If you were a child in the 60s, 70s or 80s, looking back, it's hard to believe we managed to survive until today. As children, we drove cars without seat belts or airbags. Riding a horse-drawn cart on a warm summer day was an unspeakable pleasure. Our cribs were painted with bright, high-lead paints. There were no secret lids on the medicine bottles, the doors were often not locked, and the cabinets were never locked. We drank water from the water pump on the corner, not from plastic bottles. It would never have occurred to anyone to ride a bike wearing a helmet.
If you were a child in the 60s, 70s or 80s, looking back, it's hard to believe we managed to survive until today. As children, we drove cars without seat belts or airbags. Riding a horse-drawn cart on a warm summer day was an unspeakable pleasure. Our cribs were painted with bright, high-lead paints. There were no secret lids on the medicine bottles, the doors were often not locked, and the cabinets were never locked. We drank water from the water pump on the corner, not from plastic bottles. It would never have occurred to anyone to ride a bike wearing a helmet. Horror.
We spent hours making carts and scooters from boards and bearings from the dump, and when we were rushing down the mountain for the first time, we remembered that we forgot to attach brakes. After driving into thorny bushes several times, we sorted out the problem. We left home in the morning and played all day, returning when the street lights came on, where they were. For the whole day no one could find out where we were. There were no mobile phones! It is hard to imagine. We cut arms and legs, broke bones and knocked out teeth, and no one sued anyone. Anything could happen. We were the only ones to blame and no one else. Remember? We fought until we bled and walked around with bruises, getting used to not paying attention to it.
We ate cakes, ice cream, drank lemonade, but no one got fat because we were running around and playing all the time. Several people drank from the same bottle, and no one died from it. We didn’t have game consoles, computers, 165 channels of satellite television, CDs, cell phones, the Internet, we rushed to watch the cartoon with the whole crowd at the nearest house, because there were no video cameras either! But we had friends. We left the house and found them. We rode bikes, blew matches along spring streams, sat on a bench, on a fence or in the school yard and talked about whatever we wanted. When we needed someone, we would knock on the door, ring the bell, or just go in and see them. Remember? Without asking! Sami! Alone in this cruel and dangerous world! Without security, how did we even survive?
We made up games with sticks and tin cans, we stole apples from orchards and ate cherries with pits, and the pits did not grow in our stomachs. Everyone has signed up for football, hockey or volleyball at least once, but not everyone makes it onto the team. Those who didn't get in learned to cope with disappointment.
Some students were not as smart as others, so they stayed for a second year. Quizzes and exams were not divided into 10 levels, and grades included 5 points in theory and 3 points in reality.
During breaks, we doused each other with water from old reusable syringes! "Slave Isaura." Remember everyone watching?
Our actions were our own. We were prepared for the consequences.
There was no one to hide behind. The concept that you can pay off the cops or get out of the army is practically non-existent
existed. Parents of those years usually took the side of the law, can you imagine!? This generation gave birth to a huge number of people who can take risks, solve problems and create something that did not exist before, simply did not exist. We had freedom of choice, the right to risk and failure, responsibility, and we somehow just learned to use it all. If you are one of this generation, I congratulate you. We are lucky that our childhood and youth ended before the government bought freedom from the youth in exchange for roller skates, mobile phones, a star factory and cool crackers... With their common consent... For their own good...
“In fact, there are not seven wonders of the world in the world, but much more. You and I are just used to them and sometimes we don’t even notice them. Well, isn't it a miracle - the first Soviet aftershave? Remember? Pieces of newspaper? And such a miracle as tuning a Moskvich-412 car? Remember? 5-kopeck coins around the perimeter of the windshield, a fur steering wheel, an epoxy gear knob with a rosette and, of course, a police cap on the rear window. And the elastic band of the panties is also a miracle! After all, she perfectly holds both panties and mittens! And in cinemas? The dot from the laser pointer on the forehead of the main character - my God, how many people has this made happy! A pie with jam - isn’t it a miracle? You'll never guess from which side the jam will come out!
>Roma Zhukov. "Silver Moon"
Performance in the aesthetics of the mid-90s.
Crimson blue double breasted jackets and all that....
Another inexplicable miracle - please raise your hands, those who had a normal labor teacher... and not an alien...? And such a miracle, a string bag of meat behind the window? Remember: when you went to get it, the dumplings fell! But this wonderful mother’s scam: “I’m buying it for you now, but it’s for your birthday”?! Or this magical grandmother’s parting phrase: “Just return the cans!”
