Guest realnicehat Report post Posted October 18, 2013 Video Arcades Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tallguy007 4172 Report post Posted October 18, 2013 What 2 GFLOPs looks like in 1985: Cost: 16 Million (32 million adjusted) Weight: About 12 tons Displays not included What 2* GFLOPs looks like today: Cost: $400 Weight: 650g Display: Included * Does not include power of graphics subsystem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andflemcol 3975 Report post Posted October 18, 2013 In the 80's...I could look down and see my penis. At least it was common for me to see it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyaccount 15793 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Kitchen (aka wall) phone Message/note/memo pad next to wall phone Betamax tapes Acoustic modems Black & white computer monitors (also green & white and orange & white) Loading software from a cassette tape. You start loading, go watch TV, come to check after 10-15 minutes; if needed (often) adjust volume, rewind tape and try again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest realnicehat Report post Posted October 21, 2013 These horrible kitchen cabinets: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nntsci 11075 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Learning how to drive in an empty mall parking lot on a Sunday (all stores were closed on Sunday's until 1992). yeah, with malls open on Sunday I found the best place to teach my kids driving was a grave yard... Additional Comments: While watching some '80s porn and "reminiscing" about the decade, there were several things I saw in the movie that were commonly seen in the '80s and not so much today: telephones with cords telephones with dials people enjoying a meal together and no one at the table was checking their email, taking a phone call or texting people getting up and walking across the room to change a channel or adjust the volume bush, lots of bush For some of you younger lads that may not be familiar with the term "bush" having never seen one, it is a reference to a ladies vaginal hair. I must have been in a coma years ago and missed reading all the headlines, but what ever happened to bush? Was some guy (or gal) dining at the Y and after an unfortunate snag it was decided that it had to go? I kind of miss it :( I agree that the bush was sexy. If it makes you feel any better, my wife still has her bush. I'm sure she's not alone in the lack of landscaping down under. I actually put out a question about that a while back. The best response I got was that it was had to do with Thong bathing suits. As they became more popular it encouraged trimming of the nether regions. I'm a member of playboy cyberclub and have access to the pinups from its inception to the present. Looking at playboy from 1980 to 2010 you see a very gradual reduction in bush from year to year. Consistent with the thong hypothesis, the shape of the bush first became narrow before finally disappearing altogether . Its a fascinating cultural shift in the concept of sexy, worthy of close scrutiny, lol. I plan to spend many hours closely examining the evidence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
renegade 11027 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Woke up and it was as hard as a rock , see a good looking girl it was hard , have a quicky at lunch cause it was hard, get highway head cause it was hard, before dinner of course because it got hard, get into bed and it was instantly hard ! Ahh the eighties how times have changed ! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeRichards 177238 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Lee's long wavy curly hair ..... last seen in the eighties ;) Anyone seen it ? I would like it back. Not grey either. Blonde like it was :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyaccount 15793 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Woke up and it was as hard as a rock , see a good looking girl it was hard , have a quicky at lunch cause it was hard, get highway head cause it was hard, before dinner of course because it got hard, get into bed and it was instantly hard ! Ahh the eighties how times have changed ! You're right - things have changed! In the '80s, all that was required was stiff wind to make it stiff, actually, a slight breeze would work too. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cinelli 22184 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Beverly Hills Cop: the scene where they had a cellular phone that was like a lunchpail with a handset on top. Glad I never had to carry one of those things around. Too bad they never made a Beverly Hills Cop/Miami Vice crossover movie! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nntsci 11075 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 Woke up and it was as hard as a rock , see a good looking girl it was hard , have a quicky at lunch cause it was hard, get highway head cause it was hard, before dinner of course because it got hard, get into bed and it was instantly hard ! Ahh the eighties how times have changed ! For me, I don't think that's changed much. I still get hard at inopportune times. Perhaps not as often, but more often than is needed. I remember my first hard on, in grade 7 English, (1976 approx.). Didn't have clue what was happening. LOL. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300291 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 Well lets see Hair, as in I used to have a head of hair Shampoo, needed it for my head of hair Comb, needed it to comb my hair For a little bit of time I couldn't see my upper lip...had a moustache too My feet...yup back then I was skinny and could look down and see my feet nuff said...but I'm going to start working on that Something that is strange (sarcastic voice here) nowadays you see people, lots of people with a cellphone to their ear it seems 24/7 365 days a year. But back in the 80's I didn't see long line ups at pay phones...how did we ever survive back then RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cu***ngl***us 2024 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 Remember when cell phones were the size of military walky talkies. Posted via Mobile Device Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest S*rca****sid Report post Posted October 22, 2013 Dreaming of owning one of these... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marriedbutnotdead 3844 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 Kitchen (aka wall) phone Message/note/memo pad next to wall phone Betamax tapes Acoustic modems Black & white computer monitors (also green & white and orange & white) Loading software from a cassette tape. You start loading, go watch TV, come to check after 10-15 minutes; if needed (often) adjust volume, rewind tape and try again. I still have a phone like that, it's the only thing that works during a power outage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest realnicehat Report post Posted October 22, 2013 I still have a phone like that, it's the only thing that works during a power outage Besides your cell phone you mean ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marriedbutnotdead 3844 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 as long as it is charged Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
henryporter 1836 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 loved the 80's things were just computerized enough to confuse people. skinny leather ties hockey hair K Cars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_K_platform 5 or 10 cent chicken wing nights Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyaccount 15793 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 pocket pagers harvest gold and avocado green appliances wall-to-wall shag carpet left over from the '70s vans with shag carpeted interiors no metal detectors or any other security for domestic flights unbiased fact checked news reporting payphones were everywhere like payphones, tat-less people were everywhere people that had no clue what software was or what a computer could (or could not) do Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyaccount 15793 Report post Posted October 27, 2013 homes with only 3 electronic devices: TV, cable box, radio/stereo vacuum tubes (valves for our British friends) - many TVs and radios in our homes still had them CB radio antennas on cars lugable computers - you couldn't use them on your lap if you tried disco cassette organizers & carrying cases continuous form paper - wide format 15" x 11" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny Canuck 5347 Report post Posted October 28, 2013 Short shorts on men Fanny packs Big hair Denim jackets Moustaches Kids playing outside rather than inside on their consoles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyaccount 15793 Report post Posted October 31, 2013 Console TVs dot matrix printers typewriters people reading George Orwell's book "1984" in 1984. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest S*rca****sid Report post Posted November 12, 2013 Smoking in malls... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moviefan 1238 Report post Posted November 12, 2013 Rubik's Cube Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyaccount 15793 Report post Posted November 12, 2013 People in the '80s were able to let loose and have a great time acting silly at a party without any fear of a photograph or video being immediately, or ever, being shown to everyone on the planet. > Almost no one carried a film camera or video camera - too expensive, bulky and heavy. Theoretically, women could carry a camera in a large purse, but why would they. > Film cameras had limited shots and pictures were expensive to develop and duplicate, instant polaroid film was expensive and difficult & expensive to duplicate. Handing out copies of photos was a pain in the butt, post-mailing them was expensive and a bigger pain in the butt. > Video cameras were very expensive, big, bulky and heavy. Duplicating video tapes was slow and expensive. Showing a video required a VCR and TV. Rob Ford surely misses the '80s. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
