Those good old days... Wait! I'm not that old... am I? aaargggh
*runs in circle as fast as age allows...*
Fun times. Remember the bandana phase? They went great with my Vans.
QUIET DOWN YOU LITTLE BASTARDS!!!!!
*groan* What is gramps yelling about now? somebody make him a sasparilla so he'll calm down.I thought he preferred Ovaltine?
Beer actually. Cold beer. And a locked cooler for them, to keep the teen/young adults from mooching his stash..
*shuffles off mumbling about how disrectful the younguns are these days*
Cool nostalgia thread, just like I hoped, lol. Lot of good stuff I had forgotten about (including Captain N, holy crap). Good old 1541 floppy drive, hah, you could crumple a 5 ¼ in your hand and it would still read; don’t make them like that anymore.
Thank goodness shoulder pads died, at least.
What cracks me up, and is lost on my kids, is the resurrection of oldies but goodies - like mood rings, bell bottoms, and corduroy. And a whole lot more. It's like some guy buys up all the out-of-fashion stuff at discount prices and keeps it in a warehouse for 20 years, selling it at a huge profit.
Heck even the old video games make a comeback. We have Robotron, Centipede, Space Invaders, Galaga, Tempest, and the PacMan series on our Xbox. And my wife and I kick our kids' butts on them!
Who remembers a old video game, circa 1981, that had a 3-d outline of a warrior that you could have sword fights on? I only saw it at Cedar Point in OH, but it rocked! Can't remember it's name though.
Man if I had the money I spent on video games I'd be rich. Or at least debt-free.
Fun times. Remember the bandana phase? They went great with my Vans.I still wear Vans.
They're comfortable.
Or you could go back further, when Converse was a huge player in the sneaker market.
Old days, schmold days. I've got some of my favorite old day classics on DVD. I've got Jonny Quest. I've got 2 seasons of the Muppet Show. I've got 2 seasons of original Star Trek AND the animated series. I've got the whole set of Monty Python. And I'm currently drooling over the idea of getting The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on DVD as well.
On the other hand, I did like ApplePanic on my //c.
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What cracks me up, and is lost on my kids, is the resurrection of oldies but goodies - like mood rings, bell bottoms, and corduroy. And a whole lot more. It's like some guy buys up all the out-of-fashion stuff at discount prices and keeps it in a warehouse for 20 years, selling it at a huge profit.
Break Dancing is making a comeback too. Breakin' 3 anyone?
Old days, schmold days. I've got some of my favorite old day classics on DVD. I've got Jonny Quest. I've got 2 seasons of the Muppet Show. I've got 2 seasons of original Star Trek AND the animated series. I've got the whole set of Monty Python. And I'm currently drooling over the idea of getting The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on DVD as well.
On the other hand, I did like ApplePanic on my //c.
lol. My wife had the Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, and Bewitched DVD sets on her gift lists these last couple of years.
I wore Chucks.Or you could go back further, when Converse was a huge player in the sneaker market.
I still wear Vans.They're comfortable.
Still wear Chucks. :)
Man if I had the money I spent on video games I'd be rich. Or at least debt-free.
During a couple of years of my adolescence, my dad managed a huge video arcade in a building in Waikiki. Due to the Japanese owners, the place always had the latest games first. My dad told the workers there to load me up on credits on any given machine I wanted when I was there (provided I'd finished my homework). I became very, very popular for a short time...and developed some outrageous callouses on whatever portion of my hand was being used for button-mashing, depending on the game.
Man if I had the money I spent on video games I'd be rich. Or at least debt-free.
I'm trying not to think of that. I have three CD flip cases full of video game discs.
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That reminds me....and wash it down with a Crystal Pepsi.
I really liked Crystal Pepsi; shame they didn't keep it. Lord only knows what they had to do to remove the caramel coloring, though.
Anyone remember Hubba Bubba soft drink. It had to be the nastiest drink I've ever had. It's just wrong to drink your bubble gum.
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Back in my day, we had 8-inch floppy disks -- and they were floppy. We enjoyed our text based games -- and we were happy.
You're in a room. There is a rock on the table. Obvious exits are North, South, and Dennis.
"Get Rock"
** after three minutes of the tape going back and forth trying to find the correct response **
You have rock.
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(or as Strong Bad says -- "You cannot get ye flask.")
