The "Remember When" Thread
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Tim McGraw has a song about this called "Back When."
Yeah, I know, I know, it's country and you hate country. Well, it's a good song, so :tongue:
"Back When"
Don't you remember
The fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in a bottle
At ten, two and four
A fried bologna sandwich
With mayo and tomato
Sittin' round the table
Don't happen much anymore
We got too complicated
It's all way over-rated
I like the old and out-dated
Way of life
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
I love my records
Black, shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops
And white noise
Man they sounded fine
I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all
Country, soul and rock-and-roll
What happened to those times?
I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money
The way it was back then
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
Give me a flat top for strumming
I want the whole world to be humming
Just keep it coming
The way it was back then
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
Yeah, I know, I know, it's country and you hate country. Well, it's a good song, so :tongue:
"Back When"
Don't you remember
The fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in a bottle
At ten, two and four
A fried bologna sandwich
With mayo and tomato
Sittin' round the table
Don't happen much anymore
We got too complicated
It's all way over-rated
I like the old and out-dated
Way of life
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
I love my records
Black, shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops
And white noise
Man they sounded fine
I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all
Country, soul and rock-and-roll
What happened to those times?
I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money
The way it was back then
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
Give me a flat top for strumming
I want the whole world to be humming
Just keep it coming
The way it was back then
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
Hostile
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Remember when...
...run OJ run, had nothing to do with a white Ford Bronco?
...stewardesses were all hot?
...students said the pledge of allegiance to start each school day?
...you could trust Walter Cronkite?
...Johnny Carson owned late night TV?
...run OJ run, had nothing to do with a white Ford Bronco?
...stewardesses were all hot?
...students said the pledge of allegiance to start each school day?
...you could trust Walter Cronkite?
...Johnny Carson owned late night TV?
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I remember if you wanted to watch cartoons, you had to get up early on Saturday morning.dcfufan said:
I remember when if you wanted a Coke, Dr. Pepper or Pepsi, you only had one choice for each.
I remember 8-track (tapes) and 45's (records) though I was still young thankfully.
I remember when New Coke came out .. and when Coke Classic soon replaced New Coke.
I remember Michael Jackson's hair catching on fire during filming of a Pepsi Commercial.
I remember back when there were only rotary dial telephones.
I remember pay phones used to cost $0.10 per call.
I remember Space Invaders, Asteroids and analog pinball machines in arcades.
I remember when gas used to be $0.45 a gallon and I remember my grandfather complaining constantly when it went to $0.65 per gallon.
I remember when my dad used to make me drive his car 30 miles round-trip to a gas station in another city to save 4 cents per gallon on gas.
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Remember when ..
.. your only competition for getting girls was other guys?
.. NYPD Blue caused an uproar by being the first nationally televised station to show partial nudity during prime time?
.. when there was a heavily promoted live TV event hosted by Geraldo Rivera when they were searching for and opening Al Capone's vault and it turned out to be empty and he became a the butt of many jokes over it?
.. movies were only rated G, PG, R and X?
.. home computers had no hard drives?
.. home computers had no floppy disk drives?
.. people actually bought beta max players?
.. satellite dishes were 5 to 6 feet in diameter and required manual turning in order to watch different channels?
.. saving pennies actually meant something and was worth it?
.. a dollar would buy a lot?
.. your only competition for getting girls was other guys?
.. NYPD Blue caused an uproar by being the first nationally televised station to show partial nudity during prime time?
.. when there was a heavily promoted live TV event hosted by Geraldo Rivera when they were searching for and opening Al Capone's vault and it turned out to be empty and he became a the butt of many jokes over it?
.. movies were only rated G, PG, R and X?
.. home computers had no hard drives?
.. home computers had no floppy disk drives?
.. people actually bought beta max players?
.. satellite dishes were 5 to 6 feet in diameter and required manual turning in order to watch different channels?
.. saving pennies actually meant something and was worth it?
.. a dollar would buy a lot?
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Rack said:
I'm with ya there! BTW, nice resto pics!
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Remember when...
....black and whites had to use separate water fountains
....ACL and severe sports injuries usually killed a career
....everyone would smoke in the office and smell like chimneys
....it was difficult to catch a live Cowboys game unless you lived in Dallas
....you died instantly of diseases such as AIDS
....you had to spend twice as much time and money to send hand-written letters instead of email
....you had to watch the crap on network TV (okay, that hasn't changed, but at least we have 200 specialized cable channels now
)
....there weren't any drugs available to treat mental illness
....phone calls had to be at home or stuffy booths you waited on
....TVs were huge boxes that weighed 300+ lbs.