Do you remember the ZIL refrigerator, with a handle like this? It's a one-armed bandit!
You pull the handle and jars fall out. By the way, what is still in the refrigerators on the side of the door? No, not eggs. And not ketchup. On the side of the door are...
medicines! Free medicine is also a miracle. There is only one doctor, but there are two queues - one by coupons, and the second by appointment. And there was also a third - “I’ll just ask!” Yes, how many more were there, these wonders of the world... A small window from the kitchen to the bathroom - what to see there, explain? A shoehorn-horse...
Tooth powder - cleans both teeth and silver... A boy peeing on the toilet door... TV "Ruby" - you take pliers and tink-tun-tyn! Swimming trunks with an anchor... remember?! Milk in triangular bags! And you say: “Seven wonders” light!”by KVN “ChP” team (Minsk)
We used to do a lot of things that we wouldn’t even think of doing now. Moreover, if today you
If you do what you did all the time back then, they won’t understand you, and they might even take you for a crazy person. Well, for example, remember, soda fountains. There was also a faceted glass - one for everyone. Today it would never even occur to anyone to drink from a common glass! (Today it will be stolen five seconds after installing the machine, exactly three seconds before the machine itself is stolen...) But before, everyone drank from these glasses... It’s a common thing! And no one was afraid of catching some kind of infection...
By the way, these glasses were used by local drunkards for their business. And just imagine, just imagine this - they
RETURNED the glass to its place! Does not believe? And then - it’s a common thing! But here comes a man and blows bubbles! Then - bam - and there are these pink patches all over your face! Is this what a normal person does today? And then - business as usual! Because we had unusual chewing gum! And gorgeous bubbles were blown out of these chewing gums.
Yes, then chewing gum was not needed for caries. Well, we didn’t even think that this could happen... And there was no caries until we were told that we had to fight it...! And even earlier we could go outside in the morning, take a deep breath and go... just figs knows where! Not for business, but as simple as that! Yes, we used to do a lot of things “so easily.” Today this is only possible for alcoholics and homeless people... But then it was a common thing!
What about people hanging a sheet on the wall, turning off the lights and muttering to themselves in the dark? Sect? No, it's normal!
There used to be a ceremony in every home called - hold your breath - filmstrip!
Remember this miracle?! Who has a film strip projector working now?
Or here is a man with such a flat thing in his hands. This thing constantly beeps, and the man mutters - Oh, how many eggs... no, they can’t live with so many eggs... Crazy? No, advanced dude. The usual thing! Remember our highest technology - the electronic game “Well, wait a minute!” What kind of computers with 3D graphics are there?!!!!! Ugh! Wolf catching eggs! This is the height! Smoke is pouring out, there is a pungent smell throughout the apartment. This is a tablet with writing on it. What do you think? Indian high priest Aramonetrigal? In fact, it's you-living. The usual thing! Millions of Soviet children burned cards for their mothers on March 8 - Mommy, congratulations on International Women's Day. I wish you a peaceful sky above your head, and I wish your son a bicycle...
And everyone was sitting in the bathroom, on a lowered toilet seat, in the dark - and only a red lantern was shining there... Did you guess it? The usual thing was to print photographs. Our whole life is in these black and white photographs, printed with our own hands, and not by a soulless guy from Kodak... Well, you remember what fixer is? And, girls, do you remember rubber bands? Surprisingly, not a single boy in the world knows the rules of this game! What about collecting waste paper at school? The question still plagues me: why? And then I took my father’s entire Playboy archive there. And I didn’t have anything for it! Only my mother was surprised why my father began to check my homework so meticulously?!
Do you remember portraits of Gorbachev without a birthmark? Unusual... But we still remember how Jackson was a black man, and even a minor! Then it was a common thing! In general, there were a lot of unusual things: trips to get potatoes and watered-down beer (no, it was really delicious!),
“Let the barrels of gasoline flutter like fires, we are pioneers - the children of Georgians” and “Whoever smokes Java and Pegasus, any woman will give it to him” and “Opal - took a drag and fell” Yes, we were very unusual people. by Lu
In short, in addition to pagers, senseless comedies of the early 90s and the biggest wiring of the decade, codenamed “VAZ 2110”, the 90s brought us two more things, brilliant in their moronicity.
