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05 Jan 2017, 1:10 am

TVs with the VHS player built-in.


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05 Jan 2017, 8:38 pm

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TVs with the VHS player built-in.

I remember those. :D


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05 Jan 2017, 8:43 pm

sony portable reel to reel video tape recorders



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05 Jan 2017, 9:47 pm

telephone table seats.


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05 Jan 2017, 9:48 pm

sodium saccharine



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06 Jan 2017, 12:49 am

space age tailfins on cars.


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06 Jan 2017, 1:32 am

buckboard wagons



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09 Jan 2017, 2:25 pm

People giving out home-made treats on Halloween. When I was a kid my mom would make candied apples and some of my neighbors gave us bags of fudge. I read that years before that they'd also give out home-made cookies and cake. But now because of all the horror stories about sickos putting razor blades in apples or poisoning Halloween candy people usually just give out store-bought stuff now.

Actually, there have been very few cases of actual trick-or-treat candy poisoning, and most of the victims were actually poisoned by their own parents. :(
And other kids have sometimes gotten sick after eating the candy, but it's a well-known fact that eating too much of it can do that, especially when it's combined with excitement. The whole "stranger danger" thing back in the 80's was ridiculous.



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09 Jan 2017, 4:00 pm

"pig in a poke"



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09 Feb 2017, 2:59 pm

WOW, was I ever so surprised to see this thread brought-back, to life----HAPPILY surprised!!













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09 Feb 2017, 3:00 pm

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the vacuformer toy [mattel vac-u-form] that let you takes sheets of plastic and melt them over patterns, you could make little signs and things with them as well as basic toys.
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I totally remember those machines. I knew a family that had one, and they always made "bugs" and "worms", in them!! LOL







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09 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm

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...is this thread 90's kids and older only?

I'm the OP. It was originally intended for "60s kids" (50+, in age), but anybody can participate.








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09 Feb 2017, 3:03 pm

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Slide rules, dial-up internet, AOL, and soon, manual transmissions in cars.

Hey----I still HAVE Dial-up Internet!!








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09 Feb 2017, 3:04 pm

Raleigh wrote:
Kerosene-heated showers.

I still have an outdoor one of these, for camping.

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Wristwatches that you had to wind up.

I still have one of these, TOO!!

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TTY telephones.

These are still in-use.

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telephone table seats.

Okay----now, you're just being cruel / making me feel old-as-the-hills!! LOL j/k These are still in antique stores, and I've ALWAYS wanted one, because my aunt had one.




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09 Feb 2017, 3:05 pm

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...reel-to-reel tape recorders were vital to the radio business until around the year 2000, because of the need to do precise editing by physical cut-and-splice (with razor and sticking tape). That even though consumers stopped using reel-to-reels when cassettes came out in circa 1969.

Yeah, we were still using reel-to-reels on mainframe computers, when I was in the military in the 80s / 90s----and, I've spliced-a-PLENTY of 'em.






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09 Feb 2017, 3:07 pm

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I remember having to prime a pump.

Me, TOO!!









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