'Remember when' or 'these kids today' nostalgia thread for old fogies like me

[21hens-incharge]

I missed that one. She was multifaceted for sure.
I used to watch her comedy show just to see how much the others could take before losing composure.

 

[User395221]

just to see how much the others could take before losing composure.

Who was that bloke who was on it? I remember him falling about laughing, more than I remember anything else about his performances.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I think you mean Harvey Corman. I probably spelled his name wrong.

Super funny watching them try not to laugh.

The other one that was on a lot was Tim Conway. OMG the office boss scenes where Carol was the secretary.

 

[User395221]

I think you mean Harvey Corman.

Yes, him! I can just remember him falling about laughing. He couldn't keep a straight face, that guy.

 

[FlyWheel]

Here's one: Pulling into a gas station, having one (or more) men come out to ask what kind of gas you want, filling your tank, checking your tire pressure, belts, hoses, and whether or not your oil and coolant levels are correct.

Then giving you Blue Chip or S&H Green Stamps as thanks for choosing their station.
For that matter, who remembers Blue Chip or S&H Green Stamps!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yeah, no one gets any service at service stations any more. Once upon a time gas sold for less than a dollar a gallon!

 

[User395221]

Yeah, no one gets any service at service stations any more.

The annoying thing is that when they brought in the "self-service" pumps they told everybody it would make everything cheaper. Yeh, right.

Also, they'd wash your windscreen. As a little kid, I used to like watching "the guy" do the windscreen. It was entertainment.

 

[N F C]

The annoying thing is that when they brought in the "self-service" pumps they told everybody it would make everything cheaper. Yeh, right.

Also, they'd wash your windscreen. As a little kid, I used to like watching "the guy" do the windscreen. It was entertainment.

When he was a little kid (maybe around 8 or 9), my ex made his own spending money washing windshields at his dad's service station.

Can you imagine the reaction you'd get today if you told some kid he had to wash windows at the gas stations? First you'd have to convince them, gas stations really did used to offer that service, lol.

 

[User395221]

First you'd have to convince them, gas stations really did used to offer that service, lol.

and explain why all the people didn't just use the windscreen washing squirters in their cars.

Perhaps a young person today would enjoy my brother's part-time job? Working on the rubbish truck, back when there were a lot of young blokes who jumped off, ran and grabbed the bin and then took it and emptied it into the truck. No robot arms to pick up the bin, it was all people doing it.

 

[igorsMistress]

When he was a little kid (maybe around 8 or 9), my ex made his own spending money washing windshields at his dad's service station.

Can you imagine the reaction you'd get today if you told some kid he had to wash windows at the gas stations? First you'd have to convince them, gas stations really did used to offer that service, lol.

Oh no, you'd be arrested for unfair child labor or have to pay him minimum wage.