Larsongs Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Getting on your Bike in the morning & hanging out with your friends til it got dark… Using imagination to come up with all kinds of dumb stuff to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Larsongs said: Getting on your Bike in the morning Putting a playing card on your forks so it would hit the spokes to make cool sound. Also some put a tennis ball, no sound from that. Edited September 28, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) No internet and what that was like.. I remember talking to my niece when she was about 7 years old and using the tablet to watch youtube.. I tried to explain to her that when I was her age there was no internet or computers (well not like today).. Her answer was " So how did you watch Youtube then" 😄 ] When there were only three TV channels so when there was nothing on you wanted to watch you would do something more practical with your time (rather than channel or Netflix surfing) Not that its a bad thing.. But smoking in public places.. Edited September 28, 2022 by Rabs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 30 minutes ago, gearbasher said: Making "belts" out of coke pull tabs. Some girls in my high school made 'em out of chewing gum wrappers. And "poppers" made from some triangular folded paper. And those folded paper devices which you would play with using your fingertips to open one way and also open an opposite way. Damn. Can't remember what those were called. Anyway.... Talking for long stretches of time in a pay phone booth. The sound of getting two AM stations at once on your pocket transistor radio. The feeling of triumph when snapping in one of those yellow plastic "adapters" into the hole of a 45rpm single without breaking it. Stacking records on the thin spindle in the turntable of the "phonograph". Riding a bicycle without the same amount of padding and protection of an NHL goalie. Or just riding a bicycle and respecting the same traffic laws that car drivers are required to. Ice cream truck vendors who speak English without any kind of accent. And are old enough to be your Grandpa. Unregulated snow sledding. Fitting roller skates to their shoes using a special made "key". Toys that still required a modicum of imagination in order to be enjoyed. The taste that "flavor straws" gave a glass of milk. Or how "fizzies" transformed a glass of water into a soft drink. Wearing clothes that don't look like everybody else's. For many, not knowing how to tell time on an analog clock or watch. Or wearing a watch at all. Reading comic books instead of "graphic novels". Just reading books instead of their phones or tablets. Making eye contact and socializing with people without the aid of electronic devices. Whitefang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) Sending off a roll of film from an actual camera to get developed.. Again. not that, thats a bad thing.. Instant digital photos are cool. But there was an excitement about getting the pictures back and having actual physical pictures to put in an album. Ohh, how about jobs that were for life when companies showed loyalty to good employees. Edited September 28, 2022 by Rabs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) Bowling. I used to have four bowling alleys within walking distance from my house. Now there are zero. Double features with a huge screen and a balcony. Edited September 28, 2022 by gearbasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 31 minutes ago, Rabs said: Not that its a bad thing.. But smoking in public places.. The smoking section on an airplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Pan American World Airways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 22 minutes ago, gearbasher said: Bowling. Actually, my 2nd daughter just got into bowling via her current squeeze. She's in her mid 40's, not really the age group we're focused on here. But I went with her and Kevin( the squeeze) and noticed several high school aged millennials taking up several of the lanes in the place. And I was somewhat surprised by that. And when I was a kid, there were four bowling alleys we could frequent. Now, only one of them is still operating. One closed up at this century's beginning, another, a combo bar and bowing alley, closed up years ago and became the bar and lounge my ex worked at that also had live bands provide the music. And the third was just six alleys in a pizzeria that was razed in the late '90's. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 When there were only two official genders... 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Playing 45’s on a Record Player… The Top 40 came out every Week & my brother & I would to the Record Shop.. We’d take the 2-3 new Records from Top 10 that We didn’t already have into a Record Booth & played them so We could choose the one we were buying & taking home to wear the Grooves out of…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Rabs said: When there were only two official genders... 😄 You might be confusing gender with sex. Most think they are the same thing and they are not. I had to look up both definitions. Sex is male or female, such as you have testicles or you don’t. Hence your a male if you do. Gender is not, it refers to the characteristics of men and women that are socially constructed roles and behaviors. Like being a Drag Queen. That’s a gender not a sex. There is no Drag Queen box to check on your birth certificate, but there is male or female. Edited September 28, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: You are confusing gender with sex. I had to look up both definitions. Sex is male or female, such as you have testicles or you don’t. Hence your a male if you do. Gender is not, it refers to the characteristics of men and women that are socially constructed roles and behaviors. Like being a Drag Queen. That’s a gender not a sex. It was just a silly joke really.. It makes no difference to me what people want to identify as... As the great Alan Partridge once said "What people choose to put in their mouths is their own business" 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Remember when Fast Food was fast and cheap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Rabs said: It was just a silly joke really.. It makes no difference to me what people want to identify as... As the great Alan Partridge once said "What people choose to put in their mouths is their own business" 😄 Your right, but I don't want the media, and tv ect to shove it down our throat (get it) every 2 seconds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Replying to the title of this thread: History, geography, current events, grammar, patience, good manners, the ability to communicate clearly either verbally or in writing, and in general virtually anything not found by looking at a screen. Oh. And good music. RBSinTo 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Your right, but I don't want the media, and tv ect to shove it down our throat (get it) every 2 seconds. Well thats just modern media for you.. Thats how they get clicks. Everything is overblown. They will just jump on anything thats current or trendy and shove it in your face till you are sick of it.... And im almost sure they do it to get reactions like yours.. They seem to excel in dividing opinion which is what seems to drive most of social media (and main stream media for that matter). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 here's another using the "CUE" arm on a turn table to replay small sections of songs so you could learn songs and solos off albums (What's a YouTube) OR, the PRE CUE arm days when you'd just scratch the ever living s---t out of your records. Went thru a few copies of Live At The Fillmore East, Machine Head and the first 2 Zepplin Albums,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Rabs said: Well thats just modern media for you.. Thats how they get clicks. Everything is overblown. They will just jump on anything thats current or trendy and shove it in your face till you are sick of it.... And im almost sure they do it to get reactions like yours.. They seem to excel in dividing opinion which is what seems to drive most of social media (and main stream media for that matter). Very true. If you don’t have a gay/lesbian character in your tv show by episode 3, it’s canceled due to lack of diversity. Edited September 28, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) When you bought an electric guitar, those were the pickups you played. Now there’s are 400 boutique winders. Edited September 28, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Eating Hostess, Drakes or Entenmann's cakes when they were still loaded with trans fat tasted great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Very true. If you don’t have a gay/lesbian character in your tv show by episode 3, it’s canceled due to lack of diversity. LOL! Sad state of affairs all around. Lets see how long it takes someone's to come back on this and call us homophobes.. 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, gearbasher said: Eating Hostess, Drakes or Entenmann's cakes when they were still loaded with trans fat tasted great. RIGHT! Devil Dogs!!!! They were the best things ever... till it was decided devil dogs was bad, and Drakes "FIXED" them.. Now they suck. Edited September 28, 2022 by kidblast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, kidblast said: LOL! Sad state of affairs all around. Lets see how long it takes someone's to come back on this and call us homophobes.. 🙄 The Canadian just got an alert we will be here pronto. Nothing I said was anti-gay, it was just an observation. No where did I say it was wrong or immoral or illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 5 hours ago, kidblast said: the "click, kerthunk" of an 8 track tape playing in your car or home stere Oh man, you got me there with that one! (but I've never touched a proper firearm in my life) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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