FORGOTTEN Objects in EVERY 1980s Homes - Life in America
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What I wouldn't give to go back to the 1980's and undo a lot of the decisions I made back then.
Well, NOW you CAN ! 😃
Same.
Same here.
U and me both
I would only change two decisions. One would be "yes" to the dearest girl I've ever known (Vera I hope you read this) and "wait" on my decision to join the Army Reserves while still in high school.
The 80s just had a vibe. I miss them so much. No other decade felt the same way.
I'm proud to still have a sewing machine and a recipe box in my house. Some things shouldn't phase out.
So do I. It was my 20's and it was just great.
I have always said the 50's through the 80's were the best years to be alive. Every one of those 4 decades had a unique vibe. Sadly I was not alive yet to experience the 50's and 60's, but wow did the 70's and 80's have a charm to them that has been gone for decades.
I have a recipe box and was recently given a sewing machine ❤ the sewing machine is from Montgomery ward and I’m pretty positive it is from the 80s.
@@erc1971erc1971 By "charm", would you say that you felt like you had more freedom, or felt more optimistic about the future? You were less worried about tomorrow? Everything and everybody around you just felt more normal, more free spirited, and more fun?
Yeah it’s full of money and greed, materialism ruled all. Is what destroyed communities and now our lives today, corporations got all the money starting then. The 80s are what destroyed humanity
Was in my 20s in the 1980s.. wouldn't trade a single MINUTE of that entire decade for ANYTHING!! Some of the best years of my life were spent having lots of fun in the '80s!
Lucky!!! I was born in 77' but the 80's were the best of times!!!😍
Yes!! I wish we could go back and live in that decade again! I was in my 20’s as well….fun times!
@@jenniechurch5337 you and I were born the same year😊
@@jenniferhansen3622 me to! May 77
@@jenniferhansen3622 awesome...what month??? 😍
It's weird seeing a piece of my life in a historic context.
All of the other historical flashbacks are fake, but you KNOW this one is real! 😅
Right lolz
Isn't it?
I went to a 70s display in a museum with my college friend and she exclaimed “we still have those bed sheets!!!” Haha
Turned 18 in 1984 and loved the ‘80’s. The girls hair, the rock bands hair, me having hair. 😂
Got there in 83….agree….agreee
having hair .. now it's gone ? LOL
😂😂😂😂😂
I turned 18 that year as well. Those were good times. I miss the 70's and the 80's.
Under rated comment 😆
I was born in 76 so the 80s was my childhood decade. I miss it so much. I miss the feeling of it. Such a fun decade to be a kid
1975 here. Yes, the 80's were magical. What a great time to be alive. Had so much fun. Everything is so morose these days.
fun my balls. every decade has it charm
Same here, filled with so many fond memories!
Me too. I miss those days.
The encyclopedias didn't get outdated too quick because, every year, a yearbook was sent out to owners . It updated the set with new current "discoveries" and such.
We had that white encyclopedia set from 1969, and I'm just now learning about the "yearbook." We never got it. Dang.
Lost my 77’s (tan and brown) in a flood my 92’s ( mint green and dark green) molded over, still got my 81’s all blue.
We had a set my grandparents had purchased for my mother and her sister when they were in school during the 1950s. Then my parents bought a set for us in the late 1970’s. The 1950’s set was fantastic. We’d use those for writing about anything historical (pre-WW1), then would compare with the newer set to see if there was any updated information.
That's right, I remember those too :)
I have mine from 1998. It’s still good.
Married in 1980. My kids were born 82, 84, 86 and 90. The 80s were my decade of young motherhood and being a wife. Still happily married. And btw, not only do I have a sewing machine, I use it frequently and not just to mend things.
hmmm .. you use your sewing machine to mend Franky ??
Awesome 😊
That is wonderful, seriously
You are awesome! I married in 1979, but unfortunately, my marriage did not last through the '80s. I am so glad for you and your husband! You are living my dream! God Bl,ess You!
@@208cindygirl Thanks, Cindy. I do know how lucky I am
Born in 75, the 80’s were THE BEST. I’d go back in a nanosecond! Man I miss those days.
As a child in the 80's I learned some of the best vulgarities, while watching my dad and his friend install a garage door opener.
O.O Mom and I would clear out of the area once dad got past "dammit!" while he attempted to do home repairs. :D
@@JustMe-vk4fn my mom would do the same. I usually stuck around for the timeless "you're holding the flashlight wrong".
