Things you don't see anymore

[bassteban]

You wouldn't have lived near Sacramento in the late seventies early eighties. There used to be a *adult* drive in just south of Sac. My buddies and I used to park outside along the fence and, if you could put up with the lights along the fence you could watch the show.

*Westlane*
That was the place. Drove there one night in my friend's beat-to-hades Falcon- barely made it there(and/or back). Good times, goood times...

 

[SJLee]

Westlane! That's the name! Brings me right back to 1981.

*Westlane*
That was the place. Drove there one night in my friend's beat-to-hades Falcon- barely made it there(and/or back). Good times, goood times...

 

[Absentia]

My parents thought Atari was too gimmicky. So they decided that if we were gonna play video games, we had to learn something. Sometimes my parents really pissed us off!!

HA!
I still have my oddyssey it's plugged into an old dial TV in our front living room (that no one ever sits in) when you hit the switch on the wall the TV and system turn on with the very loup "BEELIPP" of the system booting up into baseball.

 

[Stu L.]

Westlane! That's the name! Brings me right back to 1981.

Ah my parents, brought me right into 1981

 

[Batmensch]

My parents thought Atari was too gimmicky. So they decided that if we were gonna play video games, we had to learn something. Sometimes my parents really pissed us off!!

I had one of those. With the integral keyboard it seemed like a neat system, but in truth, the keyboard was totally useless and the games for it sucked bad compared to Atari, gameplay AND graphics wise.

 

[Rumblefisher]

Wow, that's some neck on that lady at the bottom of the photo. I wouldn't be surprised if she had Turners.

 

[Rip Topaz]

I had one of those. With the integral keyboard it seemed like a neat system, but in truth, the keyboard was totally useless and the games for it sucked bad compared to Atari, gameplay AND graphics wise.

Yeah it was NOT alot of fun. I remember us being ticked at our parents when we got this instead of the Atari. Turns out we were right. The Oddysey sucked. Remember the keyboard talked when you typed. I can't count how many beatings we got for typing dirty words into it. Our parents would hear the tv swearing in a robotic voice and the beatings would begin.

 

[Richland123]

With pleasure.

Drive in movies.

We actually have 4 drive in movie theaters within 45 minutes of my house and one is only 4 miles away.

When was the last time somebody ran your credit card through one of these machines?

 

[SJLee]

Lucky you. What city are you in?

I had my credit card ran at a B&B last July in the town of Sonoma, CA.

We actually have 4 drive in movie theaters within 45 minutes of my house and one is only 4 miles away.

When was the last time somebody ran your credit card through one of these machines?

 

[fenderhutz]

We actually have 4 drive in movie theaters within 45 minutes of my house and one is only 4 miles away.

When was the last time somebody ran your credit card through one of these machines?

HAHA

They were called "Knucklebusters"

 

[Rip Topaz]

We had one of those at GC for those "just in case" times when the computer systems crashed. Which was alot. Glad I'm not there anymore.

 

[My name is Mudd]

Carbon paper. Who here actually knows what carbon paper is/was?

 

[MatticusMania]

Carbon paper is still used quite often.

 

[DblG]

How'd I miss this? We had a Pinto when I was in my teens. Because if it, I found out my dad actually was cool... he picked me & a few of my friends up from the Roller Rink (4 wheel skates ) to take us home. On the way back we got a flat, in the rain, and while my dad was in a hurry to change it only put 2 of the 4 lug nuts back on so we could be back in the car and on our way.
I questioned whether 2 nuts would be ok, to which he replied: "Gregory, I've been running around my whole life with only 2 nuts and I've been doing fine". My teenage friends all laughed. Wow...good one dad!

 

[aborgman]

We actually have 4 drive in movie theaters within 45 minutes of my house and one is only 4 miles away.

My hometown still has a 4 screen drive-in:

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Michigan currently has 10 open drive-ins in the state. That has to rank it pretty high on the number of drive-ins per capita.

When was the last time somebody ran your credit card through one of these machines?

...funny enough, about 4 months ago.

 

[RonGillman3]

I think a month ago, but that was because the shops computer crashed.

 

[Martin89]

You don't see coffee cups without warning labels anymore...

P.S.-Drive In still operational in AZ but it's a swapmeet during the day.

 

[Hawaii Islander]

We had a cassette deck to save data files on.

 

[sleepytime]

Moon buggies.

 

[Hawaii Islander]

Wringer Washing Machines

My grandmother used that type of washing machine when I was a kid.