Things Kids Today Will Never Experience!

[@ZMAN_420]

I still have phone nupmbers from the 80's memorized. I can't be the only one? I can't remember any phone numbers since cell phones came out. I remember reading a paper map and making multiple stops in 2000 for work. Now I need my phone i think I forgot how too read a map?

[@RhettyforHistory]

I have a few memorized. I called them so much that they seem burned in my memory. Funny how that happens. I also have one locker combination memorized. All that information is taking up valuable room! Haha! Thank you for watching and I appreciate the super thanks!

[@wiggycarter]

@@ZMAN_420 I still memorize some numbers.

[@HopeofGlory-qx4lk]

@@ZMAN_420 our local pizza hit in the 80’s phone number ended in 0080…our phone number ended in 0018…callers would always get the numbers mixed up and call our # to place an order for a pizza. 🤭

[@Unconsciouzone]

I'm 60 and my immediate family all had the same numbers for years. I remember them all. I've repurposed variations of most into passwords over recent years

[@ZMAN_420]

@Unconsciouzone That's exactly what I do HAHAHAHA 👍🏻🇺🇲

[@sandrashevel2137]

Im glad i grew up back then.

[@aracelimendoza0809]

@@sandrashevel2137 same

[@two4u443]

Absolutely!!❤😊👍We were so very blessed!!🥳🎈🎉🥳🎈🎉🎈

[@leesashriber5097]

Agreed 💯

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Sandra and I feel the same way!

[@DavidThomas-1969]

Me too. 80s Ft.Lauderdale!

[@ryulee458]

Those were the good old days God I miss them.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts on how it was ryulee458!

[@biancagerade4229]

We used to get the old Folgers big can and we put our Greece from cooking in it and when it cools down we would use it to pour on the hard doggie kibble for our doggies 🤗

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

Me, too!!😢

[@saltyassassins5816]

Dad usually used them for nuts & bolts.

[@ryulee458]

@@saltyassassins5816 same here

[@dennislogan6781]

Kids today will never experience the joy of looking at a Christmas catalog from Sears, Montgomery Ward, or JC Penney to decide what you want for Christmas.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that. I know Amazon sends one but it is so tiny compared to those older ones. They were hours and hours of entertainment and dreaming. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory Dennis!

[@HopeofGlory-qx4lk]

I’ll an 80’s baby! I miss those days!

[@charles2241]

Penny's had nothing but dumb clothes🤔.

[@mattly2597]

Remember when Call Waiting came out? What a breakthrough! That seemed so cutting edge back then.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that. We were all trying to figure it out. Hello. Hello. Sorry wrong line. Hello? Thank you for watching Matt!

[@HopeofGlory-qx4lk]

Yessss!

[@mikemancini3907]

Best time to be alive. Things were simpler then and people were helping each other out. Sure miss the good old days. Thanks Rhetty 👍 for the memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Mike! I do feel like people were better at helping others out. Didn't matter if it was friends, family, your neighborhood or community.

[@markastoforoff7838]

When I was a kid $1 would actually allow you to buy a comic book, a bag of chips, a chocolate bar and a pop while receiving a few cents back.

[@two4u443]

Fact!!! If you had a dollar...then the world was yours!!😂

[@shannondore]

Sadly, those days are gone. You can't even get something for a dollar at the Dollar store.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us Mark!

[@Ripplenator]

A small bag of chips was 10 cents!

[@slactweak]

@@two4u443 Right? When I was growing up, I had an old fashioned candy store about 4 blocks from my house. I could walk in there with a quarter and walk out with enough candy to put me in a sugar coma and still have change AND candy left over. A dollar? Fuggeddaboutit!

[@websoldier4576]

Color TV and free HBO was a sign of a good motel, back in the day.

[@two4u443]

@@websoldier4576 True! 🤣👍

[@RhettyforHistory]

Absolutely! And they proudly displayed that they had it and it really did draw people in. Thank you for watching!