@@jasonwomack4064 :D Too funny. I really like this channel and your comment brought back some very welcome memories.
I love this whole conversation🤣
My Dad taught us kids that work is always easier if you swear at it. Like Ralphie's Dad in "A Christmas Story", he wove a tapestry of obscenity, that, as far as we know, is still floating somewhere above the neighbourhood.
I still have my popcorn ceiling. 80's are hands down, the best decade ever... As far as the long phone cords... OMG.. I didn't know anyone who didn't have one that could span three rooms. Hilarious to think about that now.
My dad had an apartment with the popcorn ceilings. He managed to fill up every square inch of his ceiling with beer bottle caps. You could just jam them into the popcorn ceiling and they would stay.
*It's hard to imagine you had to be home to get in touch with someone on the phone or leave a message with whoever answered (before answering machines). I remember the cord going around the corner stretching into the bathroom. Cordless phones became a blessing provided you could locate them.* 😄
I can still remember the sound of my Mom yelling about the cord getting tangled, lol.
I am sorry your life is so tough now. I wouldn't go back to being that stupid or broke for anything.
I miss the eighties! That was the decade!! ❤️ Thank you for the trip down memory lane. So many great times 😊
I miss the 80s like I miss my last case of the flu 🤒
@@glennso47 , 😂😂😂
I was in my 20s in the 80s, so I was young and broke. My place was full of thrift store furniture and appliances. For, at least, the first half of the 80s my place looked more like a cross between the 60s ;and 70s. My 1970s La Machine was my prized kitchen appliance. I still have it and it still works great.
yeah ... now 40 years later .. back to have thrift store appliances -- cuz they were built to last. Unlike all the cheap cheap crap from china, which lucky if it lasts a few days before it self-destructs.
Yep. When I moved into my current place, built in the 80s, it still had the original water heater that worked great. Lasted a few more years. The one I replaced it with already needs replacing.
I was young and broke as well. 20s. and if not for garage sales my house would have been empty! haha
My family didn't have funds for Encyclopedia Britannica, so in the early 1960s they purchased a set of Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedias one a week from our local A&P.
Same here, F&W full set from the local grocery store. They sold stoneware by the piece also, a different plate or bowl every week. I still have a few.
@@mayorb3366 They still sell dinner ware there in Syracuse! P+C sells it
I had the same and i still love the funk n wagnalls for their accessibility
Using green stamps? Lol
I still have the full set of funk and wagnalls on my shelf in my next room. I even have the "bonus books" that they sent out.
The world book encyclopedia was my introduction into everything science and space age in the 70s and 80s. I credit my grandparents for keeping those books current for me and my dad. Seriously, my knowledge of trivia is directly tied to those books I read over and over again.
I did too. How did you feel when you found out most everything we learned was a lie? What a time to be alive.
@FredGSanford please....
@@jhask64 you’re welcome.
@@FredGSanford. You are right.
I love my popcorn ceilings (sparkles in the living and dining rooms). Never need painting. Deaden sound. Hide dirt. They still look great after 55 years. I also have Formica counters, carpet and wallpaper. I could care less if my house is “dated”.
I inherited my parent's home that was built in 1975. 3 of the rooms still have the popcorn ceilings. I still have the original Formica countertops.
I would never install formica, but I'd also never rip it out of a house I bought with it in the kitchen (unless they have to be replaced)
So you couldn't care less 😉
Acoustic ceilings are from the 1960s. Especially the ones with sparkles. That definitely was only in the ‘60s.
I still love my carpet! Keeps my feet warm in the winter, and my socks from slipping if it were a bare floor1 Plus keeps your bare feet in the summer from dust and such all over them! Lol
My dad gave me a word processor typewriter when I started college in 1988. You could type out an entire sentence on the little screen, check it for typos, then "print" it on the page. I can't say that really saved any time, maybe paper 😅, but I used it for every assignment and essay. Loved that thing!
I began college in 1985 and I think I had that same word processor typewriter! I thought it was pretty high-end back then!
I got the same word processor typewriter given to me by my parents when I graduated high school and then went to college in 1988.
I had a Brother word processor that had a computer monitor and a hard disk drive to save my work. The disk drive stopped working so I had to print as soon as I was done. It took 20 minutes to print a 4 page paper! And it was loud. I cringed every time I printed during the night in my dorm room since any neighbors trying to sleep was sure to wake up.