With what frequency these things appeared, no one will ever know, but it was just somewhere after the vouchers, but even before renting an apartment in Moscow began to cost more than 300 bucks a month.
It seems that “Lizun” was the first to be born, if anyone doesn’t remember, then it was a round piece of some incomprehensible biomass that did not have any useful qualities, but it could very coolly crash into a wall and hang on it for some time, gaining for a couple of minutes, the most logical form for myself was the form of vomit. The miracle was disgusting red, ugly green, bright brown and who knows what other colors. Also, among the side effects of “Lizun”, in addition to the very fact of its existence, one can note its attempts to collect all the cat hair that exists in nature. As a result, “Lizun” quickly became unusable, but although its price was insignificant, the proud owners tried to save money on buying a new one and resorted to various methods of cleaning the creature from dirt, which was akin to washing plastic bags. In any case, after any cleaning attempt, “Lizun” finally stopped working, and I still had to buy a new one.
Interesting fact: According to unofficial data, about 99% of the sounds from dull hits against the wall in those days came from the Lizunov.
In general, “Lizun” looked exactly like this:
Of course, I don’t believe him, but there are no other pictures.
Another equally pitiful thing in its essence is “Rainbow”. The meaning of this thing was approximately the same as that of “Lizun”, that is, it did not exist. Although, in general, there was something soothing and mesmerizing in the Rainbow's jumps from step to step. The ability to make the “Rainbow” jump all the steps of some long staircase in one go was considered a special skill; the one who could do this was automatically considered a god, women fell at his feet, mortals kissed the rose petals along which the Chosen One passed. Many could well sell their souls to the devil for this secret skill. It is reliably known that Wasserman gave up sex forever and completely devoted his life to training in launching the "Rainbow", now he is one of the three greatest gurus west of Beijing. Also, another fetish was considered to be to build a staircase yourself from chairs, books, boxes and anything else that a friend could find, and then make “Rainbow” go down it.
YOU ARE FROM 7-8-0'S IF:
You still walk with inner trepidation past kilometer-long rows of alcoholic beverages in the supermarket.
You know the deep meaning of the word "chewing gum."
You remember that RS/XT is cool and very expensive.
You haven’t forgotten the article in Komsomolskaya Pravda, which was called “Blue Bird Stew”.
Until now, you flinch if someone nearby says in a squeaky voice: “On the air - pioneer dawn!”
Mom sent you to the bakery for “high-calorie buns” for 9 kopecks.
The Vinokur-Leshchenko duet was already annoying you back then.
The word BAM made you feel sick at times.
The girls in your class constantly sang "Mari-i-i-i-i-Mirabe-e-e-l-l-a-a-a..."
The starving Doctor Haider didn’t really worry you - Paul Simon and Billy Joel came to the USSR
You have seen portraits of Gorbachev without a birthmark.
Do you remember the almost bald Kobzon.
You've heard Rosenbaum's brilliant songs.
When you hear the word “sport,” you remember the tears of Irina Rodnina.
And when you hear the word “football” - Oleg Blokhin.
"Plaubou" is very, very cool porn.
Celentano is the best Italian singer.
It’s strange that the second one in “Modern Talking” is also a man, with such and such hair and
voice.
Do you remember Michael Jackson when he was still a black man?
For you, McDonald's is the name of a chic restaurant.
Have you forgotten who B.G. is?
The first association for the word “Again...” is “twenty-five!”
Are you sure that the best group in Europe is "ABBA", and in America - "BoneyM".
When you hear the words “GULAG Archipelago,” you automatically answer: “GULAG Archipelago!”
From the first bars of the song “Soar with fires,” your hand is trying to straighten the knot of the pioneer’s tie.
You have long calculated how old you will be in the year 2000 - and did not expect to live to this advanced age.
You still can't believe 38 channels and 24/7 television.
Your parents were called to school because you were playing with candy wrappers right in front of the teacher's room.
It turns out that besides SONY and Panasonic there are many more good tape recorders.
It won't be difficult for you to finish the joke "The next stop is the end [...]"
In the year when Brezhnev was buried, you stood like this!
Electronic watches with music are a complete waste.
Your parents scared you with scary Spartak fans with such scarves!
You remember that changing the channel is a hassle, because you have to get out from under the warm blanket.
