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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 02:16 PM Original message |
I'm so old... |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Your post reminded me of this scene from Witness |
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elifino (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I am so old I remember listening to |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm so old... |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Love your dusty comment...z |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm so old that when I went to school... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Me, too, except I'm so old I've forgotten how to use the slide rule |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Me, too |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. NERD! |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm so old ... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Heck, I was in the air for Europe with Mom, Dad and kid Brother |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. I once had one, but I'm not sure if I ever learned to use it. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. ...I got a black & white TV for my 12th b-day... |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have an inking and drafting set I know how to use, too |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. I had one of those, too! |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. That's just the laugh I needed |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 05:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. I took drafting in Jr High |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm so old I still own a slide rule and still use it. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. And they all signed off at some time just before or after midnight. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Oh, yeah. First there would be a picture of a flag, and they'd play |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. They played a special arrangement of America the Beautiful |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. ooh! ooh! didja ever stay up in the summer trying to catch 'bounce'signals |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. It seemed like the stations we picked up the most in Houston |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 05:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. WOAI radio in San Antonio |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. I meant TV stations - after ours went off the air |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. We called the static |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Someone gave me a static-screensaver once |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Thanks for the tip |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Thanks! I'll try it out in a little while. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
53. ok, I am only 35 and had to do that. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
55. Do you know where I can get a pocket protector? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. OK, but did you have that cool leather s/r scabbard that strapped on your belt? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm so old... |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine." |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. I have some Ovaltine in my kitchen right now! Chocolate! |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. Yes, but did the milk man bring your milk? |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. My uncles were the milkmen |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Did they drive "milkfloats"? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Nor for a long, long time.....I remember when we stopped getting it in glass |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. me too! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm so old |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm so old . . . |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm so old.... |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. I remember when we didn't have 24 hour a day tv. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I'm so old I remember when no one had a tv. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The Yale Theater charged kids 35 cents for 3 movies and a cartoon. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. $3 would make you queen for a day. n/t |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 05:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
49. I remember the Yale theater |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. The Yale theater was great. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. oh, you mean in the Heights. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. That is the place. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
58. long distance phone call was an event |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. This thread make me want to watch Rodney Dangerfield! |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. I remember duck and cover... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yeah |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. "I remember duck and cover..." |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Thank you! That was hilarious! |
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DuckBurp (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Isn't a slide rule one of those new-fangled things ... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. MY DAUGHTER TURNED 25 TODAY!!!! |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Ouch. (and Happy B-day to the kidlet). NT |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. Remember how shocked everyone was |
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velvet (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
45. So old I had a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. With two recorders you could make an echo chamber. |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
46. I'm so old... |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
50. I remember 3 cent stamps |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
51. I'm so old, the family's doctor made house-calls but . . . |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
54. I must be really old |
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caitxrawks (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
57. errrr...I'm so old, I...uhh... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
59. abacus...beat you lol |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. me too! |
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kimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
68. I remember our family getting the first color TV in the neighborhood |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
70. I remember 29 cent/gallon gasoline. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. I remember gas wars. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
73. I'm not quite that old but I did: |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
74. I'm so old, that only the richest kids in town wore braces on their teeth. |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. "...only the rich kids went to kindergarten...."? How sad! In our Appalachian town of . . . |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
75. I'm SO old.......... |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
76. I'm so old, |
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