you're old

[bccsupersizeit]

you know you're old when..........

 

you remember your tv had a rotary knob with only 13 channels ... and 12 was 2..... and you had a set top box with two buttons to get HBO on channel 6

 

 

[bccsupersizeit]

when BlockBuster aka HollyWood video rented V.H.S tapes as rentals.... remember what that store use to be on the southside next to Number 5? I remember 2 of them.

 

 

[dingbat]

you know you're old when..........

 

you remember your tv had a rotary knob with only 13 channels ... and 12 was 2..... and you had a set top box with two buttons to get HBO on channel 6

 

 

Awwww nuts...I'm old!

[Mouser]

Your Old When ;

 

1) you remember the Beatles first show on Ed Sullivan

 

2) you remember Woodstock 69'

 

[Guest Guest]

in not that old, but I do remember the rotery knob tv. I also remember my Aunt and Uncles tv remote had a cord attached to the tv from the remote.

[WolfMan]

I always used to say (maybe 8-10 years ago), that I'll REALLY feel old when the Olson twins start playing mothers in movies. Now that day may only be a couple of years off :-(

 

Wolf

[taxpayer]

I remember when people were actually embarassed to be on public assistance and tried to get off ASAP, not make it their career.

[2pelo Honey]

when BlockBuster aka HollyWood video rented V.H.S tapes as rentals.... remember what that store use to be on the southside next to Number 5? I remember 2 of them.

 

 

Baby Bear Mart?

 

Not next to #5, but farther down the street.

[Stretch]

Remember when there was a little "c" in the tv listings that told you that show was in COLOR?

 

And yes, the above posting " I remember when people were actually embarassed to be on public assistance and tried to get off ASAP, not make it their career." from above was simply a wonderful pre-Juanita time, when people worked, had respect for themselves, and weren't imported trash from downstate.

 

Anyone notice the frequency of the imported garbage making the crime headlines in this town?

[Daniel Boone]

I even remember tv's that needed UHF converters to get 34, 40, and 46. And it took a few minutes to turn on, while all the tubes warmed up.

[Guest super]

Baby Bear Mart?

 

Not next to #5, but farther down the street.

 

It was a work-out gym before that it was a fabric shop , Me thinks Scranton Fabrics

 

[bloodthirst]

you know you're old when..........

 

you remember your tv had a rotary knob with only 13 channels ... and 12 was 2..... and you had a set top box with two buttons to get HBO on channel 6

 

I am in my 30's and I remember the old tv's with the knob and the HBO box on top. If I remember correctly, Our played HBO on channel 3.

 

[wrapyouincold]

I remember walking to school....uphill...BOTH ways!

and in the snow...............

[Guest Guest]

I remember when people were actually embarassed to be on public assistance and tried to get off ASAP, not make it their career.

 

 

I could not agree more! nice post! I didnt even think of that one!

 

[Guest Guest]

hey, Any of you remember that grocery store/warehouse store over there on Robinson st? Normans? I think? Rumor was he robbed tractor trailers to stock his store/warehouse! that was along time ago!

[Guest Guest]

you know you're old when..........

 

you remember your tv had a rotary knob with only 13 channels ... and 12 was 2..... and you had a set top box with two buttons to get HBO on channel 6

I guess your a youngster. How about no HBO.

 

[Guest Guest]

hey, Any of you remember that grocery store/warehouse store over there on Robinson st? Normans? I think? Rumor was he robbed tractor trailers to stock his store/warehouse! that was along time ago!

he didn't rob anything. he bought stolen shrimp & sugar and passed the savings on to his customers. now BILL REXER from flavor kitchens across from normans on robinson street, he was the theif. he owned binghamton cold storage and stocked peanut oil for the us giovernment. he stole the oil to cook his potato chips and peanuts. he did serious prison time along with norman. the irony of it all was that rexer blew in norman and whren norman got out of jail, he blew in rexer. norman was a good man, ask anyone on the east side. he always helped those in need and never expected anything in return. rexer was a pig. he would take and take and take and give nothing to anyone. he got exactly what he had coming to him. should have been more. now he is doing business as amrex chemical. just think what he is stealing now.

[Guest Guest]

he didn't rob anything. he bought stolen shrimp & sugar and passed the savings on to his customers. now BILL REXER from flavor kitchens across from normans on robinson street, he was the theif. he owned binghamton cold storage and stocked peanut oil for the us giovernment. he stole the oil to cook his potato chips and peanuts. he did serious prison time along with norman. the irony of it all was that rexer blew in norman and whren norman got out of jail, he blew in rexer. norman was a good man, ask anyone on the east side. he always helped those in need and never expected anything in return. rexer was a pig. he would take and take and take and give nothing to anyone. he got exactly what he had coming to him. should have been more. now he is doing business as amrex chemical. just think what he is stealing now.

