Baby Boomers: 60 things that have disappeared in the last 60 years | Life & Knowledge
Sixty years of baby boomers! Sixty years in which the lives of the approximately 1.4 million people born in 1964 have changed dramatically.
Things used to be different somehow: instead of smartphones there were phone booths, instead of satnavs there were road atlases and instead of the euro there were German marks. Want a bit of nostalgia? These sixty things have now disappeared from the lives of baby boomers*.
1. Chewing gum machines – the ball cost 10 pfennigs.
2. Otto Catalog – the printed department store.
3. CD player – the music on the disc.
4. Telephone booths – due to lack Mobile the connection to the world!
5. dial – spin the correct number.
6. “Bet that, …” – the last campfire on TV.
7. Live – the German MTV music offshoot.
8. Music show “Formula 1” – the best hits from the 80s.
9. Video cassettes – Love, adventure, crime and family happiness.
10. Smoking on the plane – above the clouds in the cloud.
11. Punica – far too sweet to be healthy.
12. Juke box – hot music for a few pennies.
13. typewriter – tapping, turning, black fingers.
14. Phonebook – all numbers of a city.
15. Intershop – cheap shopping in transit.
16. Telegrams – quick message for birthday or death.
17. Wrigley Spearmint – the freshest stick of chewing gum.
18. YPS booklet – the Comic with the best gimmicks.
19. Test image – we'll continue tomorrow morning.
20. Matrix printer – smells of spirit and prints purple.
21. Slideshow – Memories that click.
22. slide rule – move to the correct result.
23. cassette – Tape tangle, nothing worked anymore.
24. Car phone – always reachable with 10 kilos.
25. Prilblume – makes the tiles more beautiful.
26. Swimming caps required – so that the hairstyle stays in place.
27. Phone card – call until the Money was gone.
28. “Super 8” films – Dad as a cameraman.
29. Walkman – jogging with your favorite music.
30. Paper driving license – first grey, then pink, now plastic.
31. parking meter – the swallowing penny grave.
32. Photo film canister – when people still made an effort to take a snapshot.
33. Deutsche Mark – a piggy bank full of 5-mark coins.
34. VW Beetle – those eyes, those curves.
35. modem – the squeaky way to the Internet.
36. Isetta – the cult, cuddly, huggable ball.
37. Monchhichi – the cuddly monkey with the pacifier.
38. Nodding Dachshund – the highlight on every rear shelf in the 70s.
39. Alf – the fluffy alien from the eponymous TV series.
40. lux – strong or light. Cigarettes with and without filters.
41. Quick-out car radio – Technology to take with you.
42. Furby – the electric stuffed animal that the children wanted.
43. diskette – save on a disk.
44. Ass antlers – the Tattoo-Trend from the 90s.
45. Typecase figures – Kitsch to collect.
46. Dream wedding – when people still got married on TV.
47. “80s driving license” 1b – jet off to freedom on a light motorcycle.
48. Cloth handkerchiefs – Blow your nose with cotton.
49. Crocheted toilet paper hat – Bourgeoisie on the parcel shelf.
50. Quick Cola – special herbal mixture from the GDR.
51. Bonanza bike –first for children, then a cult.
52. Removable radio antenna – quickly jump out of the car before the car wash.
53. Program announcer – the broadcasters’ business cards.
54. Road Atlas – Read maps and never get lost.
55. Brockhaus Lexicon – search, browse, look up.
56. Flash cube for the camera – a plug-in revolution.
57. Snacks – first famous for its awards, then bankrupt.
58. Mud punch – the party hit with vanilla ice cream.
59. Marlboro Man – the cowboy from the billboard.
60. Click-clack balls – best training for your fingers.
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