I had an electric typewriter in the 90s and a word processor later, used that until I got a computer in 2004.
I learned to type in high school my senior year of 93. Glad I learned! When i graduated, I saved up $200 and bought a word processor. Loved that thing and used it for college the next 3 years as well as at work. Then my senior year of college, I purchased my first IBM PS1 386sx Computer with Windows 3.1. Never used the word processor ever again.
I still have a recipe box 🙂. Thank you for this fun look back
I had a sewing machine then and made all our clothes. We couldn't have afforded them otherwise, and my workmanship was better than the stuff in stores. I still have a sewing machine, which I use.
I'm remembering those big, square glass bricks that used to be everywhere. And so many public spaces like doctors' offices were decorated in purple and grey.
I've still got a couple of those glass bricks I set around as decor.
Yeah, I remember glass bricks more so than floor to ceiling mirrors. You still see some around.
MY office was purple and grey.
Glass block. Don't like. You can't have a window to open to get air in. Can't break them in an emergency. Firefighters have tried w axes.
For public spaces, if it wasn't purple and grey, the color scheme was teal and pink, especially in the later 80s heading into the 90s. So much teal and pink.... 😬
I was one of those teen agers in the 80's. And I remembered everything in this video. It was a much much better time. I am now shopping for a hot tub time machine😁
My parents always told me that I just missed the party having been born in 91, but I at least got the 2000s to have been a teenager during. The 90s were cool from what I remember, but damn did the 2000s seem far more exciting. Though I have to say, I'm jealous that my parents got to enjoy the 80s in its entirety... They tell me that if you were young, it was one hell of a ride.
@@joshuakhaos4451 I graduated in 1985 , I was 18 and it was a rocking good time
@@darrellwiley4288 I can only imagine based off of stories, photos and the movies
My parents bought me a set of World Books in 1975. A bit over a year later I had read all 22 of them cover-to-cover!
I always wanted an encyclopedia set. I put it on my letter to Santa every year, but I never got it. Most of the things in this video we never had. This video must have been made by someone very young, to think that EVERY home had these things. They were mainly owned by only the richest people.
I miss my encyclopedia Britannica and World Books. I too read them all the way through. It made it simple to do school book reports or research papers without going to the library.
Holy cow
lol johnny 5 ( short circuit)
@@mkm6458 I have Asperger's Syndrome. Back then I could absorb knowledge like a sponge.
My first child was born Dec. 26,1980 when I was 23. That was my decade of having children and trying to be an adult lol.
That makes sense. A decade may meet us in "our prime,"
but we're often more involved in events of our own lives rather than changes in the world. 😄
I was born dec.21st 1980! My mom was 21
I had my son on Aug. 2nd 1980'. My second son was born June 17 1982. I was 22 and 24. Great times.
@@maxineortiz1254 I was born in '83 and was the middle child, so sort of like the missing son inbetween lol.
They must've had He-Man, GI Joe, Transformers, Ninja Turtles or ThunderCats growing up.
My son was born on December 26 th, 1986 to. Loved the 80s
My mother got me a recipe box several years ago for Christmas and included all of our family’s favorite dishes from a couple of generations. ❤
That’s a GREAT gift idea….lord, what I wouldn’t do for my grandmother’s recipe box. That woman could have cooked a pair of converse all-stars and they would have been delicious.
What a gift!
I grew up in the 80’s. Born 1980. We had every single thing mentioned here in my family home. Popcorn ceiling, floor to ceiling mirrors, sewing machine, cane chairs, big tv on the floor,even that exact same wallpaper with the brightly colored tulips, all of it!
My mom was an expert sewing machine user. Wasn't anything she couldn't fix.
Definitely a lost art.
Mine too. She made my prom dress 👗
@@davidmitchell6873 And that's a shame, isn't it? I wonder if they even teach Home Ec in schools these days? I learned to sew in high school back in the 70s, and still really enjoy it.
@@davidmitchell6873 no its not...just not as popular! I got my teenage son a sewing machine...he loves to design his own clothes! Honestly he's a better sewer than me! Also have been teaching my young daughter how to hand sew...since she was 6! ❤
My mother had an entire sewing station in a corner of the living room.
I really miss the furniture televisions.
