Remember when...

[bracconiere]

I had a Commodore 64. IIRC it was a Z/80 microchip. Same as the first cpu equipment I worked on in the USAF. Big deal back then.

funny you missed my edit, about old army replacement(damn, SP? lol) fathers......


edit #2: honestly i don't know what i'm saying any more.....sorry.

edit #2: just thinking slow, maybe i'd say , but in a thread "do you remember",, not actually true.....

 

[BruceH]

funny you missed my edit, about old army replacement(damn, SP? lol) fathers......


edit #2: honestly i don't know what i'm saying more.....sorry.

So I replied to say sorry, I didn't catch it. When I replied you had edited. It's all good!

 

[bracconiere]

So I replied to say sorry, I didn't catch it. When I replied you had edited. It's all good!

i remember when i told my mom, one of the best things she did for me is buy me a homebrew kit.....her response was "little did i know"....lol (but at least i ain't a broke tweaker!!)

 

[CodeSection]

Being raised by my grandparents who were 72 and 71 years old when I was born and who were on fixed income, I was taught to be thrifty and to be able to adapt. I remember my patches on my pants had patches.

 

[dwhite60]

I remember being on vacation with the parents and dad bursting with excitement when he found gas for $0.23 a gallon. Dad stopped and filled up. Probably 22 - 23 gallons in the old Fury II.

I remember that excitement turning to an angry burst of words that would make Satan blush when ten minutes down the road we approached a station at $0.19 a gallon.

Dad was a tightwad.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[Broothru]

damn right, not like i grew up in a rich family that could afford cable! (but yes i am a whipper snapper, that possibly could have had cable, if we weren't poor...)

What's cable?

 

[riceral]

Does anyone else remember when cigarettes were 23 cents in the machine? My father would give my brother or me a quarter and tell us to go by him a pack of smokes. You put in a quarter and pull the lever and you get the cigarette pack with 2 pennies taped on the bottom.

 

[BruceH]

Does anyone else remember when cigarettes were 23 cents in the machine? My father would give my brother or me a quarter and tell us to go by him a pack of smokes. You put in a quarter and pull the lever and you get the cigarette pack with 2 pennies taped on the bottom.

I don't remember that but I do remember Marlborough Reds for $4 a carton when stationed in Germany mid 80's. Winston would go on sale every other week for $2 a carton. Lucky Strike and Camel unfiltered would be $1 a carton on sale. Needed a ration card though.

 

[passedpawn]

Does anyone else remember when cigarettes were 23 cents in the machine? My father would give my brother or me a quarter and tell us to go by him a pack of smokes. You put in a quarter and pull the lever and you get the cigarette pack with 2 pennies taped on the bottom.

I remember when the cost started rising, and we SWORE if they ever hit a buck a pack we would quit. It did, and we didn't.

We started getting cans of Bugler from the store, packs of Zigzag from local head shop, and one of these. Remember rolling machines? You could roll a sweet tight one, filterless tho.

 

[passedpawn]

Being raised by my grandparents who were 72 and 71 years old when I was born and who were on fixed income, I was taught to be thrifty and to be able to adapt. I remember my patches on my pants had patches.

Yes, those knee patches were hard as cardboard. Now the cool kids buy the jeans with the holes already worn through. Haha.

Remember when you grew and mom took out the hems on your jean legs, so you ended up with a pale line 2" from the bottom?

Remember when the only way to get a tie-dyed shirt was to tie it up and dye it yourself?

 

[grampamark]

I remember when the cost started rising, and we SWORE if they ever hit a buck a pack we would quit. It did, and we didn't.

We started getting cans of Bugler from the store, packs of Zigzag from local head shop, and one of these. Remember rolling machines? You could roll a sweet tight one, filterless tho.

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I remember when the old cowboys and farmhands smoked Bull Durham. A package of
ZigZags was attached to each little cloth bag of tobacco. The real cowboys could roll one on horseback, one handed, in the wind. Of course, those smokes looked like they were rolled by them boys from Oklahoma...

 

[jrgtr42]

Being raised by my grandparents who were 72 and 71 years old when I was born and who were on fixed income, I was taught to be thrifty and to be able to adapt. I remember my patches on my pants had patches.

LOL!! I remember at one point when I was in elementary school, so mid 80's or so, and having holes in the knees was cool. One of the few times I was in style, with carefully curated holes, and my grandmother thought she was being helpful and patched my jeans. The only thing less cool than un-holey jeans was patches, even then. I was so unhappy with her on that one.

 

[jrgtr42]

I remember when the cost started rising, and we SWORE if they ever hit a buck a pack we would quit. It did, and we didn't.

We started getting cans of Bugler from the store, packs of Zigzag from local head shop, and one of these. Remember rolling machines? You could roll a sweet tight one, filterless tho.

View attachment 672787

I used to work with a guy who rolled his own. No roller, but he's been doing it forever, so he'd get as tight with no roller involved. Occasionally I think he had some additional ingredients mixed in there - not enough to be obvious, but just enough to take the edge off.

 

[GrogNerd]

early 80s, had a roommate whose brother rolled & smoked his own Bugler cigs. Friends would see his ciggy butts in our ashtrays & think they were roaches.

sometimes we didn't stop them from trying to fire one up

I remember when the cost started rising, and we SWORE if they ever hit a buck a pack we would quit. It did, and we didn't.

We started getting cans of Bugler from the store, packs of Zigzag from local head shop, and one of these. Remember rolling machines? You could roll a sweet tight one, filterless tho.

