The Big Generation X Nostalgia Thread

[Fenris-77]

If that right hand was level and could hold a beer I'd order one right now.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[E-Rocker]

But did you have the side-spike??

 

[TristramEvans]

But did you have the side-spike??

I think that was more '90s

 

[TristramEvans]

The Oregon Trail Generation: Life Before and After Mainstream Tech

We came of age just as the very essence of communication was experiencing a seismic shift, and it’s given us a unique perspective that’s half analog old school and half digital new school.

socialmediaweek.org

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[PolarBlues]

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Hi-Fi systems in those days had a lot better sound than modern systems for me, at least for your regularl/budget, high-street ranges. I still use my 30 year old speakers even though the Hi-Fi system it came with is long gone. They weren't even anything special in their day, but they produce a sound richer that anything else I've found (without spending a small fortune).

 

[Acmegamer]

PolarBlues A lot more depth, richness and less tiny hollow, artificial sounding those older systems. Totally agree.

 

[Toadmaster]

Hi-Fi systems in those days had a lot better sound than modern systems for me, at least for your regularl/budget, high-street ranges. I still use my 30 year old speakers even though the Hi-Fi system it came with is long gone. They weren't even anything special in their day, but they produce a sound richer that anything else I've found (without spending a small fortune).

Stealing this from the car guys, but it applies to speakers too.

There is no replacement for displacement.

 

[PolarBlues]

PolarBlues A lot more depth, richness and less tiny hollow, artificial sounding those older systems. Totally agree.

It is somewhat reassuring that it's not just me who thinks this.

Also, going back to that Hi-Fi photo, it's clearly a fakes. All the components are Sony when clearly any self-respecting Hi-Fi system featured a mixture of Technics, Pinoeer, Sony and other assorted brands.

 

[Brock Savage]

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That was me in grade school, always with a skating, surfing, or band t-shirt,

 

[Toadmaster]

It is somewhat reassuring that it's not just me who thinks this.

Also, going back to that Hi-Fi photo, it's clearly a fakes. All the components are Sony when clearly any self-respecting Hi-Fi system featured a mixture of Technics, Pinoeer, Sony and other assorted brands.

I was mostly a Kenwood and Pioneer guy. My current shop stereo is a Yamaha receiver with Pioneer speakers and a Klipsch sub woofer. Hey I need good tunes when I'm cutting metal and wood.

 

[Tulpa Girl]

 

[Bunch]

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Yeah it was hard enough listening to the A side. The B side nearly killed me.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Bunch]

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Loved that stuff

 

[Simon Hogwood]

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A TV the size of a microwave built into a wooden cabinet the size of a refrigerator.

 

[Gabriel]

A TV the size of a microwave built into a wooden cabinet the size of a refrigerator.

And a phone on that endtable next to the chair (or the table behind it the lamp is on). Either a slimline or a typical big base one (dunno what that type is called). Rotary or pushbutton would both be appropriate.

Also a total lack of TV guides or even a newspaper for TV listings.

 

[Fenris-77]

A bowl full of hard candy of dubious provenance. Oh, and an Ottman.

 

[Nobby-W]

Mullets. Needs more mullets.

 

[Bunch]

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For much of America at the time an ashtray or 2.

 

[Nobby-W]

For much of America at the time an ashtray or 2.

And cigarette burns on the armchairs.

 

[Ralph Dula]

Also a total lack of TV guides or even a newspaper for TV listings.

You didn’t have family that had you stand next to the TV and turn the dials to see what was on every channel when whatever show they were watching ended?

Braggart.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[CRKrueger]

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Nothing. It's one of those Living Rooms that no one lived in, and everything went down in the Den.

 

[TristramEvans]

Nothing. It's one of those Living Rooms that no one lived in, and everything went down in the Den.

I miss those shag carpeted, beanbag chair-laden, woodpanneled basement dens with tiny bars

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Fenris-77]

Yes I do.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Nobby-W]

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That one's a big whoosh, I'm afraid.

 

[Bunch]

That one's a big whoosh, I'm afraid.

American commercial. How many licks does the owl say it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie pop?

 

[Luca]

The Oregon Trail Generation: Life Before and After Mainstream Tech

We came of age just as the very essence of communication was experiencing a seismic shift, and it’s given us a unique perspective that’s half analog old school and half digital new school.

socialmediaweek.org

He has it wrong right from the start. I was born in '72, and my first PC was a TI-99/4A which I got somewhere around the age of 10.

 

[Fenris-77]

VIC-20 baby. Chuck Norris Kung Fu Heroes (amusingly), River Raid, Loderunner. Ahh, Memories.

 

[Bunch]

VIC-20 baby. Chuck Norris Kung Fu Heroes (amusingly), River Raid, Loderunner. Ahh, Memories.

Loderunner. My neighbor spent all night creating levels for that thing to torture me and a friend. It was awesome.

I liked Adventure Construction Set.

 

[Stumpydave]

This was my electronic dopamine generator. The mighty Acorn Electron. (Not the one in the picture).
Many hours were spent wandering around the Palace of Magic, playing Spellbinder, Elite and Exile.
It's somewhere at my parents, gathering dust now. Sad times.

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[TristramEvans]

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