[@guymonhall7596]

Spare parts coffee can was essential. It's where all the nails, screws, brackets, and odds and ends are kept. This is just a rule of life lol!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Funny thing is I still have some coffee cans filled up with various things. There is no way I would ever willingly get rid of those now. Thank you for watching!

[@LaManteca76]

I still have my Dad's coffee cans in the garage & his old tools. Every once in awhile I try to use them.

[@shellyweber6219]

My dad organized everything in little baby food jars too.

[@wiggycarter]

I still miss going to record stores

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were a lot of fun! And the smell of a new album was great! Thank you for watching wiggycarter!

[@FlyingTigersKMT]

Looking at the record album covers was an adventure in and of itself with all sorts of great photos of the artist or some other art that you can discover.

[@gardeniagirl1374]

Musicland, Warehouse, and eventually Tower Records.

[@wiggycarter]

@@gardeniagirl1374 Tower records was my favorite

[@FlyingTigersKMT]

@wiggycarter we had a warehouse nearby but we had a huge Sam Goody's but you gotta love the little mom and pop independent shops with that one weird dude or space cadet outcast girl that was cool in her own way working the counter that carries the obscure or alternative stuff that you can't find in the big stores.

[@Yoshi-h7t]

Man these were the days

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching karldavidblain6524!

[@LaManteca76]

Using a metal ice cube tray that you had to pull the lever to release the ice. I never used one but I remember my Dad using it. The joy of finally getting a color tv and discovering The Wizard of Oz was always in color! Look how bright the yellow brick road & the emerald city are! Oooh Dorothy's dress is blue checkered! So pretty! 😄 The satisfaction of slamming the phone down on someone you were angry at & knowing they felt it. 😁

[@leesashriber5097]

I remember when Cracker Jacks had prizes!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

They used to have some pretty good ones. Now they are horrible!

[@leesashriber5097]

@@RhettyforHistory , agreed 💯

[@two4u443]

@@leesashriber5097 The "spit and stick" tattoo patches were really cool. 😁

[@leesashriber5097]

I'm so glad I grew up when I did. All of these memories I went thru and miss to this day. Such a simpler time. 😊 Thank you for the memories my friend. 👍😃👍

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome Leesa! I appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@leesashriber5097]

@@RhettyforHistory , always. 😃

[@rogergoodman8665]

My dad used to nail the lids of glass jars to a long wood beam that strecthed across the back wall of the garage and had dozens of those jars hanging from it filled with everything from nails to twisty bread ties! He also used old coffee cans, but I hated them since you had to dump everything out to hopefully find what you wanted. I myself am a bit of an organization freak and have over 10 large storage bins in my garage with 40 pull out trays in each one! I just like to know where all my small parts and bits are at all times, I guess!!!

[@treyenglish9369]

Great memories!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching treyenglish9369!

[@bonniebrush94]

Thanks Rhetty! I miss the old cars that didn't crumple at a minor fender bender!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I miss that too! They had real bumpers on them. Thank you for watching Bonnie!

[@UdderlyEvelyn]

Towel loops should be standard at home to avoid paper towels for clean hands after washing when you want them so clean for food prep and etc..

[@rogergoodman8665]

I used to like the towel rolls also. They are not popular and barely used today for several reasons such as if the rollers seized you were out of luck unless you dried your hands with toilet paper, they always tended to stay damp and we found out they actually promote and spread bacteria meaning there was a chance your hands would be nastier than before you washed them and if the service person was lazy or they ran out of clean rolls, the guy would just flip the dirty roll he just took out and would precede to feed it thru the machine again which caused the towel rolls to stink worse than the urinals!!! I like the motion sensor hand drivers now used, but they don't give enough time, so you always need to restart it several times to actually get your hands dry.

[@o8thman812]

Made our own fun in the 70s. With mates riding bikes for miles, fishing off piers overnight, jumping the fence to events, exploring abandoned factories n buildings. If we got hurt, tough titties, carry on... A simpler better time.

