If you were born in the 50's 60's and 70's this thread is for you

[Fotbol]

Now How did I know someone that wasn't born in these years would be the first to read this thread!:D

[3afan]

wrong - i was first to read :tongue:

[IHStangFan]

anyone remember the old Whataburger commercials w/ Mel Tillis?

Mel Tillis Whataburger Commercials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGLcNR1sWIc)

[RedWhiteBlue]

Remember the old A frame orange buildings with the awnings on each side?

[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by RedWhiteBlue
Remember the old A frame orange buildings with the awnings on each side? heck yeah. You know...scattered about here and there you can still find these buildings...theyre not always functioning Whataburgers...but theyre out there.

[luvhoops34]

Originally posted by IHStangFan
anyone remember the old Whataburger commercials w/ Mel Tillis?

Mel Tillis Whataburger Commercials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGLcNR1sWIc)

I haven't thought about those in years!

We ate at Whataburger last night. mmmmm

[IHStangFan]

who all remembers when phones looked like this...none of that fancy wireless, cell phone stuff.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BAClanton/sparkfun_rotary_phone_1.jpg

[IHStangFan]

"old" people like me....we all know what this is...lets see how many of the kiddos know what this is.....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BAClanton/eight-track_dolby_sm.jpg

Anyone remember these?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BAClanton/CurtainPalmTree.jpg

[crzyjournalist03]

that first picture resembles a prehistoric iPod...and since I honestly don't know what it is, I'm going to guess that it's an 8-track.

[IHStangFan]

LOL!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXtqXnpsZ3E)

[crzyjournalist03]

dang...can't access youtube at work.

[IHStangFan]

Tootsie Roll Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayjR8Qbyfc)

Crest Commercial...Cavity Creeps! LOL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Y_vEKbZhU)

Who remember's Schoolhouse Rock?

Conjunction Junction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo)

Fat Albert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFDBW7Xgagg)

come on yall...help me out!

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by IHStangFan
Tootsie Roll Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayjR8Qbyfc)

Crest Commercial...Cavity Creeps! LOL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Y_vEKbZhU)

Who remember's Schoolhouse Rock?

Conjunction Junction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo)

Fat Albert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFDBW7Xgagg)

come on yall...help me out!


LOL Cavity Creeps - I remember those commericals from Saturday morning cartoons :D

[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by pirate4state
LOL Cavity Creeps - I remember those commericals from Saturday morning cartoons :D LOL..yup...exactly. The more I dig around on youtube...the more of these I remember. I'm sittin here laughing and watching commercials from the 70s.

[Texasfootball2]

Originally posted by IHStangFan
"old" people like me....we all know what this is...lets see how many of the kiddos know what this is.....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BAClanton/eight-track_dolby_sm.jpg

Anyone remember these?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BAClanton/CurtainPalmTree.jpg

Love those 8 track tapes. Especially the ones that you had to wedge a matchbook inbetween the tape and the player so it wouldn't drag. And how about those songs that would begin on one track and then pause and change to another track, gotta love that.

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by IHStangFan
LOL!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXtqXnpsZ3E)

I loved Ponch and John ;)

now I have this song in my head

Originally posted by IHStangFan


Who remember's Schoolhouse Rock?

Conjunction Junction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo)
!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Texasfootball2
And how about those songs that would begin on one track and then pause and change to another track, gotta love that.

LOL!! That was how my favorite Elvis Presley song was!!:(


This was always one my favorite cartoons Foghorn Leghorn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w57ibMFxywk)

[IHStangFan]

some of my childhood heros....Hurricane Hannah, Rick Johnson, Jeff Ward, etc. etc.

My Childhood heros (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G9Cik2gI6U)

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
LOL!! That was how my favorite Elvis Presley song was!!:(


This was always one my favorite cartoons Foghorn Leghorn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w57ibMFxywk)

:clap: :clap: ROFLMAO!! Foghorn Leghorn is MY favorite!!! :D :D

"I WON! I WON!" :doh: :evillol: Silly men!! :kiss:

[Fotbol]

The original Little Rascals!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Fotbol
The original Little Rascals!

I loved them!!

Spanky and Buckwheat were my favorites!!!

[Texasfootball2]

WHAT ABOUT BARNEY FIFE, AND THEODORE CLEAVER. AND LETS DON'T FORGET GILLIGAN. AND HERE'S THE REAL QUESTION!

