They say a picture's worth a thousand words, and often all it takes is a single photo to bring back a tidal wave of memories. But sometimes, that photo can also bring back the sounds, smells, and feelings that come from those memories. Here's a bunch of pictures that will take you right back to your childhood
The click of these on the gym floor
The fizzy taste of Clearly Canadian
The struggle of picking the right movie to rent
The excitement when they actually had copies of the movie you wanted
The rumble of riding these scooters in gym class
Followed by the agony of having it run over your damn fingers
The horror of realizing your HyperColor shirt showed the world just how sweaty you were
The sweaty comfort of wearing your favorite jelly shoes
The confusion of what learning the recorder was supposed to teach us
The sense of accomplishment when this happened
But wait, what's that smell?
The woody smell of sharpening your pencil
The warm fuzzy feeling when your friends made you pins or bracelets
The scratchy feeling of a Tech Deck's grip tape against your finger
The eternity that seemed to pass while you waited for the TV Guide to scroll to the channel you wanted
The feeling of pushing down the buttons of a payphone
The so...und of your Dis...cman sk...ipping
The smell of your latest creation being ironed
The horrendous screech of the wrong part of this holder hitting a chalkboard
The gross but also hypnotic feeling of holding one of these toys
The musty smell of the mesh pinnies we had to wear in gym class
The weird but also really satisfying feeling of pulling off this trick
We all love a great throwback, but do we own any? If you possess any of these '70s relics, you probably bought them for a few pennies or dollars back in in the day. Now some of these items are worth hundreds, and some are even thousands of dollars! Talk about a good investment! Check out these 10 vintage items that'll get you searching in your attic, garage, or basement. 10. Alpine Man Pez Dispenser There's two of these. The mustachioed figure in the green Alpine hat can be worth up to $3,000, whereas the clean-shaven man wearing
Before the internet was super available, we had flyers (or paper inserts). We waited for that blessed Sunday paper when we could see all the upcoming deals. And when it was Christmas time? Look out. Those bad boys were getting cut out and glued to another sheet of paper, then promptly mailed off to Santa. Even though it doesn't seem like that long ago, the technology in 1994 was...less than ideal. What we thought was groundbreaking now seems like the stone age. This paper insert from Best Buy is no different. It's from the week of October 23, 1994,
There are some people who love the 80s, and then there is John-Paul Annuziato. Some may say that he is completely obsessed. His collection of 80s memorabilia has more that 30,000 items from the decade, valued at over $100,000!Annuziato says that, "my goal initially was to bring back the 80s — the culture and the style. There was no political correctness. No censorship. The clothes, everything was a statement piece… The 80s was a wild time.”J.C. RiceHe has turned his entire apartment into a shrine to the 80s, with everything from Care Bears to video games
Grandma's house was a pretty magical place for any kid. We'd get stuffed full of whatever food and candy we wanted, and the rules we normally had to follow at home didn't apply. But those aren't the only things we'd experience when we visited our Grandmas, chances are you saw all of these things every time you went over there.1. Doilies absolutely everywhereFlickrBasically every flat surface had at least one of them, usually more.2. Getting so excited when you saw this tin sitting outBid or BuyBecause who doesn't get excited by cookies?3. The feeling of betrayal when