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  1. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    And when one of us got sick Mom would get one appointment for one kid and come back with a prescription for all 9 of us.
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    If we're thinking of the same thing, they now make them with just one bar and call them a zipline. There was one at a park near my old house, and there was always a line.
  3. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    4 square wasn't much better.
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

  5. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    We got our first TV, and it was such a Big Deal that I decided to sneak upstairs and see what was on at 2am. Either static or colored stripes was playing on every channel.
  6. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Dad told me about that in the 70s. The radio show was structured as a "real" news report, and people panicked.
  7. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Who was it who did "Cocktails for Two"? Another one is "Ghost Riders In The Sky."
  8. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    "Hey, good lookin What ya got cookin? How about cookin something up with me...."
  9. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Yeah...take all the stickers off.
  10. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    A few years ago the phone company was working on the junction box in our backyard. He said to reduce redundancy and avoid upgrading the whole underground phone system, they were switching landlines over to internet.
  11. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    It's called GPS, and emergency services has access even when you think it's off.
  12. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Originally, landlines were powered, so if the power went out the phones could still be used. They also had multiple routes, so if one section of line went down they could reroute through another. When you called 911 through a landline, it was always available and they knew precisely where you...
  13. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    But the landlines all go through the internet as well, and even in areas where they don't, 911 is likely to be net based. We had a landline at my old house. Power was out, but I figured the wall phone woukd be working so we could notify the power company...nope. Dead air. Not even a dial tone...
  14. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    My Dad had a Recordio, complete with blank records.
  15. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Don't worry. You'll get there.
  16. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Small, often portable music player. You put in a quarter, choose your song, and it plays the song.
  17. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Juke box
  18. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    And the strips made great confetti.
  19. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

  20. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Now, since I have thoroughly derailed the thread, it behooves me to bring it back on track.
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