Canyon
Well-known member
Okay, so who else here grew up in the eighties?
I see that there are quite a few members of the Raven who are in their thirties, and thought it would be fun to start a thread, so we can all post our stories or memories here.
One of my memories relates to videocassette.
For those of you who didn't know, if you wanted to buy a movie, you couldn't just go in a store and get one. You mainly hired out movies and if you did want to buy one, you had to pay megabucks!
Back in 1985 when I was twelve years old, I saw and fell in love with Back to the Future in the cinema.
Some months later, a friend of my sisters said that she knew someone who had the movie and would happily lend it to me! So a few days later, she comes to the hose with the video tape and I'm jumping up and down...until I realise something.....
...the video tape is a Betamax and we only have VHS. I was devastated to say the least.
There were no i-pods, mp3's, no internet or the ability to watch a movie on cable when you wanted. As some of you know, it was a whole different world to the one we live in now.
Oh yes, and lastly, post your age also. I'm 36, BTW.
I see that there are quite a few members of the Raven who are in their thirties, and thought it would be fun to start a thread, so we can all post our stories or memories here.
One of my memories relates to videocassette.
For those of you who didn't know, if you wanted to buy a movie, you couldn't just go in a store and get one. You mainly hired out movies and if you did want to buy one, you had to pay megabucks!
Back in 1985 when I was twelve years old, I saw and fell in love with Back to the Future in the cinema.
Some months later, a friend of my sisters said that she knew someone who had the movie and would happily lend it to me! So a few days later, she comes to the hose with the video tape and I'm jumping up and down...until I realise something.....
...the video tape is a Betamax and we only have VHS. I was devastated to say the least.
There were no i-pods, mp3's, no internet or the ability to watch a movie on cable when you wanted. As some of you know, it was a whole different world to the one we live in now.
Oh yes, and lastly, post your age also. I'm 36, BTW.