I'm so old I Remember when:

[chrissynemetz]

Yard Darts

How did we survive those

 

[The Moonshiner]

How did we survive those

cause we all just threw them straight up into the air didn't we?

 

[BarnyardChaos]

I loved Blockbuster!!!

I hated Blockbuster! Specifically, their "" 2-day rental"" policy. You could theoretically rent a video at, say 11:59pm, then return it at 12:01 am, a total of 2 MINUTES, and it counted as TWO DAYS. You could argue until you're blue in the face that 24 hours is ONE day, overnight is ONE day, but nope - you're charged for TWO. If you get that policy wrong and rent your video on a Monday but return it TWO days later on Wednesday, you will be charged LATE fees or double the rental fee for another "two" days - because Monday to Tuesday is two days, and Tuesday to Wednesday is another two days......
Ugh. Can you tell I'm STILL mad about this, 30 years later???

 

[R2elk]

I remember when there were no microwaves, and t.v. dinners were a new thing. They were in aluminum trays and took forever to cook in the oven. But it was such a novel thing to eat dinner off those flimsy folding t.v. trays in your living room.

They weren't any better tasting back then than they are now.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

They weren't any better tasting back then than they are now.

But they were way bigger and cost far less.

 

[R2elk]

I remember when there was no such thing as pizza delivery. Still isn't available here.

No such thing as cable TV. Still isn't available here. With all the streaming services now, we will probably never get cable TV here.

 

[pertnear09]

Not old enough to remember party lines, but I know what they are!

They were aggravating.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I hated Blockbuster! Specifically, their "" 2-day rental"" policy. You could theoretically rent a video at, say 11:59pm, then return it at 12:01 am, a total of 2 MINUTES, and it counted as TWO DAYS. You could argue until you're blue in the face that 24 hours is ONE day, overnight is ONE day, but nope - you're charged for TWO. If you get that policy wrong and rent your video on a Monday but return it TWO days later on Wednesday, you will be charged LATE fees or double the rental fee for another "two" days - because Monday to Tuesday is two days, and Tuesday to Wednesday is another two days......
Ugh. Can you tell I'm STILL mad about this, 30 years later???

Oh wow that’s ridiculous

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Oh wow that’s ridiculous

I wonder why no one ever filed a class-action lawsuit against them. No matter now, they're gone.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I wonder why no one ever filed a class-action lawsuit against them. No matter now, they're gone.

There’s one left I’m pretty sure