View attachment 672787

 

[bleme]

LOL!! I remember at one point when I was in elementary school, so mid 80's or so, and having holes in the knees was cool. One of the few times I was in style, with carefully curated holes, and my grandmother thought she was being helpful and patched my jeans. The only thing less cool than un-holey jeans was patches, even then. I was so unhappy with her on that one.

According to my mom, there was a time in the 50's when it was totally uncool to wash your jeans. My uncle was so proud of his jeans that could stand on their own when he propped them in the corner!

 

[SEndorf]

70's - jeans jackets...
We were a bunch of stupid teenagers looking all alike thinking we were cool.....

 

[grampamark]

According to my mom, there was a time in the 50's when it was totally uncool to wash your jeans. My uncle was so proud of his jeans that could stand on their own when he propped them in the corner!

Yeah. I was a kid in the 50s and can remember people talking about those. It was a biker thing, IIRC, and those jeans were called “originals”.

 

[Kharnynb]

The rolling your own cigarettes are very popular in the Netherlands, I used to smoke them as a teenager. (no, not weed, just tobacco)
the machines were only used by older people who rolled with filters attached.

 

[CodeSection]

Yes, those knee patches were hard as cardboard. Now the cool kids buy the jeans with the holes already worn through. Haha.

Remember when you grew and mom took out the hems on your jean legs, so you ended up with a pale line 2" from the bottom?

Remember when the only way to get a tie-dyed shirt was to tie it up and dye it yourself?

Yep. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were a regular staple back then. My grandmother made everything from scratch...noodles, bread, etc. I miss her German dumplings!

I remember coloring eggs for Easter by using onion skins to make a dye. Then there were the popcorn balls..... Every night we watched the Huntley-Brinkley Report.

Ahhhh, the good memories!

 

[SEndorf]

Loved those popcorn balls !

 

[GrogNerd]

loved my jeans jacket. would still wear one, if they made one I liked

70's - jeans jackets...
We were a bunch of stupid teenagers looking all alike thinking we were cool.....

 

[bracconiere]

Does anyone else remember when cigarettes were 23 cents in the machine? My father would give my brother or me a quarter and tell us to go by him a pack of smokes. You put in a quarter and pull the lever and you get the cigarette pack with 2 pennies taped on the bottom.

no, but i do remember, when they we're 1.25 and wading in the mall fountain collecting change to, get someone in front of the store to buy me a pack....

You could roll a sweet tight one, filterless tho.

i don't like them to tight, and their better without a filter, filters just make them like a glass of milk...and we all know i prefer beer!

LOL!! I remember at one point when I was in elementary school, so mid 80's or so, and having holes in the knees was cool. One of the few times I was in style, with carefully curated holes, and my grandmother thought she was being helpful and patched my jeans. The only thing less cool than un-holey jeans was patches, even then. I was so unhappy with her on that one.

70's - jeans jackets...
We were a bunch of stupid teenagers looking all alike thinking we were cool.....

once again i'm reminded of how young i am, i remember flanel jackets in the 90's.....

 

[Broothru]

I don't remember that but I do remember Marlborough Reds for $4 a carton when stationed in Germany mid 80's. Winston would go on sale every other week for $2 a carton. Lucky Strike and Camel unfiltered would be $1 a carton on sale. Needed a ration card though.

Best deal was onboard Navy ships leaving port. As soon as passing into international waters, the 'gedunk' would open and you could buy a carton of smokes for $1.15!!!. That was 1969. Nixon was President. Woodstock happened that summer. We hadn't yet come to terms with the hazards of cigarettes. And virtually everybody smoked. Almost had a mutiny when the price went up to $1.25.

Brooo Brother

 

[riceral]

I remember when the cost started rising, and we SWORE if they ever hit a buck a pack we would quit. It did, and we didn't.

We started getting cans of Bugler from the store, packs of Zigzag from local head shop, and one of these. Remember rolling machines? You could roll a sweet tight one, filterless tho.

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I had one of those rolling machines. Still rolled by hand when I needed to. Handy skill when I went into the Navy. Then again, sea store cigarettes were really cheap.

 

[GrogNerd]

on the way back from Desert Storm, I got medevaced off the ship to Rota, Spain for a dental emergency & beat the ship back to Charleston by a week.

left just before they completely ran out of cigarettes on board. I can't imagine the hell my shipmates went through that week

met the ship at the pier when they pulled in and my division was begging to bum smokes before they even threw over lines

 

[bleme]

My cousins drank Lipton Instant Ice Tea by the gallon. They knew they had added enough sugar when it swirled around the bottom of the glass and wouldn't dissolve any more.
Do they even make this stuff any more?

 

[nobadays]

we SWORE if they ever hit a buck a pack we would quit.

Same when Copenhagen hit 50 cents a can.... I did quit. Probably best thing I've done for my health.

 

[SEndorf]

I'm actually having some now.
It's marked, "made with real tea leaves"
Wow... good to know. Like my coffee is made with real coffee beans....

 

[CodeSection]

....They knew they had added enough sugar when it swirled around the bottom of the glass and wouldn't dissolve any more.....

In Alabama they call that "sweet tea".....

 

[ba-brewer]

My cousins drank Lipton Instant Ice Tea by the gallon. They knew they had added enough sugar when it swirled around the bottom of the glass and wouldn't dissolve any more.
Do they even make this stuff any more?

That procedure worked for corn flakes and cheerios too.