GINGER OR MARY ANNE?

[injuredinmelee]

Originally posted by RedWhiteBlue
Remember the old A frame orange buildings with the awnings on each side?

there is one in Austin on Cameron rd. just south of 183.

[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by Texasfootball2
WHAT ABOUT BARNEY FIFE, AND THEODORE CLEAVER. AND LETS DON'T FORGET GILLIGAN. AND HERE'S THE REAL QUESTION!

GINGER OR MARY ANNE? Maryanne w/out question. Girl next door w/ a great figure..low maint. My kinda girl! :D

Ginger or Maryanne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wrEqsTJCmg)

[burnet44]

The Greatest Generation

[RedWhiteBlue]

I had an 8 track adapter for my car so I could listen to my Skid Row cassette.
Maryanne definitely- she baked all the pies. But being female, I was definitely in love with the Professor!!!!

[Sweetwater Red]

I wouldn't begin to know where to find a picture of one of these.

Does anyone remember the old cable boxes that were hard
wired to the TV? They had a row of flip switches and dial. The
wire was about 8 ft. long. It was about as close to a remote
control as they had at the time.

[IHStangFan]

who remembers this?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BAClanton/pong.gif

[Fotbol]

Archie Bunker and George Jefferson..."Hey Edith, the Coloruds are coming over here!

[Fotbol]

Ultra man, the Bionic Man, and Woman, Felix the cat cartoons, Rocky and BullWinkle cartoons, mighty mouse, M I C.........C ya real soon K E Y ....Y bcuz we like you Mouseeeeeeeee Mickey Mouse....

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
I wouldn't begin to know where to find a picture of one of these.

Does anyone remember the old cable boxes that were hard
wired to the TV? They had a row of flip switches and dial. The
wire was about 8 ft. long. It was about as close to a remote
control as they had at the time.

haha I know exactly what you are talking about!!!

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by IHStangFan
who all remembers when phones looked like this...none of that fancy wireless, cell phone stuff.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BAClanton/sparkfun_rotary_phone_1.jpg
My grandmother still has one only she never had anything fancy enough to be RED. For the longest time, I only knew her prefix by the letters. SWift5-fifteenhundred


:(

[Texasfootball2]

Originally posted by Fotbol
Archie Bunker and George Jefferson..."Hey Edith, the Coloruds are coming over here!

"Lord, A Bunker her"

"Hey Meathead! Get out of the chair!"

And I say MARY ANNE! also.

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by IHStangFan
who remembers this?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/BAClanton/pong.gif
Is that Pong! I loved that game.

Dang, this thread brings back some memories. I think that Tootsie Roll commercial that someone posted a few pages back was in circulation through the better part of 22 presidential terms.

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
I wouldn't begin to know where to find a picture of one of these.

Does anyone remember the old cable boxes that were hard
wired to the TV? They had a row of flip switches and dial. The
wire was about 8 ft. long. It was about as close to a remote
control as they had at the time.
You had CABLE?????? :eek: :eek: We had rabbit ears....usually with foil. For certain stations, you had to crinkle the foil a little bit. :hairpunk:

http://www.ragoarts.com/onlinecats/04.05MOD/0099.jpg

[Ranger Mom]

I still remember my phone number when I was 8.

It was 398-3232 and my best friends was 398-2108....back then all you had to dial was the last number in the prefix...so I just had to dial 8-2108!

[RedWhiteBlue]

My mother still has those phones at her house one on the wall in the kitchen and in the hall. The phone rings and it will wake the dead. My kids think they are the greatest.
What about party lines? Ever pick up the phone and the neighbor was on and you had to wait for them to get off?
Wheezy, where you at, Wheezy???

[Texasfootball2]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
You had CABLE?????? :eek: :eek: We had rabbit ears....usually with foil. For certain stations, you had to crinkle the foil a little bit. :hairpunk:

http://www.ragoarts.com/onlinecats/04.05MOD/0099.jpg

I still remember my brothers and I having to take turns climbing up on the roof to turn the antenna so we could get better reception on the channel we wanted to watch (even if it was raining or snowing, it was just part of our everyday life). And by the way for you younger folks. We only had 3 channels, ABC, NBC, and CBS, and you had to turn the antenna towards the station you want to watch.

