Do You Remember?

Do you remember:

if you needed cash, you had to make sure you got to the teller window at the bank before 3 PM, or you had to wait till the next morning - no ATMs!

the first time you rode a bike without training wheels, and without someone steadying your balance?

being sent as a kid to the neighborhood store with a note to pick up cigarettes and liquor?

having a black and white television set that had 4 stations on it and when the knob broke off, Dad had to turn it with a pair of pliers?

Garbage Pail Kids?

Do you remember:

Listening to music on a reel to reel tape player?
Yummy Yummy Yummy
I got love in my tummy
and I feel like a lovin' you.

Needing a blank wall to project home movies onto?

When an electronic adding machine with +, -, *, / and T cost more than some computers today and was alot bigger than a laptop?

When the record player/radio console was the biggest piece of furniture in the room?

Buying a new paperback novel for $1.10?

Returning glass soda pop bottles for the 10 cent deposit?

That's enough for this week...

Not quite that far but......


My Dad did send me to the pharmacy once when I was about 11 to buy him condoms.....His comment as I was protesting was....

"You do enjoy being an only child..right?"

that's absolutely priceless.... still sending your 11 yr old.....

cheers

Do you remember if you did enjoy being an only child, Big D?

I knew no different....

"Twas OK I 'spose.....

this may sound girlish

do you remember buying your first nail polish?

99% of all APFFN members (both sexes) remember that Beth.

o really..???
WOW

Do you remember when this thread started?

I do.

Quit gloating!

[Alan gets out of his seat and walks onto a small stage where a live band are playing. He takes the microphone.]



Alan: This is a romantic tribute… [band begins to play ‘Close To You’ by the Carpenters]… to a lovely lady over there with orange hair and a cigarette in her mouth. [Sings] Why do birds [Alan struggles to reach the high note] suddenly appear - That’s too high - Every time… every time… time, you are near [an octave lower] near? Just like me… [an octave higher] just like me… they long to be…[lower again] close to you…[tries various notes] why do…why do… why do…no that’s not working. [Places the microphone back on the stand]. Well you get the general idea. Thank you.



[Alan walks back to the table and sits down, looking apologetic.]



Jill: That’s great actually! I didn’t know you could sing.



Alan: Yeah, I used to be in the choir at primary school. Before it all dropped. In my pre-hair days.



Jill: It’s all fallen into place now, though hasn’t it? [Giggles]



Alan: Yup, I’ve been pubic for thirty-one years. I was one of the first in my class, actually.



[Michael arrives with the dessert. Alan moves his big plate out of the way to make space.]



Michael: Here you go. Two chocolate mousses.



Jill: Ah, thank you.



Alan: Marvellous.



Jill: I love chocolate.



[Alan and Jill lean closer together, face to face]



Alan: Yeah, so do I.



Jill: Wispas.



Alan: Aeros.



Jill: Ripples.



Alan: Flakes.



Jill: Caramac.



[They both groan.]



Alan: It’s good this, isn’t it? Even though we’re basically just listing chocolate bars. [Looks over Jill’s shoulder] Oh my God, Lynn’s here.



[Lynn walks over to the table.]

Who the hell is this Alan character?

Somebody's been nipping at the cooking sherry.