[@two4u443]

Oh yes!! 😁👍 Building forts in the woods, bb gun wars and bust our chops while jumping our bikes off the Evil Kenevil ramp we made.😂😂😂😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories in the 70s! It was a lot of fun!

[@upupandaway2728]

remember back in the day we would destroy the souls of our sneakers due to not having any breaks on our bike . also when cordless phones first came out, at times when you picked it up you could hear your neighbor talking on his and he couldnt hear you. the classic is the cards in the spokes of our bikes. loved those times.

[@traciegraves8142]

For all of the technology that exists today, people are more disconnected than ever before. Can’t help missing the way a lot of things used to be. Happy to have grown up during such times, and sad all at the same time.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It does feel like people are more disconnected with family, friends, neighbors and communities. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts Tracie!

[@hearttoheart4me]

Technology, conveniences and food is/are always changing. The thing I miss the most is my health, ability to move like I used to and the memories of it all. I am happy to have those memories and to have lived in that time though.

[@melisaeslinger6247]

Thanks for the memories. Kids rarely experience having to use paper bags for grocery shopping now (except for stores like Aldi). I remember hoping the bags wouldn't rip on me while helping carry them in the house. LOL😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do miss the old paper bags. Those are a lot better than plastic sacks. Thank you for watching Melisa!

[@two4u443]

@@melisaeslinger6247 Yes! Then we would take the paper bags and make masks. Cut out eyes and mouth holes and draw eyebrows/mustache or lipstick/makeup for the girls. 70's Arts and Crafts!😁👍

[@melisaeslinger6247]

@@RhettyforHistory I don't know if you are near an Aldi grocery store. They sell them for .10 each (if the price hasn't gone up). I have some and reuse them when shopping.

[@Slane583]

Funny enough, out of all of the stores that sell food items and offer paper bags Dollar General and Dollar Tree are the only two that give you the bag. Our Dollar General here in town always goes ham with the paper bags and double-bags all of them. Other stores I've shopped at that also gives you the paper bag is Shoe Department, JC Penny, Old Navy, Kohl's and Yankee Candle. Sadly our Yankee Candle store closed. Every other store charges for them including WalMart. ALDI charging for bags is understandable because it helps reduce food prices. I always kept a paper bag and I'd fill it up full with other paper bags until it couldn't hold anymore. Then I'd give them to my mother and she'd use them in the garden. :)

[@melisaeslinger6247]

@@two4u443 I remember doing that also. Thanks for the reminder. 😊

[@jrebecca0195]

As the youngest of four siblings, I was often made to sit in the rear-facing seat at the back of our Chevy Caprice station wagon. It made me a little queasy to ride backwards, but it was fun to wave at the cars behind us. 😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories with us jrebecca. There was a lot of room in those old Caprices.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

My mom was the caller ID in our house. Even back then, we didn't always want to answer the phone, so mom would ask "Who's here?" before she answered it, in case any of us weren't in the mood to talk to our friends.

[@shannondore]

My mom had a weird psychic thing going on. The phone would ring (rotary phone), and she's say "Don't answer that it's Phyllis. I don't want to talk to Phyllis." Of course I'd answer it, and sure enough, it'd be Phyllis. She did it a lot. It used to creep me out. Still don't know how she did that.

[@RhettyforHistory]

She was definitely a call screener which was good. That is something else that you just can't do. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us Tim!

[@DavidLS1]

We all cheated the phone company by placing collect calls to ourselves to let a loved one know we had arrived safely at our destination.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Absolutely! Thank you for watching David!

[@goodguy4342]

We played with our friends outside.We had adventures outside every day just about. Kids today play on social media. We had the best times and much more simple times. We didn't even know how good we had it back then.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that and we never really thought about those sort of days ending. But really it is completely different as you pointed out. Thank you for watching goodguy4342!

[@pmartinez2068]

It was an awesome time to grow up. I think it was better and it seemed slower and you enjoyed it more. Now life seems to go by too fast.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I feel the same way you do. It seemed slower paced and we definitely enjoyed everything around us more. Thank you for watching pmartinez2068!

