Thread: Remember the 90s?

"FedjeViking" wrote:

"VikesfaninWis" wrote:

Try remembering the 60's when Gilligan's Island was not a rerun, all TV's were black & white. 21" was a huge TV. There were only 12 stations posible & you had to change the channels & adjust the volume manually. There were no remotes.

There were only LP's & 45's no CD's, not even 8-track or casettes.

There were no microwave ovens, no disposable diapers.

All phones had a cord, nothing was wireless & you had to dial them, not push buttons. No video games or no walkmans, only transistor radios. No FM radio in cars, unless you has a converter.

Mick Jaegger was young. You had Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Blues & Classical music. That was about it.

A gas station attendant put the gas in your car, checked the oil, tire pressure & washed your windows all for free.

There were no drive thru fast food restaurants, no convienience stores.

Men didn't wear their hats sideways or backwards or got body parts pierced.

Kids did not talk back to their parents.

Teachers could punish you with a pointer or ruler rapped on your knuckles or your jiggly butt without fear of anyone crying abuse.

People didn't sue other people or companies over B.S. stuff or anything & everything.

When you start remembering things like that, then you can feel old. :wink:

:shock: Dang, I'm prehistoric! I remember ALL that stuff! ale:

Um Fedje! VikesfaninWis didn't write that. I did! :wink:

How did you get his name in the quote?

"singersp" wrote:

"FedjeViking" wrote:

"VikesfaninWis" wrote:

Try remembering the 60's when Gilligan's Island was not a rerun, all TV's were black & white. 21" was a huge TV. There were only 12 stations posible & you had to change the channels & adjust the volume manually. There were no remotes.

There were only LP's & 45's no CD's, not even 8-track or casettes.

There were no microwave ovens, no disposable diapers.

All phones had a cord, nothing was wireless & you had to dial them, not push buttons. No video games or no walkmans, only transistor radios. No FM radio in cars, unless you has a converter.

Mick Jaegger was young. You had Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Blues & Classical music. That was about it.

A gas station attendant put the gas in your car, checked the oil, tire pressure & washed your windows all for free.

There were no drive thru fast food restaurants, no convienience stores.

Men didn't wear their hats sideways or backwards or got body parts pierced.

Kids did not talk back to their parents.

Teachers could punish you with a pointer or ruler rapped on your knuckles or your jiggly butt without fear of anyone crying abuse.

People didn't sue other people or companies over B.S. stuff or anything & everything.

When you start remembering things like that, then you can feel old. :wink:

:shock: Dang, I'm prehistoric! I remember ALL that stuff! ale:

Um Fedje! VikesfaninWis didn't write that. I did! :wink:

How did you get his name in the quote?

I have no idea! I just used the quote thingy. Sorry. ops:

i'm going to give fedje's quiz a shot, now i'm only 17 so i'm defenitially not old but i'lll try anyway

1. In the 1940's, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches
located?

b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For
what was it used?
a. Capture lightning bugs

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?

c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would
freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.

4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?

b. Gin


5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings
when none were available due to rationing during W.W.II

c. Wearing slacks

6. What post war car turned automotive design on its ear when you
couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?

c. Tucker

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter


8. How was Butch wax used?

c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached
to your shoes?

b. Woven straps that crossed the foot


10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?

c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940's?

c. Polio

12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"

c. Streetcar

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony?
a. Old Blue

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?

b What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores

15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?

c. Princess Moonshadow

16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests
were handed out in school?

c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure

17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with
purchases?

b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various
household items


18. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?
a Meatballs


19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song
"Cabdriver" a hit?

c. The Esquires

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?

c. George Gershwin

lots of thesea re guesses

wasn't even double digits in the 90's :grin:

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

i'm going to give fedje's quiz a shot, now i'm only 17 so i'm defenitially not old but i'lll try anyway

1. In the 1940's, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches
located?

b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For
what was it used?
a. Capture lightning bugs

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?

c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would
freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.

4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?

b. Gin


5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings
when none were available due to rationing during W.W.II

c. Wearing slacks

6. What post war car turned automotive design on its ear when you
couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?

c. Tucker

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter


8. How was Butch wax used?

c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached
to your shoes?

b. Woven straps that crossed the foot


10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?

c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940's?

c. Polio

12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"

c. Streetcar

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony?
a. Old Blue

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?

b What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores

15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?

c. Princess Moonshadow

16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests
were handed out in school?

c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure

17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with
purchases?

b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various
household items


18. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?
a Meatballs


19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song
"Cabdriver" a hit?

c. The Esquires

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?

c. George Gershwin

lots of thesea re guesses

Good try! The answers are a couple of posts down from the quiz. :lol:

I found a great website to download old DOS games.

dosgames.com

They work in XP! Its got the classics. (Doom...Wolfenstien 3D)