They were often very good looking with really nice wood, and they were so much more homey looking than today'sTVs. They looked like they belonged in a living room, whereas today's TVs look like they belong in a store or an office.
And they lasted forever! ours was bought somewhere around the early 80s and we finally got a new one somewhere in the 90s. I’ve been looking for a 60s floor TV for a while, but waaaay to expensive.🚀✨🚀✨🚀
But the old TVs are so heavy! Def don't miss moving them around!
@@toykeyper8914 But some of them had little wheels hidden in the bottom of them which made them really easy to move. They were those little ball wheels that you see on chairs sometimes.
@@angeldesigns1385 where would you even find one nowadays?
@@angeldesigns1385 ...goodwill. the old t.v.s are everywhere !
My father built our home in 1963 and we always had a wireless remote control garage door opener
Yall were fancy! 😊
@@LAT-qk3vj My dad was a house and later a apartment house builder; I assure you, it was not so fancy even in 1963
I was thinking same, we always had one in the 70s but I think the first one just had a wired button, no remote and no safety anything.
@@wunderkind-7724 I don't remember seeing that til much later.
Strained my back moving many console TVs in my time.
And I worked at a Zenith plant in Indiana that built all of their consoles. Traffic dispatcher and quality control.
As a kid, we were fairly poor, my mom made a LOT of our clothes. *all* of our Sunday clothes, jackets, vests, bow ties ... my sister's dresses .. all of our Halloween costumes, dolls for my sister. Plus any worn out clothes were cut apart, and used to make blankets, pillows, and toys, like puppets, Raggedy Anns, or whatnot.
I remember fondly the clack-clack-clack-clack of the sewing machine in the other room as we kids went to sleep; mom making stuff to avoid buying stuff.
Very resourceful
*I remember those crinkly paper Halloween costume patterns with the pins holding them to the fabric. I was a ghost with big letters on the front of the costume...B-O-O.*
Yep, that was how mom saved money. She made our clothing. Actually she never stopped. She was sewing up to her last week she was alive (March 2022). She never bought cloths off a rack, neither did my older sister. Before she passed, she made at least 4 years worth of extras for my sisters. They hate sewing. I did learn how to do it, and have my own. It sits in my laundry area and I fix my on jeans or socks when I find a hole. God bless that woman.
@@leechburglights *My earnest condolences on the passing of your Mom. That's amazing she made clothes for the future. It does get easier over time but never goes away.*
@@leechburglights Same my mom ! 😢
Makes my heart ache to grab my family and go back in time. 🧡🧡🧡
My mom still has a box of recipes on the kitchen counter, but I think it's probably from the 70's. It's a bright yellow plastic box, and the recipe cards have a picture of the food on the front, with the recipe printed on the back.
I remember those. I still have a few if those recipe cards from 1971.
That yellow was called harvest gold in 60's, 70's and 80's
Let's not forget the other kitchen appliances! The Rival Crock Pot in avocado green (still have it!) and the Presto Sandwich press that made all SORTS of stuffed sandwiches!
I was born in the late 80s but I remember the presto sandwich maker. We used it quite frequently & there was just something about it that made sandwiches better.
I had one of those crockpots. I think it was more of a 70s thing though.
Good memory . The crock pot
Fudge instructions ….. have not seen that word for some time
Presto or West Bend electric frying pan in harvest gold or avocado green
I remember my childhood in the 80s. I wasn't allowed in the "good living room" and I didn't dare mess up the carpet lines from the sweeper.
Oh yes this i remember
I don't believe something is outdated if you like it use it I don't know who decides what's outdated if I want something and I like it I'll use it ‼️😊
Fashion snobs decide......
The telephone in my bedroom is almost 90 years old and works. Outdated? Not if I’m using it
@@davidpar2 I still have a corded phone ...and it's covered in LEATHER (how's THAT for 80s-outdated? lol).
The 1980's were great times !!
Totally agree Rob. The best of times.
Yes! They, sure, were!
Actually, I balled, all day, on New Years Day, 1990. 😭
A component stereo rack system with two large tower speakers was in every upbeat 80s home
Oh yeah! Went through several of those myself!
I didn’t get rid of those huge speakers until 2016! They were great because you could put decorative items on them…..especially at Christmas when I needed more surface area for knick-knacks!