Bananas grow in Moscow - you knew that for sure "Tetris", Pajitnov
Do you know what the creator of the Tetris game looks like? And here he is!
The stupid plastic chevron on the school uniform came off on the first of September - wearing it any longer was considered a disgrace.
When you hear the word “Yeltsin,” something warm stirs in your soul.
Do you sincerely believe that Makarevich wrote nothing better than “The Blue Bird”.
Do you know what a “pass to Red Square 1982-1984” is?
Three hundred varieties of sausage and one hundred and eight cheeses are simply incomprehensible.
When you hear the word "Raikin" you remember all three - father, son, and husband.
You drove your parents into a frenzy by singing at the top of their lungs, “It’s time, it’s time, let’s rejoice forever!”
You rewrote the lyrics of the song “Winged Swing” and were sure that Ressie is a breed of dog
You don’t understand the origin of the word “fuck” and its connection with native Russian concepts.
The best films are "Pirates of the 20th Century" and "Spotlight"
When the girls switched to dark blue uniforms, you thought: “They’re okay...”
Thriller is just the name of the Michael Jackson concert.
Your mom still has Polish fashion magazines.
The universal object of dislike was called "majors"
You knew for sure that the two best varieties of ice cream are fruit and berry for 7 kopecks. and in a waffle cup with cream for 21
And your friend liked creme brulee for 15 and chocolate for 20, and also “Borodino” in a cylinder, in soy-coffee glaze, for 23. But Gourmand cost 28
Did you take the subway in the summer of 1980 to hear the names of the stops announced in English?
You still admire Dean Reed's civic stance and Angela Davis' hairstyle.
In June 1986, you were sure that the USSR would win the World Cup in Mexico
Blatnoy is the one with connections, not the one with a Finnish woman
When you go to the cinema for a matinee, you automatically remember Andropov.
Do you understand the hidden meaning of the slogan “We can’t be fooled, we can’t be fooled”
You first read Bulgakov in a photocopied version, and Gumilev in samizdat
Do you still remember those times when Kirkorov’s wife sang.
The most banned film is "Emmanuelle". There it is!..
In principle, the Great Patriotic War was won on Malaya Zemlya
Have you read articles about informals in the "20th room" in the magazine "Yunost"
You liked Samantha Smith, but you didn’t like Katya Lycheva because she turned up her nose too much
You can answer the question without straining who the Ovechkins are
Karate was very cool. You knew a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend who had secret knowledge, broke bricks with his bare hands and could kill six people. Then he was imprisoned.
Sometimes on Sunday you subconsciously expect that “Visiting a Fairy Tale” with kind Aunt Valya will be shown on TV
You are able to remember the names of at least five pioneer heroes: Volodya Dubinin, Valera Volkov, Kolya Myagotin, Marat Kazei, Lenya Golikov, Valya Kotik, Zina Portnova, Nina Kukoverova, Vitya Khomenko, Shura Kober, Sanya Kolesnikov, Nina Sagaidak, Utah Bondarovskaya, Galya Komleva, Kostya Kravchuk, Lara Mikheenko, Vasya Korobko, Sasha Borodulin, Volodya Kaznacheev, Nadya Bogdanova, Arkady Kamanin, Lida Vashkevich, Tolya Balabukha...
The motto of your class in the pioneer squad named after Caesar Kunikov of your school was: “Not a step back, not a minute in place, but only forward and only all together.”
The sound of the song “A Dog Named Buddy Has Missed” makes your eyes moist
Until now, the best kvass for you is the one from a barrel on wheels, small - 3 kopecks, large - 6
You took the metro from Belyaevo to VDNKh, but there was no Taganka - Novogireevo line yet
Georgian tea is sawdust. Everyone was trying to get the Indian "with an elephant"
Our hockey team always won!
Do you remember the death of Vysotsky
The words “Maurice Druon” and “waste paper” are connected in an incomprehensible way for you
Your first unrequited love is Natasha Guseva, “myelofon”...
Chernobyl for you is, first of all, a May Day demonstration.
Did you dream that when you grow up you will only shop at Beryozka?
"Hour of the Wolf" is not an empty phrase for you
The most delicious milk is in these triangular bags with blue stars.
Puffed corn is the music of Paul Mauriat.
Poles are speculators!
Pizza is the food of the gods.
