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What do you remember? I'm feeling nostalgic today

The A & W drive in where they hooked the tray on your car window and dad being too embarrassed to buy a momma burger
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Bringing home a big jug of that Root Beer.
 
I remember having to wait in line and sometimes over night for concert tickets. Man, that was fun.
 
I remember 2 double bubble gums for 1 cent.Playing in my front yard, as a kid and watching the high school girls walking to school in their mini skirts in 1969, knowing it was good and clueless as to what came next.The Alice Cooper riot at the CNE.Riding my 1st Mototcycle to Key West Florida at 20 years old with $350.00 cash and plans to return in spring.The list goes on...Great thread.
 
I like this thread! :)

I remember:
TMNT (I was obsessed!)
Drop Dead Fred
Kris Kross
Ace of Base
Beetlejuice
X-men on Fox mornings
WWF with Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, etc
Collecting baseball cards
Fraggle Rock
The Muppets
My Little Pony
Transformers
Duck Tales
The Raccoons
Alvin and the Chipmunks movies
'Skip-It' toy
Original Game Boy
Getting my SNES and playing 'Turtle's In Time' , 'Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents Major League Baseball', F-Zero, all the Mario games, Secret of Mana, Donkey Kong, Killer Instinct, and many many more!

OMG I could add so much more..... LOL

Going opening week to 'The Sky Dome'
Seeing the 'behind the Scenes' for 'Cats' and ' The Phantom Of The Opera' with school

Going to the movies to see 'The Lion King' 4 times
Going to see 'Jurassic Park' 4 times (once at Ontario place in the IMAX sphere.)

Going on school field trips multiple times a year; Ontario Place, Centre Island, The Toronto Zoo, Science Centre, AGO, The ROM, Redpath Sugar Factory on the Lakeshore etc... ( and on those notes when Ontario place ha that 'Nintendo' area to play SNES etc.... And when the ROM had cool displays with caves and stuff ....)

Singing Christmas Carols in the main foyer every year with all the other children, and also taking part in other culture's holidays (Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, Passover etc...) I loved that school , so diverse.

Walking to the pool, skating rink etc with school and after school daycare.

Going to Kensington Market and China-Town every Weekend.

Taking the Subway and TTC.

Lots more memories ........
 
strictlye said:
I remember walking to school by myself when I was 6yrs old, and taking the bus to KFC for my mom when I was 11. Now these kids can't even go outside and play without parents freaking out.

Oh, and I remember playing "Box" outside against the fence, our ghetto version of baseball.
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We used to call that Berbe box drawn on wall all you need was 2 players min and away you went, those were good times.
 
If not mentioned before, The Reebok Pumps.

Back in school, if you didn't have these, you were a loner. Sorry, I went to a bad school. LOLZ


I also remember when Hyundais were considered and acutally were junk.
 
Baggsy said:
Walking down to the corner store at 6 or 7 to get my mom some smokes.

Seeing a jaywalker get hit by a streetcar on the Danforth.

Being cheesed off when comics went up to 12 cents.

Bell bottoms.

TV in black and white and rabbit ears.
Underdog, the Thunderbirds and Space Ghost.
Rocketship 7 & Commander Tom
Butternut Square which turned into Mr. Dressup. Friendly Giant and Chez Helene. Captain Kangaroo.

The Leafs winning the cup and there being no riot at the parade.

My grandmother cancelling her Leaf tickets when they went up over $12 each.

Mr. Eaton pulling his curtains on Sundays.

When track shoes first came out and they were garbage.

Playing buck-buck, red rover and relevio in the school yard.

Ed Sullivan.

The Moon landing on T.V.

Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

Drive in on Kennedy Rd

The baby blue movie
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I thought I was the only old goat on the forum.

My mother quit smoking when they went to 35 cents a pack.
Gas at 29 cents a gallon
Whipper Billy Watson
Fish and chips 45 cents
Glass milk bottles
Milk men
Classified Ads Jobs for Men Jobs for Women
The subway went from Eglinton to Union Station
NO Sunday Anything.
Vinyl records 7" 12" and the breakable 10"
Wind up clocks and watches.
No seat belts
Dentists that didn't use freezing (That'll teach you to brush)
TTC tickets were tickets per dollar not dollars per ticket
Honour system newspapaer boxes
People stealing honour system newspaper boxes
The strap
Walking to school through High Park with a bunch of friends and horsing around
Rental boats at Grenadier Pond.
6 Cent Ice Cream cones 10 cents for a double.
Pop coolers full of water and glass bottles
Pop coming out in cans and you were cool if you had an opener
Sturmey Archer hubs
Delivering dry cleaning using a bicycle
Going to the states and buying 3 in 1 scale model cars.
My first boat ride. It was wooden and I love the smell of spar varnish even today.
Haying in Manitoba and driving a tractor all by myself at 14
Sadly I don't remember as many fat people
Change back from a dollar at McDonalds You can still get change for a dollar but you don't get any food.
Canadian tire guys on roller skates.
The Terrace roller rink
Limbo contests
 
Looney Tunes
Gilligan's Island - I'm definitely a Mary-Anne guy
The Jefferson's
All in the Family
Nike Air Jordans
Member's Only Jackets
Duran Duran, Right Said Fred, Wham, Boy George, ABBA - wasn't a fan, don't know why I remember them
$0.25 bought a bag of chips and a pop
The Bread Man

and these crazy things

Super Slider Sno-Skates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48ysOQZY6iw
 
I remember Toronto speed limits in MPH and when Toyota's were considered cheap, crappy cars.
 
As soon as you mentioned "Knob Hill Farms" the jingle, "you know you get good value when you shop, at Knob Hill Farms!" popped into my head.

You know you had a killer jingle when it sticks in someones head 10 years after closing down!
 
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