Love the shot of the old recipe cards which also show how we sadly aren't taught cursive handwriting anymore. I still remember my Mom's and Grandma's beautiful handwriting. I try to keep it up but mine will never look as pretty because we just don't write much anymore!
Those answering machines were so important. I had a good lol at recording and re-recording the message! Good vid, thanks.
Popcorn ceilings are still a thing,. Sometimes the texture varies but we still install them.
My mother in law left us her house and we moved into it in 1989. I still have the popcorn ceiling in my kitchen.
I feel like you made this episode just for me. I am currently researching home interiors from 'life before the internet' and I overlooked the sewing machine and recipe box. The wallpaper was also inspiring for my pet project. The encyclopaedia I had considered along with the dictionary but the full set is what I needed to see!
You might want to do a 'life before the internet' episode because there is a lot that can be done with that. The hallway has the phone, phone books, newspaper on the door mat, glass milk bottles to put on the front step, notepad by the phone and personally written letters. The mobile phone has replaced much of this.
Please keep this series going and do not be shy to borrow my 'life before the internet' suggestion, I for one will be watching. Thanks again!
Well out of all the things from the 80's my family had all of it. I got my own phone on Christmas and it was in my room. My closet along with my parents had mirrors. Air popcorn, the table and chairs, encyclopedias, TV, garage door opener, and many other things we had in the 80's. It was such a wonderful time to live in. My high school friends and I talk about it whenever we all get together which is quite a bit. If only we could go back in time I wouldn't change a thing. Thank you for the memories
Wireless technology was available for garage door operators in the 1950s. My father was in the garage door business. In early 1960s I went on repair jobs with him and later with my uncle. There were plastic tuning rods that tuned the frequency of the indoor operator to the hand operator that you kept in your car.
I remember when we had a VCR with a wired remote that was just long enough to make it to the big cozy chair, I'd get into a Snug Sack during the cold months and watch a movie and the only thing I had to ever get up for was to put in a new movie or take a bathroom break.
My hubby and I had our very first remote that was wired to the VCR. Thought we were hot stuff!
@@Mrsakris I thought my parents were super cool bring that home. If I remember correctly, that was around 1982.
Snug Sack! I had forgotten those. I just googled them and found my exact one!
@@papagena1 every member of my family had their own back then. the 80's were such a comfortable time!
6:25 Greater than 75 % of the information in Encyclopedias did not change or were not invalid even across decades of time. As a solution to obsolescence you simply bought yearbooks each year to keep track of the majority of the items that would be updated in that given year.
....I was waiting for someone else to remember the yearbooks.
The Internet - Misinformation.
Encyclopedias - Information.
Loved this. Brought back so many memories. The 80s were a great time.
I entered college in 85 and my parents bought me an electric typewriter. I thought technology just went as far as it could. In 83, Dad installed floor to ceiling mirrors in the dining area to make everything look bigger and by 86, they added white carpet. Both really hard to clean. After all these years, I am in my 50s in the same home, I put wainscoat panels half from the floor with the mirrors because they cracked, the white carpet got so dirty and brown, it was pulled out in 04 and replaced with laminate wood. Yes the 80s was a unique decade.
I remember that at the local mall one of the local radio stations had their studios down one hallway and they had floor to ceiling mirrors everywhere in the winding hallway entrance to the station. They also had the whirling disco lamps to light the very confusing way. You could have to navigate the way in and also the way out! Without smashing into those mirrors. 😱
Wow, I entered college in 1984 and my parents bought me an electric typewriter. Since my Mom insisted I take typing in high school, I never had to pay anyone to type my term papers. I used to get compliments on how neatly my papers were typed. If I really had sense I would have made some money typing other student's papers!
I still have my electric typewriter. I tried to give it to a neighbor but they couldn't find a ribbon for it and gave it back.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Back then, life seemed more innocent and a simpler times. I was in my middle school years.
Omg! This video just made me soooooo happy and nostalgic!
Hi Shannon how are you doing. Greetings from California, Great video. Hope you’re safe from covid. Have a great week and stay safe 😃😘
One of the drawbacks to popcorn ceilings was how sharp the points were. If you got a helium balloon and let it loose it would get popped really fast on that ceiling, making a very unhappy child!
That and all the asbestos
That and they collected dust but were impossible to clean
@@CornbreadOracle facts! And spider webs in the corner. You'd go to dust it & all these little feathers would get caught
Yes, the sharp points! I slept on the top bunk at one house we lived in and kept getting my head scratched on the popcorns. I started picking them off the ceiling right above the ladder. By the time we moved there was a big bare spot.
