Ordering a decaffeinated hot beverage at a restaurant and inspecting the mug with total suspicion to make sure the waiter didn’t accidentally give you regular… Read More »1995 Archive: The Sanka Coffee Standard

“My left knee says it’s going to rain tomorrow.” In 1995, this was considered far more accurate than any satellite mapping technology on the news.… Read More »1995 Classic: The Weather Bone Forecast

The rhythmic, plastic rattling sound that fills the kitchen every Sunday morning as the weekly medication layout is sorted into fourteen different little flip-doors. Part… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Pill Box Symphony

Opening the refrigerator at grandma’s house and finding eight identical plastic containers, none of which contain actual leftovers, but rather old buttons, rubber bands, or… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Tupperware Vault

Receiving a letter from a relative that contains a physically cut-out newspaper article about a local zoning meeting or a recipe, with key sentences highlighted… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Newspaper Clipping Archive

Using a yellow plastic pencil to manually roll a twisted magnetic ribbon back into a classic country tape because the player ate the chorus. Part… Read More »1995 Archive: The Cassette Tape Rewind Workout

Watching an older relative shuffle their slippers across a thick shag carpet, creating enough static electricity to power a small lightbulb when they touch the… Read More »1995 Archive: The Static Carpet Walk

Refusing to believe any fact unless it could be physically pointed out in a dusty volume of the 1988 Encyclopedia Britannica sitting on the shelf.… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Encyclopedia Trust

Refusing to get rid of the heavy, cream-colored wall telephone that requires twenty seconds of spinning just to dial a zero, claiming the new push-button… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Rotary Phone Holdout

Grandpa screaming “Hang up, this is costing us fifty cents a minute!” the second a family member calls from another state just to say hello.… Read More »1995 Classic: The Long-Distance Calling Panic