 

sorry just a rumor I heard ! some said he had robbed tractor trailers! sorry my fault

[Guest Guest]

Do yo remember when we truned the TV off it went down to a white dot in the middle of the screen and then the dot faded over about 30 seconds before it finally went out.

[Greta]

How about the train, helicopter ride and ferris wheel at Ross Park? Wasn't there an amusement park of some sort up by the airport? I know there was a drive in, but I swear there was some sort of park too... my coworkers say no.

[Guest Guest]

How about the train, helicopter ride and ferris wheel at Ross Park? Wasn't there an amusement park of some sort up by the airport? I know there was a drive in, but I swear there was some sort of park too... my coworkers say no.

 

There certainly was. It was called Kiddie Land. It was right next to the drive in movie theater, on the right hand side going up the hill. I believe it was somewhere near the convenience store that's on the left, on that little side road.

[Greta]

There certainly was. It was called Kiddie Land. It was right next to the drive in movie theater, on the right hand side going up the hill. I believe it was somewhere near the convenience store that's on the left, on that little side road.

That is exactly where I envisioned it... thanks for making me feel a little less senile!

 

[Guest Guest]

You know you're old when you finally realize you're never going to escape this crusty old area and you convince yourself it's actually a nice place to live...

[jmower71]

I even remember tv's that needed UHF converters to get 34, 40, and 46. And it took a few minutes to turn on, while all the tubes warmed up.

 

 

hey Daniel .. by look of your pic .. your older than dirt anyhow LOL

[Hunter]

Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot,

Before the days of Dylan, or the dawn of Camelot,

There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me,

Long ago and far away In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

Oh, there was truth and goodness in that land where we were born,

Where navels were for oranges, and Peyton Place was porn.

For Ike was in the White House And Hoss was on TV,

And God was in His heaven In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

We learned to gut a muffler, we washed our hair at dawn,

We spread our crinolines to dry in circles on the lawn.

And they could hear us coming all the way to Tennessee,

All starched and sprayed and rumbling In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

We longed for love and romance, and waited for our prince.

And Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one's seen him since.

We danced to "Little Darlin", and sang to "Stagger Lee"

And cried for Buddy Holly In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

Only girls wore earrings then, and three was one too many,

And only boys wore flat-top cuts, Except for Jean McKinney.

And only in our wildest dreams did we expect to see

A boy named George with Lipstick, In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

We fell for Frankie Avalon; Annette was oh-so-nice,

And when they made a movie, they never made it twice.

We didn't have a Star Trek Five, or Psycho Two and Three,

Or Rocky-Rambo Twenty In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

Miss Kitty had a heart of gold and Chester had a limp,

And Reagan was a Democrat whose co-star was a chimp.

We had a Mr Wizard, but not a Mr T,

And Oprah couldn't talk yet, In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

We had our share of heroes; we thought they'd never go,

At least not Bobby Darin, or Marilyn Monroe.

For youth was still eternal and life was yet to be,

And Elvis was forever, In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

We'd never seen a rock band that was Grateful to be Dead,

And Airplanes weren't named Jefferson, and Zeppelins weren't Led.

And Beatles lived in gardens then, and Monkees in a tree,

Madonna was a virgin In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

We'd never heard of Microwaves, or telephones in cars,

And babies might be bottle-fed, But they weren't grown in jars.

Pumping iron got wrinkles out, And "gay" meant fancy-free,

And dorms were never coed In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

We hadn't seen enough of jets to talk about the lag,

And microchips were what was left at the bottom of the bag.

Hardware was a box of nails, And bytes came from a flea;

Rocket ships were fiction In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

Buicks came with portholes, and side shows came with freaks;

Bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks.

Coke came just in bottles, and skirts came to the knee,

And Castro came to power In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

We had no Crest with fluoride, We had no Hill S treet Blues;

We all wore superstructure bras designed by Howard Hughes.

We had no patterned pantyhose or Lipton herbal tea

Or prime-time ads for condoms In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

There were no golden arches; no Perrier to chill,

Fish were not called Wanda, and cats were not called Bill.

Middle-aged was thirty-five and old was forty-three,

"Ancient" was our parents In the Land That Made Me Me.

 

But all things have a season, or so we've heard them say,

And now instead of Maybelline, we swear by Retin-A.

They send us invitations to join A - A - R - P,

We've come a long way, baby, from the Land That Made Me Me.

 

So now we face a brave new world in slightly larger jeans,

And wonder why they're using smaller print in magazines.

And we tell our children's children of the way it used to be,

Long ago, and far away In the Land That Made Me Me.