OT Things from the 80s/90s that you had to explain to your kids

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    I still have one of those I use when I want to go for a walk and listen to a Blazer game on the radio or putter in my shop while the game is on....bought mine for 1 buck at a yard sale.
     
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    FAX machines!
     
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    I have one too.
     
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    I think you all missed the point. Have any of you actually had conversations with your children explaining these things? Share the story. How did it come up; what did you explain; how did they react? Nostalgia is great, but experiences are better.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Dec 30, 2022
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    that's woodstove starter! best tinder you can light kindling with!
     
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    I think there's room for both but I'll leave you to it. I would hope not to hijack the thread..sorry if I did
     
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    I have had conversations about all the things I posted with my son.

    He listens to music on his cell phone. I told him there used to be a discman and before that a walkman. I had to explain them too him. I got out my Walkman. He didn't know what to think. I had to explain tapes to him. He has seen CDS.

    I told him before I had a cell phone I had a beeper. I had to explain that to him.

    He is used to getting Redbox or us ordering movies right off the TV. I told him about Blockbuster where you used to be able to go in the store and look for movies.

    We had a landline. We now just use our cell phones. I told him about rotary phones and how you use to have to turn the dial to put in numbers one at a time.

    He looks up numbers on the phone online. I told him you used to be able to look them up in a book.

    I pulled out my old Atari and Nintendo to show him the difference between games now and when I was a kid. Funny thing, he loves the NES and Atari.

    His reactions to most of these were surprise, confusion, thinking those things are crazy, and that I am old. Then, I'm like oh yeah guess what things were like when your grandparents were young.
     
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    I agree that there's room for both. I don't want to prevent people from enjoying themselves posting pics of obsolete things we all recognize. I just also want the stories that go along with them.
     
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    I told Lucia before there was Frontline cats had to have regular medicated baths with water at the v.e.t.

    So she shouldn't complain when I give her monthly treatment. But she does anyway.
     
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    The phrase, "Pain heals; Chicks dig scars; glory lasts forever."



    (Yeah, it's from 2000, but still before my kids were born)

    After using the phrase in my son's presence a couple years back, we watched the movie so he could appreciate the source. Also the "quicksand" scene is a classic, and one all athletes should watch and understand.

    Kid just quoted it again today, so obviously it made an impact. Keanu FTW.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Dec 30, 2022
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