@@indigobunting5041 Good god, you know those are often full of asbestos, right?
World Book Encyclopedia sent out an annual update every year with tabs to be placed in the original set for reference.
Only the more expensive homes had glitter in the popcorn ceilings beginning in the early 70s. My grandparents built a house in 1971 and the first night I stayed there, it gave me a nightmare. Of course I was only 6 years old.
I was convinced that the bumps on my ceiling all moved around when the light went out.
I didn't know that glitter ceilings were ever a fad until I watched this video. My home has glitter in the dining room, stairwell, hallway, and some bedroom ceilings. I find the glitter ceilings to be quite charming.
The only difference is that the ceilings here aren't popcorn but that flower-type texture, if that makes sense.
I have to add:
I'm not surprised that the expensive homes had glitter on the ceilings, because a small can of this stuff at the hardware store costs more than I'd be willing to invest.
Popcorn ceilings were awful. I had a Brother electric typewriter. Thank you for the video 😄
Smith-Corona electric typewriter here. It's still in the garage because I can't see throwing it away!
My favourite shortwave radio was a product of the 1980s. Panasonic made a bunch of different ones. And most were large compared to smaller ones today.
When I was a kid in the 80s, we had an old Encyclopedia set from 1963 that I often used to help me with science or history reports, etc.
Ours used to help me Reach the dinner table!🤣🤣🤣
My grandfather was a World Book encyclopedia salesman in the 60s and gifted us a set that we had for a long long time.
@@marinhusky8863 Ours was Collier's. And even though it was a little old at the time, it served me well as long as my history report wasn't about anything very recent!
Sewing machines... My mother and grand-mother had the entire basement converted into a sewing "room". It had 2 machines, a surger, a large area for cloth storage, a filing cabinet with patterns, a huge cutting table in the center, and various other craft-oriented work stations around the perimeter. It was quite the set-up. I spent a lot of hours in that room as a kid, reading books, doing homework, and working on my model train. Good memories!
HELL NOOOO!! Popcorn ceilings are gonna' make a comeback!!! (They better, I don't feel like scraping my ceilings.)
Could you cover them with 1/4 inch sheet rock then apply more subtle texture then paint it?
My dads house that he built in 1999 has it still. I didnt even know it was hated growing up
Oh the 80's. Wish I could go back!! I remember us kids doing our homework on our new electric typewriter! Lol
Hi Bathanie how are you doing. Greetings from California, Great video. Hope you’re safe from covid. Have a great week and stay safe 😃😘
I was born in 61. Of all the decades of my life the 1980s had the best music hands down.
Love this, brings back so many good memories
Was a kid in the 80s. So many good memories
I still use the last sewing machine shown all the time to sew my own clothes! They made things to last back then.
Hi Morgan how are you doing. Greetings from California, Great video. Hope you’re safe from covid. Have a great week and stay safe 😃😘
I still have a sewing machine. Even if I don't use it as often, I just couldn't be without. I recently bought an air popper that I need to use.
Hi Amanda how are you doing. Greetings from California, Great video. Hope you’re safe from covid. Have a great week and stay safe 😃😘
I got one of those air poppers for my birthday one year. It sat in the kitchen and was probably the most used kitchen device we had.
I remember when my family got one of those!
My mom gave me one for Christmas around the mid 80’s. I still have it and still use it. The plastic chute now needs tape to hold it together. Other than that it still works great.
I still have one of those air poppers and just used it a couple days ago. Popping corn should never go out of style.
@@mamadoom9724 I think my sister ended up with the one that belonged to my family😊
I have the Wear Ever popper. Meaning l use it. It is USA made.
OMG, what a blast from the past!
Born in 63. Graduated from HS in 81. I remember them all and the nation would be well served to return to those days immediately!
My parents gave my sister a sewing machine as a high school graduation gift (1984).
I have my mother’s old sewing machine that had been given to her as a wedding present in 1963. It is built into a table and has a knee pedal instead of a foot pedal. My legs were too short to reach it when I was first learning, so I’d pile up encyclopedia volumes to get my leg high enough. Another good use for encyclopedias. lol
I got a sewing machine for my high school graduation (1968) too. I'm still using it! I also have my husband's grandmother's 1876 treadle machine. It still works!