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That reminds me....and wash it down with a Crystal Pepsi.I really liked Crystal Pepsi; shame they didn't keep it. Lord only knows what they had to do to remove the caramel coloring, though.Anyone remember Hubba Bubba soft drink. It had to be the nastiest drink I've ever had. It's just wrong to drink your bubble gum.
They still have something like that in Central America. When I went down to Costa Rica a while back, they had this stuff called "Inca Kola," which looks like Mountain Dew and tastes like Satan's own bubblegum. Stuff is f+#%ing disgusting.
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Back in my day, we had 8-inch floppy disks -- and they were floppy. We enjoyed our text based games -- and we were happy.You're in a room. There is a rock on the table. Obvious exits are North, South, and Dennis.
In case you've never seen the particular bit in KoL before; in the Strange Leaflet Quest, if you type "DENNIS" into the text box, the leaflet responds with "You cannot go DENNIS from here."
The other thing that I remember is that no one had car seats and that I used to sit on my father's lap and "steer" the car. If I did that now with my son, I would be arrested and sent to jail.
And they didn't have shoulder belts either. It was lap belts or nothin'.
I wore Chucks.Or you could go back further, when Converse was a huge player in the sneaker market.Fun times. Remember the bandana phase? They went great with my Vans.I still wear Vans.
They're comfortable.
I wear Chucks.
I wear upside-down alligator skull clogs. I'm a tried and true animal lover, but these amphibian villains embezzled $122,000 from my company and so they deserve to be footwear. Sometime I step them in dog poop on purpose.
"Was it worth it?" I say, grinding down. "WAS IT WORTH IT?!"
I wear upside-down alligator skull clogs. I'm a tried and true animal lover, but these amphibian villains embezzled $122,000 from my company and so they deserve to be footwear. Sometime I step them in dog poop on purpose.
"Was it worth it?" I say, grinding down. "WAS IT WORTH IT?!"
ooooh..kaaaayyyyyy...
Kinda like these people wearing Chucks. 'Chuck's what?', I ask.
Director of Sales
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I wear Chucks.I wore Chucks.Or you could go back further, when Converse was a huge player in the sneaker market.Fun times. Remember the bandana phase? They went great with my Vans.I still wear Vans.
They're comfortable.
I'm wearing a pair of Roos.
That's right... with a secret pocket.
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I wear Chucks.I wore Chucks.Or you could go back further, when Converse was a huge player in the sneaker market.Fun times. Remember the bandana phase? They went great with my Vans.I still wear Vans.
They're comfortable.
*Pre-owned* combat boots. From the sketchiest surplus store this side of the Mexican border.
Yeah, I'm wearin' a dead guy's stuff. I's goin' to the hot place.
I can't wait to get a couple of these joysticks.
Ahh!
Florescent Yellow, Green, and Pink. Swapping out your shoelaces with gaudy 1/2" thick laces. Zubaz. Spandex. Hypercolor. Astronaut Ice Cream. Spiked Hair. Lazer Tag. Guess. Swatches. Ice Cream Jones cereal. Pac-Man cereal. Introduction of the Purple Horseshoe in Lucky Charms. The Ghetto Blaster. Cellular Phones. Hair Metal. Ronald Reagan. Ollie North. After school specials. This is your brain on drugs (and Just Say No). He-Man. The Real Ghostbusters. Transformers. GI Joe (ooh, the Aircraft Carrier). "Where's the beef?" The 80's era Mustang? Max Hedroom. The D&D Cartoon. Remember when Rap was good? Return of the Jedi. Howard the Duck. Nintendo Entertainment System. Latchkey kids. Removing Red M&Ms. The Cabbage Patch Kid craze. "Wierd Al" Yankovich.
I wear upside-down alligator skull clogs. I'm a tried and true animal lover, but these amphibian villains embezzled $122,000 from my company and so they deserve to be footwear. Sometime I step them in dog poop on purpose.
"Was it worth it?" I say, grinding down. "WAS IT WORTH IT?!"
ooooh..kaaaayyyyyy...
Kinda like these people wearing Chucks. 'Chuck's what?', I ask.
Oh, that's good, and appropriate. I forgot all about those things.
It brings new meaning to skullduggery...
Oh, that's good, and baaaaaaaad!
