28:58 that story made me think of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer's telling Jerry & George that bus story of how after the driver got knocked out by a criminal he fought off the criminal & took control of the bus and even kept making the stops.
I do remember longs drugs. My grandmother used to get those coupons and shop there and spend almost 200 bucks. And, I do remember video arcade games being in 7-Eleven as well as pizza parlors like my favorite round table Pizza.
@@jeffbowen2608 we shopped Long’s drugs in Alameda California. I wish it didn’t get bought out and get changed to CVS. At least Walgreens is still the same. She would shop there too believe it or not.
@@jeffbowen2608 did you say thrifty Payless? I remember that place too. I have been to Rite Aid. I sometimes shop at Walgreens on DoorDash from time to time. I didn’t know that Walgreens was kicking everybody’s butts.
@ 12:56 - Is that a walkie-talkie, an early version of a cell phone, or satellite communications transponder? Maybe she thinks she’s talking to SkyLab.
It looks very much like a Radio Shack TRC-207 40 Channel Walkie Talkie CB radio transceiver. CB radio walkie talkies were common equipment for community watches back in the day.
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21:24 I like how the kid’s zit becomes the galaxy!
Love the Montgomery Ward ad with the recliner model giving a laugh while she's trying to look asleep.
Holy crap, did you see the size of that floppy she used with that TRS-80 computer?
Those were 8 inch floppies! Massive and basically obsolete in 1981 when most systems were using 5.25 inch floppies.
28:58 that story made me think of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer's telling Jerry & George that bus story of how after the driver got knocked out by a criminal he fought off the criminal & took control of the bus and even kept making the stops.
I do remember longs drugs. My grandmother used to get those coupons and shop there and spend almost 200 bucks. And, I do remember video arcade games being in 7-Eleven as well as pizza parlors like my favorite round table Pizza.
I lived right around the corner from our local Round Table & used to shop the Longs in San Pablo all the time with my grandma.
@@jeffbowen2608 we shopped Long’s drugs in Alameda California. I wish it didn’t get bought out and get changed to CVS. At least Walgreens is still the same. She would shop there too believe it or not.
@@kayandaeddings4803 Walgreens is kicking everyone’s rear ends right now. My wife works as a cashier for Rite-Aid the former Thrifty-Payless.
@@jeffbowen2608 did you say thrifty Payless? I remember that place too. I have been to Rite Aid. I sometimes shop at Walgreens on DoorDash from time to time. I didn’t know that Walgreens was kicking everybody’s butts.
I watched KTVU way more than KGO but it still gets me right in the feels. #90sbayareakid
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Six bucks to go to Supercuts?! I pay $25 for that same haircut now!😫
According to the inflation calculator $6 in 1981 is the equivalent of $19.55 in 2022.
6:27 Michael Bell on the voice-over for Carl's Jr.
@ 12:56 - Is that a walkie-talkie, an early version of a cell phone, or satellite communications transponder? Maybe she thinks she’s talking to SkyLab.
That scene makes me laugh every time. I’m pretty sure it’s a handheld CB radio.
That looks like an early brick phone😱
@@RetroLandfill It was, in fact, a handheld CB walkie; probably a Radio Shack.
It looks very much like a Radio Shack TRC-207 40 Channel Walkie Talkie CB radio transceiver. CB radio walkie talkies were common equipment for community watches back in the day.
@@idontwantayoutubechannel1670 A cool piece of equipment. Probably had a squelch control on it.