June 30, 20205 yr cable Tv Cordless phone Boomerang antenna on a cadillac because as a kid I thought they had TV in there.
June 30, 20205 yr 37 minutes ago, woohorn said: Microwave, cable tv. -old guy Color TV, power windows in your car - older guy
June 30, 20205 yr country club membership lake/beach house Had a relative that owned a small bank so I guess that was a benchmark too.
June 30, 20205 yr dishwashercolor TVtwo cars in a householdin ground poolcountry club membershipeating out more than 2x a month
June 30, 20205 yr Air conditioningBut things aint so badCause I got a Galaxy 500Galaxy 500 in a Galaxy 500Galaxy 500I'm in my own galaxy 1973In my own galaxyYou probably would have wanted this tooBut it's not air conditionedNo it's not air conditionedNo it's not air conditionedNo it's not air conditionedIt's not air conditioned
June 30, 20205 yr Popular Post At first it was having a two-story house. Then we got one and I realized it was the same house with more effort involved. Now I have a one-story again.
June 30, 20205 yr Elementary school years in the 80s, middle/HS years in the 90s. In the 80s, the rich kids had the GI Joe Aircraft Carrier, cable TV, and both a Nintendo AND a Sega. Also a backyard swimming pool was much less common.
June 30, 20205 yr New car when you turned 16. New or a 79 T/A or equivalent. Edited June 30, 20205 yr by TwiceHorn
June 30, 20205 yr Color TV Big House w/nice yard, in nice area/subdivision Cadillac In ground pool Edited June 30, 20205 yr by SHOOTER12
June 30, 20205 yr A piano that didn't look like it had whiskey stains on the inside or gunshot holes in the back.
June 30, 20205 yr 5 minutes ago, Wild Bill said: Carphone No better way to perpetrate like you were talking.
June 30, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, Hawndoh said: Elementary school years in the 80s, middle/HS years in the 90s. In the 80s, the rich kids had the GI Joe Aircraft Carrier, cable TV, and both a Nintendo AND a Sega. Also a backyard swimming pool was much less common. In the 90s, it was having a SNES, N64, playstation and game boy color. Those kids were so rich.
July 1, 20205 yr Pool Video camera Laser disc player Had no idea what a country club even was til i got to UT. A friend found out his dad (a Dr) was a member of one that reciprocated with one in Austin. We drank like fishes and didn't pay a dime until his dad got wise to it about a month later and that came to a screeching halt
July 1, 20205 yr A brick house. Power windows in the car. Car A/C that worked reliably. Not just a landline in the bedroom (versus the wall phone in the kitchen), but a separate line with a different phone number.
July 1, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Bullneck said: A brick house. Power windows in the car. Car A/C that worked reliably. Not just a landline in the bedroom (versus the wall phone in the kitchen), but a separate line with a different phone number. Separate phone number was a baller move. With call waiting especially...who is old enough to remember the ' cli-click-whoo' sound of the fascinating technology of another call coming in?
July 1, 20205 yr 46 minutes ago, Zepol87 said: More than one phone in the house. Inground pool HBO Anyone that went Disneyland or shit like that. Hell I still haven't been
July 1, 20205 yr Wall-to-wall carpet. We kinda had that, but it was because my dad painstakingly glued together discarded carpet samples collected from carpet stores to create a patchwork that covered the whole living room. Come think if it, that was at our lake home. Let me sleep on this one, and I’ll get back to y’all.
July 1, 20205 yr Anyone that went Disneyland or shit like that. Hell I still haven't been Not being forced to go is a form of wealth
July 1, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: Not being forced to go is a form of wealth After reading the thread here and TOS I believe this
July 1, 20205 yr As already said, a Sega Genesis and Nintendo.And all channels on cable. Descramblers were prevalent so having all premiums, PPV, and porn channels.Having a big screen TV with those 3 lights. Took up half the basement.
July 1, 20205 yr We used to go on car trips for vacations, often times across the country. That’s more than a lot of my friends got to do. But, my dad would drive all around town at the end of each day looking for vacancy signs. Then, he would try to negotiate rates. Sometimes he would sent me in to get a rate, then he’d come back after he had some other rates from competing motels. We did this all up and down Vegas Strip in 1972. That one is seared in my memory. I still worshipped my dad somewhat as an 11-year old, so I thought it was kinda cool. I always wondered what it would be like to have one of those fancy AAA memberships and use a travel agent for something they called “reservations.”
July 1, 20205 yr 8 hours ago, HouTex said: eating out more than 2x a month I asked my wife because I knew they didn’t get to eat out much. She said they ate out less than 10 times a year when she was a kid. My family at least doubled that. Some of my kids’ millennial friends average 10 times a week. Edited July 1, 20205 yr by ImissWallyPryor
July 1, 20205 yr Kryptonics skateboard wheels on Bennett Pro trucks all on a Sims Taperkick skateboard. And a half-pipe in your driveway that your dad built. Not the crappy ramp my brother and I built out of a patchwork of pieces of plywood and 2x4’s.
July 1, 20205 yr For me, the oilfield in the 1980's exemplified it. Rolex Presidente watches all around, expensive cigars, nice 4x4s, classic and exotic cars, Harleys, 300X beaver cowboy hats, $1500 cowboy boots. One guy I knew had a $30k diamond collar for his poodle, and a diamond ring with a high quality diamond that was as big as a dime. If he was late to a meeting, everybody got worried. This was all at under $30/barrel oil. It was insane. As you can imagine, that wealth was lost as quickly as it was gained. I learned a valuable lesson. CHIEF Edited July 1, 20205 yr by CHIEF Leason
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