Time's Gone By

I was talking with a friend about how things have changed so much. She talked about when she used to work at a movie theater back in the day and she used to be the one who would make the recordings that you would hear when you call in to hear movie times. With smart phones and the internet, I don't think many people do call in for movie times anymore. I also remember looking up the movie times in the Sunday Paper with my dad a long time ago.

It gets brought up every once in a while about how things change and how we don't do certain things anymore, but there is always something that comes up that is another thing to add to the list.

I was watching Jurassic Park last night as I recalled my first kiss to my wife. Not my first kiss WITH my wife. I told her ABOUT it... I think you get the point.

I remember my manager doing the showtime recordings at the theater where I worked back in the early '90s. We were also one of the last theaters locally to use two separate projectors and switch between them, rather than having one of the modern platter systems that could run a complete movie (and not require rewinding).

Everyone's idea of "the good old days" depends on their age...The stuff you guys are describing still sounds pretty new to me.

I remember points and condensors, 30K mile valve jobs, cars that rusted out in 5 years. I'm with Stuart on this one. It's age dependent, like " I remember when the 8 track in my Granada ate my Meatloaf tape."

An AM radio might be inckuded in cars . OH, the heater was optional.

I watched Lethal Weapon with my oldest son over the weekend and had to laugh at the giant suitcase phone.

It made me think... when was the last time you saw a working pay phone? WTF were Maroon5 thinking with that new song - nobody in their audience even knows what one is.

We have a pay phone at out neighborhood pool. Kids stare at it and poke at it like they came across a turtle or something.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I watched Lethal Weapon with my oldest son over the weekend and had to laugh at the giant suitcase phone. It made me think... when was the last time you saw a working pay phone? WTF were Maroon5 thinking with that new song - nobody in their audience even knows what one is.

Yes, but that giant phone got reception every in the solar system. Iphones/Droids damn near need to be within sight of a tower to work at all. (But at least it can play nintendo emulators on them!)

Try watching an old movie before cellphones. The entire "Home Alone" series losses its impact if they all just had cellphones.

I'm not a movie buff, but I've gone from remembering this:

To this:

MTV was culturally relevant (in a postitive way)

Looking forward to Tuesdays when new CD's would come out

When magazines were over a hundred pages ever month (props to GRM for continuing to do this--it's HUGELY appreciated)

I dunno--there are so many things that were part of life that are being replaced by apps.

I remember when we finally got a telephone with a dial on it.

A bit of a strange one a ran into the other day:

The phone companies Time service is no longer offered (in California at least). Where I grew up it was generally known as "popcorn" (because of the number). As noted by Wikipedia:

AT&T discontinued its California service in September 2007, citing the widespread availability of sources such as mobile phones and computers

Pretty amazing it made it to 2007 actually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_clock

Someone mentioned the other day that their kids didn't know what "clockwise" meant.

Lesley wrote: Someone mentioned the other day that their kids didn't know what "clockwise" meant.

I think if that happened in my house, I'd immediately remove all digital clocks and replace with analog.

"....I'd remove all digital clocks and replace with analog."

Try finding an analog clock.

I'm old enough to remember cars that had no OPTIONAL power steering, (it was manual, or you bought a very expensive car, like a Cadillac or Lincoln), brakes that were drums at all 4 corners, tires that were still bias-ply (radials started their phase-in in the late '60s), for that matter, when car manufacturers made a big deal out of having "a radial tuned suspension system" on their cars. When having STEREO FM was THE big thing in in-car radios. I remember being excited by the vinyl roof on '63 Ford hardtops that mimiced a convertible's top almost perfectly. (Convertible looks, but without the leaks.)

And since I'm using one now, I remember when computers were something "institutions" owned...not private individuals, and the computers weren't small enough to fit in a lap or in your palm.

Klayfish wrote: To this:

Let's try that again with the right part of the photo

what I remember from my youth

My home movies were shot on film

integraguy wrote: Try finding an analog clock.

I bought a new kitchen clock at Target a while back, they had a wall full of them. http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=wall+clocks&category=0

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: My home movies were shot on film

Yes, I remember that. If you were really the upper crust in the early 80's, you invested in something that would play one of these babies... Beta rocks!!!

stuart in mn wrote: I remember when we finally got a telephone with a dial on it.

But I'l bet it was still a "party line". At least ours was.

And when the lady down the street had a hangover she would take her phone of the hook and put it under a pillow so the ringing wouldn't bother her.

Of course that meant no one elses phone worked either.

@4cylinderfury - I can remember pumping hundreds of gallons of gas at .25 a gallon.

Yeah, you can still find analog clocks

Lesley wrote: Someone mentioned the other day that their kids didn't know what "clockwise" meant.

I had to explain that to one of my sons. He was all amazed that I could "translate" our analog clock to digital in my head. I would look at the clock when he asked what time it was and say "three-fifty" or whatever. He learned to tell time on digital and everything else was a mystery. I wonder what he would have done with a sun dial.