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

[boots]

The world is constantly changing. Some of us like to remember when life was much simpler. So we thought it would be nice to recall fond things. See if you can keep the theme going.
You know that you're old school if you can remember the days when the Oakland Athletics had three seperate uniforms, a Reece's peanut butter cup was 5 cents and you knew Roberto Clemente wore number 21.

 

[HejiraHenry]

In honor of Fenian and his friends:

When "gas war" meant 29.9.

 

[HC]

... say that in Grade 8 your $ 2.00 weekly allowance bought 4 packs of cigarettes with enough left over for a bottle of Coke.

 

[slappy4428]

Hostess Cupcakes for 19 cents a two-pack, 30 more cents for the Coke to wash it down.

 

[Guybehindtheguy]

You could steal Gatorade Gum from the little market near your cousin's house because 25 cents for a whole pack of gum was wayyyy too much.
Oh, and you can remember that Nick Giaquinto was Riggins' backup on the '82 Redskins.

 

[shockey]

two slices and a coke for less than a buck. change enough for a couple of packs of baseball cards. 8)

 

[jimmymcd]

Ding Dongs were actually wrapped in aluminum foil...

 

[The Basement]

...a pack of Topps (with the gum and a good chance of landing a Cecil Espy Cup Card) was 50 cents...

 

[spnited]

...a pack of Topps (with the gum and a good chance of landing a Cecil Espy Cup Card) was 50 cents...

A pack of Topps (8 cards and gum) was a dime!

 

[SockPuppet]

When the Saturday Game Of The Week was about the only chance you had to watch baseball on TV.

 

[three_bags_full]

... remember when teams other than Boston and New York played on ESPN.

 

[spnited]

8 teams in the NL, 8 in the AL, 6 in the NHL, 8 in the NBA