You didn’t understand why you shot down some plane in 1983, but you knew for sure that the States were slandering
Deodorant - two bottles of Bulgarian "Jasmine" after three hours of waiting.
A dollar is a piece of paper that can get you imprisoned.
Do you remember who Nina Andreeva is?
You didn’t know yet that there are dark nights in the city of Sochi.
The phrase "twin towers" doesn't mean anything to you.
Are you sure that “fantasy” is the Strugatsky brothers.
But when Dean Reed died, for some reason you felt sad...
The word “deficit” is close and understandable to you - and not only in relation to money
Two melodies evoke strong associations in you: “The Lark” by Paul Mauriat and “Manchester and Liverpool” by Marie Laforet - this is “In the Animal World” and the weather forecast in the “Time” program.
Do you remember this metro station - "Leninskie Gory" and the largest escalator nearby.
You know that in the country there is a magazine for very little ones: “Funny Pictures”, a magazine for little ones “Murzilka” and two magazines for almost big ones “Pioneer” and “Koster”.
You know that Namibia is a territory occupied by South Africa, where apartheid and Mandela are.
You know that Travkin is a leader in production, a Hero of Socialism. Labor, who introduced brigade contracting and is even mentioned in the 4th grade history textbook in the chapter on the modern construction of socialism.
Do you understand the phrases “elements of the cult of personality”, “violations of socialist legality”, “elements of voluntarism and subjectivism”.
Do you know that Pugacheva is a “woman who sings”
You know that the distorted English words that young people use - "shoes", "disc" - are a serious problem that is discussed in youth magazines.
You know who the fascists are from Romm’s film “Ordinary Fascism”, as well as the series “Seventeen Moments of Spring”, “A Bet Greater Than Life”, and also, for some reason, “Four Tankmen and a Dog”, although there is nothing actually about the fascists there .
Our drinks are Fanta, Tarragon and Baikal, and Coca-Cola is a forbidden drink.
If in a conversation or text someone uses the phrase “do with us, do like us, do better than us,” you will smile and remember the GDR.
Shirportreb is produced in India, in cinema, and in haberdashery.
You often came to tobacco kiosks to buy gift boxes of matches. There was space, the Patriotic War, Cities of Heroes and similar delights.
Your grandmother had a pension of 60 rubles, and the neighbor’s pension was as much as 80. The difference is diabolical.
The word "warrant" primarily means "for an apartment."
“People, please remember about those who will never come again...” This is the day of the young anti-fascist hero, with a mandatory line. February 8. They killed some boy in France who was protesting against Salan’s rebellion in Algeria (you learned about Salan 10 years later) and some young Saddamite-Baathite in Iraq...
You danced in a pioneer camp to “The Bird of Tomorrow’s Happiness, Arrived and Flew with Jingling Wings...” (but you still liked “Ottavan”)
The ham comes in round shapes, ours, and in large tins (delicious).
You've heard a lot about the game "Zarnitsa", seen reports and even a film about children playing too hard. And then they themselves took part in it.
You secretly wanted to visit Artek, but only excellent students went there.
The word "check" has two meanings.
The book containing sacred esoteric knowledge is a German catalog that my uncle brought from the GDR. There are no computers there yet.
The word political information is clear to you. And the main words on them are “detente”, “escalation” and “parity”.
There is no need to take any sweets or chewing gum from foreigners walking in Kolomenskoye. They say one boy ate it and got poisoned.
In your class, a boy suddenly appears in the middle of the school year, evacuated with his diplomatic parents from South Yemen. It turns out they have a civil war there.
It is ALWAYS midnight in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Pugacheva, Orbakaite - “You know, everything will still happen.” Let's listen and sing!
Your tape recorder was chewing cassette tapes. Oh, yes, it was Elektronika-302...
The phrase "toilet paper necklace" doesn't make you laugh
It’s not that the film “Intergirl” shocked you... but this has never been shown openly before
You went to Little Vera 8 times
You didn’t even envy Senkevich - realizing that you wouldn’t be able to travel like that
You could easily continue the lines “Oh, how many wonderful discoveries we have…” - thanks to Kapitsa and his program.
For 10 kopecks you could make yourself a drop dead sweet soda - 3 thirds of a glass, the one with syrup for 3 kopecks. and add 1 kopeck without syrup
At school parties, classmates sang "On the French side, on an alien planet..."
