You know that you're old school if you can....

remember when rubbers weren't lubricated or ribbed or sheepskin.

 

For you, FTH:

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Absolutely. We got cable around that same time. It was so amazing to be able to see movies 24-7. And fairly current or good movies, not the old multi-recycled stuff shown on the late show by your local affiliate in grainy black and white. And if you missed it one time, they'd show it again in a day or two! Wow. (actually, you could probably see it 6-10 times in a month back then, and then, it was gone again).

One of the first movies I remember catching in the brave new cable era was Corvette Summer. Mark Hamill, Annie Potts. An enjoyable watch, not anything special. But memorable to this day as a breakthrough in personal entertainment freedoms.

 

"Monchichi, monchichi, oh so soft and cuddlely."

 

Remember when you carried your books with a book strap?

And a few of us probably remember what it was like hitting a golf ball with an honest-to-goodness persimmon wood.

 

Good Lord, they don't write `em like that anymore.

 

The Space Giants, Ultra Man, and Johnny Socko

 

OK, one for the senior Canucks:

When a portrait of the Queen hung in every school classroom and you started off the day with "God Save the Queen"

Ward Cornell on HNIC.

When Canada Day was Dominion Day.

When Canada Post was The Royal Mail.

When rush hour in Toronto started at 4:00 and ended at 6:00.

When your parents NEVER took you to the fucking rink--thank God.

Oh, and if you date back to the 30's (not me) when they had signs posted on the beach, "No Dogs or Jews Allowed" and the post war 40's Italian immigrants were referred to as "DP's" and the Irish were "Micks".

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

 

can remember when:

Speed Racer was chasing around Racer X; his long lost brother;

Kimba was the coolest lion around;

swimming in Doughboys was just good fun; and

3D baseball cards in Sugar Frosted Flakes were the best.

 

Night Flight on USA...pre Gilbert and Rhonda. Great place for underground flicks and videos you wouldn't see anywhere else. I had one of those life changing moments watching a Big Black concert on Night Flight...with the volume turned down...hoping Mom or Dad didn't wake up and walk in the living room and make me change the channel.

I also remember seeing "Another State of Mind" on NF as well as the video album of The The's "Infected."

 

Holy shit!  I remember Gatorade gum!  It wasn't too bad of a gum, but Big League Chew was the mother of them all for kids playing sandlot baseball.  

I quit Twinkies to eat Ding Dongs because they were in aluminum foil.  I would meticulously open it up, eat the chocolate on the sides, and then eat it.  

I remember when Nick at Nite first premiered after 8pm Eastern.  Donna Reed, My Three Sons, Route 66, and Mr. Ed were the first shows I religiously watched that didn't have anything to do with the late 80's and early 90's.  

Q:  who lived on 17230 Valley Spring Lane?  The older posters should know this!

Damn, those were good times.  

Junkie, did you have the mullet going when Journey rolled out with that hit? 

 

I wanna say, it's threads like this that make this site great. Honestly, if you can read through this without a smile on your face, there's something wrong with you.

Anyone have a TV that actually doubled as a piece of furniture? The power knob was as big as a car cigarette lighter and had to be pulled out to turn the set on. After a few years, something called "vertical hold" would screw up and the screen roll continuously. Only way to fix it was to slap the top over and over and over.

All my 10-year-old friends had duck tails. We all had at least four pair of spandex shorts in some of the brightest, most hideous colors imaginable.