[@paulstan9828]

👍😁 Very true Even into adulthood I always read the cereal box or any item in the bathroom. When I lived in Hawaii I use to go to the airport and just watch the airplanes and people come and go. Simpler times. Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺

[@RhettyforHistory]

It's weird how some things changed that we really never saw coming. Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories Paul!

[@swansfan6944]

Hi Paul 👋😁🇺🇸

[@user-hx7mi7ml8u]

Ok, really strange. Why did you have a cereal box in the bathroom? Did you eat cereal while on the toilet?

[@paulstan9828]

@@user-hx7mi7ml8u Ha!!! My punctuation wasn’t very good. Not in the bathroom. 🤣

[@swansfan6944]

@@paulstan9828 we know what you meant Paul 😁

[@Jen0714]

Well, kids will never experience a great seat at a rock concert for $12.50! Many of them don't experience using their brain anymore; something we had to do. I wouldn't trade it for anything, Rhetty! Such a simpler time in life. After all, how can you miss what didn't exist (cell phones, etc)? Thank you for the travel down the simple lane today! I really enjoyed it! Hope all of you are doing well! 🙏✌️😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome Jen. Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories. Music has changed a lot. You had to have real talent back then. It was much more difficult for them to just make you sound good and people had to know how to play instruments. It was definitely a lot more affordable to go to concerts as you pointed out. But part of that is because we all bought records. Now they don't make that revenue and there is a lot of other things that they have to pay for.

[@kellmac]

I disagree that it was a simpler time. It was more steps to do one thing, but we used our minds more, and got pleasure out of those things. Now, everything's done with little more effort than typing in a couple words and it's done for you. That's as simple as you can get.

[@nightswatch8659]

The prizes in cereal boxes actually swayed kids (like me) to buy that one instead of the one they actually liked the taste of.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that nightswatch8659! Thank you for watching!

[@mchenrynick]

Kids today can still rummage through vinyl records at a store. Even Walmart today carries new and re-released titles. Vinyl isn't dead.

[@jkxelor1295]

Don’t forget your friend’s dad’s Playboys!

[@leesashriber5097]

😂😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's definitely something gone! Thank you for watching!

[@XXPYR0XX]

lmao

[@paulrash8861]

Yeppers 😊😊😂, nothing like a real nudie magazine

[@user-hx7mi7ml8u]

The things wives thought they had to put up with back then. A married man subscribing to a magazine that has nude women in it. I guess the vows, “forsaking all others,” meant nothing to some men. 😖

[@brandiwynter]

I thought I was the only one who read shampoo, conditioner, hand soap bottles while sitting on the toilet lol. I could rattle off the ingredients on demand from reading them so often. I remember being so happy when there was a magazine rack in the bathroom. It didn't matter if you were interested or not in what they printed, you read it anyway lol.

[@LISA.R.2112]

Love all the old photos in your videos Rhett. Thanks as always !! Really enjoyed 👍✌️

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome Lisa! Thank you for watching and I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the old photos!

[@thetruthstand]

Thanks for taking me down memory lane again. I was watching this video with my 15 year old niece. And she is so deprived of the joys of the years that I had... LOL

[@RhettyforHistory]

It's definitely a different time and it feels like a completely different world. Thank you for watching thetruthstand!

[@radam1980]

glad to have been born in 1980! not as enjoyable now as the 80s, can we go there then again hmmmmm. still have all those great memories, not the same though. thanks for these awesome videos!!!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching rAdam1980!

[@Speeddemon3]

I love this channel! If I'm having a bad day I just come here and look up any video and I instantly feel better! Thank you RFH!

[@brendakrieger7000]

Oh yes! My mom was always saving box tops and UPC codes to send in for various stuff

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were fun to try and save enough to get something good. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us Brenda!

[@brendakrieger7000]

@@RhettyforHistory You are so welcome!