....you had to wait five minutes while your VCR fast forwarded or rewound
....if you wanted to find out about something you were just bleep out of luck unless you had hours to spend at the library or friends who were familiar with the topic (compared to now when one quick internet search will give you everything)
Progress ain't all that bad.
The only things I really regret are rising prices, mass commercialization of sports and any hobby that used to feel "innocent," and our continuing lack of community.
....black and whites had to use separate water fountains
....ACL and severe sports injuries usually killed a career
....everyone would smoke in the office and smell like chimneys
....it was difficult to catch a live Cowboys game unless you lived in Dallas
....you died instantly of diseases such as AIDS
....you had to spend twice as much time and money to send hand-written letters instead of email
....you had to watch the crap on network TV (okay, that hasn't changed, but at least we have 200 specialized cable channels now
)....there weren't any drugs available to treat mental illness
....phone calls had to be at home or stuffy booths you waited on
....TVs were huge boxes that weighed 300+ lbs.
....you had to wait five minutes while your VCR fast forwarded or rewound
....if you wanted to find out about something you were just bleep out of luck unless you had hours to spend at the library or friends who were familiar with the topic (compared to now when one quick internet search will give you everything)
Progress ain't all that bad.
The only things I really regret are rising prices, mass commercialization of sports and any hobby that used to feel "innocent," and our continuing lack of community.
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REMEMBER WHEN........
You could walk to 7-11 with a quarter and get 2 candy bars and 2 pieces of gum.
You only bought Gatorade because the caps had football helmets on them.
CBS's NFL TODAY With Brent Musberger, Phylis George, Irv Cross and Jimmy the Greek was the shiznit!
VCR's were top loading pieces of crap and cost $800.
You had to actually get up to change the channel on the TV.
I (still) Love Lucy.
Bigwheels
Schools didn't have/need metal detectors.
Slip N Slide!!
Playing baseball in the neighborhood. Keeping stats and all.
Roger Staubach
We didn't wear seatbelts.
I could go on like this forever.
You could walk to 7-11 with a quarter and get 2 candy bars and 2 pieces of gum.
You only bought Gatorade because the caps had football helmets on them.
CBS's NFL TODAY With Brent Musberger, Phylis George, Irv Cross and Jimmy the Greek was the shiznit!
VCR's were top loading pieces of crap and cost $800.
You had to actually get up to change the channel on the TV.
I (still) Love Lucy.
Bigwheels
Schools didn't have/need metal detectors.
Slip N Slide!!
Playing baseball in the neighborhood. Keeping stats and all.
Roger Staubach
We didn't wear seatbelts.
I could go on like this forever.
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Remember when...
...the Fonz was cool?
...boxing was exciting and boxers were legends?
...The Wonderful World of Disney was on Saturday night and oyu couldn't wait to see it?
...Conjunction Junction and the rest of the Schoolhouse Rock?
...The Banana Splits and H. R. Puff N' Stuff?
...the Fonz was cool?
...boxing was exciting and boxers were legends?
...The Wonderful World of Disney was on Saturday night and oyu couldn't wait to see it?
...Conjunction Junction and the rest of the Schoolhouse Rock?
...The Banana Splits and H. R. Puff N' Stuff?
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evil kennevil jumping snake river canyon
jaws spawning "mr jaws" on the radio w/snippetts of so many other songs in it
spanking a kid wasn't a prosecutable offense
"all skate backwards"
shoving that piece of paper into the 8-track player to hear this new band, boston
100,000 people would show up to a concert
MIA bracelets for vietnam vets people at home wore
love, american style.
those glass/ceramic knockers on string you'd bang together that would definately be a lawsuit today
WHERE'S THE BEEF???
richard pryor - RIP brother.
jaws spawning "mr jaws" on the radio w/snippetts of so many other songs in it
spanking a kid wasn't a prosecutable offense
"all skate backwards"
shoving that piece of paper into the 8-track player to hear this new band, boston
100,000 people would show up to a concert
MIA bracelets for vietnam vets people at home wore
love, american style.
those glass/ceramic knockers on string you'd bang together that would definately be a lawsuit today
WHERE'S THE BEEF???
richard pryor - RIP brother.