I'm so old I Remember when:

[Brooks_]

Depends for what. I remember my parents being so excited when they had saved enough to get a TV (black and white of course).

Yeah, electronics were the exception.

 

[TwoCrows]

There were no calculators, you had to do your math homework in your head or on paper.

 

[Brooks_]

There were no calculators, you had to do your math homework in your head or on paper.

Long division!

 

[sdm111]

Right after mash I believe, when TV went off the air

 

[The Moonshiner]

Did you know Atari was founded in 1972 but Nintendo was founded in 1889?

 

[R2elk]

I remember the camera man only showing Elvis above the waist on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Saw that too and the big fuss they made about it. I remember the Lawrence Welk show.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

I remember having the operator make long distance calls for you.

The phone bill had a section for your long distance calls, and were charged by the minute, 10-25 cents, depending on the LD plan you signed up for. It's why minute timers often sat next to the telephone. I can't remember if LD was just to a different area code, or even to the next town over.
Oh, and getting collect calls all the time, because not everyone had a phone, so they'd borrow the neighbor's or use a pay phone.

 

[BDutch]

Those and monthly testing of the siren.

They still do this in my country.
Every first Monday of the month at 12.00 h.

 

[R2elk]

My first job paid minimum wage of $2.30 an hour.

Mine was substantially less than that.

 

[TwoCrows]

Jack Benny show, loved it!!!! ❤