[@garycarpenter2932]

us kids back in the 60's, even 70's could have more fun with a cardboard box than kids today can have with their games and cell phones combined.

[@RhettyforHistory]

A good old box from a fridge was hours of entertainment for a kid. Thank you for watching Gary!

[@ronm6585]

For me Rhetty, those were the days. Thanks for sharing.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Ron! It really was a special time to experience in person.

[@nightswatch8659]

Another video you made that takes me back to my childhood! Thanks!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and I'm happy to know that you enjoyed it.

[@jons.6216]

My mom collected the Betty Crocker coupons from General Mills boxes and Gold Medal Flour bags for years in order to get points toward products in the catalog! I even started saving all of them myself for her when I moved out! I decided to use some and when I went to purchase something I found out that the coupons didn't really make that much of a difference! Haha! Coffee brands used to offer the really large cans in fancier versions that could be saved as kitchen canisters after they were used. We had three large gold ones on the counter for years! I've even seen other patterns in antique stores!

[@Petersouza2001]

I was born in 2001 and I like to know alot of history and things that my parents had or went through. I get to hear about what life was like back then

[@NekroBroly]

Something that completely changed for the worst is definitely Halloween. I haven't had a trick or treater knock on my door in 8 years. When I was a kid in the 80s cars couldn't even get down the street there was so many of us out. Not just 1 street either it was the entire town. I truly feel bad for the new generations but I'm definitely glad I got to experience the best time to be alive.

[@LaManteca76]

Yes! No one comes to our neighborhood anymore. They go 2 blocks away to the fancier houses.

[@mchenrynick]

Don't feel too bad. With big bags of candy at $20 - $30 each, you'd get tired of the trick or treaters really quick!

[@LaManteca76]

@@mchenrynick Uf! My sister spends about $30-$40 worth of candy & still runs out. My brother spends under $10, no one comes to our house, and I get to eat some candy! 😁

[@mchenrynick]

@@LaManteca76 LOL!

[@WinsomeWinslet]

Who knew we were all living the dream?! I need a time machine!

[@tbc27Z]

God, I miss those days.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching tbc27Z!

[@bretthibbs6083]

Speaking of airports back in the early 90's I was living in Florida at the time and I was so lucky and fortunate enough to tour the air traffic control tower at the St. Pete/clearwater airport I thought that was so awesome and it's something that I will never forget and I remember it like it was yesterday. At the 8:48 mark I went to that school back in the 80's it's Orono middle school/jr high in Orono Minnesota or even the high school I remember we had the plain jane shirts like this one in the 80's before they switched to the red yellow and blue colors they have today.

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

Love those rotary phones! A used one at antique malls run $60-$80! Looking for a pink one! Called for time! Forgot about that until you said it! Good times! I would go back in a heartbeat! 😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

Most of those old rotary phones you see seem to be in black or beige. But I do remember all the other colors we had. I hope you can find your pink one. Thank you for watching thelittlegreenball6813!

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

@@RhettyforHistory 😁👍

[@Chopped02]

I’m so happy I grew up like this. I just wish my kids would have experienced life without the technology we have now.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Chopped02!

[@mauryanderson7158]

Wow. That was a fun trip!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm happy to hear you enjoyed this one Maury!

[@johnsmith2046]

I was born in 1973 (I'm 51). It's great to see a lot of these things again. Also, the narration is good! Thanks and cheers from northeast Ohio!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching from Ohio John!

[@johnsmith2046]

@@RhettyforHistory , thanks and you're welcome! It's great when someone such as yourself produces these videos to help keep us connected to such a great time in our lives!

[@raananh-w2j]

In regard to phones of yesterday, no one will ever have the experience of slamming the hand piece to end a call when you get upset. Instead, today, you need to carefully and softly press on an image on a screen.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that. A mad hang up just doesn't have the same effect on either end of the phone. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us!

[@joanbrooks619]

Back then was an awesome time... the station wagons i miss....❤❤❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what you miss Joan!

[@joanbrooks619]

@RhettyforHistory riding in the back was an awesome thing to do but was going out of style as my kids were growing up....