White Brotherhood. Maria Devi Christos. They also promised that everyone would die soon and called those who did not join suckers.
You were a little annoyed that the supplement to "Young Technician" was only by subscription.
Indian No. 1 for you will forever remain Gojko Mitic
Color TV was cool. And the VCR is nowhere cooler.
Do you remember this group - Cinderella?
At least one of your classmates was a metalhead, and the other was a breaker
What you really didn't want to do was meet the Lubers. These were terrible people, although few people met them in reality.
The Musical Ring program with Grebenshchikov was the event of the year for you
Traded at least one cookbook for an Agatha Christie mystery
The main question of the week is whether the Vzglyad program will be taken off the air or not.
Do you know the abbreviation MDG
There are only two bicycles: Kama and Desna. The eaglet is no good
"The stars are shining, as if they are saying that there is no friendlier person in the world - ???" - well, you know who is more friendly in the world :)
The thrill of heart when cheerfully pronouncing the words: “The nut of knowledge is hard, but still we are not used to retreating! The film magazine “I want” will help us crack it! All! Know!"
What did you do with the products? That's right, they were “thrown away”. It’s clear that it’s not in the trash heap :-))
You loved kefir in a glass bottle with a green cap with bagels for 6 kopecks, from which then for some reason the poppy disappeared
Everyone repeated the magical combination of Gdlyan and Ivanov, but no one really knew what they had done.
You still don’t perceive Tallinn and Riga as foreign countries.
On New Year's Eve, you courageously fought against sleep in order to watch “foreign variety shows” at 3 o’clock: GDR television, Marylya Rodovich, Karel Gott and the Italians.
Do you remember that chips are such delicious things that are sold only in Moscow and only at VDNKh.
Do you remember that Moscow is the city from where dad brings chocolate bunnies and Bodrost tea.
The song "Phantom" for you has nothing to do with Chizh.
When you were left to clean the classroom, you sadly and cynically whispered: “Everyone died, only Tanya remained.”
Do you remember three types of hairstyles: zero - 10 kopecks, Canadian - 40 kopecks, model - 1 rub. 20 kopecks.
For you, the best cigarettes are Rodopi and Phoenix, and the best Belomor is from Uritsky's factories.
Do you remember the jokes about the Russian, the German and the Pole.
Have you ever collected toys to send to the children of striking English miners?
You remember that there is no more oil than 400 g.
You swapped out the inserts from Polish chews to Indians, cowboys and Vikings.
You remember that in the usual set: buckwheat, stewed meat, condensed milk and tea with elephant, and in a more successful set there is also a can of salmon.
Have you at least once gone to visit “on video”, and for the cassette “Jesus Christ Superstar” or “Greek Fig Tree” you drove to hellish places, said the password and left the courtyards.
Have you ever presented your diary to a Komsomol patrol at the entrance to the cinema?
You clearly remembered that under no circumstances should you chat at school about Galich’s records, otherwise your father would get into trouble at work.
You knew for sure how a guitar “for 15 rubles” differed from a guitar “for 25 rubles”
You know that a lot of fags came to Moscow for the World Festival of Youth and Students. Such rumors are told.
You were told that on trains they sell black and white playing cards with naked women, phototypes of icons and Vysotsky under the counter. And truck drivers have a portrait of Stalin on their windshield.
Sprats are a delicacy.
There are two poets in the world, Agnia Barto and Yuna Moritz, and Sergei Mikhalkov exists only as the author of Uncle Styopa.
Science fiction is a library of 30 volumes.
Rasputin is the hero of the underground song "Boni M".
You remember that for some reason everyone was trying to get Pikul.
You haven't seen live kiwis, avocados, mangoes, coconuts and everything else, which turned out to be a rare disappointment for the most part.
Vitamins in winter are compote: grandmother’s and Hungarian “Hungarofruit”.
In Afghanistan, our internationalist soldiers are fighting with the dushmans for Barak Karmal, and the dushmans, incited by the American imperialists, are planting children's toys filled with explosives on the streets.
Somewhere there they are building the BAM, punching tunnels in the mountain ranges.
The girls in the class like Boyarsky
Your father brought you to Luna Park and you would like to stay there forever.
Bowling is a strange pastime, but it's fun and the balls are heavy and your arm gets tired.
You know what aerobics and auto-training are, because your parents have a record, and in Science and Life there are already three articles devoted to this.
