[AFF]

I sometimes find myself thinking - it's a scary thought I know haha!

I try to remember what things were like before certain occurrences. Before everyone had cable in their homes and before the internet could be accessed by every toilet flush and doorknob turn in America. So this leads me to this :

What do you remember before 9/11 that is now very different because of 9/11?

I remember walking through an airport and seeing more bathrooms that I saw scanners. I remember all you had to do was walk through a metal detector and scan your carry on luggage. Now this is much different.

I know a lot of new introductions are from our advancement of technology and the good ol' snooping big brother!

What do you remember before 9/11 that has changed because of that day?


Thanks!

BTW- I looked for this topic and nothing to be found!

 

[ZenDog]

Watching movies and TV shows set in New York City and not having a feeling of unease when I saw the twin towers in the background.

 

[DocWal81]

having a pocket knife on me goin through airport security and being allowed to keep it

 

[Doc_Shane]

I remember man going to the moon....................and liberals weren't quite as retarded.

 

[Redneckidokie]

1.Mostly not having every second of life watched, monitored, and listened to, even in your own home.
Without benefit.

2.Police were not military units, in combat gear.

3.Gas was cheap.

4.We still had a 'few' freedoms.

 

[Sal4liberty]

not having to get a back ground search to take a poo , credit check for a used car , finger prints for your haz mats etc

 

[INFIDEL-24/7]

I have eight years worth of memories working at the Trade Center. I spent eight months digging through the remains. The worst thing for me is never being able to walk through the buildings I called home and reminisce. It's like I lost a family member.

 

[jimbowie1]

I grew up in the 50,s And i can look back and smile it was the greatest time to grow up in.

 

[64duracraft]

BB-gun wars, riding bikes without helmets and unsupervised exploring.

OK, that was decades before 9/11.

I liked being able to make mistakes.

 

[Still here.]

I remember the problems in the White House were cigars and interns.....Not like now the president being completely inadequate for the job and hired solely by white people that voted for him only trying to prove how non-racist they were while proving the opposite in the end..... and the blacks voted because of skin color rather than political views.

The worst President in the history of the U.S. PERIOD.

 

[John_Auberry]

Pipe bombs where just for stump removal and good old fun. I live out in the sticks and every 4th of July you could feel the ground shake and little mushroom clouds coming over the trees. Yea Im sure it was illegal then also but nobody ever called you in. I was always to scared of dyeing myself but I enjoyed watching others play.

 

[zatoichi]

I remember carrying on board an aircraft a thermos full of coffee I brewed at home.

I remember when people hung around airports. I think a show like Wings would not make sense these days.

I remember when government intrusion was seen as a bad thing by Democrats and Republicans.

I remember when telling someone to go into the military was not an exercise that guaranteed getting in harms way.

I remember when Muslims were not openly reviled.

 

[lilangel]

I remember going to professional football and baseball games with my kids and not having to go thru a pat down to get in...this past football season I took oldest grandson and we had to get patted down to get in.

 

[LOW96HB]

I remember being able to put gas in my truck and then having enough money left over to spend when I arrived at what ever place I was going......

 

[BoycottTheDay]

Hows this for way back:

I remember when california was a cool place to live.

 

[Still here.]

I remember watching the Super Bowel or World Series and NOT thinking during the game that people need to keep their heads on a swivel because this would be a good venue for a terrorist attack.

 

[Snuggle Monkey]

Before 9-11, I remember telling people that NAFTA & GATT were going to destroy our economy.

I remember telling my brother in law who was (as in past tense) a self made millionare who built his own construction company from the ground up, that the houseing bubble was going to burst because people who are unemployed aren't out house shopping.

 

[Straza]

I remember people not liking the military where I lived

 

[INFIDEL-24/7]

I remember the sight of a fully geared SWAT officer with an MP-5 slung over his shoulder would cause panic at a subway station.

 

[forgebench]

I remember $20 filling up the car and getting change on it.

I remember being able to go to the boarding gate to meet family arriving.

I remember not being treated like a terrorist suspect at every government facility.