Old things youngins might like to know

[Julia1996]

Worked in a tv repair shop in high school.  TVs back then had "Tubes" in them.  A smart person could get a trouble shooter book and then take the tube out and go to a drug store; Thrifty's, etc. and buy a replacement tube. 

Not all antennae were rabbit ears, some had to be placed on the roof and aimed at whichever direction the tv signal came from.  What was fun was the fact that remote controls were in their infancy and some tvs would change channels when you jingled your keys

Tubes?? Ok.....  Ok, I don't understand. How could jingling keys possibly cause a remote to change channels? You're just messing with me aren't you??

[Roll]

Tubes?? Ok.....  Ok, I don't understand. How could jingling keys possibly cause a remote to change channels? You're just messing with me aren't you??

Pavlovian response, the TV expected a reward.

[Deborah]

OMG!!! Smoking at school?? That's like illegal now. Buying cigarettes at age 15!!!!! The world was insane back then!

Yeah, I was smoking and drinking when I was 14.  I don't think there was any restriction on buying cigarettes although I was 16 before I looked old enough I could buy alcohol without an ID.  Before that we just found random people and paid them to buy it for us. 

[Cassi]

Speaking of smoking.  In high school, most the guys who smoked used their draft cards to prove their ages.  While I didn't smoke then, I always wanted a draft card.  Never registered for the draft so in one sense I'm a draft dodger.  But I did spend the day after my 17th birthday getting sworn at in the USMC. 

[Cassi]

Yeah, I was smoking and drinking when I was 14.  I don't think there was any restriction on buying cigarettes although I was 16 before I looked old enough I could buy alcohol without an ID.  Before that we just found random people and paid them to buy it for us.

We use to call that "Pimp'n for Booze".

[Roll]

We use to call that "Pimp'n for Booze".

When I was a kid we would just rob the store with makeshift prison style weapons to get what we want, asking an adult for help? Pft, didn't need them. Except we weren't there for the booze. We were TicTac Heads. Our breath was so fresh you have no idea.

[Cassi]

Yeah, I was smoking and drinking when I was 14.  I don't think there was any restriction on buying cigarettes although I was 16 before I looked old enough I could buy alcohol without an ID.  Before that we just found random people and paid them to buy it for us.

When I was 19 I was a sergeant and if I was in uniform I rarely got carded.  However, back then (I'm so bad) I had two military IDs.  One was the correct one and the other was just the back of an ID.  I kept them in my wallet that use to have those picture inserts.  If asked for ID I'd show the front and flip the plastic over to reveal the back.  If asked for ID by law enforcement or military personnel, I'd just pull the ID out. 

[Lady Sarah]

OMG!!! Smoking at school?? That's like illegal now. Buying cigarettes at age 15!!!!! The world was insane back then!

The 1980s was a totally different time, from now.

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[Julia1996]

It's a crossover episode!

Over in my thread this just happened:
No, just his tongue not his junk. Knowing him he would rather loose his tongue than Mr. Happy. Lol


Score one for Julia on knowin' the oldies.

Oh yeah, I know about Lorena Bobbit. My dad told Tyler and I about that. Tyler squirmed in his seat with a pained expression. I laughed about it. She was kind of stupid. She threw his cut off junk in the trash and they put it back on him. She should have put it in the garbage disposal. Good luck reattaching it then.

[Cassi]

When I was a kid we would just rob the store with makeshift prison style weapons to get what we want, asking an adult for help? Pft, didn't need them. Except we weren't there for the booze. We were TicTac Heads. Our breath was so fresh you have no idea.

LOL, you're still a kid sweetie.

[Cassi]

Oh yeah, I know about Lorena Bobbit. My dad told Tyler and I about that. Tyler squirmed in his seat with a pained expression. I laughed about it. She was kind of stupid. She threw his cut off junk in the trash and they put it back on him. She should have put it in the garbage disposal. Good luck reattaching it then.

