I’m Old
Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House on the Prairie books to preserve the stories of her childhood for a younger generation of children and to help them to understand how much America had changed during her lifetime. I’m working on compiling a list of things that I remember from my childhood that make me feel old. (“What’s a VCR, grandpa?”) What makes you feel old? Here’s a list of defunct sports teams I remember to get this thread started:
- Montreal Expos
- St. Louis Cardinals (the football team)
- Miami Redskins
- Quebec Nordiques (what the h is a Nordique?)
- A crapload of men’s college teams (thanks, Title 9)
- Ohio Glory
- Tidewater Tides
- Washington Bullets (the murder rate in D.C. has dipped significantly since the name change)
- Capital Fighting Lutherans (I don’t really remember that name, but it did exist
Robin Williams remembers Burger Chef
candy cigarettes
Good call, Kev. I actually have a pack of those sitting in my kitchen drawer for some reason. No sense picking the habit back up though, I suppose.