Sticksboi05 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 I guess I did have a '94 Escort with manual windows. I may have overstated that.I was thinking the last generation that HAD to use rabbit ears to get tv. I think we finally had the very basic "cable" package in 78 or 79. We got WTBS and USA - which was' date=' like, going to the moon. I can remember by childhood tv numbers. 2 - CBS 3 - USA 4 -ABC 5 - TBS (different than one) 6 - same as channel 9 (until we got HBO in 81) 7 - CBS 9 - NBC 10 - nothing 11 - NBC 12 - local independent channel - showed Andy Griffith and Gomer Pyle re-runs and cartoons and B-movies 13 - PBS We could sometimes get two UHF channels for a while, but I barely remember that.[/quote'] Ahh yes. Oh, last generation to require TV GUIDE (either channel or magazine) to figure out what's on TV. Crazy my kids won't understand antennas let alone basic cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 The coke thing! Gen Y is the last to experience glass bottles at the norm for Coke. In fact, my mom at an antique store a few days ago saw glass bottle coke from the 1998 Superbowl. Coke had glass bottles in the 90s? You sure. The only glass bottles I remember are those little 8 oz ones. All vending machines went to cans sometimes in the mid-80s, I thought. The 20 oz plastic bottles were a late 90s thing. You never saw a vending machine with a cap remover on it, did you? That's mine generation, I think. Glass bottles are a trendy thing now. I've seen a lot of them in hipster resuraunts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Coke had glass bottles in the 90s? You sure. The only glass bottles I remember are those little 8 oz ones.All vending machines went to cans sometimes in the mid-80s' date=' I thought. The 20 oz plastic bottles were a late 90s thing. You never saw a vending machine with a cap remover on it, did you? That's mine generation, I think. Glass bottles are a trendy thing now. I've seen a lot of them in hipster resuraunts[/quote'] Yup. The antique stores had a huge collection from the '98 Superbowl, regular sized. But, I really mean as opposed to the disgusting plastic bottles which have a horrible taste to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudechain Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 last generation to see gas for under a dollar a gallon last generation to remember when people did not have computers in their homes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Ahh yes. Oh, last generation to require TV GUIDE (either channel or magazine) to figure out what's on TV. Crazy my kids won't understand antennas let alone basic cable. I bet you never got an HBO Guide in the mail. Every now and then, I see one in a hotel room and suddenly I am in 1982 again. You can honestly not imagine the excitement of getting HBO in the early 80s. Not to sound like a fogie, but technological advances moved somewhat slowly for Baby Boomers. My dad got a tv in 1950 and the only real advancement until the 70s was color. For me...things moved a little more rapidly. I was born into a tv universe that was basically the same as my dad's - except it was all color. (Though we did have a B/W tv in my parents' room as the "second tv.") In the late 70s, we got two "cable" stations. In the early 80s, we got HBO - which was a little tube you stuck on the outside of your house. And every single person who had that tube in 80/81 had it stolen. After that, the tube went on the tv. In '85, I finally got "basic" cable and MTV. I think we went from 13 channels to 31 channels - which was like Jesus showing up to take your dog for a walk. It was that unbelievable. Within a year or two, we had 61 channels and could get Cinemax and Showtime. I don't think you can be born into a 500-channel, HD 120 GB MP3 player universe and be impressed by anything at this point. Yea. The video games always get more realistic, but what's the bigger gap? PS2 to PS3? Or the leap I made from a Radio Shack "Pong" game to Tecmo Bowl in 10 years? Unless some sort of realistic virtual reality or semi-sentinent robotic technology emerges, I think it will be harder and harder to impress people with technology. I'm telling you, Pete's Dragon blew my freakin mind in the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Good points but I think Gen Y is the last to manually roll down cars windows. I had to when I was a kid in our old station wagon. And rabbit ears, hmm, that's debatable also sincem ost with cable in the 90s had it on one TV. i have a friend that has a corolla from the 2000s and it has roll down windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Yup. The antique stores had a huge collection from the '98 Superbowl, regular sized. But, I really mean as opposed to the disgusting plastic bottles which have a horrible taste to them. That was probably some kind of special edition thing. I had an RC cola in a glass bottle in Fredericksburg, Texas last month. Glass is coming back, baby. And apparently so is RC Cola. That's one: the last generation to remember RC Cola as a viable challenger to Coke and Pepsi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 last generation to see gas for under a dollar a gallon last generation to remember when people did not have computers in their homes I bought gas for 88 cents a gallon in 1998. Gas plummeted in the late 90s for about 16 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 the white guy with the glasses, how did one of the most revolutionary shows in history turn to this nonsense. Scott Van Pelt? Hes a Redskins fan in the media. We do not speak ill of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 The last generation to see Double Features being advertised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 That was probably some kind of special edition thing.I had an RC cola in a glass bottle in Fredericksburg' date=' Texas last month. Glass is coming back, baby. And apparently so is RC Cola. That's one: the last generation to remember RC Cola as a viable challenger to Coke and Pepsi.