Those were the good ole days!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Texasfootball2
I still remember my brothers and I having to take turns climbing up on the roof to turn the antenna so we could get better reception on the channel we wanted to watch (even if it was raining or snowing, it was just part of our everyday life). And by the way for you younger folks. We only had 3 channels, ABC, NBC, and CBS, and you had to turn the antenna towards the station you want to watch.

Those were the good ole days!

When I got married I was so excited because my new father-in-law gave us his VHS video player! I had never had one before....I ran across it under my bed a couple of weeks ago and realized that it had a knob on it to change the channel from 1 all the way to 13!!;)

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by RedWhiteBlue
My mother still has those phones at her house one on the wall in the kitchen and in the hall. The phone rings and it will wake the dead. My kids think they are the greatest.
What about party lines? Ever pick up the phone and the neighbor was on and you had to wait for them to get off?
Wheezy, where you at, Wheezy???

I remember party lines. WE never had one, but the people I used to babysit for did, boy what a hassle that was!! I mean we all know babysitting = talk on the phone. :D

[RedWhiteBlue]

I was the youngest and my older brothers would yell at me from the other room just to come change the channels so they wouldn't have to get up- I hated that!!! I think that is why I had children- is so I will never have to change the channel again!!!!

[sotxrat]

how bout the old mobile phones - (before cell phone) - looked like a princess phone, handset had button to push to get operator, you had to give your number to operator and then the number you wanted to call. Service area was not the greatest either. It basically was a fancy two-radio. This was back in the 60's and early 70's.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by RedWhiteBlue
I was the youngest and my older brothers would yell at me from the other room just to come change the channels so they wouldn't have to get up- I hated that!!! I think that is why I had children- is so I will never have to change the channel again!!!!

I remember one of the TV's we had, we could sit in front of it with a metal slinky...and when we put it up to the Channel knob and moved it from hand to hand...it would turn the channel!!

I have STILL never figure out how that could be!!!

:confused:

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by sotxrat
how bout the old mobile phones - (before cell phone) - looked like a princess phone, handset had button to push to get operator, you had to give your number to operator and then the number you wanted to call. Service area was not the greatest either. It basically was a fancy two-radio. This was back in the 60's and early 70's.

Or the first cordless phones they came out with....the were huge boxy looking things.

I have to laugh in the first episodes of "Friends" what their cordless phones are like!!:D

[SWMustang]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
I wouldn't begin to know where to find a picture of one of these.

Does anyone remember the old cable boxes that were hard
wired to the TV? They had a row of flip switches and dial. The
wire was about 8 ft. long. It was about as close to a remote
control as they had at the time.

We had that converter - I thought it was made by Jerrold. This the one you remember?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/pattonwb/converterjerrold.jpg

[RedWhiteBlue]

The old 'bag phone'- they were the best!!! Farmers would hook them up to their truck horns and they would go off at the DQ.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by RedWhiteBlue
The old 'bag phone'- they were the best!!! Farmers would hook them up to their truck horns and they would go off at the DQ.

My boss still has his bag phone...he swears it's the best cell phone he has ever used!!

He says he NEVER loses service!!:D

[RedWhiteBlue]

He probably doesn't. He probably has much better service out there than I have here with whoever owns my company right now.
I wonder if I could drum up one of those bag phones? With the antenna on the top of my suv?

[Texasfootball2]

Originally posted by SWMustang
We had that converter - I thought it was made by Jerrold. This the one you remember?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/pattonwb/converterjerrold.jpg

These were cool. I had one in my dorm room in college.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by SWMustang
We had that converter - I thought it was made by Jerrold. This the one you remember?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/pattonwb/converterjerrold.jpg

Yes, that's the one I remember!!! LOL

[Fotbol]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
I still remember my phone number when I was 8.

It was 398-3232 and my best friends was 398-2108....back then all you had to dial was the last number in the prefix...so I just had to dial 8-2108! My Phone # when I was 8 was 713 682-7820..Uhm I may just call that number and C who would answer, my address was 6609 Ezzard Charles LN Houston, Texas 77021, I can't believe that I remember that, and now I can't remember where my cell is...LoL.

