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Tupperware parties.

Ah yes, corporal punishment. I got in trouble in 7th grade for talking in class. Teacher assigned 3 swats as punishment, but because I happened to be in a dress that day, it was delayed. That paddle hung by the door. Wooden plank, about 12" long and 4" wide, with bunches of holes drilled in it...

???? I'm confused. What is that?

Sorry about your friend, truly. I've always been skeptical of how the Big 3 seem to cause everything. If you stub your toe, it's because you smoke or drink or you're fat. Correlation does NOT equal causation. Much of it is true, I'll grant. But I'd wager that people who smoke, drink or overeat...

I was glued to the TV when Princess Diana married Prince Charles. I was a newlywed myself at the time, so it was fascinating to watch their wedding!

I should have remembered when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, but I don't. I was 8 years old.

Oh! The space shuttles! Almost forgot those. Who could forget the one that exploded after takeoff? We sat in our schoolroom desks and watched it ascend, split from the rocket section, and blow itself into tiny bits. It was carrying the first American woman to go into space, a schoolteacher...

9/11. I was driving to work in Kansas City, and turned on the radio. Horrified to hear the reports of hijackings, I heard the broadcasters as the first plane hit the North Tower. When I arrived at work and entered my workroom, my coworkers were standing around staring at the TV. I joined them in...

You reminded me of the Coneheads!!! :lau I've just wasted a half hour of my life searching (to no avail) for my favorite SNL Conehead skit, where they toss rings onto each others' heads to have sex. Hilarious

Got caught doing 80 in North Dakota, by a state trooper! Thought I was going to jail, and probably a few hundred dollars fine. Nope, just a $10 fine, mail it in, and a "have a nice trip!" I think North Dakota didn't want to hurt any tourism.

Oh yeah! The ""gas shortage"" and rationing. I remember lines at the gas stations.

Someone already mentioned mood rings... those were sooooo cool!

I remember when speed limits were reduced to 55mph nationwide for several years. Until better car safety features became standard and states started enforcing seat belt laws, then they dropped that law.

Remember the original "War of the Worlds?" I wasn't there when it was first broadcast (Oct 30, 1938), but I remember people still talking about it 30 years later. It really shook people up! If you don't know, it was a radio broadcast episode on Mercury Theater narrated by Orson Welles, an...

Keep that walker firmly on the ground, first.

When coffee was made in these, on the stovetop. I used to love to watch it bubble up in the little glass knob.

I remember when I could hop down from the bed of a pickup truck, land on my two feet, and take off running. Try that today and I'd end up in a crumpled heap on the ground, checking limbs for what's broken.

Eeeek! I know they're not wolves, but coyotes have been known to carry off pets and small children!!! Creeps me out every time I hear them howling. And you slept outside listening to that? And enjoyed it?

Makes me want to find one at a thrift store - and other gadgets they're not familiar with - just to try it out on my grandkids and their friends!

The Hogan's Heros post above reminded me... We used to be able to make fun of situations in our lives, like Hogan and the Nazis. It was a brutal time in Europe, so much worse than Vietnam or Iraq and Afghanistan. But there's no one making comedic movies and shows about those. Something changed...