My dad had a coke machine at his gas station with the 6 oz bottles. We used to have a game where everyone drank a bottle, then looked on the bottom to see where the bottle was from. Closest to our hometown got bragging rights.
Something from your childhood that today’s kids wouldn’t know about
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No kidding? Wow. Blows my mind I wasnt aware of this.
So how were the headlights themselves activated? Im guessing it wasnt on the steering column like it is now in most vehicles? Ive had a few where the switch is on the dashboard, and then you use the stick on the column to alternate dimmers and brights.
UK Basketball and Football games on Tape delay at 11:30 after the news. Did everything possible to not hear the score before being able to watch it at 1130.
Remember when some games were on delay. Football game would come on after the 11 o’clock news. I would try not to hear the score do I could watch it.
Pull out switch on the dash. Two settings. First was running lights then headlights.
The switch on the floorboard was a spring push in switch. Tap with left foot for brights, again for normal.
'78 Nova.
Man, I remember the pain of wanting to see "Halloween" but having to settle for "The Cat From Outer Space". I used to love Fridays when the new movie ads were in the local paper. That was back in the day when movie poster art could make a must-see out of something that sucked like "He Knows You're Alone". Great memories.
OK. I had an '83 Cavalier that had the pull switch. Brights were activated the "modern" way. This is still fascinsting to me though. Never ever heard of this til this thread.
Having to call the phone line to find out movie times and if you missed the movie you wanted to watching having to wait for it to scroll all the way through
Not knowing things. Or at least not thinking you knew everything.
All the old stuff is still there, it didn't go anywhere. My kids don't listen to much newer music.
UK basketball players playing 4 years in college.
Also...
Also...
Leonard’s Losers.
Brown weed with seeds and stems
Student smoking area in high school
First gen internet porn was jpeg thumbnails that took 1-2 minutes each to download
Dual cassette deck boom boxes. Got one when I was 8. My parents bought into that PMRC BS back in the 80s/90s and were hyper protective of what I listened to. I conned them into buying me a bunch of blank tapes to record songs off the radio.
I then would borrow my friend's or friend's older siblings "dirty" tapes and dub "secret" copies that I'd hide in my room like they were drugs. Had Appetite For Destruction, Use Your Illusion I and II, Blood Sugar Sex Majik, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, Straight Outta Compton, etc.
Student smoking area in high school
First gen internet porn was jpeg thumbnails that took 1-2 minutes each to download
Dual cassette deck boom boxes. Got one when I was 8. My parents bought into that PMRC BS back in the 80s/90s and were hyper protective of what I listened to. I conned them into buying me a bunch of blank tapes to record songs off the radio.
I then would borrow my friend's or friend's older siblings "dirty" tapes and dub "secret" copies that I'd hide in my room like they were drugs. Had Appetite For Destruction, Use Your Illusion I and II, Blood Sugar Sex Majik, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, Straight Outta Compton, etc.
Getting spanked in school and not from naughty teachers
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Not sure if already mentioned....... having to hand crank the car windows up and down.
Kids today not knowing what a cracked bat sounded and felt like....
Ahh the old arm breaker starter. Dad used to have an old Farmall A that had to be crank started. If it kicked back on you, you better have your arm out of the way. Drinking milk fresh from the cow is one my kids couldn’t believe. It’s all we had until I got married except school milk
Popping the clutch to start your car.
Someone already said pinball machines. When I first started playing them, it only cost a nickel a game. I sold pop bottles to finance my habit.
We only had a small lot, so played softball. One bat had a taped handle. Handle was wobbly to head under tape. Finally handle went about 45 degrees to head. Took tape off and sawdust fell out.
That's pretty good. I can distinctly remember waking up around 6:30 AM to go downstairs and only finding Captain Kangaroo or some old trash like that on because the mediocre cartoons didn't start until 7 and the good ones not until 8. Rocky and Bulwinkle were another one they had on there early before the "modern" 80's cartoons came on. I hated Rocky and Bulwinkle.
Yeah, we played baseball in the street in my neighborhood here in Lex...late 80s through late 90s. I've seen it once or twice here on my street with some kids that used to live down the block who have since moved. I don't know that I've seen it before or since.
And I'm sure it also has to just be my personal experience, but pickup basketball games in the driveway. We played them in the driveway waiting on the bus to show up, after school, and then again after dinner. And I don't mean just a buddy or two (though that happened alot.) I mean 8 9 10 +....having to do 3 on 3 and 4 on 4 because driveways really aren't big enough for 5 on 5 lol.
I think that has more to do with neighborhood association regulations in many neighborhoods prohibiting basketball goals.
And I'm sure it also has to just be my personal experience, but pickup basketball games in the driveway. We played them in the driveway waiting on the bus to show up, after school, and then again after dinner. And I don't mean just a buddy or two (though that happened alot.) I mean 8 9 10 +....having to do 3 on 3 and 4 on 4 because driveways really aren't big enough for 5 on 5 lol.
I think that has more to do with neighborhood association regulations in many neighborhoods prohibiting basketball goals.