"I Remember When __________" (fill in the blank with something from the past..)

[Fenner]

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Like a good number of people here, I remember exactly what I was doing (I was at work) and who I was talking to (co-worker) when the twin towers were hit on 9/11.

It seems like those times when tragedy strikes our memories of what we were doing and who was with us stay with us forever.

 

[AuntieAnt]

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Only the women will care about this one, prob'ly.

I remember when my boyfriend asked me to his prom in 1975, I made my own dress. It was an empire waist pattern and I chose lightweight pastel mint material for it and hand sewn iridescent sequins along the sleeves and across the bust of the dress. I even got a purse to match. I really loved that dress!



I still have the photo of me in it but I don't wanna make it public... especially 'cuz I look like a long-haired flower child from the Partridge Family-era or something. ROFL!!

 

[TemporaryCircumstances]

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Only the women will care about this one, prob'ly.

I remember when my boyfriend asked me to his prom in 1975, I made my own dress. It was an empire waist pattern and I chose lightweight pastel mint material for it and hand sewn iridescent sequins along the sleeves and across the bust of the dress. I even got a purse to match. I really loved that dress!

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I still have the photo of me in it but I don't wanna make it public... especially 'cuz I look like a long-haired flower child from the Partridge Family-era or something. ROFL!! View attachment 158489

Awwwww
I wish I could make clothes

 

[AuntieAnt]

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Awwwww
I wish I could make clothes

Honestly, it's not hard if you start out making something easy first (simple skirt, maybe). Also, see if there might be a woman at your church or in your neighborhood who could help you out the first few times you sew something. But I warn you, once you start making things, you may not want to stop! It's so much fun!!!

 

[JosephsDreams]

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I remember my dad telling me to pray for President Kennedy, he has been shot.
I remember being allowed to occasionally being able to walk the 6 blocks to school when I was 6 years old, all by myself. In Brooklyn, NY no less.
I remember when you could fly on airplanes without showing ID or having to pass any kind of security.

 

[TemporaryCircumstances]

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Honestly, it's not hard if you start out making something easy first (simple skirt, maybe). Also, see if there might be a woman at your church or in your neighborhood who could help you out the first few times you sew something. But I warn you, once you start making things, you may not want to stop! It's so much fun!!!

"A simple skirt"?!?!!?
There is no such thing

 

[JosephsDreams]

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Stoop ball in NYC.
Stick ball.
Pitching pennies.

 

[Depleted]

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Was your Grandmom named "Sally Starr"? Sally was the host of a children's cartoon TV show in Philadelphia PA and my siblings and I watched her show when we were young. She always rode on a horse and wore a white cowgirl hat.

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I saw her and Gene London in the Thanksgiving Day Parade one year.

 

[Depleted]

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I remember when the only choice in eyewear was old lady style. Yes that's my natural nutty curly hair. View attachment 158477

Ahhh, man! Old lady glasses? That's when glasses got hip. Horn-rimmed glasses were old lady glasses. (And I have refused to wear them ever since, because that was the only choice when I was young.)

 

[AuntieAnt]

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I remember this contraption but we called it the "Footsie". You tied it onto your shoe and skipped over it. Wow.... provided hours of fun. Or at least 10 minutes. ROFL!!

 

[Depleted]

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i remember having to save my papers on a floppy disk.

And they still called them "papers." lol

 

[Depleted]

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i remembered when i asked my mom if i could dye my hair white. I also remember the look on her face

I know that look. I just had it when I read this. lol

 

[Depleted]

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i remember when ozzy could acually speak

I don't and I remember when he was young. lol

 

[Fenner]

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I remember my Mom giving me a dime then a quarter for the pay phone.

 

[Depleted]

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i remeber when skyrim first came out. Im still holding the controller

I remember Morrowind.

 

[JosephsDreams]

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Marriage was exclusively between a man and a woman.
Families all ate dinner at the same time at the same table.
The government didn't tell parents how to raise their kids.
Viewers thought The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants had great special effects,
There was no terrorism
Americans were respected when they travepled internationally
Made in Japan meant junk products.

 

[Fenner]

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I remember my Dad writing a note telling the cashier that he sent me to the store to buy him his Paul Mall cigarette's. I would get a Faygo red pop out of this deal.

 

[Corbinscam]

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This post makes me wish I were older...

 

[Depleted]

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Like a good number of people here, I remember exactly what I was doing (I was at work) and who I was talking to (co-worker) when the twin towers were hit on 9/11.

I woke up late. I remember I had a doctor's appointment, but I was so shocked I even forgot to sit down. And then the Trade Center came crashing down, BUT there was no other Trade Center behind it. The shock of realizing that was the second building tumbling.

 

[Depleted]

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I remember when we had American Bandstand and Soul Train instead of MTV.

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I remember The Midnight Special. And when SNL was new and funny.