Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 16:59     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
Anonymous wrote:The first microwave - my sister and I pooled our money and bought my mom one. Probably 1985 or so.

I also remember going to the bank with my mom every week. Had to get cash for the coming week! No ATMs...


My husband and I laughed the other day when he said that at one time he thought the microwave would be the big technological development of our lifetimes!
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 16:58     Subject: Re:Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
Realty TV. Maybe there was a reality show preceding it, but I remember thinking what an interesting concept for MTV to continue to branch out into more non-video programming with this "reality" show concept, "Real World"
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 16:51     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
Microwave oven..we spent a weekend boiling water just to see how fast it was. Also, rewinding/pausing a TV show on the VCR
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 16:40     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
My English teacher wrote Acquired Immune Deficiency Sydndrome in big letters across the chalkboard - first time I heard of AIDS. She had a very open discussion with us. It was the early 80's.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 15:56     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
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Anonymous wrote:Not an item, but I was interested in yoga before it was really mainstream (starting in the late nineties). Also supported gay rights at that time, which was aberrant from the common view.



Oh get over yourself, I was living n the south and started doing yoga in 95 and it was not the least bit unusual. Neither was support for gay rights.


My grandmother, born in 1903, did yoga. I remember her doing a handstand when she was in her 70s. She was also way before her time with things like bottled water (bought big jugs of spring water) and whole grains. She lived to be 92.


Original PP - definitely "over myself" lol (how yogic of you!). Certain people practiced yoga after it was introduced to the American upper class in the early 20th century, but it was still considered "weird" or "out there" by most until pretty recently IME. Also, support for gay rights was not mainstream. You might want to check your history PP!


I don't think you understand the point of this thread.


Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 15:33     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
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Anonymous wrote:I was working in Tehran and my sister sent me some pantyhose for my birthday. It was great because all the skirts had gotten very short and regular stockings held up by garter belts allowed the garters to be seen.



Until the revolution came and you had to get the hell out.


Why do you say that?



No more short skirts after the Ayatollah took power. Women needed to cover up from head to toe.


This sounds more like 60s/early 70s. Stockings were pretty standard by the revolution in 1979.

I lived in Tehran too. Basic stuff like peanut butter was a novelty.



We used to buy it from Farushka Ferdowsi
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 15:30     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
It was 1967 and living in Tehran was similar to DC
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 15:21     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
When you could pay for fast food with a credit card

And when my dentist started wearing gloves

And when food places didn't require workers to wear gloves (90S?)
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 15:19     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
I remember my first meal at a fast food chain. Mom took us to this new place, MacDonald's, that opened across the street from the place we went after school for ice skating lessons. I remember thinking it was the coolest ever! Circa 1973.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 15:10     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
I remember coming home from a few days with my grandparents and Mom and Dad had bought a VCR. Our first VHS tape was The Princess Bride, which I can still speak along with from memory.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 15:00     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
The first microwave - my sister and I pooled our money and bought my mom one. Probably 1985 or so.

I also remember going to the bank with my mom every week. Had to get cash for the coming week! No ATMs...
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 14:33     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
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Anonymous wrote:Someone mentioned borrowing a lap top, which reminds me of when I worked on the school paper in high school. Sometimes I could lug one of the Macs home to work on layouts. 1992 or so. Seemed so cool...and we didn't even have the internet.


QuarkXPress or Pagemaker?


Quark Xpress sounds familiar...but can't remember for sure. I just loved that thing!
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 14:28     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
My first video game was on my Commodore 64!
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 14:26     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
Freshman year in college, my intro psych professor introduced us to a great research tool, the "world wide web"
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2015 13:45     Subject: Do you ever think back to the first time you were introduced to something that is now standard?
Anonymous wrote:Call waiting. I thought it was so rude.



This literally made me lol