Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

cell phones
internet/computer
iPods
remote control (when I was a kid, there was a cable box with a wire attached to the TV)
DVD player

feel free to add your own...

Message edited 7/14/2008 7:47:56 PM.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

Cordless phones. I remember the looong cord on our old kitchen phone. Then our first cordless had this long attenae you could poke people with

Ipods- to think all of my hs mix tapes are obsolete. I remember loving my disney records when I was little.

Digital Cameras! GPS!

We didn't even get an answering machine until I was in the 6th grade!

Message edited 7/14/2008 7:58:50 PM.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

cell phones
cordless phone
remote control (WE were the remote control for my parents!)
ipod
CDs (all my music was on tape or vinyl)
computer/internet

I'm sure there's more that I can't think of right now

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

OMG, how WEIRD, I was JUST thinking of this very thing this morning!!
In addition to the things you mentioned =
We only had 13 channels 2 -13 plus U
We didn't have a push button phone, and when there first were pushbuttons, you could still hear the 'rotary' dialing of the phone company
No vcr/beta
No computers/computer games
No CDs
No microwaves

ETA - We typed on a typewriter without automatic correction That was effing hard...

I'm sure there are TONS of things I am forgetting

Message edited 7/14/2008 8:03:26 PM.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

No VCR (yep... no video tape either)
No CDs (they came out when I was a teenager)
No computer (they did not exist yet in companies). It was punched cards
No hamburgers (they only came out when I was a teen!!!).... I am from overseas
No microwave
No DVR/Tyvo
No MP3 player
No digital camera (all film)
No mexican food

Message edited 7/14/2008 8:13:58 PM.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

I went off to college and took a typewriter with me By the time I graduated, the internet was just getting started....

I still have old records (LP's) I had as a child. I also still have my yellow Sony walkman and a ton of cassette tapes. My first car was a 1995 and it had a tape deck.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

Everything

I didn't have a computer until High School
I had a beeper in High School, and my senior year I had a cell phone

no ipod or other things like that

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

call waiting - we didn't get it until I was in high school, my mom thought call waiting was rude....then we all becam teenagers and I guess she wanted to get her calls.

caller id

caller id on my tv so I don't have to get up to look at the phone :>)

SUVs - I remember when my friends parents got a mini-van

computer scanner

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

I still don't have what kids have today!


Seriously, we didn't have...
cable channels
VCRs
home computers
touch tone phone service
answering machine
solar powered calculators
cd players
remote controls for the tv
power windows/steering in the car


there's oodles more like internet, cell phones, cds, dvds, laptops, mp3 players, etc.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

how could I forget... Coach bags!

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

let's see if i can add to the list...

*we didn't have cable tv
in the mid 80s we had ONtv... not sure if it was out here on the east coast, but it was before "regular" cable. it was only one channel, mostly a movie channel.

*we didn't even have a tape deck in the car

*we didn't have power steering or windows

*we didn't have fm radio in the car

*we didn't have digital anything!

boy, i feel old

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

Posted by KittyTheStray

OMG, how WEIRD, I was JUST thinking of this very thing this morning!!
In addition to the things you mentioned =
We only had 13 channels 2 -13 plus U
We didn't have a push button phone, and when there first were pushbuttons, you could still hear the 'rotary' dialing of the phone company
No vcr/beta
No computers/computer games
No CDs
No microwaves

ETA - We typed on a typewriter without automatic correction That was effing hard...

I'm sure there are TONS of things I am forgetting

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

We made popcorn on the stove with Jiffy Pop until we got a popcorn maker

Never had my nails done or eyebrows done as a kid. My dd has both done and she is 12.

Remember carbon paper? I worked in an office and had to use it.

Ditto machine in school. We would smell them after they were run off.

No glue sticks, just paste, that we ate!

Never mind digital cameras, we didn't even get a camera with a flash built in until i was in middle school. Remember those flash cubes.

Message edited 7/14/2008 9:58:19 PM.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

wow- I never thought about this

but my parents were very trendy and cutting edge

we had a one of the first VCRs - it came in 2 peices and the part you put the tape in- have a camera that attached - and my Dad was always making movies

and we have every disney movie on tape

we had one of the first PCs - I remember the night we got it

we had a car phone when I was in 6th grade - 1989

we got an SUV in 1986

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

no a/c in the car (what???)

No debit cards

smoothies

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

-shoes
-the wheel



































sorry I had to amuse myself!! ("when I was your age, I walked 5 miles uphill in the snow barefoot just to get to school!" ahhhh the familiar parental rantings!


in my house growing up, I didn't have:
-cable
-VCR (not til I was 12 anyway)
-CD's
-computer (I got one when I was 19)
-no A/C in the house

I did however have a beeper! 143 4eva!

Message edited 7/14/2008 11:26:57 PM.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

CD's
Cell phones/text messaging
digital cameras
internet /computer
MP3 players/ipods
designer pocketbooks
designer clothes
cable tv
DVD players
HDTV/Flat panel

Yet, I was a happy kid and had everything I needed.

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

-cell phones
-big screen TV (i believe we got the first in 1989)
+computer
-own AC in my bedroom (got it in 1992)
-no minivan, no SUV...We had a Pinto (got the first truck in 1987)
-No playstation, Nintendo...We actually went outside
-No direct-tv...I still remember have 2-13 channels
-no TV in every room
-Barely any CD's, I still have all my tapes

-designer clothes, designer bags
-knowledge of sex at such an early age
-brand new cars when first driving (I got the "family" car)
-no video camera
-no digital camera
-motorized cars for toddlers

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

A good computer
Cell Phones
Cordless Phone
Nintendo DS
Any game system
Dvd player
Big screen TV
Microwave
IPOD

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

Posted by HelenZ

-shoes
-the wheel



































sorry I had to amuse myself!! ("when I was your age, I walked 5 miles uphill in the snow barefoot just to get to school!" ahhhh the familiar parental rantings!


in my house growing up, I didn't have:
-cable
-VCR (not til I was 12 anyway)
-CD's
-computer (I got one when I was 19)
-no A/C in the house

I did however have a beeper! 143 4eva!

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

iPod
DVR (how did I live before this!?)
Cellphone (technically I got on in HS but I have cousins that aren't even in their teens yet that have them!)
Laptop

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

Posted by pinkiegirl

Posted by HelenZ


I did however have a beeper! 143 4eva!

911 if it was SUPER important to call me back!!!!

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

Cell Phones
Internet....We had a commodor 64 so we had a computer
DVD players
DVD's
CD's
Ipod
Probably so much more that i can't even think of right now

Re: Spinoff to feeling old: what items did you not have growing up, that kids today have

I am really going to show my age with this one! Some of things that kids today have that I didn't are:
-cellphones
-ipods
-computers
-play stations, xbox's & wii's, heck I thought I was high tech when I got my atari
-dvd & cd players