Remember when...

[nastygunz]

I remember hunting cave bears with my dad and uncles and my dad telling me son don't ever point your spear at anything unless you're goingto spear it! A lesson that I have retained till this day!   

[FinsnFur]

[Hawks Feather]

I had a hang-on cassette player, but before that I had a cassette player that I ran from a plug in to the lighter socket. Ask some kid now what a lighter socket in a car is and see what kind of answers you get.

[FinsnFur]

[nastygunz]

Back when vehicles were good.

[Hawks Feather]

Back when vehicles were good.

But also needed to be traded in every three to four years because the floor and side panels would rust out.

[Okanagan]

I bought a brand new 1970 Maverick in Hulla Blue, just like the one in the upper left corner ad photo.  The price was about $1900 and I drove it home after various taxes etc. for a little over $2200.  That was the first car I bought and the only new car I've bought in my life.   

[FinsnFur]

[FinsnFur]

Why did every household have one of these as we were growing up? Was this literally the only option for coasters at the time?
What kind of monopoly was THAT?   

[Hawks Feather]

It was the 'modern' version. If you are 'old' you remember the metal saucer shaped one.

[FinsnFur]

AHHHHHHH! Now that you did that, I actually do remember seeing some of those at my Grandparents.
We used them them for gold pans when we thought we were panning for gold in the river sand. That was so fun.
Totally forgot about that!

[FinsnFur]

[Hawks Feather]

Those records are really a blast from the past.

[FinsnFur]

I see what ya did there  

I actually think I had one of these. I remember seeing them in the store and begging for a long time.
I kinda think I eventually got one. Had to take it to a friends house because I wasn't allowed to play it on my parents record player. They thought it would ruin theres.

Got my own record player shortly after. Probably Christmas. And thats when I started building my collection of 45 rpm records.
Good grief, now that I set down and type this out I'm forced to relive it and I can actually remember my first two records.
One was Glen Cambell - Rhinestone Cowboy
And the other was Tanya Tucker - Lizzy and The Rainman.
And I played the shit out of them. Memorized every word

[Hawks Feather]

The first record that I bought I had to have my parents get for me when they were in Columbus because there were no stores in my area that sold records. It was - Drum Roll!!!

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (1963)

I lifted the 'drop arm' that kept records level to the top so that the old record player thought that it had dropped another record and would keep playing it - over and over and over again. I refinished several stocks in my parent's basement listening to that record.