You know you're old when...

3798j · 05-05-2020, 12:08 PM

and then there were the cold war years...

Duck and Cover...Air raid drills in school included opening the windows, getting under your desk, folding your arms over your head.

Conelrad triangle markings on all radios (up until 1963). In case of attack, tune your radio dial to 640 or 1240...

pennsiveguy · 05-05-2020, 12:11 PM

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Women had tall hair.

Yeah, the sure did.

wcr3d · 05-05-2020, 12:42 PM

Haha ya and that was a mild one! Then there was memories of the amount and smell of hair spray.
Oooh, just saying that reminds me of styles being called "Doo's", then there was 'Dippity-Doo'!!!

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cmyx6go · 05-05-2020, 12:50 PM

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and then there were the cold war years...

Duck and Cover...Air raid drills in school included opening the windows, getting under your desk, folding your arms over your head.

Conelrad triangle markings on all radios (up until 1963). In case of attack, tune your radio dial to 640 or 1240...

I remember air raid drills when I was very young, maybe 1st grade. Although not sure why. That was maybe 1968-1969.

vreihen16 · 05-05-2020, 12:58 PM

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Duck and Cover...Air raid drills in school included opening the windows, getting under your desk, folding your arms over your head.

Bert the Turtle!

hubbahubba · 05-05-2020, 03:17 PM

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Anybody remember candy cigarettes? They had an awful wintergreen flavor and the one end was dipped in red dye so it looked like it was lit. Evil.

I do remember those. Also remember the candy, (or maybe gum?) cigs that were wrapped in paper that had the mysterious white powder that would simulate smoke when you puffed out.

Murf993 · 05-05-2020, 03:54 PM

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I do remember those. Also remember the candy, (or maybe gum?) cigs that were wrapped in paper that had the mysterious white powder that would simulate smoke when you puffed out.

I remember going to the variety store and buying candy for a penny....getting a selection of them in a little brown paper bag. Lola's for a dime.

kscarrol · 05-05-2020, 04:04 PM

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I do remember those. Also remember the candy, (or maybe gum?) cigs that were wrapped in paper that had the mysterious white powder that would simulate smoke when you puffed out.

Amazon has everything you need... I remember the candy cigs, hell my dad was smoking his Lucky Strikes so I played along!

https://www.amazon.com/World-Confect.../dp/B000BXSRT2

Murf993 · 05-05-2020, 04:42 PM

Old enough to know who this guy is......

wcr3d · 05-05-2020, 04:47 PM

Oh ya, Rod Serling
Welcome to the Twilight Zone!

Dpc2u · 05-05-2020, 06:22 PM

Today's world would have made a great Twighlight Zone episode!

Murf993 · 05-05-2020, 06:41 PM

Not as old but one of the all time best bits on TV in my humble opinion.

hubbahubba · 05-05-2020, 06:44 PM

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Amazon has everything you need... I remember the candy cigs, hell my dad was smoking his Lucky Strikes so I played along!

https://www.amazon.com/World-Confect.../dp/B000BXSRT2

HA! Did you notice the ingredients? Beef gelatin? Yikes!

Ingredients: dextrose, corn starch, corn syrup, tapioca, beef gelatin and artificial flavors

kscarrol · 05-05-2020, 06:48 PM

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HA! Did you notice the ingredients? Beef gelatin? Yikes!

Ingredients: dextrose, corn starch, corn syrup, tapioca, beef gelatin and artificial flavors

So marginally better for you than the Lucky Strikes?

Never said it was healthy!!

3798j · 05-05-2020, 07:17 PM

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Not as old but one of the all time best bits on TV in my humble opinion.

Got to agree...a great piece on a great sitcom...the series also had the Bailey/Jennifer conundrum...for me, it was Bailey (but then also, it was Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island).

Murf993 · 05-05-2020, 07:33 PM

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Got to agree...a great piece on a great sitcom...the series also had the Bailey/Jennifer conundrum...for me, it was Bailey (but then also, it was Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island).

I was going to go all Gilligan on this....beat me to it....I mean who wouldn't want a spin with Jennifer but Bailey Quarters.....OMG. And then there was Mary Ann in those little farm dresses.....I still have impure thoughts.

I think they had Snickers Bars back then...and if they did I'd eat the peanuts out of her Snickers....might be the Rum talking.

vreihen16 · 05-05-2020, 07:45 PM

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Not as old but one of the all time best bits on TV in my humble opinion.

Ironically, I quoted this very scene in a conversation with my DW about something breaking horribly at work on Monday morning!

Reminds me of the knockoff that Married With Children did with the Christmas episode that saved their show a decade later, with Santa Claus parachuting out of a plane and crashing in their back yard:

UncleWede · 05-05-2020, 09:28 PM

I remember turkeys!!!

eluded · 05-06-2020, 05:00 AM

Dad what's a mix tape?

bobowar135 · 05-06-2020, 05:55 AM

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I was walking to school when I was six, can you imagine that now? I can't remember getting a drive to school once in my entire life.

The house that I grew up in was right next to my primary school. We had two bells, first was a warning, second was a "you should be in class by now" bell. I'd leave on the first bell, make it by the second. It allowed for maximum early morning cartoon time.
How many aussie 1addicts remember Boris' Breakfast Club lol.

Rmtt · 05-06-2020, 06:19 AM

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Not as old but one of the all time best bits on TV in my humble opinion.

LOL....I loved Les Nessman's commentary while it was all happening. Can't remember laughing so hard!

zgood4u · 05-06-2020, 06:53 AM

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LOL....I loved Les Nessman's commentary while it was all happening. Can't remember laughing so hard!

Oh the humanity!!

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