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 Firewater on July 20, 2008 at 2:25pm: I guess 30 is not old enough. Sheesh. I'm getting old, too.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by meow meow on July 21, 2008 at 6:06pm: The other day i saw a kid on a skateboard cruising through an intersection by holding onto the back of a pick-up truck. I smiled and called out "Hello?, McFly! His expression of puzzled disinterest reminded me, "Yep, I'm gettin' old!"

McFly? lol.. even I dont know who that might be and i'm 30!

C'mon guys, you know, George McFly from Back To The Future?
Marty McFly's (Michael Fox) famous scene where he hitches a ride to school on his skateboard? Back then, this was a really outragous and CRAAAAAAZY thing to do!
And for a good decade or so people would reference the line when George McFly (Crispin Glover) was getting a noogie.
"Helloooo?, ...MCFLYYYYY?"
This was done either to just reference the movie itself, or to imply that someone was being spacey or forgetful.
Geez, I should make this a Wikipedia reference or something...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by jeldobar on July 21, 2008 at 6:25pm: That is absolutely horrible for someone who is thirty years old and Not know anything about Back To The Future !!! Were you locked in a dungeon while you were a child ?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by meow meow on July 23, 2008 at 3:09am: Thank you Jeldobar! I was starting to question my own sanity there :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Omnipotent Mr. Tinkles on July 20, 2008 at 7:23pm: Anyone mentioned the Pet Rock?

Clackers?

That gum with the liquid center?

Zots?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Firewater on July 22, 2008 at 2:54am: Clackers. Oh yeah, the real ones with glass marbles that would shatter and put out an eye. Those were great.

The gum was Freshen Up. The gum that goes squirt.

How about lawn darts? The real ones with the metal tips were pulled after they punctured a few skulls.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by meow meow on July 23, 2008 at 3:11am: Chewells... I think that was the name of the gum. Pretty gross stuff, but it was a delicacy to me then.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by susan on August 4, 2008 at 6:48am: oh gosh, clackers (glass ones) lawn darts!!!! and the gum? freshen up; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Anita_Blake on September 5, 2008 at 4:15am: Does anyone know the name of those candies that fizzled in you mouth once you got to the center?; ▶ Reply to This