[SWMustang]

Originally posted by Fotbol
My Phone # when I was 8 was 713 682-7820..Uhm I may just call that number and C who would answer, my address was 6609 Ezzard Charles LN Houston, Texas 77021, I can't believe that I remember that, and now I can't remember where my cell is...LoL.

since I'm in houston, I thought I'd call and ask for cunbed. The number is not in service:(

[SWMustang]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
My boss still has his bag phone...he swears it's the best cell phone he has ever used!!

He says he NEVER loses service!!:D


I'm sure it's analog. Come February it won't work anymore - The FCC gave permission to shut off all analog towers.

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by SWMustang
We had that converter - I thought it was made by Jerrold. This the one you remember?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/pattonwb/converterjerrold.jpg

That's it. You could turn the dial to a point and push to switches
simultaneously to get channels you weren't subscribed to.:devil: :D

[Fotbol]

Originally posted by SWMustang
since I'm in houston, I thought I'd call and ask for cunbed. The number is not in service:( Dang that number was in service way before I was born, my Great Grandfather was a roofer, and that was also his business phone # on the sides of his trucks.

[RedWhiteBlue]

I think I had friends who actually got in trouble for trying to wire those boxes in illegally......

[SWMustang]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
That's it. You could turn the dial to a point and push to switches
simultaneously to get channels you weren't subscribed to.:devil: :D

I'm sure you never used the fine tune button to dial in some shadowy figures doing stuff you had to pay extra for? I never did that either :D

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by SWMustang
I'm sure you never used the fine tune button to dial in some shadowy figures doing stuff you had to pay extra for? I never did that either :D

what happened late at night should stay there...

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by SWMustang
I'm sure it's analog. Come February it won't work anymore - The FCC gave permission to shut off all analog towers.

Yes...it is!! That stinks...I don't think I will tell him until February then, no sense in giving him something to bitch about now!!:D

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by SWMustang
I'm sure you never used the fine tune button to dial in some shadowy figures doing stuff you had to pay extra for? I never did that either :D


:confused:









:devil: :D :devil:

[Texasfootball2]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
:confused:


:devil: :D :devil:

You could also push two buttons down at the same time and get some premium channels. You just had to spend a little time experimenting to find the right combinations.

[SWMustang]

Originally posted by Texasfootball2


What happened to Red's original post? There's no chance anyone could do that nowadays with digital technology.

[Texasfootball2]

Originally posted by SWMustang
What happened to Red's original post? There's no chance anyone could do that nowadays with digital technology.

I don't know, I was wandering the same thing!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Texasfootball2
I don't know, I was wandering the same thing!

When Red's post was quoted, they typed in the "quote" box instead of under it, making it look like it was Red's post...but it wasn't.

That happens all the time!! I went back and fixed it!!!:D

[SWMustang]

Unless Red went in and edited his own post, I don't think that's what happened. Texasfootball2 quoted Red and his post had additional stuff that was missing from Red's.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by SWMustang
Unless Red went in and edited his own post, I don't think that's what happened. Texasfootball2 quoted Red and his post had additional stuff that was missing from Red's.





Kinda like this you mean??? Happens all the time!!!! ~~RM~~

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
When Red's post was quoted, they typed in the "quote" box instead of under it, making it look like it was Red's post...but it wasn't.

That happens all the time!! I went back and fixed it!!!:D

Thank you very much. Now I need to find some of DaHop72's
posts. :devil: :D :devil:

[Ranger Mom]

There was an entire thread once that was nothing but posters quoting other posters and changing it up!!

Something like, threads you will never read on the downlow, or something.

Pretty humorus!!!

[burnet44]

we owe most everything to those born in the 20's

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by burnet44
we owe most everything to those born in the 20's

I was thinking more along the lines of 1750's...

[DaHop72]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
Thank you very much. Now I need DaHop72 to send me a Snyder Tiger shirt.
:devil: :devil: :devil:

[Maroon87]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
You had CABLE?????? :eek: :eek: We had rabbit ears....usually with foil. For certain stations, you had to crinkle the foil a little bit. :hairpunk:

http://www.ragoarts.com/onlinecats/04.05MOD/0099.jpg

My parents didn't get cable until 1990...:eek:

[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by SWMustang
We had that converter - I thought it was made by Jerrold. This the one you remember?

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/pattonwb/converterjerrold.jpg holy crap...I remember having those!! LOL!!!