[Sylvanfan]

Lot's of fun to read this thread, it certainly brings back a lot of good memories for me.

I remember that my family was one of the first to have a remote control T.V. It was the only T.V. set we had in the house, had like a 21 inch screen and cost like $900 at the time (1981 IIRC from Muntz Stereo and Video in Cranbrook BC).

Waiting for the Tuesday paper to see how many points every player in the NHL had. If the Flames were on the West coast they couldn't have a Flaems game story printed the next day.

Having the bank between my house and the school so that I could go to the bank and withdraw $2 to buy a slush and a bag of chips and still have money for the next day. When the green machine showed up in grade 9 I was blown away and the Royal Bank one gave out $5 bills.

Amazing at just how different things have become in the past 5 years, than the past 10 and so on. I think of someone like my dad who is 68 and how much the world has changed in his lifetime and it's truly amazing.