I went to mail out a bill and didn't have a stampe so I stop in the post office and the cashier was like that'll be $.40 I was like whatever lady it's .39 a stamp they she said some stuff (wasn't really paying attention) damn I'm young but can remember the .34 days...    and the 1.09/gallon 

i rember when i was younger my mom complaing about gas being 89 cents .. i was only a few years old .. now i'm 22

You young whipper snappers make me laugh at times. 

PLUTO'S NOT A PLANET??
SINCE WHEN??

Quote from: annguyen1981 on May 14, 2007, 09:40:20 PM
PLUTO'S NOT A PLANET??
SINCE WHEN??

welcome to the interwebs, a place of vast knowledge and the latest news, not just motorcycle forums and sheepsRus.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

well technically a planet, but a dwarf planet

i for one was glad to see the record set straight regarding Pluto.

eight planets; one unusually large kuiper belt object.  If we let Pluto in the door, we will have to call all of those objects planets.  As astronomers get better at finding them, the list of planets would get ridiculously long.

On the plus side, if we continued with that trend, we might find so many 'planets' that everybody on earth would get a chance to name one.  I'm calling mine 'Planet Dorkusmalorkus' 

and 98 cent gas rocked. 

what the hell's this got to do with rectal inflation???

got me all excited 4 nuthin!

I remember when stamps were 22 cents.

I remember for about a week 6-7 years back when gas was $.78

I remember I could fill up the tank in my car for $10- now I can fill up my bike for that much 

Quote from: scratch on May 15, 2007, 08:24:10 AMI remember when stamps were 22 cents.

I can't be THAT old... Can I?   


12 oz sodas were 50 cents in soda machines...
"Penny Candy" was actually a penny...
Pay phones cost 20 cents...
Chuck Taylors weren't cool...  And they cost $10...
Smokes were $1.00...  And you could buy them from a MACHINE!  With no ID!
A 10 year old kid could buy smokes with a "note from a parent."   


Not all of these things happened at the same time or in the same city...  But, I've realized the measure of your inner (mental) age is relational to "how expensive things are these days."


So...  The more often you say, "I remember when ________ only cost _____"    THE OLDER YOU ARE!!!!!!

When I was a teenager:

video games were a quarter and comic books were 50 cents.

anyone with power-windows on their car was rich

anyone with a 56k modem was just showing off (who could possibly need to download that much data?!?!?!)

4-color (CGA) monitors were for the masses, the real techno-philes splurged on the 16-color (EGA) monitors

the national speed-limit was 55mph

Thanks for making me feel old   
On the bright side, at least I can say that the PC existed when I was growing up.

When I started riding, I could fill the 3 gal. tank on my new Honda 305 scrambler for a dollar and get a little change back
Back then, R&T, C&D, Cycle and Cycle World all cost .50 each.
When I was 18, I could go into any bar and typically get 4 ice-cold draft beers for a buck
Then, $1 would buy 2 hamburgers, fries and a sm drink at McDonalds
A new 289 Ford Cobra was $5995 (yea, like I could afford that
And lastly, 21 credit hours a quarter @ OSU cost.........$150!........no I didn't graduate then, I'd spent all my money on motorcycles, beer, magazines and wimmen

Quote from: FearedGS500 on May 14, 2007, 09:04:40 PM
i rember when i was younger my mom complaing about gas being 89 cents .. i was only a few years old .. now i'm 22

That's exactly what I was thinking!! 

Quote from: RVertigo on May 15, 2007, 10:35:44 AM

Quote from: scratch on May 15, 2007, 08:24:10 AMI remember when stamps were 22 cents.

I can't be THAT old... Can I?   


Chuck Taylors weren't cool...  And they cost $10...

sh..t i remember the first time that they were cool and "made in the USA

I used to wear Chucks 'cause that's all my mom would buy for me... 

i pulled a book out of the bookcase to re-read the other day, and found an old reciept for gas that I was using for a bookmark and I was suprised...



Check out the date... gas was under a dollar since 9/11/01... I didn't remimber that it had been that low recently.

16 bucks for a full tank...

I remember the "gas wars" of the late sixties near Jacksonville,FL when gas was had for 18 & 19 cents a gallon. I was 9 or 10 yrs old. Then we moved to Las Vegas and would collect real glass coke bottles take them to the nearby gas station and trade them for Zero bars . Boy I'm an old fart,huh?

You're a 90's kid if:

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot ghey-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.)

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

Captain Planet.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who............and still all ended up being Tommy.

You remember when super nintendo's became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

"I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

Two words... Trapper Keeper.

You never got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE
he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and/or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain woud finally take over the world

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.

You remember when razor scooters were cool.



When we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy...

Before the Internet & text messaging...

Before Sidekicks & iPods...

Before MIKE JONES...

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX...

...Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

When light up sneakers were cool.

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Way back.

Tag.

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

Red Light, Green Light.

Heads Up 7 Up.

Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.

Hopskotch.

Slip-n-Slides.

Tree Houses.

Hula Hoops.

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!

"POWER OF LOVE" BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS.

The annoying Giga Pets & Furbies.

Running through the sprinklers.

That "Little Mermaid"

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.

Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It"

CAPRI SUN

Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Fairy Princess comforter.

The original Power Rangers

Or what about:

Hey Arnold.

Rugrats.

The Secret World of Alex Mac.

Ren & Stimpy.

Double Dare.

Rocco's Modern Life.

AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.

Wild & Crazy Kids.

Clarissa Explains it All.

CAMP NOWHERE

Salute Your Shorts(CAMP ANAWANA)

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The original cast members of All That.

Kenan & Kel.

"CITY GUYS"...ROLLW/ THE CITY GUYS

Doug.

Magic School Bus.

Nick Arcade.

Flash Forward.

The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

Legends of the Hidden Temple

Hey Dude.

Dinosaurs.

Alladin.

Mummies Alive

Pinky and the Brain

Sailor Moon.

Blossom.

Hangin with Mr. Cooper.

Martin

Beavis & Butt-Head

Wishbone.

Bill Nye the Science Guy

MR RODGERS!!!!

Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

or Nick Jr. with Face

Gulah Gulah Island

Little Bear

Busy Town

Under the Umbrella Tree

PEE-WEE!!!

The Big Comfy Couch

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.

Class field trips.

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us overuled the mall.



Go back to the time when:

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'

'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly.'

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.

Being old referred to anyone over 20.

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.

It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair.

When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

Another Baby Sitter Club and Little Sister (Karen) book came out and you put your name on hold for it at the library.

When Aladdin was new, before the trilogy was complete.

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!