I still have these from the 1980's.
Trapper Keeper
Transformer toys
Transformer lunchbox, never used
Star Wars action figures & toys
A working Commodore 64 with many games on 5 1/4 floppies.
Magnavox clock radio model 3090; which every morning in 1986-87, the local radio station would be playing Crowded House - Don't Dream it's Over.
I heard that song today while I was in a store.
hey now hey now🎶
Trapper Keepers are back in vogue, which truly scares me!
So much pink and turquoise. And so much brass. Watching just made my heart ache with nostalgia.
6:21 - The Encyclopedia Brittanica Kid is Donavan Freberg, son of Stan Freberg, who wrote, directed, and narrated those commercials.
I loved the 80s! I grew up in the 80s. I would absolutely go back to that time.
Hi Lisa how are you doing. Greetings from California, Great video. Hope you’re safe from covid. Have a great week and stay safe 😃😘
The main purpose of “popcorn” ceilings was really quite practical. They helped cancel noise echos off the ceiling.
But ugly. Shag carpet did the same.
@@johnandersen8998 I’m looking at my own popcorn ceilings right now. They’re not so bad. Who sits there and looks up at the ceiling all the time anyway.
And so much easier for a contract painter,just spray it on, no muddying,sanding,priming,etc.
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Yes, that too.
@@keithwilson6060 , agreed, I'm baffled by the popcorn-ceiling hate and how people carry on like it's just the most unbearably hideous thing ever. If you have an avocado-and-burnt-orange kitchen, or even a room with those awful floor-to-ceiling mirrors then I can understand thinking "I have to remodel this, it's just too unattractive and dated to live with," but a plain white but textured ceiling is so comparatively inoffensive. I can think of a whole lot of other updates in a 70s-80s era house that I would put first.
I still use a sewing machine. I typed my husband’s graduate school papers on a typewriter. My mom owned an interior designer business and we had patterned wallpaper and bedding. I still use my recipe box by Longaberger. Oh the answering machine lol… My parents had floor to ceiling mirrors in their sunken living room. My kids laugh that we had to go to the library to study in college. Great trip down memory lane!
Sewing is popular for quilters. We have a designated room too
I live in an apartment building that was built in 1992. Every unit has a popcorn ceiling.
My complex -- which has 13 buildings, each with 10 units -- was built in 2005 and also has popcorn ceilings.
Mine was built in the 80's and we still have it !
Mine was built in the early 70’s and we have them as well
I don't think they really fell out of favor until the early 2000s.
The 80s were such a great time movies and music was good it was the last decade before so many negative influences started invading media .
Yes very true
This doesn't feel very long ago. I inherited my childhood home so I still have my mom's sewing machine, have all her handwritten recipes on index cards, she passed away in 2015 but I'm lucky to still have her recorded message on the answering machine. Oh, and you'll find a few popcorn ceilings thru out the house leftover from my childhood. 🥰
*You should record the messages on your phone and put on your computer and burn a CD before your cassette player stops working. I left similar messages on the home VM for ages until I got rid of the land line but recorded them on my phone beforehand...*
That was much better than I was anticipating...most of the 80's tribute videos miss the mark.... this one was pretty spot on. One side note, my grandfather and his brother invented the machine that sprayed on the acoustic ceilings....
I remember when the hand blender came out in the late 80's. It looked so futuristic that it appeared in Total Recall.
My parents added onto their home in the late 80s for my paternal grandparents to live in. This addition was actually a self-contained rancher attached to the main house with a laundry-sewing room in between. That room was outfitted with a built-in ironing board and lots of low counter space on one side for sewing. My mom still has the sewing machine she got when they got married. My dad did clothing repairs and alterations, while my mom made some articles of clothing for my sister.
Our encyclopedia was purchased in 1964 and was an Americana. They also got the annuals and science annuals, year after year, for many years. We also had a huge unabridged dictionary which they purchased in 1964 also.
This was my early parenting decade. Answering machines were a godsend to Girl Scout leaders! I still have my Brother sewing machine and hauled it out to make masks in the Covid lockdown. I also still have my grandmother's Singer from the 1920s that I learned to sew on when I was a 1960s teenager. Phones with a loooong cord, cassette tapes, air poppers, yup, and video stores were a staple. The first home computers came out in the mid-80s, and they were glorified typewriters that could print - my kids loved to print Snoopy banners on the long rolls of printer paper. Internet came later ... memories.
