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tj2001 (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:52 PM Original message |
100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Life without TV clickers, or computer mice. Or computers, for that matter. nt |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Our TV had a clicker back in the early '70's. |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. My mom still tells us the story of her first TV with a remote control in the '70's |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I know how she feels. It was significant to me because |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Card catalogs at the library |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. We have working Tape, VCR, vinyl, and LaserDisc players. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good riddance to many of those things. The important ones are documented at Wikipedia. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Personally, I miss small pox, slavery, and a life expectancy of about 30. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I miss #50 |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. How about those cardboard tablets with the plastic film that you wrote or drew on... |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. etch a sketch |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. He's not talking about an etch a sketch |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. No, etch-a-sketch had the two contol knobs |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I remember those! haven't seen then since I was, like 8 or there abouts. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. That's it!!! |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Those are still around, here and there. nt. |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Mixed use farming |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Funny this came up today |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. When my daughter was in high school (she graduated in 2003) she had to make a call from |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. When we married in 1970, we had a PARTY LINE for 2 or 3 months |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Liquid Paper--correction fluid. |
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TokenQueer (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. What about that clunky typewriter? |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Hi, TQ! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Having afforable health care. Having a job. nt |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. Atari 2600 |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Hair Metal |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Blue skies, clean water, tolerable temperatures, dry land |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. waterworld? |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Waterworld, Mad Max, A Boy and His Dog, take your pick... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Playing with "chemistry sets" that contained more than litmus paper and plastic cups. (nt) |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. The Lafayette Radio catalog |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I've heard something neat about the chemistry set situation.. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. So what? I don't really know how to use a record player, I'm 23. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. My son dug a cassette out the other day, and I had to explain how it worked. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. A middle class. n/t |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. Phone booths. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Dial phones, clock radios that flipped little disc with numbers, homemade pudding |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. Retirement pay. n/t |
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HarveyDarkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. Lincoln Logs, Erector Sets |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. "They" slipped one in..... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. my 11 yr old played with a rotary phone this vacation. lol. he was amazed |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. When we were in san antoine |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. wow, lol. that is even old days for me... but, i havent had kids see one of those either |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. Drive in movies, home milk delivery, doctor house calls |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. Polaroid instant cameras n/t |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. And we can point to the generation before and |
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