[@flashmusicarchive]

another banger video for sure. keep it up Rhetty!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching flashmusicarchive9584!

[@monikameza4107]

Thanks for sharing, great memories 👍

[@fullhousefrek]

They'll never experience the joy having to wait for dial up internet to connect lol or having to get off the Internet because someone needed to make a phone call lol

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

8 Tracks were annoyingThose towel dispensersMotels also had vibrating beds, all you had to do was put a quarter in itI loved sitting in the rear facing back seatI remember when pay phones were 10 cents to make a call📞I made an ashtray in schoolHitch Hiking really was a thingGreat video👍🏻ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us MrMegaFredZepplin. Those vibrating beds were a big deal and kids would always beg for quarters so they could try it out. I almost put that in this video but I will definitely have it in a future episode.

[@rikkiross7691]

Great Memories in those days!! 😁

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching rikkiross7691!

[@AnitaLonski]

Kids will never experience only having 4 or 5 tv channels and being happy with it & it was free. Thanks Rhetty for another great video

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Anita! You're right about having just a few channels. We were completely content having those.

[@brandiwynter]

Growing up in the 70's and 80's was a gift given to a single generation and whatever happens from here I'm at least glad I grew up during that time.

[@brianquilty687]

I remember making ashtrays at school. In my opinion things were much better back in my old days. When I was a kid we always flew kites. I haven't seen a kid fling a kite in years. I took my kids to the park and flew kits with them for hours. About 8 years ago I was at South Padre Island. And while we were there they had a kite festival ....... all the people flying the kites were adults.

[@dukemetzger3784]

It astounds me how much waste we have today. Everything got used back in my day more than once and today, we throw everything away. Hell not even plastic recycling is what they claim it to be as only ten percent or less of our plastic actually gets recycled.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I think we were better at reusing things and we just didn't have all the waste that we do now. Think about all the glass soda bottles that got recycled. Thank you for watching dukemetzger3784!

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Oh mercy Mercurochrome burned like the devil. When I was really young my great aunt lived on a dairy farm in the middle of nowhere & had a party line. Kids today have never had to pay long distance charges for phone calls. Sometimes I'm surprised more of us weren't killed by stuff back then. My cousin once asked me if our parents had been irresponsible or were times just different. Probably some of both.

[@brendaholliday6866]

Rhett, I enjoyed your video about things kids today will never experience. Kids today will never experience what its like to write a personal letter because they would rather text, email or simply call someone on their cellphone. Have a fantastic holiday weekend. Take care 🐎

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that Brenda. A lot more personal touch and effort goes into a letter than what it does in an email or text. Plus you have a keepsake forever. Those old physical memories will just not exist for everyone now. At least for the most part. Thank you for watching!

[@GoonieLord]

We had VHS, going outside to play, and video rental stores

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were good times! Thank you for watching GoonieLord!

[@ToddHofer]

And yet, we all survived.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes we did. Thank you for watching Todd!

[@janedee6488]

They’ll never know the intoxicating smell of freshly mimeographed paper. The purple ink kind.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is very true! I almost put that in this video because it was a huge deal back then. Thank you for watching janedee6488!

[@VETERANS1ST]

I get sad watching these... Best times of my life ... Miss'em

[@ZMAN_420]

Excellent Retro Content!🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@OhPleaseMary]

Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's, I loved calling for the local time and Temps by dialing the numbers that spelled P-O-P-C-O-R-N on the dial ☎. The older I get, the more I realize what an absolute GIFT it was to grow up then - my kids will never get that level of... freedom.

[@OhPleaseMary]

Speaking of stationary telephones, for anyone with even a passing interest in those old things, there is an extensive and amazing (but little known) telephone museum at the Pioneer Living History Village just north of Phoenix on I-17. Call ahead, they have weird hours.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us OhPleaseMary!

[@RhettyforHistory]

We have one of those museums in Oklahoma City as well. I have a video on it from the early days on this channel.

