and not mini Walmarts? And of course every one had a soda fountain where you could sit down at the counter and get sodas, shakes and sundaes.

I remember the first of the fast food burger joints where I lived, before the onslaught of McDonalds and the rest. Burgers were 15 cents or 10 for $1.00 - and they were good - not like what is typical now.

We had one here in Canal Fulton until just a few years ago. The same counter w/stools, etc., real ice cream, too. They sold it, though, and now it's a Thai restaurant.

[Grace]

I remember my Dad buying cigarettes at $2.00 per carton.

And I remember the 3 cent stamp. And if you didn't seal the envelope and just tucked the flap in, you could mail it for 2 cents. I only remember that on Christmas cards tho, so that might have been the only time you could do that.

I remember these prices, also. And gas for 25¢/gallon.

[Grace]

And I remember the party line phones too. You were considered somewhat well off if you had a private line. I remember thinking we were really something when we went from a 2 party to a private line.
This is scary - but I remember the old phone number. That's when you had to talk to an operator - there were no dials or dial tones. Bayview1225W. Guess I must have spent more time on the phone than I remember, if I can remember the number after all these years.

Ours was Hillsgrove1147R - yikes!! You are taking me way too far back, Ellie!!!

[Grace]

Ah yes - Newport Creamery - the hangout after the Friday or Saturday night date!
I miss Rocky Point and the clam cakes and chowder at the shore dinner hall. I have the original recipe for their clam cakes, and I've made them a few times. They're awesome.

Have you seen the movie about Rocky Point - You Have To Be This Tall? I saw it when I visited my brother in East Greenwich a few years ago. Boy, the memories it brought back. It's available on DVD now.