This is an open ended chat thread for nostalgic memes and remembering random things from the past.

Is Dolly Madison still a company?

A good arcade was superior to any gaming system on Earth today:

I recall there was one in Grand Central Plaza. The one at Roseland Park in Canandaguia was really cool too.

Which one would it be?

I have to say KMart. I loved going to that store with my eldest grandson, especially before Christmas. He loved the animated, musical toys and we’d go through that isle pressing all the buttons to see how they moved and listen to the music. Truthfully, I couldn’t resist pushing the buttons when I was shopping alone.

I’m torn between Sears and KMart.

Like, Sears was where you could get quality tools or light machinery under the once proud Craftsman name.

But then KMart had a lot more for one stop shopping.

I’m missing the GenX gene that causes a nostalgia for video stores. Far too often I’d go to get a movie and they’d be out of it. Having stuff available now on demand when you want to see it is too good to give up.

This was on every Sunday night at our house followed by The Wonderful World of Disney.

Part of the Saturday morning line up for my boys when they were in grade school.

3 hours ago, Ann said:

This was on every Sunday night at our house followed by The Wonderful World of Disney.

That’s on MeTV now on the weekends.

I’m not sure if this is still sold in grocery stores today.

Here's a nostalgia one-two punch for you. Richard Scarry really knew how to tap into the autumn feels didn't he?

I still watch the re-runs of this show though I prefer the pre-WW II episodes.

I’n not so sure this was only $20 dollars worth of groceries in 1980 but what caught my eye was the size of the products in the cart. You don’t see that today.

If you remember who Lady Elaine was, like me, you’ve celebrated quite a few birthdays 😂

On 10/2/2025 at 8:12 PM, Chris said:

Is Dolly Madison still a company?

Edited October 9Oct 9 by Hal
Forgot to add comment!

Still learning to navigate here so please bear with me lol .

So , as a kid , all those years ago , living in the country you either hiked or biked your way around . So with a combination of both , lots of hills and all uphill lol , at age 12 I was allowed my first trip to town to the Elmira Theater . Exciting as it was I was on a limited budget from putting up hay for the neighbors and $1.50 didn’t go far even then . Well , all that exercise on the way home burned through that box of Raisonettes so I stopped at the our country store where my parents had an account picked up two Dolly Madison Pies , apple and cherry were my favs , put them on the tab and made my way home … Great day , yepper ! Um … until two days later when the Ole’ Man stopped in to pay up the tab ! Ya know , to this day I haven’t seen , nor do I look for , those delicious pies ! Could it be that I can still feel the sting of that leather belt on my a** … ahh , the Good Old Days LOL .

On 10/4/2025 at 5:51 PM, Ann said:

I have to say KMart. I loved going to that store with my eldest grandson, especially before Christmas. He loved the animated, musical toys and we’d go through that isle pressing all the buttons to see how they moved and listen to the music. Truthfully, I couldn’t resist pushing the buttons when I was shopping alone.

Oh yes , the “ Peppermint Twist Monkey “ !

K -Mart was better price wise , but hands down I miss Sears for clothing , and as mentioned tools .

This was a once in a while treat in our home when our boys were little. Rent a couple movies and the VCR for the movies, order a pizza and it was a fun Friday or Saturday night. You had to be sure to rewind the movie before returning lol.

Edited October 11Oct 11 by Chris
Change DVR to VCR

Who remembers making these phone calls? Another one was calling a store and asking “Do you have Prince Albert in a can”? They’d say yes and you’d tell them to let him out. Today’s kids would say that was lame but it was fun then.

Obviously I wasn't there for this period, but it seems like it would have been a lot more interestig to go out to places where people weren't staring at their phones or one of a dozen televisions.

I remember how you could smell food being cooked for lunch in the school cafeteria. The food was delicious and not pre-packaged and reheated.

On 10/6/2025 at 2:52 PM, Ann said:

This was on every Sunday night at our house followed by The Wonderful World of Disney.

mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom!

On 10/17/2025 at 9:03 PM, ADAM said:

mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom!

I was watching it for a little while this morning on MeTV