Don't Touch That Dial!

[Zomby Woof]

What words/phrases from your youth are now obsolete? Want to make a kid look at you funny? Mention "VHF" and "UHF" channels. Make them run away and leave the funny old person alone!

[oneighty]

1. that is my favorite song

Englebert Humperdink

180

[JanMichael]

2. Or tell them that Mr. Potato Head used real Potatoes

Shit, did I spell "Potatoes" correctly?

Me and Dan, I swear to God.

Where is that bourbon.....???

[Zomby Woof]

3. Spelled correctly!

Nice to have a thread not infested with young sprouts.

[RagingInMiami]

4. Let's go down to the ten-cent store

Which is what my late grandmother called Woolworth's.

[Zomby Woof]

7. Ah yes

Or the five-and-dime to some of her generation.

Or calling Montgomery Ward "Monkey Ward".

[SOteric]

5. My eldest brother,

(my senior by more than a dozen years) booted his entire album and 8-track collection off on me when he thought he was through with them. Mention to anyone under the age of 20 that you have Quadrophenia on 8-track and they'll ask you what stage you're in and if it's treatable.

[Zomby Woof]

8. 8 tracks!

Always hated how they would cut some songs off in the middle, lol.

[blondeatlast]

6. Downtown, but not true in ZW's neck o' the woods.

They really have one there!

[GOPisEvil]

9. You can't talk about Monkey Ward's or Western Auto any more.

[blondeatlast]

10. You can to me.

Just keep it clean!

[GOPisEvil]

12. I remember one night at the Monkey Ward...

when we *moderated* and then *moderated**moderated**moderated.

:evilgrin:

[blondeatlast]

14. Deleted. Message removed by moderator.

It wasn't till the early morning I realized the 8 track broke...

[GOPisEvil]

19. I didn't realize the record player was skipping either!

:bounce:

[blondeatlast]

26. Saaa-ti--(bump)! Saaa-ti--(bump)! Saaa-ti--(bump)! nt

[Zomby Woof]

15. dude

You're talking to my beer 'n' pizza Kerry Rally buddy, so keep it semi-clean! :evilgrin:

[Zomby Woof]

11. See post #7!

:P

[GOPisEvil]

13. Remember Kress (later K-Mart)?

Ooohhh...Service Merchandise.

[Zomby Woof]

16. S&H Green Stamps!

[GOPisEvil]

17. Home reel-to-reel tape decks!

My dad had two Akai decks he bought in Japan.

Actually, he still has them...

[blondeatlast]

20. Or Gold Bond... nt

[Lady Effingbroke]

18. Soviet Union. East Germany. Berlin Wall. Czechoslovakia.

8-Track. LP. 45. Cassette.

[blondeatlast]

21. Beta. nt

[Zomby Woof]

22. In Color!

Betamax!

[GOPisEvil]

23. Laser discs!

[Deja Q]

33. Hardly! Witness:

* Many DVD images were taken from Laserdisc images instead of the archived master tapes/films.

* Many DVD movies are in pan'n'scan whereas Laserdisc was almost always widescreen.

* Many movies on laserdisc are not and may never be on DVD (Bedazzled (1967), forget the awful 2000 remake)

[blondeatlast]

24. In living color!

Console TVs and stereos...

[yvr girl]

29. The next shoe is in living colour

I remember being so excited and then crushed. We didn't have a colour TV. I felt lied to.

[KittyWampus]

25. Tie Your Shoes= Velcro Your Shoes

[yvr girl]

27. Party Lines

transistor radios
manual typewriters - typewriters
getting up to change the channel
no bank machines
dot matrix printers

[SmileyBoy]

28. "That looks pretty cool.... NOT!!!"

(From my junior high days)

[Zomby Woof]

30. urp

[onecent]

31. Penny change the channel/Penny change the channel/Penny change

the channel..

My dad used to say this to me every day...No remotes back then folks.

[Deja Q]

32. We'll be back in 2 and 2... (sorry Chuck, 16 years later & it's 4 and 15)

:-(

[Left Is Write]

34. Stacks of wax. Turntable. Rabbit ears.

[Schema Thing]

35. Boy, them Confederate uniforms are d r a b drab!

:shrug:

[KittyWampus]

36. xeroxes and carbon copies!

[likesmountains 52]

37. mimeograph machine..remember that smell? n/t

[Zomby Woof]

38. yep!

Early childhood memory: My granddad was a preacher, and my grandmother would spend Saturday night preparing the church program for the next day - cranking out the mimeograph copies when she was finished typing it.

[TroubleMan]

39. Hi-Fi

nt.

[DrZeeLit]

40. Glass Wax stencils at Christmas (doing up the windows)... n/t

[thoughtanarchist]

41. Iron - Ons!

they're coming back!

[mcscajun]

42. Skate keys...

45's
Record player/Hi-Fi (not the same thing!)
Two-Cents Plain - that's a soda fountain seltzer in a paper cone cup (in a metal holder yet!)
Herald-American (old NYC newspaper)
Third Avenue El (elevated train)