Since I'm an old fart I've seen many products, fads, and ad campaigns come and go. Some I don't miss and some still bring a smile to my face when I think of them.

One that comes to mind was a TV ad campaign for Doral cigarettes. I'm a non-smoker who detests cigarettes, but the memory of a suggestive looking cigarette dancing around and singing "Taste me taste me. Come on and taste me," is very amusing.

My first PC had a 5 and 1/4 inch floppy disk drive on the side. I think I crumpled as many disks as installed them properly into the drive...

Members Only jackets.

I saw a guy about a year ago wearing one. I couldn't help but wonder if he was the last Member.

What were those shoulder strap thingys all about?

Those things were called passants. I guess their purpose was to be able to strap things to your shoulders, so there would be less chance of them sliding off (guitar straps, backpacks, etc.).

Meh, what do I know?

I suppose if you were a member you'd know that...

I wasn't, but I had plenty of friends who WERE!

My friends rock members only jackets like they're still hot.... but then again I have special friends LOL

how about mood rings and pet rocks

long live the 70s

I got special friends too... It's the special-Ed club... a-har-dee-har

I can still get you a mood ring if you're so inclined...

A friend of mine sells them.

I wanna be in the club

Pfffft!! You think MY folks would spring for me, just so I could fit into the "in" crowd with the latest fashion fad? Nothin' doin'! Which was completely fine by me, anyway, because not only did I know not to ask them for such a thing (because I already knew what the answer would be), I always thought the damn things were as ugly as a hedge fence, anyway.

If I wanted anything in that realm, so I could "fit in" with the rest of my peers, I had to earn it and pay for it myself....which meant, I had to mow a hell of a lot of lawns in order to buy and pay for my very first pair of Nikes, which, at that time, were selling for the outrageous price of $25.

8 track tapes. i loved how they switched tracks in the middle of a guitar solo

Speaking of sneakers. Not many of you will remember the popularity of PF Flyer sneakers in the 60's. "Run your fastest and jump your highest!" I wanted a pair very badly, but my parents always got me skips....


Let's see if any of you know what skips were.... You probably know Keith...

skips....monty wards sneakers....LOL i had em too

Yep! Actually any "cheap" off brand sneaker that was guaranteed to embarrass you in front of your converse wearing buddies...

Hey you can be in any club of mine... I just have to put you through the initiation first

Those clackers which were basically two pool balls on a string with a ring in the middle...you know..at first it is "clack clack clack" until you really gottem going fast....Probably the worlds most dangerous toy....

That and the little green garbage can of "Slime"...the toy that stained EVERYTHING!

I still have a few of them. a black one, a light blue one, and a Brown leather one (that one cost about two hundred bucks).

The thing back then was Jordache jeans, Members only jackets, and Nike shoes.

Pretty much the equivalent of Keds. They were inexpensive, and your folks would always encourage you that they were just as good as the higher-priced shoes by saying things like, "Wow! Those shoes really make you run FAST!"



As long as we're on the subject of shoes, does anybody remember those ridiculous Earth Shoes? The ones with the funny design, where the sole was shaped like a wedgie triangle, with the narrow end at your heel and the wide end where your toes were? Additionally, the shoes sloped upward instead of down, so your toes were slightly higher than your heel. They were mutated and backward, much like an Australian mammal. My sister had some of those. I could never figure out how something like that could ever be orthopedically comfortable.

Wherever they went, I hope they stay there.