Remember when.....

girl_dee · 12-16-2018, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by homoe

I remember the commercial's tag line was.....I'd Rather Fight Than Switch!

yes its at the top of the poster, and i had forgotten that until i read it!

girl_dee · 12-16-2018, 11:47 AM

remember when women got chore gadgets for gifts?

homoe · 12-16-2018, 12:08 PM

I remember when soda came in nice glass bottles not that shitty plastic like it does today!

girl_dee · 12-16-2018, 09:49 PM

cathexis · 12-17-2018, 10:58 AM

I remember when soda came in nice glass bottles not that shitty plastic like it does today![/QUOTE]

Also, that they were returnable, but you generally sat at the gas station to finish the pop shooting the breeze with the employees. Things weren't as rushed then. If leaving in a hurry, you made apologies telling them why. If no apologies made, you were considered rude becoming the topic for the next couple of hours.

If you were a kid, you collected those bottles people left with, for repair of a bike tire which cost anywhere 50 cents to a dollar. If anyone charged a kid more than that, it was called "highway robbery."

homoe · 12-17-2018, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cathexis

I remember when soda came in nice glass bottles not that shitty plastic like it does today!

Also, that they were returnable, but you generally sat at the gas station to finish the pop shooting the breeze with the employees. Things weren't as rushed then. If leaving in a hurry, you made apologies telling them why. If no apologies made, you were considered rude becoming the topic for the next couple of hours.

If you were a kid, you collected those bottles people left with, for repair of a bike tire which cost anywhere 50 cents to a dollar. If anyone charged a kid more than that, it was called "highway robbery."[/QUOTE]

Hope you don't mind but I'm going to borrow "highway robbery" for the Cat Got Your Tongue thread!

homoe · 01-19-2019, 07:56 PM

I remember when metropolitan library systems had "ready reference" lines you could call to get answers from.They were manned by a human and they always seemed to come up with the information you were seeking......

Now we just type in a query and get a response, no human touch at all.

homoe · 06-15-2019, 10:11 AM

When you placed a call to a business or doctor's office and you didn't have to select from a menu, you got an actual person who answered the phone....

12-16-2018, 11:47 AM	#2
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12-16-2018, 09:49 PM	#4
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12-17-2018, 10:58 AM	#5
cathexis Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Trotskyist, Anarcho-syndicalist Preferred Pronoun?: They, Them, Their, Sir Bitch Relationship Status: open Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Great White North! Posts: 4,332 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,812 Thanked 4,705 Times in 1,604 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	I remember when soda came in nice glass bottles not that shitty plastic like it does today![/QUOTE] Also, that they were returnable, but you generally sat at the gas station to finish the pop shooting the breeze with the employees. Things weren't as rushed then. If leaving in a hurry, you made apologies telling them why. If no apologies made, you were considered rude becoming the topic for the next couple of hours. If you were a kid, you collected those bottles people left with, for repair of a bike tire which cost anywhere 50 cents to a dollar. If anyone charged a kid more than that, it was called "highway robbery."

01-19-2019, 07:56 PM	#7
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,548 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	I remember when metropolitan library systems had "ready reference" lines you could call to get answers from.They were manned by a human and they always seemed to come up with the information you were seeking...... Now we just type in a query and get a response, no human touch at all.

06-15-2019, 10:11 AM	#8
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,548 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	When you placed a call to a business or doctor's office and you didn't have to select from a menu, you got an actual person who answered the phone....