reflections of the way life used to be
inspired by a post 
twistedchick did. which was inspired by a post that
rustler did.
when i was growing up telephone booths were already a rare thing. in fact, there was a visual joke in the second superman movie that he couldn't find a phone booth to change in & had to twirl in a revolving door.
pay phones made a call for 25 cents, more for long distance. hence the country song here's a quarter, call someone who cares.
cable tv was gaining popularity, but it was still something that "rich people" had. at one point, large satellite dishes started springing up on people's lawns like giant, alien mushrooms. which announced "i have disposable income."
cellphones were just coming on the scene. the thing was "bag phones" or car phones. later it was the "brick" cellphones. either one told the world that you were a v.i.p of some sort. in fact i'm convinced most of those weren't turned on, that people carried them around to look important.
generic foods in the supermarkets were generic. white packages with black letters that just told you what was inside; corn, flour, paper towels & the like. there were no "store brands" which i still call generic BTW.
mcdonald's still had styrofoam containers for their sandwiches, in fact most fast food places had cardboard containers for their sandwiches. no fast food place had salads that i recall.
there was only one flavor of doritos; cheese.
soft drinks usually came in a 12 ounce can (mostly tin, aluminum was quickly replacing that) or glass bottles with styrofoam labels. or there were 1 & 2 liter bottles. there was a 3 liter size for a while. "diet" drinks were starting to become popular, then the "caffeine free" ones.
laserdisks were big for a brief moment. as large as the old 33 rpm records they were eventually replaced by the dvd.
the cd was making it's way onto the scene, it came in this really hard to open package though. if fact it's still hard to open those things.
i recall that home-schooling was a rare thing, so was pre-school for that matter. less than 5 students in my kindergarten class had gone to pre-school.
to quote a line from the movie; "but most of all, i remember mama."
twistedchick did. which was inspired by a post that
rustler did.
when i was growing up telephone booths were already a rare thing. in fact, there was a visual joke in the second superman movie that he couldn't find a phone booth to change in & had to twirl in a revolving door.
pay phones made a call for 25 cents, more for long distance. hence the country song here's a quarter, call someone who cares.
cable tv was gaining popularity, but it was still something that "rich people" had. at one point, large satellite dishes started springing up on people's lawns like giant, alien mushrooms. which announced "i have disposable income."
cellphones were just coming on the scene. the thing was "bag phones" or car phones. later it was the "brick" cellphones. either one told the world that you were a v.i.p of some sort. in fact i'm convinced most of those weren't turned on, that people carried them around to look important.
generic foods in the supermarkets were generic. white packages with black letters that just told you what was inside; corn, flour, paper towels & the like. there were no "store brands" which i still call generic BTW.
mcdonald's still had styrofoam containers for their sandwiches, in fact most fast food places had cardboard containers for their sandwiches. no fast food place had salads that i recall.
there was only one flavor of doritos; cheese.
soft drinks usually came in a 12 ounce can (mostly tin, aluminum was quickly replacing that) or glass bottles with styrofoam labels. or there were 1 & 2 liter bottles. there was a 3 liter size for a while. "diet" drinks were starting to become popular, then the "caffeine free" ones.
laserdisks were big for a brief moment. as large as the old 33 rpm records they were eventually replaced by the dvd.
the cd was making it's way onto the scene, it came in this really hard to open package though. if fact it's still hard to open those things.
i recall that home-schooling was a rare thing, so was pre-school for that matter. less than 5 students in my kindergarten class had gone to pre-school.
to quote a line from the movie; "but most of all, i remember mama."