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Broken_Hero

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29. Okay

Thu May 3, 2012, 01:54 PM

May 2012

1. walkman/stereo with a working cassette player, I'll also throw in 8 track, and record player.

2. type writer

3. Floppy discs

4. vhs player/beta max/laser disc player

5. solid lunch boxes, it seems all the lunch boxes I see are all very soft, unlike the metal tin battle hammers I had when I was growing up.

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ArmorAll'd rear bench seats NightWatcher May 2012 #2

hahahah pipi_k May 2012 #7

Did the "way back" seat face backwards? Archae May 2012 #67

It did!!! pipi_k May 2012 #94

Almost certainly a Ford Country Squire. hifiguy May 2012 #112

You're probably pipi_k May 2012 #128

You know about the freeper and the Country Squire, right? jmowreader May 2012 #147

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I was just thinking about how we did that too. Pjs and a pillow on the ledge between the back SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #129

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yikes SoCalDem May 2012 #9

OK... pipi_k May 2012 #5

Banana bike seats (with the accompanying tall handle bars), rotary dial phones, riderinthestorm May 2012 #6

1. Married Parents YankeyMCC May 2012 #8

I remember guitar man May 2012 #10

We still have a rotary dial phone cyberswede May 2012 #41

Wow guitar man May 2012 #47

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But the coolest thing by far.... guitar man May 2012 #65

My Aunt lived in a ranch style bungelow and there was a little nook in the snagglepuss May 2012 #73

The standard ring tone on an IPhone pink-o May 2012 #139

Same here; it's a powder blue Princess Phone. Sequoia May 2012 #140

Mine have pogo sticks. HopeHoops May 2012 #11

Ford Falcon with milk crates for back seats... JCMach1 May 2012 #12

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I drove to Woodstock with my friends in a Ford Falcon wagon kwassa May 2012 #74

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1. Mumps, 2. Measles. (I don't have kids, but thought I'd chime in on this.) raccoon May 2012 #13

The "children's table" at dinners with family and friends LibDemAlways May 2012 #14

Yeah no tv remotes. Of course there were just a handful of channels so no need to snagglepuss May 2012 #75

Having to repeatedly turn the tv dial manually caused it to fail quickly so that LibDemAlways May 2012 #77

That is a riot. I had no idea anyone else had to situate the dial between two numbers. snagglepuss May 2012 #81

It had to have been a common problem. Those were also the days when LibDemAlways May 2012 #86

My Dad's first career was as a TV repairman. Archae May 2012 #106

Reminded me of another thing treestar May 2012 #121

Interestingly, I was a child of the 80s and lived in SE Asia RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #133

And if sleepless at night - nothing to do but read a book! treestar May 2012 #136

1. Curb feelers on cars geardaddy May 2012 #15

Bub's Daddy! cyberswede May 2012 #36

I hated Green Apple. geardaddy May 2012 #38

When I was a kid, hockey players didn't wear helmets. GoCubsGo May 2012 #49

I played in the mid-70s geardaddy May 2012 #50

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I remember goalies without masks. geardaddy May 2012 #59

Gump Worsley hifiguy May 2012 #114

Bingo! geardaddy May 2012 #115

And as a kid, I don't remember baseball players all truedelphi May 2012 #124

Coffee percolators geardaddy May 2012 #52

At my grandmother's house laundry_queen May 2012 #79

And the Canadian hockey players had no teeth siligut May 2012 #66

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Yeah my kids say I sound old benld74 May 2012 #16

We had UHF channels (14-82) also. PBS and a couple of independent stations. madinmaryland May 2012 #24

... Arugula Latte May 2012 #17

Don't know if anyone pipi_k May 2012 #18

That sounds cool. I don't remember those -- I was a 70s kid. Arugula Latte May 2012 #19

Wow! That's a blast from the past. Another... GoCubsGo May 2012 #57

oh that brings back memories!!!! nadine_mn May 2012 #108

I had one of those but it looked a little more like this: Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #39

I had one that looked like this: GoCubsGo May 2012 #58

Pretty damn boss as well! Arugula Latte May 2012 #103

Hey, it was free. GoCubsGo May 2012 #107

One Was Shaped Like A Rocket grilled onions May 2012 #61

I always wanted one of those! geardaddy May 2012 #22

It was pretty "boss" if I do say so myself! Arugula Latte May 2012 #26

OMG I had one of those!!! Myrina May 2012 #35

Had the same thing. Called a 'Toot a Loop' Populist_Prole May 2012 #88

Another thing we played with (didn't own, though) ... Arugula Latte May 2012 #104

I thought of another couple. geardaddy May 2012 #20

Isn't it amazing to think we only had 4 flash pics on there! And a roll of 24 pics was awesome. MatthewStLouis May 2012 #33

I loved those cameras. geardaddy May 2012 #40

and the Flip Flash! cyberswede May 2012 #42

Yes! geardaddy May 2012 #44

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Open space. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #21

A healthy respect for machines with moving parts gratuitous May 2012 #23

1. A mother Bruce Wayne May 2012 #25

Lawn darts. Archae May 2012 #27

My brother had the "Thingmaker" geardaddy May 2012 #28

Okay Broken_Hero May 2012 #29

Atari, Big Wheel, Sit n Spin,Typewriter, and records. n/t RiffRandell May 2012 #30

I so badly wanted a Big Wheel and a Sit n Spin. geardaddy May 2012 #45

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Holy crikey. geardaddy May 2012 #90

a few links to try SoCalDem May 2012 #110

Thanks! geardaddy May 2012 #111

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I'd replace 4 with Saturday Morning cartoons; now they can be 24/7. MatthewStLouis May 2012 #32

Free time & the ability to go exploring alone or w/other kids ... Myrina May 2012 #34

Let's see if I can come up with 5 without hints from others wysimdnwyg May 2012 #37

Afternoon TV WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #43

That's my childhood, baby! geardaddy May 2012 #51

1. Learning to drive on back roads and your neighbors smiled and waved MerryBlooms May 2012 #46

I learned to drive on I-35 SoCalDem May 2012 #63

Beaut! MerryBlooms May 2012 #68

Wow.. these lists really take me back solara May 2012 #48

Quality food products that were locally made, hifiguy May 2012 #54

I'm too young to have watched Axel geardaddy May 2012 #95

I remember Clancy the Cop and Willie Ketchum like it was yesterday hifiguy May 2012 #98

Allan's He's a super nice guy and a complete liberal geardaddy May 2012 #100

ooh ooh, I remember Axel ! mysuzuki2 May 2012 #141

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In the front yard before the street lamp came on! MerryBlooms May 2012 #69

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A Chatty Cathy doll. grntuscarora May 2012 #71

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1. Rabbit ears madamesilverspurs May 2012 #84

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let's see.. madmom May 2012 #87

Time, Peace, Clean Air, Lack of Fear, A Future. NYC_SKP May 2012 #89

Lack of fear? Not entirely. Remember fear of nuclear war? nt raccoon May 2012 #102

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