[3.0L]

Originally Posted by 2000cs

My wife asked me what I remember growing up that our kids and grandkids have no idea about. Some of the things I came up with:
Cars without air conditioning
Hand crank windows on cars
Manual transmission, especially “3 on the tree”
High beam “button” on the floor
Wipers on a knob instead of stalk
AM radio to hear baseball games (I remember the first portable transistor radios too) and HeathKits.
FM Classical and Jazz stations
No talk radio
Tubes in radios and TVs - going to the tube tester I think at the grocery and pharmacy to test and buy replacements
Black-and-white TV (before color)
Jack Paar, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar and the rest on TV
Variety shows, like Sonny and Cher, Laugh-in, Donny and Marie...
Warm colas/sodas from a vending machine - before they were refrigerated
Same for candy bars, often very soft in summer
Building of the Berlin Wall, now gone for over 20 years
So many board games, seems only D&D and Risk still exist, maybe?
Encyclopedias, you know, the sets of books.
Gasoline for under $0.50/gallon (under $0.35/gallon actually)
Gas station give-always like glasses, dishes, steak knives and toasters
S&H Green Stamps and the redemption center
Clipping coupons from the newspaper, then using them at the grocery store
Out until the streetlights came on (or later!), no supervision
Schwinn bike with a banana seat

My wife says it’s all virtual now, we are becoming like the people in Wall-e

I worked at my dad's mom-and-pop TV store for 23 years. And yes, we had a tube checker in the shop. I recall folks coming to our store with a paper sack full of tubes, all dutifully labeled with masking tape. We charged 25 cents per tube to check them. One of the more memorable times, a fellow came in with a lunch sack full of tubes, plus what he called, "A mysterious tube" that was difficult to pull out of the socket.

Well, the "mystery tube" was an electrolytic capacitor in an aluminum can. He literally ripped that sucker right off the chassis with a pair of pliers. Dad gave him the bad news. We chuckled about that one for months. Heh!

[3.0L]

Those B & W days got boring at times:

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Those B & W days got boring at times:

Heh, haven't seen that in a long time.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Those B & W days got boring at times:

When TV stations would go off the air for the night.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Those B & W days got boring at times:

I've always been curious about this image. Anyone happen to know what the sections are/represent and what the graduations measure? There has to be some meaning to the image or they would have just used a blank/black screen/static or a damn smiley face or something. There has to be a story behind this image.

Taking it to google....be right back.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by M_Six

When TV stations would go off the air for the night.

That infernal tone would wake me up every time.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

That infernal tune would wake me up every time.

mboooooooooooooooooooo..........

[Esteban]

Now we got like a zillion channels 24 hours a day.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by King Rudi

mboooooooooooooooooooo..........

Dammit, there goes my nap.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Now we got like a zillion channels 24 hours a day.

And still nothing to watch.

[3.0L]

Common wise-cracks from the ‘60’s high school era:

1. Hang it in your ear.
2. Sit on it and rotate.
3. This is true.
4. That’s what she said.
5. Get hosed.

[rwheels]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Common wise-cracks from the ‘60’s high school era:

1. Hang it in your ear.
2. Sit on it and rotate.
3. This is true.
4. That’s what she said.
5. Get hosed.

That's groovy man.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Common wise-cracks from the ‘60’s high school era:

1. Hang it in your ear.
2. Sit on it and rotate.
3. This is true.
4. That’s what she said.
5. Get hosed.

#4 is timeless.

[TiMSport]

How about the term "dick weed"? Lol.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

How about the term "dick weed"? Lol.

That's what she said.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by Esteban

That's what she said.

Dick weed!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

Dick weed!

She said it again.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by Esteban

She said it again.

You better check yourself before you wreck yourself

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

You better check yourself before you wreck yourself

Touché.

[Dpc2u]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Common wise-cracks from the ‘60’s high school era:

1. Hang it in your ear.
2. Sit on it and rotate.
3. This is true.
4. That’s what she said.
5. Get hosed.

Douche bag

Douche canoe

Don't get your panties in a wad

Too big for your boots

You jack wagon

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by rwheels

That's groovy man.

Far out!!!!!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Far out!!!!!

Far f**kin' out!