20 Things You Haven’t Seen or Heard in Decades – Part 1
Only when you look back do you realize how far we have come. Sounds like a cheesy re-tweeted quote, but it’s a simple fact. I was talking with my business partner Ashli and we were laughing about the things that are just flat out old news, how soooo high tech they sounded when were in the late 1990′s and early 2000′s. If you still use these things, say these things – take the gentle nudge as a hint to let it go. These are definitely in no order just as they occurred to us:
#1 – “Can I just call you collect?”
Ok, so if you’ve heard this one recently, I’m assuming bail money soon followed. Do you remember all the crazy competition and commercials featuring Carrot Top. If you don’t remember them, check the video.
#2 – “Dude…you’re getting a Dell”
I mean really, if your grandma still uses this oh so cool year late 1999 – 2000 line, it’s definitely time to find her a new replacement joke. Even the guy who was the star of the commercial (Ben Curtis) has moved on with an off-broadway show titled, “Dude Your Going to Hell”
#3 – “You’ve got mail”
That’s right, that righteous reminder of you getting your important spam email. Don’t you miss your favorite email reminder and AOL’s disc with free minutes at the front of every retail kiosk, well for old time sake – here you go.
#4 – THE Windows TADA
THE Window’s TADA sound for Windows 95 you can never forget - Apple fan, Windows fan, whatever…you heard this and it’s just so classic.
Now, if you still hear this on someone’s computer, stop what you are doing and give them your computer, it’s an emergency.
#5 – Download Accelerators
God knows I only had 56k for a minute and of course I tried to download every piece of media (we will leave media at that) , so the only solution for this was the infamous “Download Accelerator” that did absolutely nothing to help, but you could at least pause your downloads this way. LOL…Oh the memories. Believe it or not, they still have these – check it out for yourself!
#6 – Beanie Babies (circa 1998)
Yes, Beanie Babies! Remember all of the riots in stores that carried them and the rushes to get one. People were desperate to just get something stuffed with beans in it. Even McDonald’s gave them away at a time. Go look in your closet or the attic, you know you still have them, just waiting for the day for them to appreciate in value! HA!
#7 – The Window’s 98 Intro Music
When I found this online, I wanted to tear this brought back so many memories, don’t think you know what music I’m talking about…Ok, here’s a reminder!
#8 – Visit AOL Keyword…
The only keywords used now are in search engines, but remember when you watched a commercial by your favorite retailer and they wanted you to visit their “website” by typing in their KEYWORD, not a bad idea, but could you imagine the fight over keywords today. WOW!
#9 – Ohhhh…This has Anti-Skip Protection
You were sooo tech savvy and up to date when you had a CD player, especially a Sony Discman with “ANTI-SKIP” protection. I mean come on when you ride on the bus with your CD player, do you really want your CD to skip, that’s only for the non-cool cats. Oh, the things the iPod killed, lol.
#10 – “Pass the TV Guide”
Ya, we had a printed book with the TV show listings in there. Not saying these don’t still exist, but when was the time you used a printed TV Guide!
So I’ve shared some of our favorites, what are the old things you just haven’t seen or heard in decades? I want to hear some funny ones.
