
r/FuckImOld

10-4 Good buddy! How much CB lingo can you recall?
Today's date reminded me of the CB craze. About all I remember for sure of the lingo besides the 10-4 acknowledgement is "What's your twenty?" and what bears were. "Convoy" the song was fun to listen to, but the movie was late to the game. I was reminded that CBs were multi-channel by this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/cbradio/comments/1dm6m7u/70s_an_80s_how_common_were_cbs/
You might be old if you recall a time when the only dogs allowed in grocery stores were seeing eye dogs for blind people. Emotional support and service animals didn't exist as a common term until well into adulthood. I'm a dog lover, but seeing dogs in grocery stores gets my blood pressure up.
If You Had This Boat or Knew Someone Who Did, You’re Old
1972 Mercury Meteor Rideau 500
If You Can Name the TV Show From One Look At This Guy, You’re Probably Old
You get two points for the correct name of the show, plus one point for the correct name of the character.
If You Know This Character’s Full Name, You’re Probably Old
And I don’t want to hear about reruns.
How many younger people do you honestly think are watching this show nowadays when there’s so much out there to see?
My grandmother used to carry these in her purse
If You Know the Name of This 1973 Movie from This Photo, You’re Old but Still Sharp
What did you think of the film?
FIO, need to vent, hearing the “old folks” complain about prices going up I always chuckled … until I ordered a bowl of plain grits at a restaurant that can’t cost 25 cents to make and they charged me 6 bucks … WTF, FIO
Can you name the movie these three are from, and the environmental disaster that followed 12 days after its release?
agent Maxwell and the Chief using the good old cone of silence
For those who don’t remember, Get Smart premiered on NBC on September 18, 1965.
It starred Don Adams, as agent Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, and Edward Platt as The Chief.
If you know this one, you just might be up there … 🤔
Bonus Points if you remember how many times you saw it. Double Bonus Points if it included a food fight! 😊
In the 70s Your Kitchen Was Incomplete If You Didn’t Match Your Appliances with Decorative Paper Towels
Actually these still look great to me.
oday ouyah alktay igpay atinlay?
We thought we were so cool and no one could understand us.
Get that mid-winter service!
This would be from my hometown’s newspaper, circa 1963.
Ever keep score on a White Castle score pad?
I couldn't find a date on it, but it's probably from the early to mid-80s. Half the locations are now gone, and check out that simple menu.