And then JOHN WAYNE BOBBIT did some porno with his newly attached zinger.

[Roll]

Oh yeah, I know about Lorena Bobbit. My dad told Tyler and I about that. Tyler squirmed in his seat with a pained expression. I laughed about it. She was kind of stupid. She threw his cut off junk in the trash and they put it back on him. She should have put it in the garbage disposal. Good luck reattaching it then.

Fun fact. Later, John Wayne Bobbit did porn. (For a super niche crowd. Re-attached severed penis fetishism has to be one of the rarest.)

(CALI BEAT ME TO IT BUT I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TOO!)

[Geeker]

Sega had it's own pay subscription service called Sega channel... Think along the lines of Xbox live, but through cable not internet.

Pay phones and pagers, pagers let you know some one wanted you to call them, and if you were driving you had to find a payphone, get out and make a call unless you had a really expensive car-phone or even more expensive cell phone that ONLY made phone calls.

[Cassi]

Fun fact. Later, John Wayne Bobbit did porn. (For a super niche crowd. Re-attached severed penis fetishism has to be one of the rarest.)

(CALI BEAT ME TO IT BUT I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TOO!)

Great Mimes think alike

[Julia1996]

Fun fact. Later, John Wayne Bobbit did porn. (For a super niche crowd. Re-attached severed penis fetishism has to be one of the rarest.)

(CALI BEAT ME TO IT BUT I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TOO!)

I didn't know he did porn. His willy actually worked?? I figured they just put it back on for psychological reasons. I didn't think it would actually work. It must look awful. Ewwwww! 

[Cassi]

I didn't know he did porn. His willy actually worked?? I figured they just put it back on for psychological reasons. I didn't think it would actually work. It must look awful. Ewwwww!

Geez Julia, 

Haven't you seen the movie FrankenWeenie?

Just kidding

[KathyLauren]

Without the remote you can't even do anything with our TVs.

There wasn't anything you could do with the TV except change the channel or adjust the volume.  Well, adjusting the rabbit ears.  And adjusting the horizontal and vertical hold.

Dress rules at school didn't allow boys to wear jeans or girls to wear pants of any kind.  Girls had to wear skirts, even when the temperature was -20!  Eventually, the school board was convinced that that was stupid, so they allowed girls to wear pants to and from school, but they had to change into skirts during classes.

[Cassi]

There wasn't anything you could do with the TV except change the channel or adjust the volume.  Well, adjusting the rabbit ears.  And adjusting the horizontal and vertical hold.

Dress rules at school didn't allow boys to wear jeans or girls to wear pants of any kind.  Girls had to wear skirts, even when the temperature was -20!  Eventually, the school board was convinced that that was stupid, so they allowed girls to wear pants to and from school, but they had to change into skirts during classes.

Then some schools came out with the school uniform......

[tgirlamg]

Oh yeah, I know about Lorena Bobbit. My dad told Tyler and I about that. Tyler squirmed in his seat with a pained expression. I laughed about it. She was kind of stupid. She threw his cut off junk in the trash and they put it back on him. She should have put it in the garbage disposal. Good luck reattaching it then.

Actually, if memory serves... She threw it out the car window on the freeway... 😀

[Julia1996]

(In carnival barker type voice) Why, let me tell you about this marvelous new invention called the transistor! Tired of having to replace those cumbersome vacuum tubes? Find your domicile becoming just a tad too warm for comfort? Well, ladies and gentlemen, the transistor is for you! Fellas, your sweetheart will be over the moon when she unwraps one of our new transistors for that special anniversary. And ladies, there is no surer way to a man's heart than through a transistor!

I googled transistors and know what they are though I still don't really know how they work. They had a long technical explanation I didn't read. Technical stuff is totally boring, but I know they replaced vacuum tubes. Ok, those vacuum tubes look huge. Electronics must have been really big to use those big things. No wonder old time tvs were so big and clunky looking. Ugh.