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My Era...What do you remember that was so COOL from our era?

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ASTEROIDS!!!! It's STILL a great game! (But then, it would have to be great after all these years to earn the name "classic," which it clearly does.)


I remember that my brother was one of those "older kids" who had figured out that the best way to a high score was to cruise up the screen over and over at high speed with one rock still left, and pick off the little alien ship with strafing runs. :D It took a long time before I capitulated that that is indeed the best way to play that game if you want to score big.

I remember BMX when it was brand new. I remember when the first kid in my elementary school showed up with a "BMX bike" -- a Team Murray that had a two-tone silver and gold frame. Because it was the first bike I'd ever seen without fenders, I remember, it seemed to be overly long and stretched out. Then a little while later, some company came out with a something-"Max" which was a taller-framed BMX bike, which looked really ridiculous.

I remember when the most complicated tricks people could do were "kick-outs," riding wheelies, and "table-tops" off jumps. Every single neighborhood in my area on Long Island had at least several "BMX tracks" in some wooded area nearby. No one ever dreamed that people would go off jumps and do backflips, or leave the bikes and take their feet off the pedals and so forth. But then I remember in the mid '90s, not even top professional snowboarders were doing flips. Wasn't Terje Haakonsen the first dude to make that a regular thing? That guy was awesome! I hope he's still rippin' it up somewhere, even though he's "old" now... :D

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I remember a time before I had ever heard of "mozzarella sticks," or "Buffalo wings"...

Think about foods that have only "been around" for a short while...

There are a lot of them.

- jalapeno poppers
- "wraps"
...

help me out, here. What other foods are "recent"?

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-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

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ASTEROIDS!!!! It's STILL a great game! (But then, it would have to be great after all these years to earn the name "classic," which it clearly does.)
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Space Invaders, Asteroids and PacMan were the big 3, weren't they?
Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun.

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hula hoops
where I was when both Kennedys & King were killed (ok, maybe this isn't a "cool" thing from my era. It just dates me)
Howdy Doody
Color TV as a fantasy
Remotes with cables
Kruschev
headlight dimmer button on the floor
getting pizza by the slice meant a trip to Manhattan
being a liberal
Davy Crockett hats

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Gunsmoke
Rin Tin Tin
Wagon Train
Zorro
Leave it to Beaver
Father Knows Best (life was simpler then)

WWII stories

King of the Road - Roger Miller
Trailer for sale or rent
Room to let, 50 cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
Ain't got no cigarettes
Old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road

Dad teaching me to jitterbug

That's groovy

OK, so I'm not in my 30s. I've waxed nostalgic....

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When I wake up in the morning light
I pull on my jeans and I feel alright
I pull my blue jeans on, I pull my old blue jeans on
You and me will go motorbike riding
In the sun and the wind and the rain
I got money in my pocket, a tiger in my tank
And I'm king of the road again

:)
Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun.

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or....

"Afternoon Delight"

..Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
:D


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How about Sony Beta-Max. I remember when my parents bought one back in the 70's and it cost about $1800.00. And it was more manual than electronic. The pause button was connected by wire to the machine.

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If you can truly remember watching the original Howdy Doody and ...



Flubadub, Clarabelle, Nellie Belle (Pat Brady's jeep), Hopalong, Gabby, Kukla-Fran-&-Ollie, Mr. Peepers, I Remember Momma, Life of Riley, Bob Cummings (US Flight Instructor license #1, BTW) ... can I get into the treehouse?

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Yes, the preppy look is totally back. I just bought some bermuda shorts last night! B|

I heard on the tv this morning that the hula hoop was voted the best toy ever. I'm not sure I agree with that!
She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

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An from across the pond:-

50+

The wooden tops
Twizzel
Shara an hoppity
Andy pandy
Dr Who (scared me silly)
Blake seven

I remember the begining of the era of Mod's an Rockers
I was a Rocker, Mod's were Poofs
Never could stand the Beatles
Rolling Stones ruled, Hmm still do


I think the Magic roundabout deserves a mention, strictly speaking it wasn't from my era
but being older I could read between the lines,


Time for bed said Zebadee,Oh woopee said Florence, Can I come too said Brian.

Gone fishing

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help me out, here. What other foods are "recent"?



lots of foods are recent, at least for Americans.

sushi was called "bait" back about 30 years ago or more.
gourmet coffee.
microbrewed beer
tapas
Speed Racer
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Safe sex.. pre 1980 ;)



Amazon..along those lines...remember when we felt comfortable leaving our car door open while paying for gas at a station and our house door open all day while we were at work? Those days are certainly gone as well.





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Safe sex.. pre 1980 ;)



Amazon..along those lines...remember when we felt comfortable leaving our car door open while paying for gas at a station and our house door open all day while we were at work? Those days are certainly gone as well.



Some places you can still do that...
The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

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Safe sex.. pre 1980 ;)



Amazon..along those lines...remember when we felt comfortable leaving our car door open while paying for gas at a station and our house door open all day while we were at work? Those days are certainly gone as well.



Some places you can still do that...



Where?





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Safe sex.. pre 1980 ;)



Amazon..along those lines...remember when we felt comfortable leaving our car door open while paying for gas at a station and our house door open all day while we were at work? Those days are certainly gone as well.



Some places you can still do that...



Where?



Before moving to Florida I used to live in a very small town in s/w Pa... leaving your doors unlocked when you went to work was never a big deal... everyone watched out for their neighbors and nobody bothered your stuff.
The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers...

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