I'm so old I Remember when:

[MROO]

I remember when gas was less than 17¢ a gallon...

And you:

I just KNEW it was a personal slap-in-the-face when, just as I started driving, you could no longer get two gallons for a dollar!

And during the 70's shortage and resulting price wars, one of our local stations went out of business almost overnight, leaving their $1.99 a gallon sign abandoned. We drove past that sign for years, shaking our heads We marveled at how crazy things had been "back then" and grateful that we'd survived that insanity. The World had learned its' lesson ...
It's scary what we'd give now to have that ridiculous price back in effect, today!

 

[MROO]

Wall phones

... with long, curly tails because "sister" stretched the cord into the bathroom so she could close the door for a private conversation.




... and "sister" was me!

 

[ShrekDawg]

... with long, curly tails because "sister" stretched the cord into the bathroom so she could close the door for a private conversation.




... and "sister" was me!

Lmaoooo

 

[LaurenRitz]

... with long, curly tails because "sister" stretched the cord into the bathroom so she could close the door for a private conversation.




... and "sister" was me!

I have no idea how many hours I wasted straightening out the backward kinks so the phone chord would stretch right.

 

[diogenes2946]

Whoppers were 39 cents and I made $1.50/hour flipping them.

 

[notabitail]

Whoppers were 39 cents and I made $1.50/hour flipping them.

The ones I have eaten a couple years ago look like they were so flat they were sat on.

 

[MROO]

I have no idea how many hours I wasted straightening out the backward kinks so the phone chord would stretch right.

... and how angry we'd get when we hung the receiver back, only to find ONE stupid curl turning the wrong way - halfway down the cord, of course!

 

[Rustycage]

I remember when gas was less than 17¢ a gallon...

And you:

50 cents , filled my Honda 50 up , My older Brother remembers selling his 396 4sp 411 SS Chevelle when gas hit 50 cents I wanted that Blue / Black SS

 

[BigBlueHen53]

... with long, curly tails because "sister" stretched the cord into the bathroom so she could close the door for a private conversation.




... and "sister" was me!

We had a 10-minute phone limit in our house. Dad said if you needed to talk longer than that you should use your 10 minutes making arrangements to get together to talk in person. To the end of his days I don't think he ever spent more than 10 minutes on the phone with anybody, even when he lived several states away. Say what you have to say and hang up. "Your mother and I are coming to see you this weekend, you gonna be home? Okay, bye." Click!

 

[LaurenRitz]

We had a 10-minute phone limit in our house. Dad said if you needed to talk longer than that you should use your 10 minutes making arrangements to get together to talk in person. To the end of his days I don't think he ever spent more than 10 minutes on the phone with anybody, even when he lived several states away. Say what you have to say and hang up. "Your mother and I are coming to see you this weekend, you gonna be home? Okay, bye." Click!

I spoke to a young boy maybe 10 years ago? I didn't have a cell phone yet. Never wanted one. He was aghast at the idea. "What do you do when you want to talk to someone?" "I talk to them face to face." The shock and dismay was comical. "You mean you go to their HOUSE?!"