“I loved going there on Friday nights.
It was something of an event, marking the start of the weekend.”
Here’s what they had to say.
“Recording tapes from the radio music shows or from your own stereo off your LPs.
Owning one of your favorite singers or bands actually meant something.
I still have all of mine.
The sound is way better than the downloaded stuff nowadays.”
“I grew up in a very rural area.
In the summer, I had a friend from elementary school who lived a half-hour away.
We’d write letters back and forth almost daily during summer.
Stamps were four cents, then went to a nickel.
Writing letters was a happy pastime, and I miss the connections they fostered.”
Anonymous, 67
3.
“Music being played on MTV and Fuse instead ofreality showslike16 And Pregnant.”
“Needing a cord to connect to the internet.
I was in college in the early 2000s when WiFi wasn’t yet a thing.
Back in the day, ethernet was king!”
Angela, 40, Ohio
5.
Usually, two quarters and a dime would cover it."
“Going to the library to find a book about the topic you needed to learn about.”
karenparisotto
7.
“There weren’t plastics or Styrofoam containers at the store.
Our milk was in quart-sized glass bottles and placed in a metal container next to the front door.
I’m feeling so old now I still pick up the milk and shake it.”
“Freedom to be a kid.
We tramped the Sierras like they were our own backyard.
In Alaska, we knew the forest and itsanimalslike we knew the neighbors and theirdogs.
My grandkids will never get to experience that.”
Anonymous, 65
9.
Now, I use maybe one check a month.
ATMs have made things so much easier."
10.“Cameras!
I still use a little digital camera, especially on vacation (it’s waterproof).
A few years ago, I asked a teenage passerby to take a photo of our group.
Anonymous, 40, Canada
11.
We had five homes on our phone line.
Our call was two short rings and one long one, which meant it was for us.
I remember my mom telling neighbors that it was for us and that they could hang up.”
Timm, 65
13.
“Finally getting a remote for the TV.
“Taping shows or games on VCR (VHS or Beta).
If you missed a show or game and did not have it taped, then you just missed it.
Anonymous
15.
It doesn’t hit the same way as seeing them at the car or baggage claim.”
“Riding in the way back of a station wagon to wave at the drivers behind us.
Seatbelts were only lap belts and only a suggestion.
There were no car seats except for infants.
Anonymous, 54, Arizona
17.
“Cigarette vending machines.
Also, cigarette ads on TV.”
“It was very normal for all kids to be broke.
Social media puts so much pressure on kids to have money and expensive items.
Twenty dollars would be an astronomical amount to earn.”
Sabrina, 38, Texas
19.
“I loved going to the video store on Friday nights.
It was something of an event, marking the start of the weekend.”
“Going to Pizza Hut with the family and having to wait for a table!
There was no better place for a birthday party, with the smells, sounds, and activity.
Pizza Huts back in the ’80s were poppin'!”
sherricohen114
22.
“Only having a certain number of minutes per month to use AOL.”
“I grew up on Long Island, and my dad was a big Giants football fan.
Bunny
24.
The annual Fall Preview issue was a big deal!”
NOT COOL, LimeWire.”
karileah143
26.
Then, you had to leave it for your parents to stumble upon.
