Remember when...

[Broothru]

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

Oh yeah. Long cruises and happy homecomings. You've probably heard the nautical joke:

'As the cruise dragged on for months on end, the letters back and forth between the sailor and his wife had gotten more steamy and sensuous. As the homecoming day got closer, the intensity was peaking and the sailor wrote his wife saying,

"You'd better show up dockside with a mattress strapped to your back."

His wife responded, "You'd better be the first one off the ship!" '

Brooo Brother

 

[jschein]

I remember using acoustic coupled (stick the phone handset in the "ear muffs") modems at 110 baud. Also, programming on punched cards.

Brew on

That’s how we ran the Navy! Plus paper tape, great times

 

[bracconiere]

putting something away out back....neighbor's kid was playing in one of these....brought back memories "Pow, Pow, Power wheels...."

 

[CodeSection]

putting something away out back....neighbor's kid was playing in one of these....brought back memories "Pow, Pow, Power wheels...."

I remember buying a Bigfoot Power Wheel truck for my son 30+ years ago. Then the year before last, we bought our grandson a Electric Porsche from Costco....It had a real radio along with a cable for an accessory media player...What!?!

 

[bracconiere]

What!?!

next their going to have sub-woofers, and hydraulic suspension......

 

[BruceH]

Remember when it was impossible to spend more than $5 for one person at Taco Bell?

 

[grampamark]

Remember when you actually wanted to eat something from Taco Bell. Oh, wait...

 

[jcav]

Yea years ago we used to frequent Taco Bell a lot. The only problem was after I ate there I had to "make a run for the border!"

John

 

[BruceH]

I must confess that I will still stop by for a crunchy taco and bean burrito from time to time. The rest of the menu I'm not a big fan of but I come back for what brought me there to start with.

 

[Sebastian Weetabix]

Fringed leather vests

FWIW I am STILL on AOL.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

 

[Sebastian Weetabix]

Just thought of this one...

That colored plastic screen that turned a B/W tv into a color tv.

Those were the days.

Also thalidomide babies, poliomyelitis most everyone having a heart attack not surviving.

I know, I’m older than dirt.

 

[bracconiere]

Remember when you actually wanted to eat something from Taco Bell. Oh, wait...

yeah i remember when MTV played music videos and this was a hit.....





it's not as funny unless, you hear the orginal so here's it also...

 

[BruceH]

Anyone remember when weed had seeds? How about using an album cover to separate them? How about when Schlitz was the number 1 beer and it had Gusto?

 

[day_trippr]

I was with you up to the Schlitz...

Cheers!

 

[BruceH]

I was with you up to the Schlitz...

Cheers!

You have to remember the guy on the sailboat in rough seas, "Go for the gusto". I'm told that Schlitz was the best beer in the US until 1974 or so. Stroh bought it out and changed everything... except the name.

 

[day_trippr]

I remember the slogan, kinda remember some of the ads. But my dad was a 'Gansett, Ballantine, and Knickerbocker guy, while his brother preferred PBR and Schaefer, and my mother's brother liked Miller High Life. I was not a beer drinker at that tender age but of all the sips I had I liked the Ballantine IPA the most...

Cheers!

 

[kartracer2]

Frisbee's worked better I thought. A little like if you were panning for "gold". As far as Schlitz, it was dad's favorite for a long time and a "bump" on the side (Old Crow, IIRC). Then switched to Old Milwaukee, I think that was an upgrade.

 

[grampamark]

 

[BruceH]

One more. Remember when there were alot of American beers available? Not craft beers but things like Red White and Blue, Grain Belt, Schmidt, Schafer, Blatz, Old Style, etc. I'd really like to taste them again but I think they are all out of business.

Once I moved to the PNW I became aware of others like Rainer or "66", Lucky, Oly, I'm sure there are more but nowadays they are all gone.

 

[doug293cz]

One more. Remember when there were alot of American beers available? Not craft beers but things like Red White and Blue, Grain Belt, Schmidt, Schafer, Blatz, Old Style, etc. I'd really like to taste them again but I think they are all out of business.

Once I moved to the PNW I became aware of others like Rainer or "66", Lucky, Oly, I'm sure there are more but nowadays they are all gone.

Brew 66 was disgusting - worse than Olymipa. I remember the Northlake Tavern in the "U" district in Seattle. They had the best pizza around, but the only beer they had was Brew 66. In those days, I was willing to compromise on the beer to have the pizza.

Brew on

 

[bracconiere]

Anyone remember when weed had seeds?

i remember swaggered pot....now they want $20 for one seed.....and i've seen pot plants, they make a lot of seeds.....

 

[BruceH]

Brew 66 was disgusting - worse than Olymipa. I remember the Northlake Tavern in the "U" district in Seattle. They had the best pizza around, but the only beer they had was Brew 66. In those days, I was willing to compromise on the beer to have the pizza.

Brew on

That's a very good amount of feedback. I came to the PNW in 1988 to work for a certain airplane company who doesn't like to be mentioned. In fact I worked at the Renton plant for a few months in the late 90's.

Anyhow, we would go to a place called the buzz inn and order pictures of 66. It was ok but I always woke up not feeling well.

The U district is another story. Best memories are meeting people there and going to Green Lake to swing from the tire swing on the little island when the water was warm. Yes, Seattle was cool in the early 90's, lol.

 

[BruceH]

i remember swaggered pot....now they want $20 for one seed.....and i've seen pot plants, they make a lot of seeds.....

I remember that in 1982 weed was call commercial columbian and it had seeds and stems. Then in late 1982 it started coming from N California and it was called sensimilla. I was told that was
Spanish for seedless or literally "without seeds". Anyhow, I remember that in 1982 weed had seeds, then it didn't. Then I went into the military and couldn't have it with seeds or without.

 

[bracconiere]

it started coming from N California

lived there for many years, to grow sensay, you gotta check em for herms....otherwise they will self pollinate... ( i remember when.....)

 

[bracconiere]

you were a kid and dad bought a second hand one of these, and if i remember correctly the games were all educational?

i was very young but i think i was learning how to spell jumping over barrels.....lol (strangely i remember it looking different )

 

[BruceH]

Is that a Coleco with a cassette tape memory?

 

[SEndorf]

you were a kid and dad bought a second hand one of these, and if i remember correctly the games were all educational?

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i was very young but i think i was learning how to spell jumping over barrels.....lol (strangely i remember it looking different )

I had to look it up. It's apparently worth some money now.
https://www.ebay.com/i/164126851098...USEwr8okRNM1OOMohwH54UYfJE6ij9yxoC1iQQAvD_BwE

 

[bleme]

I had to look it up. It's apparently worth some money now.
https://www.ebay.com/i/164126851098...USEwr8okRNM1OOMohwH54UYfJE6ij9yxoC1iQQAvD_BwE

Seriously? I think I had one of those in the garage, but my wife has been isolation cleaning like mad...

 

[SEndorf]

Realizing this was e-bay, a more thorough search came up with many more reasonably priced offers

 

[BruceH]

Have Polaroid cameras become a cool collectible yet? Got one of those in the attic.