You know you're old when...

[rwheels]

Originally Posted by wdb

Quadrophonic 8 track. Had to have a special player. My dad was an engineer for JVC back then so guess who had quad 8-track players in their cars -- and their friends' cars.

Heard quadrophonic the first time with Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs. A cousin of mine worked one of Emerson Lake & Palmer's concert were they played Karn Evil 9 (especially the end of it).

[TKDbilly]

My first headphones Koss Pro4/AA listening to my 8 track tapes which included Dark Side of the Moon, Nights in White Satin and other classics....

[TiMSport]

Apparently those are still for sale. Amazon sells them for 70 bucks.

[Esteban]

Bought a used copy of Dark Side of the Moon for 50 cents from a record store in Pasadena in the 70s.

Wonder what ever happened to that record? lol

[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

[Esteban]

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

Your post brings back a lot of memories. My dad was always taking tubes from our black and white TV down to the local market to test them. My first bike was a Sting-Ray with a banana seat and a slick tire on the rear. Way too many things to put in to one post. Thanks for the memories.

[rwheels]

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

So not true. I have a tiger in me that keeps me going. Maybe he's not like your tiger, but he is a tiger.

[M_Six]

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

Walking a mile to school if you missed the bus. No one got picked up or dropped off at school. You either walked or rode the bus. I'm still stunned when I go by our local school in the morning and see the huge line of cars waiting to drop kids off.

Before junior high school, your options for organized team sports were Little League or hockey. Pop Warner football came along after I was out of high school. And soccer well after that.

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Walking a mile to school if you missed the bus. No one got picked up or dropped off at school. You either walked or rode the bus. I'm still stunned when I go by our local school in the morning and see the huge line of cars waiting to drop kids off....

Didn't you kids hitch hike to school (or are you too young!)? The buses were so slow & ...!
Some of the commuters had cool cars, also. One old guy had a TVR, etc.

Murf

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Littlebear

Some of the commuters had cool cars, also. One old guy had a TVR, etc.

One of the teachers at my high school drove an MG. Several miscreants on one of the sports teams decided to pick it up in the parking lot, carry it to a double emergency door in the gymnasium, flip it on its side, and carry it inside.....

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Several miscreants on one of the sports teams decided to pick it up in the parking lot.....

Golf team??

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

Golf team??

Baseball team from what I heard, and they placed the MG in the tipoff circle of the gym's basketball court.

Remember, these were the olden days, when sawing off a shotgun and retrofitting a pistol grip was an acceptable wood/metal shop project...and not a reason to lock down the school....

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

One of the teachers at my high school drove an MG. Several miscreants on one of the sports teams decided to pick it up in the parking lot, carry it to a double emergency door in the gymnasium, flip it on its side, and carry it inside.....

One of my school teachers had 2 Ferrari Dinos - nobody ever touched them though.

[M_Six]

Captain Kirk (William Shatner) turned 90 today. Why does that make me feel old? Spock and Scotty are gone, so I guess it shouldn't surprise me.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Captain Kirk (William Shatner) turned 90 today. Why does that make me feel old? Spock and Scotty are gone, so I guess it shouldn't surprise me.

That makes me feel young.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Captain Kirk (William Shatner) turned 90 today. Why does that make me feel old? Spock and Scotty are gone, so I guess it shouldn't surprise me.

But that HAIR! Gives even Fabio hope, eh Lups ???

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Captain Kirk (William Shatner) turned 90 today. Why does that make me feel old? Spock and Scotty are gone, so I guess it shouldn't surprise me.

He's having a birthday party in that Enterprise bridge set recreation thingy up by Lake Champlain in a few months. True to Shatner style, there are still a few over-priced VIP tickets left if anyone is out of their Vulcan mind and wants to party with TJ Hooker. If you go, ask him the story about his dobermans, a Thanksgiving turkey, and a houseful of guests.

You know you're old when you remember watching Shatner performing "Rocket Man" live on a Canadian TV variety show in the 1970's.....

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

He's having a birthday party in that Enterprise bridge set recreation thingy up by Lake Champlain in a few months. True to Shatner style, there are still a few over-priced VIP tickets left if anyone is out of their Vulcan mind and wants to party with TJ Hooker. If you go, ask him the story about his dobermans, a Thanksgiving turkey, and a houseful of guests.

You know you're old when you remember watching Shatner performing "Rocket Man" live on a Canadian TV variety show in the 1970's.....

For those that somehow missed it.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

For those that somehow missed it.

It was a few years before this, and on a CBC (?) show that was sort of like Johnny Carson IIRC. The same show also had another episode with Lee Majors on singing a duet of "I'm the Tops" when he was still shooting his six million dollar show. I've searched YouTube, and there are no shared videos of either.....

[TiMSport]

If you didn't see it, one of the funniest shows I had ever seen was Comedy Central 's roast of William Shatner. I couldn't stop laughing. Can't believe it's already been 13 or 14 years since it aired.

[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: