Things you remember that no one in the next generation can identify...

Since we've been getting all nostalgic, I've started thinking about things that my son has only seen in movies or wouldn't recognize if I held them up before him.

TV dial tuner
UHF/VHF
Original remotes (they actually turned the dial)
Dial telephone (I had to explain what a princess phone was)
Stick pins
Leg Warmers
45 records
Car phones (the installed kind, along with bag phones)
Dickies (the fake turtleneck kind)

These things all seem sooooo old and so long ago that they make me feel ancient. What do you remember from your house/closet that could show up on Antiques Roadshow looking for identification?

Tags: nostalgia, old, remember, when

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Permalink Reply by jeldobar on May 27, 2008 at 12:21am: I'm a little 80's boy so i miss my:

Atari 2600

and

Saturday Morning Cartoons (you know when all the networks would play them from 7am to Noon); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Whatchawatchin on May 27, 2008 at 12:43am: You know, every kid now wants a classic Atari and the old cartoons are huge. I had to laugh when my son came to me and said, "Did you know that the Venture Brothers is spoof off of a real cartoon?!?". To which I sighed and nodded, like the dinosaur I am and explained why it's funny and what Johnny Quest was.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by tseeks on May 28, 2008 at 1:56pm: I've still got my Atari 2600 and about 50 games. And they all work. And cartoons from the 70s and early 80s were the best.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SoxCrazy on August 8, 2008 at 7:24am: aww man, I miss those.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rosette on August 25, 2008 at 10:47am: I miss Punky Brewster...then this 8 yr old, asked, "Who is HE?" I was like 'he?'; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Anita_Blake on August 26, 2008 at 5:43am: Soleil Moon Fry, awwww the memories. I wanted to be just like her when I was little.

She grew up HOT!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by JoJo on September 14, 2008 at 6:08pm: No way!
Punkys a hottie....!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Whatchawatchin on May 27, 2008 at 12:40am: Legwarmers are coming back?!?! I'm pretty sure that's on the apocalypse checklist...although, I was tickled when sweater coats came back. I always loved them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by beeswax on May 27, 2008 at 6:57pm: Remember ponchos had a brief comeback in the late '90s?

Alice is proving my theory that if you blithely wear whatever you like, eventually people will think you are a trendsetter. I never stopped wearing tights under skirts and dresses.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Freakin Meow on May 28, 2008 at 3:58am: HAHA!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by jjhenn13 on June 15, 2008 at 3:52pm: I'm with you. I have quite an awesome collection of really cool tights. And nail polish. Yea me!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Beverly on July 5, 2008 at 5:07pm: I get a new winter poncho every year and people just gush over it like they're so brand new. I love em and won't stop wearing them until they stop selling them.; ▶ Reply to This