...pantyhose and the Big Mac were invented. I used our black, rotary-dial phone to tell friends.
:-)

What do you remember that your kids/grandkids would find hilarious?

14.4K modems, and their lovely sound...

I can't say that I remember the 70s, because if you remember the 70s, you weren't there.

Very similar to the sound a speccy game made in the tape machine. I was there, but I was only 5 when they ended!

Ditto. I was being a smart ass. That joke just doesn't work when you replace it with 80s.

Im so old I remember a time before internet SPAM

I don't have any kids, but...

I'm so old that I remember when video game controllers always had a wire. TV's weren't flat and rectangular, they were rounded and looked like squares. I also remember a time before that newfangled FaceSpaceTweetyBird stuff...

GET OFF MY LAWN!!

I remember when there were no cell phones!

I live in a dead zone.
It was this morning.

I'm so old I remember Monty Python's Life of Brian came out.

And taking about remembering the good old times:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
But you tell that to the young kids of today, and they won't believe you.

Please choose an avatar . I almost downrated your thread .

I'm so old I remember when Spam came through your letter box and not your forum.


Agreed. I thought this was the spam bot before I clicked it aswell.

I remember when Spam came in cans.

I'm so old that I remember when spam meant canned meat.

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Heh, ninja'd.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/tinned_meat_and_poultry/spam_chopped_pork_and_ham_340g.html

Linking to a pop up site when there's a spam attack on the forum. Nice.