[/quote'] RC is my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsBry Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Last generation to dial 7 numbers. (This actually may be generation Y). Last generation to see an evening paper. (Could be a bit off here). 7 numbers for a local call? This might only apply to metropolitan areas, out in the smaller areas, you still dial 7 digits, you might have to dial a 1 before. Quite honestly, I can't remember the last time I used a landline. We still get an evening paper here, actually you can get a local morning or evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Gas under a dollar, say it ain't so. That's crazy to remember. Defnitiely never gonna see that again. I remember that. Remember the old SC theme... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfKNs9-HRGs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Last generation to grow up with 2D, hand drawn Disney movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 To go to the movie theater to see Pink Floyd's "The Wall". It seems like we use to go nearly every Friday night to the midnight movie to see it. To be able to go cruising (for you youngster that riding around in your car looking for a good time) without being harrassed by the police. To actually go outside to play sports, instead of on the computer or video game. To watch news that didn't repeat the same 3 or 4 things all day. To have cell phone that were nearly as big or bigger than home phones (Examples would be the brick & the bag phone.) or car phones that were actually part of the car. To Watch an ESPN that actually showed & reported on sports, instead of eating contest & poker. I remember when they use to show Australian rules football all the time in the early morning hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10fttall Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Hell yeah, gas under a dollar. Through the 90's it wasn't much more than $1.15, and there were spots when it was .82 to .85 for good stretches. And back then, they made some pretty good small cars without all the latest BS "greenhouse reducing" attachments. Those things would get like 40-45 mpg highway. You could drive across the whole country for about 50 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Last to use CD players as the main method of portable music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman69 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Last generation that had songs interrupted in the middle as the 8-Track switched tracks. Last generation to roll around the back seat without a seatbelt. Last generation to go to the drive-in theater regularly. I still fondly remember going to see a double feature of Star Wars :saber: (OMFG) and Smokey and The Bandit. Last generation to be able to feed the family of four at McDs for 4 bucks. Last generation to pull their pud to a Jc Penney Catalog! :hysterical: Last generation to really appreciate Pong. Last generation to have a radio where you push the manual button to make the radio dial slide at the hand of a pulley and belt to the station of your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 We are the last generation to experience life without infomercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Last generation to manually roll down a car window. Nope' date=' we had a ford ranger with crank windows. We now have another one that HAD crank windows until my dad retro-fitted it with motorized windows. Last generation to use rabbit ears. I had been using the ol' rabbit ears in my room for the past decade until digital TV came in and took away all my signals (can't even pick anything up on my Digital Converter Box so I've got nothing now :mad: ) Last generation to dial 7 numbers. (This actually may be generation Y). Indeed that would be us again. I remember when we first started having to dial in the pesky area code. Last generation to watch network Saturday morning cartoons. (In college, a buddy and I stayed up all night drinking and thought it would be awesome to stay up and watch Saturday morning cartoons while drinking some more. We didn't have cable in the dorms so we just had to deal with broadcast networks. And there were no goddamn cartoons). nah, we still had good cartoons as well. I actually escaped from my crib once so I could go downstairs and watch 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 The last generation to see Double Features being advertised. Grindhouse. I think it may have come out my senior year of high-school. Double feature of movies Planet Terror and Death Proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Maybe the last generation to have a true IT girl (Cindy Crawford - 1990's). There's so many women today that get press, you cannot find one singular girl. Pamela you could argue but I really think the 90's was Crawford's decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 bob for apples at birthday parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 last generation to see gas for under a dollar a gallon Gas was under $1 when I was 15-16. And my first car had manual windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Last generation to see MJ play. And I mean MJ #23 Chicago Bulls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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