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For You Older Folks

Lewis

Lewis

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For YOU Older Folks

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things.

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1987. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine
They have always had cable.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter


Do you feel old yet? (Sorry)
 
Lewis W said:
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
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The real question is does anyone remember before recorders when people actually had to stay up late to watch the tonight show.
 
hey!! i was born in 87, and I know a few of those things ( I often ate popcorn cooked on a campfire :-P) and I knew of "wheres the beef?" lol. and I rememeber some styrofoam from mcdonalds when I was really young.

plus, I am a 2nd year college student :)

but interesting stuff. I sort of miss the early 90's
 
Things I remember:

45's and 8 tracks. Some 78's tossed in during my early teens.
Warmup time when you turned on a radio or TV.
No such thing as color TV.
Transistor radios.
Most cars and trucks were stick shift.
No seat belts.
Bench seats and side windows.
High beam switch on the floor. Heck, the starter button on the floor.
The little gutter that ran along the top of the car's door.
Real bumpers made of steel and chrome.
No internet.
All phones had dials.
Party lines.
No "No turn on red" signs. You always had to wait.
Gas station attendants.
Me working as a gas station attendant.
Penny candy.
Candy not individually wrapped.
Crank on a gas pump to reset the dials to 0.00
Watching the news casts on Kennedy's assassination. (B/W)

Just a few things. :-D
 
PotLuck said:
Things I remember:

45's and 8 tracks. Some 78's tossed in during my early teens.
Warmup time when you turned on a radio or TV.
No such thing as color TV.
Transistor radios.
Most cars and trucks were stick shift.
No seat belts.
Bench seats and side windows.
High beam switch on the floor. Heck, the starter button on the floor.
The little gutter that ran along the top of the car's door.
Real bumpers made of steel and chrome.
No internet.
All phones had dials.
Party lines.
No "No turn on red" signs. You always had to wait.
Gas station attendants.
Me working as a gas station attendant.
Penny candy.
Candy not individually wrapped.
Crank on a gas pump to reset the dials to 0.00
Watching the news casts on Kennedy's assassination. (B/W)

Just a few things. :-D
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I remember all of that' I was born in 1955. And I still remember the day that friday November the 22nd 1963 when Kennedy was killed. And I remember all the news coverage too.
 
I really miss the high beam switch on the floor though. I believe it was a lot handier down there. The left foot is always free anyhow with automatics being the most common transmission these days.
 
Oh, yeah.

No computers.
No handheld calculators.
No TV remotes.
No cable TV. No satellite TV
No keyless entry for cars.
No debit cards (credit cards yes)


Outhouses. (I remember the day dad set ours on fire after installing a real bathroom) :-D
 
Do you feel old yet?
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Not at all; I feel privledged to be a part of that history. For all the "modern" conveniences we now have, what we lost was time. We had MUCH more time on our hands back then. Mom had time to engauge in hobbies with me. Dad still had time to take me to baseball games. My grandmother always had time to spend with her grandchildren.

I cried to go outside with my friends. Children these days don't want to leave the house. (many, if not most anyway)
 
Vic C. said:
Not at all; I feel privledged to be a part of that history. For all the "modern" conveniences we now have, what we lost was time. We had MUCH more time on our hands back then. Mom had time to engauge in hobbies with me. Dad still had time to take me to baseball games. My grandmother always had time to spend with her grandchildren.

I cried to go outside with my friends. Children these days don't want to leave the house. (many, if not most anyway)
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lol
Yeah, I couldn't be found in the house. I was always outside somewhere. Course, living in the country helped a lot I think. And most of the neighborhood kids were mostly in the same age group.
 
PotLuck said:
Things I remember:

45's and 8 tracks. Some 78's tossed in during my early teens.
Warmup time when you turned on a radio or TV.
No such thing as color TV.
Transistor radios.
Most cars and trucks were stick shift.
No seat belts.
Bench seats and side windows.
High beam switch on the floor. Heck, the starter button on the floor.
The little gutter that ran along the top of the car's door.
Real bumpers made of steel and chrome.
No internet.
All phones had dials.
Party lines.
No "No turn on red" signs. You always had to wait.
Gas station attendants.
Me working as a gas station attendant.
Penny candy.
Candy not individually wrapped.
Crank on a gas pump to reset the dials to 0.00
Watching the news casts on Kennedy's assassination. (B/W)

Just a few things. :-D
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Ditto! :-D

And don't forget having to walk up hill to school over a mile away in the snow, not to mention home-cooked meals every day for breakfast and supper.
 
PotLuck said:
I really miss the high beam switch on the floor though. I believe it was a lot handier down there. The left foot is always free anyhow with automatics being the most common transmission these days.
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Yeah I liked it down there too. And some cars back then had a radio station change' switch on the floor to the left too. But I loved the good ole days' things were not so complicated.
 
Vic C. said:
Not at all; I feel privledged to be a part of that history. For all the "modern" conveniences we now have, what we lost was time. We had MUCH more time on our hands back then. Mom had time to engauge in hobbies with me. Dad still had time to take me to baseball games. My grandmother always had time to spend with her grandchildren.

I cried to go outside with my friends. Children these days don't want to leave the house. (many, if not most anyway)
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I hear you...
The only time my kids really get to see how things were is when they visit their grandfolks home and then after being there for an hour reality kicks in for them..... :wink:
 
PotLuck said:
I really miss the high beam switch on the floor though. I believe it was a lot handier down there. The left foot is always free anyhow with automatics being the most common transmission these days.
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Did you hear about the gal that learned how to drive in 1968 and had an automobile accident on her way home one night. The State Patrol determined that she had lost control of her car from dimming the lights on her 2005 Honda Accord as they found her left leg wrapped up in the steering wheel.
:D
 
Solo said:
Did you hear about the gal that learned how to drive in 1968 and had an automobile accident on her way home one night. The State Patrol determined that she had lost control of her car from dimming the lights on her 2005 Honda Accord as they found her left leg wrapped up in the steering wheel.
:D
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Solo' what was her leg doing way up there. The high beam switch should have been on the left side of the steering wheel colum
 
Solo said:
Ditto! :-D

And don't forget having to walk up hill to school over a mile away in the snow, not to mention home-cooked meals every day for breakfast and supper.
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Ha,
I had a studio apt with an old Murphy bed, and I loved to stay up late to watch Johny Carson :D Ohh, and my 68 Camaro still has the low/high beam on the floor :P

Here's a picture of my Dad when he was just a kid (with his dog Silver). This was taken in his one room log cabin that he was raised in at St. Maries Idaho. He had to walk 5 miles to school :wink:


Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting
 
Stove' you have a 68 Camaro ?
1968_Camaro.jpg
 
Vic C. said:
Who here remembers the "push button" transmission controls? :-D
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Oh Yeah! Only in Chrysler :D First time I went 120 mph was with my Dad in one on a skinny two lane road next to the Spokane River. What a rush!

Lewis,
I thought you knew I had a 68? You should go check out the post your face thread in the photo forum. Wow. 470 hp! It's kinda tore apart right now though in my garage. I have to put a new gas pedal on it cause the old one was.. well... old. You remember when the throttle linkage was solid :-D I'm converting to cable :wink: Besides, I've only got two bolts holding the front fenders on and the nose clip is still off and most of the car is bare metal.

She's my StoveBolt ;-)



Gotta go! Hope to catch up with ya'll Monday
 
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