That brown glass cookware.
We had a skillet and several pots made of brown glass. Everything stuck to it. Even water would burn.
Arcarock - now occasionally that would explode. 🍲✴️😱
I think it's cool to leave these old homes just like they are. Of course I was born in 73 so it might be different for a millennial or a generation y or z.
I hear you. I have my parents old house and they didn't do many renovations after the early 80s. So the place is still a mix of the 60's thorough the 80's. Wish I had more of the furniture from those days but Mom sold much of that in an auction after Dad died. Still have most of the small stuff and all the kitchen stuff. I keep the place up but leave it as it is. It makes a good country get-away spot for vacations and such. Well, time to go dig through the recipe box and make something for dinner, then maybe I'll make some popcorn and pop in a video tape and let the answering machine tape any calls that come in... 🤣
I was a kid of the 80’s and my daughter is a Gen Z. She said her generation loves the whole aesthetic of the 1980’s and is bringing it all back. They thrift for the clothes, VHS, electronics, furniture, etc. Who knows? Maybe their appreciation of it all will help keep it alive!
The air popper seemed like the best thing since sliced bread!
I slice my own bread ..
There was a brief period in the USA when sliced bread was illegal. Check it out!
We had one. Didn't like it. The popcorn was so dry, we went back to making it in our old dented dedicated popcorn kettle. My mom is still alive, has the kettle and doesn't put it in the dishwasher for fear of removing all the greasy "patina". Only hand washed.
I will never give up my sewing machine!!! 56yrs old!!
The stereo systems in the 60s,70s, and 80s kicked serious butt.Even my 70 year old grandma had a marantz receiver that would blow out the windows
My sister used to run three videos stores and you could buy a VHS reminder for like 10 bucks so you wouldn't have to pay the fee to get to VHS rewound when you returned it
I miss the 80s
I graduated high school in 1986. One time, I told a friend (who's the same age as me) that I wished I could go back to that decade and he asked: "Why would you want to go through high school again?" I said: "Who said anything about going back to high school?? I just want to live in the '80s again!". Life, the world, and just about everything else was a lot better than it is now.
Still proudly display our 1979 World Book encyclopedias!
My mom had a black Singer Sewing Machine. We had telephones in the kitchen, living room, and my parents master bedroom. 👗 ☎
The one I really miss is mom's recipe box. She was wonderful.
Aww, great decade. I was in my 20's. So many life changes and a lot of fun. I smiled all through this video. Thank-You.
This video is great. My wife and I grew up in the 70's and early 80's. Brings back a lot of great memories.
The 80s seem like yesterday .I must be getting old .
Land fills across America filled with this stuff
Re all these "forgotten" things, with times being as they are right now, with prices rising, maybe more people staying home and not running around in their cars for fun, you can definitely learn how to do some things for yourself. Just check out the DIY channels right here on you tube regarding sewing, rehabbing, cooking, car repair, cutting your own hair, how to manage your finances better, you name it. I really enjoy watching the DIY and how to be frugal type channels even though I may not be into everything I'm watching. I enjoyed the 80s and was in my 30s then, frankly my best decade all the way around.
Hi Cynthia how are you doing. Greetings from California, Great video. Hope you’re safe from covid. Have a great week and stay safe 😃😘
The Retro Decade Revival Project will bring the 80s back for real.
Glass bricks, halogen torchiere lamps, phone books, electric adding machines with little paper rolls, those classic blue and white casserole dishes with lids, "His" and "Her" monogrammed towels, digital alarm clocks with red glowing numbers or clock radios with flip numbers, stackable component stereo systems in those clear glass cases or the more budget cassette radio boom boxes, monthly selections from Columbia House, hot rollers and crimping irons, the first fridges with ice dispensers in the door, sun tea jars on the back porch, ginzu knives somebody bought from an infomercial, TV Guide and Readers Digest on the coffee table next to an ash tray and a little bowl of scented potpourri, a pantry with cans of spaghetti-Os and Chicken a la King and canisters of General Foods International Coffee, boxes of Capn Crunch, frozen Lean Cuisines and pudding pops in the freezer, Johnny Carson on late TV, those corded early cable channel changers that made a zipping/click clicking sound as you slid the lever...
I'm nostalgic!