You asked your grandmother to take you to the Detsky Mir store: it was beautiful and sold the most delicious ice cream in the country - with large white caps, it always cost 20 kopecks.
You stole carbide at a construction site, sodium metal from the school chemistry lab, soaked a newspaper in saltpeter, bought fixer at Fotomaterials, and hydroperitol tablets at a department store. That was a rustle!
Do you remember the key word of the era for philatelists - “Mongol Shuudan”.
Do you remember that parents signed up for a queue on some kind of “wall”
In the Fundamentals of State and Law lessons, for some reason all the guys were interested in Articles of the Criminal Code No. 117 and 121, while they laughed like idiots.
The word "sauna" is usually associated with the definition of "Finnish" and nothing more
During the winter holidays, your whole class went to Leningrad (var. - Moscow).
You are familiar with the wonderful discipline “Fundamentals of Informatics and Computer Science,” and you have worked in practice on BC computers with magnetic tape media. At worst, use rotary hammers.
Real cowboys and Indians are sold at Leipzig. Some of them are brought from abroad
The asphalt in the yard is lined with arrows and hopscotches.
Do you remember Oleg Popov’s checkered cap and the number with catching a ray of sunshine. But adults explained to you who Pencil is.
You are terribly interested in what 04, 05, 06, 07 and 08 are. The rest is already known.
Scarlet Sails is a section of letters from readers in Komsomolskaya Pravda.
The abbreviation “MK” has meaning only with the continuation “and MGK CPSU”.
In your class, the little ones were teased as “Passepartout”, and the teacher’s intrigues were called “Mr. Fix’s tricks”
Do you know where Sheremetyevo-3 is located and why there is no smoking on Red Square
The word “governor” makes you feel like you are reading a historical novel, and the word “senator” makes you feel even more historical.
The holiday is strongly associated with the word “order”
Smoked sausage needs to be cut thinly, until transparent, in a layer - the next time you will see it in six months.
You will remember the name of the editor of subtitles for films that were constantly shown on the quadruple TV curriculum - S. Eero
You associate the word “Alarm Clock” not with an electronic toy from Siemens, but with Nadezhda Rumyantseva.
Cult cartoons are “Captain Vrungel” and “Treasure Island”. And your classmates just annoyed you with quotes from “Last Year’s Snow Was Falling”
The coolest foreign cartoons are Japanese ones, for example, “Ghost Ship” with its creepy gig robot.
Sometimes you want to pick up a braided handle, hang a devil made of wire or an angelfish made of braided wires from a chandelier
You still don’t understand the macrame fashion
A briefcase like a "diplomat", oh, it's very fashionable.
A television set-top box on which you could play tennis or football - it was just something from the future. More often they made do with hockey or football with iron figures
Your parents strictly forbade you to drink soda from the vending machines near the subway, because public glasses transmitted syphilis!
Buying the double Bulgarian Beatles album seemed unrealistic to you - in stores it cost 4 rubles, but speculators swept it away and sold it under the counter for 25
You still can’t forget that girl who languidly smoked a cigarette in a bar and sipped a cool milkshake - she called herself a “highlifer” because she “lives beautifully.”
Do you remember the sporadic fashion for Herzegovina Flor cigarettes?
You pushed yourself in front of the girls by sipping a red (blue) Yugoslav “Ronhill” for 80 kopecks or a “Chesterfield” for 1 ruble 50 kopecks
Soviet chewing gum - orange, such thin plates, to be honest, could not be compared with foreign ones.
It was impossible to go to "Mackenna's Gold" - for children under sixteen, because the aunt swam naked there.
With the acronym LTO, you are overcome with such complex sensations that you become self-absorbed for a minute.
Are you still wondering - why was this Code of Criminal Procedure necessary? (It’s not a code, comrade, don’t be smart, that’s not what this is about!)
Your parents gave you these coloring books, the pictures in which you had to wet with water and the paint would appear.
A blanket on the window, a red lantern, counting slowly: one, two, three... click! "Bromportrait", "unibrom", fixer, bath full of photographs, glosser. What?! A? That's it...
You went to Dvoets Pionerov for classes of the International Friendship Club.
My parents' friends had such interesting things - printouts! Such long sheets of paper, and on them were the Strugatskys, Bulgakov and the erotic treatise “peach branches” printed on the ATsPU in the CC in capital letters. With holes on the sides. <