[@scotttheil7824]

I remember some cereals had a card board record on the back of it's box. Sometimes they worked, other times it was mostly static.

[@dave3657]

Going with friends to play video games at the arcade on a Saturday nights was the best of times. We used cigar boxes a lot for storage, I still use them today to store things. I still carry some change in my pocket, and I have an iPhone. 🤪

[@kristapoulter5145]

Kids will never experience the excitement of going to the video store and going through the movies and picking out which ones you want to rent for the week, or going through the classic video games that were in a separate section and picking out the one's you want to rent with your movies or if you were really good you got to pick a game your parents would buy you. I miss those days so much. I remember they would have a tv in the corner playing a movie you liked and you would push or fight your way through a crowded store trying to get the most popular movie or game out and hope they weren't already rented out or bought. Those were the good old days

[@Lkydog8165]

It was always a treat to get the variety pack small cereal boxes... I am so glad I grew up in the 70's playing outside all day roaming all over the neighborhood til the street lights came on... Another thing I miss is getting to slam the phone down several times on people when they pissed me off hitting the end button on cell phones does not have the same affect... I always look forward to your videos I grew up in Norman Oklahoma when it was alot smaller...

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about the modern phones not having the same effect as actually slamming down the receiver. No matter how hard you hit that button it will just sound like a dropped call. Thank you for watching from Norman and I'm happy to hear that you are enjoying the videos!

[@brandiwynter]

We had a station wagon that had the reverse seats. I've heard that people call them vomit seats but they never bothered us, we loved them. To this day I love the sensation of watching the world go by backwards. It's hard to do these days without a pickup truck.

[@paulrash8861]

20 dollars was a lot of money back in my day, sad thing I'm 44 years old, plenty of gas and a box of Marlboro reds my friend ❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it sure was a good chunk of money. Thank you for watching Paul!

[@gardeniagirl1374]

I am 51. By the time I got to high school, gas was 86 cents a gallon. I could go a few places on $3 of gas ⛽️

[@mikehughes4969]

I used to collect the motel keys, from virtually every family vacation we went on. I also collected matchbooks since they were free and just about everywhere. Still have a few of them left.,

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is great that you still have a few of those left. I remember some people had matchbook displays that showed off their collection. I do love those old motel keys but I never saved any of them. I never thought about doing that. Thank you for watching Mike!

[@holsen2]

Life was FAR better back then. Very thankful I grew up during the 70s and 80s.

[@ChristinaBonvillian-ni2ji]

@@holsen2 and the 90's

[@ZazzaryToronto]

Even though I would never drive without a seatbelt now, back then it was so fun to sit in the back of a station wagon, playing "punch Buggy" until your arm was black and blue, being able to lay down in a car on those long drives in the back seat, sit in the back of a pick up truck with your friends as you went to awesome parties in the middle of no where, those were fun times. I do see 1 pay phone where I live though, always wondered if the collect call still works or even if there was an operator anymore... maybe I should try that 0 button and find out :)

[@albertzebuski2376]

I’m 53, born in 71, and I miss this stuff 😢 I’m a computer nerd, I’ve been into tech since the VIC-20 days, but boy do I yearn for those 70s and 80s. 😢

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of what you like and miss Albert!

[@jasonguzman564]

We had it the best. Pay phones,arcades, and old fashion looking for friends in the neighborhood

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Jason!

[@jasonguzman564]

@@RhettyforHistory thank you for posting

[@glennso47]

My wife used to ask me if I’ve read any cereal boxes lately. 😊 She died in 2021. 😮

[@davidp5385]

Well, it does still come in a box....so the act is still possible...but the fun and experience isn't the same. All that food coloring and sugar back then was the least of our worries. I always wanted the paper 45 record or a description of the toy inside 😊 Also, Sorry for your loss God Bless you and your family

[@kirkmorrison6131]

My condolences, I lost mine in 2008. Over enough time the pain gets less, but at least for me sometimes it hits me like a brick wall

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm sorry to hear about your wife Glenn. Cereal boxes really used to be entertaining. They just don't seem quite the same anymore. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us.

