Lakumi Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 No, I'm only 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerome1232 Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 I don't think this is actually extinct, just the result of growing up in a small town (1k population). We used to ride our bikes out into "the fields" (some foot hills nearby the town) and build forts (like, dug rather large, deep dugouts) and have sling shot wars. I wish my kid could experience that. The town we live isn't huge 360k population, but it's big enough I wouldn't let him ride his bike out alone.(hey look, wikipedia has a picture of my childhood town haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Collect calling. Palerider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Dance movies. And the characters wear skin-tight jeans over their leotards and wear leg warmers over their skinny jeans. In neon colors. Oh, and Aquanet-sprayed big hair... while hanging out at the mall... and then breaking into a rap... while dancing jazz... And then wearing shiny tights under short ruffled skirts and an acid washed jean jacket, still with the leg warmers over their neon high-top converse. I don't miss those. I don't know why I thought those were fashionable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 We totally still have dance movies. Step Up, anyone? Everything else you mentioned is just straight up classic 80's fashion, which is (to an extent) unfortunately, enjoying a comeback currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 We totally still have dance movies. Step Up, anyone? Everything else you mentioned is just straight up classic 80's fashion, which is (to an extent) unfortunately, enjoying a comeback currently. Nooooooooo! The horror!!! I need to burn my teen-age photo album... my husband has been digging through the photos looking for old pictures to use for Throw Back Thursdays on Facebook (who invented that? He needs to be thrown in a pit of cobras). And I just remembered one of those pictures in there was of me wearing electric blue shiny tights under a black tight mini-skirt... if that picture ever resurfaces, I'm going to die of embarassment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 How about watching The Waltons or Leave it to Beaver and thinking, "I'm sure glad we live in modern times!" (circa 1970s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Rotary dial phonesChocks vitaminsIBM Selectric typewritersPDQEarth ShoesDrive up Fotomat'sCard catalogue at the libraryPrimary BandeloFilmstripsPintos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordorbund Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Rotary dial phones It must have taken FOREVER to send a text. Backroads and Wingnut 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 It must have taken FOREVER to send a text. Was that supposed to be funny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Beepers. That didn't last long. But hey, you can send a text... Meh. Good riddance actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Spending all day outside exploring without adult supervision. We were sent out to play and we came home for lunch and dinner. We had fun. We never thought of danger. I feel so bad for kids now. It's all structured activities or video games. Spontaneous play and exploration seem to be a thing of the past.Amen to all that...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Putting pennies into the Primary Children's Hospital Bank on your birthday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Knowing where the nearest bomb shelter was located in your town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 There are now, no lie, Bluetooth rotary phones & phone handsets!(I'd link the picture from ThinkGeek, but I haven't sort out how to, quite yet. :: )Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordorbund Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 I didn't see a rotary phone on ThinkGeek. Do you mean the "retro" handset? That's all well and good, but my heart's set on the handset gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Roller skate Key carlimac and Palerider 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Helping to paint new church buildingsSelling chocolate bars to finance church buildingsThe Bishop measuring your skirt and pinning paper to the hem if too short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlia Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 The Bishop measuring your skirt and pinning paper to the hem if too shortIn prep school, the nuns would make you kneel down and if your skirt didn't touch the floor, you got a whack with a yardstick and a warning not to come back to school until the hem was lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 In some rural areas there were part lines for phones. My grandma lived in Mississippi and when the phone would ring you had to listen for the rings to see if it was your line ringing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Sacrament meeting in the evening.....Primary held during the week. On fast Sunday you never had to go back to church in the evening. carlimac and applepansy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Helping to paint new church buildingsSelling chocolate bars to finance church buildingsThe Bishop measuring your skirt and pinning paper to the hem if too short In prep school, the nuns would make you kneel down and if your skirt didn't touch the floor, you got a whack with a yardstick and a warning not to come back to school until the hem was lower. Sacrament meeting in the evening.....Primary held during the week. On fast Sunday you never had to go back to church in the evening. Whoa! You guys are older than Pam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Whoa! You guys are older than Pam!You know... Whenever Pam's age gets brought up... I have this mental image - Wendy Darling sitting with her laptop rolling her eyes. That, REALLY, Pam is just a genius 12yo. Who hires an actress to keep,her cover at social events B)((I am posting this against my better judgement, as I accidentally hit the home button, instead of 'post' and what flashed onto my screen was a picture of MitRomney glaring at me. Yikes! )) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Fund raising dinners and activities to raise money for a new ward building.Black and White TV45s. I remember when the bigger vinyl records were brand new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Whoa! You guys are older than Pam!Nope.....she is still older than I am..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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