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Could just be my circle but it seems like people used to travel by car a lot more often. Now it seems like everyone flies for vacation.
Kinda funny since now cars a lot more comfortable and efficient and we have nav for directions and a lot more to keep us busy on long drives (phones, iPads, and such)
MTV played music videos -- and there were no shows, only veejays and videos.
"I want my MTV promos!"
Watching Battle of the Network Stars!
Captain Kangaroo & Mr. Green Jeans
Life before cable -- 3 networks, PBS and UHF channels
Dial up modem
Going to blockbuster Friday after school to find a movie
I'll start. Playing MASH
Only being able to walk and talk on the phone as far as your cord would go.
Floppy disks and limewire
Rewinding a movie and having to watch it play backwards
Having a million windows open when instant messaging on aim because tabs didn't exist yet
POGS!!
Dying of dysentery on Oregon Trail
Trapper keeper!
Mixtape
Using a pay phone to call your parents so they could pick you up from the roller skating rink.
Listening to cassette tapes
"Blue eye white dragon, attack!"
Trying to watch wavy static-y silent porno
Giving burned CDs to your crush
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Ha ha D7 - how about the term "I'll Mapquest it" and then proceed to print the directions.
@D3 - and everyone else in the house could listen into your call so you desperately wanted your own phone line for your room.
Buying software from a box at Best Buy.
Not being able to use the printer because you lost the software disk that came in the box.
The original Polly Pockets that were tiny.
Worrying about your CD skipping if your portable CD player got bounced around too much.
Apple being a small, niche company just playing in Microsoft's shadow.