The Way Things Used To Be

Have you ever known anyone with sticky fingers?  Got your curiosity going?  Check out my first hand account of a beer heist at the convenience store where I worked.

Remember the year book photos with the wacky hair styles , those one of a kind teachers that left a lasting impression on you or perhaps the cafeteria.  How about the morning announcements over the intercom?  These are just some of the memories I discuss in this episode of The Way Things Used To Be.

In this episode I talk about the antics of the employees of a pizza shop next door to the convenience store where I worked back in the 80's.

What are your fond memories of comic books?  In this episode, I talk about some that I have in my collection.  Ahhh...the good old days!

What are your fond memories of going to the movies?  How about the drive in?

Here's a quick bonus.  Guess The Sound.  Oh,  the interruptions of recording a podcast!

Do you remember when you took drivers ed?  I had to take it twice.  This is the story of my misfortune when it came to learning how to operate a car.

This is the first episode of season 2.  Have you ever gone to jail?  Check out my experience on the wrong side of the law and the wrong side of the bars.

I have decided to hang up the headphones and microphone for the summer.  I hope you enjoy this collection of the best of season 1 of The Way Things Used To Be.  Talk to you in the fall.

In this episode I'm going to tell you about a crazy fun time in my life when I had a motorcycle.

Try to guess the vintage 1970's hand held game in this bonus episode of The Way Things Used To Be.

What kind of breakfast cereals did you like when you were a kid.  Maybe you still eat them today.  And perhaps they stopped making them decades ago.  Join me in my journey through the countless varieties of breakfast cereals from my childhood.

In This episode I'll tell you about the great golden age of radio and some of the great shows that came from that time.

Do you remember when you first had cable TV installed in your house?  Here's my take on it from a 1970s perspective.

There was a time when there weren't any seat belt laws.  When I was growing up, we didn't think much about seat belts.  When we were kids, we played around in the car while mom or dad were driving down the road.

Here is a cereal box record in its entirety.  The mysterious Trailor From Space.  From the back of an Alpha Bits Box in the 1970's.

Do you remember your first pay raise.  Do you remember all of those great ideas you had for the extra money?  Were your hopes dashed when reality hit?  Check out this latest episode when I talk about my first pay raise.

I found the lost tape that I was going to include in the last episode about winning a trivia contest on the radio,

I've always heard of people winning contests when they call into a radio station.  This episode details the one and only time I ever called into a station and actually won a prize!

Do you remember where you were when historic events happened? This is part one of what will hopefully turn into a regular topic on the podcast.

I'll tell you about a first-hand encounter with the President of the United States when I was just 10 years old.  In part two, I'll describe my first time flying on a commercial airliner.

Do you remember playing with a cassette tape recorder when you were young?  I have a lot of great memories growing up in a cassette tape world.  I also interviewed my good friend Steve Wright via Skype.  We talked about the fun we had with cassettes and the challenges as well.

Did you ever pick up a record at the thrift store or at a record shop, put it on the turntable and find out that it's not the original artists but someone else butchering their songs?  I purchased a few of these and that's what I'll cover in this episode.

Gas - Regular or Unleaded.  Do you remember when you had a choice at the pump?  Listen to my memories of it and a story from my brother who worked in a Full service gas station.

If you asked someone to put a box of cereal onto a record player they probably would have given you a strange look.  But back in the 60's through the 80's you could really do this and actually hear music.