[@cajuncyclerestorations145]

Lol A toy in the cereal box .. Luck if the box is full of cereal and not 1/2 full of air like the chip bags.

[@RhettyforHistory]

There is definitely a lot more air in products now. Supposedly it's to keep the product from breaking but it seems a little difficult to believe. Thank you for watching!

[@TopGunAce23]

So am I'm glad to grow up in the 70s. One thing that the generation will never experience is that your momma friends were always around and reporting your behavior to them

[@travelingwithmikeandpam9074]

All of this since I've been married! Thanks, Rhetty for the memories!

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

Hi Rhett 🙋🏾. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend ‼️ you know speaking of cereal. They have totally trashed frosted Flakes. They are really Gross now. SO the kids are missing a lot 🤔

[@RhettyforHistory]

I used to love Frosted Flakes but I haven't had them in a long time. I'm not sure why I haven't but I also had no idea they had changed. Thank you for watching Carole and I hope you are having a great weekend as well.

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

@@RhettyforHistory thank You Rhett .

[@BrianMcKnight68]

Reading cereal boxes helped expand our language. How else would we know the words Riboflavin or Maltodextrin? 🤣🤣

[@RhettyforHistory]

Very true Brian! Thank you for watching!

[@UdderlyEvelyn]

I'm making a point to expose my kid to some old stuff so she gets some of the experiences I got in the 90s, some of which were older tech from the 70s and 80s that I had anyway. :)

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of what you are doing UdderlyEvelyn!

[@adamhell1226]

I remember a wheaties cereal box that could be folded into a mini basketball game.

[@pam8962]

Company s are too greedy now days to give you anything for free with their products

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Pam!

[@01FozzyS]

Oh God,mercurochrome! I can still "smell" that. It stung too! lol I miss those airport viewing decks although some airports are starting to bring them back like here at SFO.

[@RhettyforHistory]

A lot has changed in airports! Thank you for watching 01FozzyS!

[@two4u443]

Hitchhike now...end up in trunk later.😮 I miss those days of innocence and wonder!! Another GREAT VIDEO!!! ❤😁👍 Thanks for the great memories!!❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching two4u443!

[@tybread2997]

Coffee cans aren't around anymore to store things but I do have a bunch of Amazon boxes to store thing instead. Before throwing out an old dresser, I stripped it of all the screws and bolts. Never know when you might need one.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I have a bunch of old screws and bolts as well. I may not ever use them all but every so often I do find a use for a few of them. Thank you for watching tybread2997!

[@pamelas1002]

My grandmother always had a coffee can of bacon grease on her stove! The best fried corn was made with that grease!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I remember my mom would do the same thing. We had a lot of fried chicken, chicken fried steak and various other things with that coffee can of lard. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory of your grandmother pamelas1002!

[@nathanielmurray2131]

Great Video. Motel6, used to be $6. My Dad was furious when the price raised to$9. His homes in Sacramento, cost him $12,000, each. He about died when I told him they were selling, a few yrs.ago, for nearly $200,000😮.

[@johnphantom]

My dad had a basket of girly magazines in his bathroom. The only two magazines he got a regular basis that weren't illicit were Scientific American (what a rag it has become, shame) and Rolling Stone. I read them all.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some memories of what you Dad used to have John!

[@DongBags9319]

You should do more on kids from the 90s and early 2000s experienced that kids today never will. I'm from that era and I remember still using VCR players, dial up internet, picking up the phone and listening to conversations, and playing outside all day.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some more memories of the 1990s!

[@davidgray1967]

Too bad we all don't have time machines..Just to go back and do it all over again, and not change anything.

[@shannondore]

I'd give anything for a time machine right now.😊

[@Albert8044]

Back in the day if you're sick and you're having a cold/flu like symptoms, the go to caugh syrup was Vick's Formula 44 and it had a pretty bad aftertaste but hey it helped our symptoms.