Am I officially old now?

RookRAK

Out of drinks

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07 Mar 07 04:58

reader1107

petting the cat

On Clique Beach

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07 Mar 07 13:16

Originally posted by buffalobill
And your kids have learned about the moon landings in history books.

Here they only know what a phone booth is if they've seen one in a movie. 🙁 And "dialing" a telephone? They have no clue. Yet it wasn't that long ago (or not long enough, anyway) that I lived in a house that still had a heavy, black rotary phone. I'm starting to think it was the very first telephone.

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

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07 Mar 07 13:21

Wait a second, I was not here for the moon landing, yet I saw the soviet union in its late-splendor and its dusk; I had a TV without remote control and I used to have loooots of discs (real ones) of Billy Idol, Billy Ocean, Rick Astley and Judas Priest, and... and...

Damn.

I'm old.

😞

Loose Screw

Insane in the Brain!

The House of Pain.

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07 Mar 07 13:40

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Originally posted by Seitse
Damn.

I'm old.

😞

music cassettes, black and white tv, radio with antenna, coffee bean grinder, etc, etc ...

Join the Club. 😞

Oldtimer. 😛

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

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07 Mar 07 13:50

Originally posted by Loose Screw
music cassettes, black and white tv, radio with antenna, coffee bean grinder, etc, etc ...

Join the Club. 😞

Oldtimer. 😛

And the Loan Club as well, aaaaarrrggghh!!! :'(

wormwood

If Theres Hell Below

We're All Gonna Go!

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07 Mar 07 14:10

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Originally posted by buffalobill
And your kids have learned about the moon landings in history books.

I just absolutely hate having missed that, but I still know what it was, and have seen most of the available footage many times.

my youth:
c-cassettes
phones with a cord and the rotating dialer
no seat belts, no car safety seats
everybody smoking, inside
straycats
soviet union, ddr
star trek
space 1999
the 6 million dollar man
saphire and steel
c-64
z-81
vic-20
pong & asteroids actually were state of the art
pacman fever!

and for some reason, all the clothes were brown or yellow. 🙂

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

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07 Mar 07 14:18

Originally posted by wormwood
I just absolutely hate having missed that, but I still know what it was, and have seen most of the available footage many times.

But if we send enough letters to the NASA, they may re-enact it for us once again!

😛

Kidding. All you conspiracy theory-haters... back off! 😉

eamon o

the highway to hell

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07 Mar 07 14:46

Originally posted by wormwood
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......................and for some reason, all the clothes were brown or yellow. 🙂[/b]

you forgot to mention:
drunk driving: no problem, concept hadnt been invented.

wormwood

If Theres Hell Below

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07 Mar 07 14:57

Originally posted by eamon o
you forgot to mention:
drunk driving: no problem, concept hadnt been invented.

it's been prohibited here for ages. I don't know exactly when it was criminalized, but I think it was before the 50's...

Daemon Sin

I'm A Mighty Pirate™

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07 Mar 07 15:06

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sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

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07 Mar 07 15:25

Originally posted by Loose Screw
You're old!!!
Only old people drink beer (or wine).

Young people drink mixed drinks. 😛

What, beer AND wine mixed? Ok barkeep, I'll have that Pinot mixed with a Coors please.

sonhouse

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slatington, pa, usa

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07 Mar 07 15:26

Originally posted by wormwood
I just absolutely hate having missed that, but I still know what it was, and have seen most of the available footage many times.

my youth:
c-cassettes
phones with a cord and the rotating dialer
no seat belts, no car safety seats
everybody smoking, inside
straycats
soviet union, ddr
star trek
space 1999
the 6 million dollar man
saphire an ...[text shortened]... state of the art
pacman fever!

and for some reason, all the clothes were brown or yellow. 🙂

You forgot the Commodore 64.

adam warlock

Baby Gauss

Ceres

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07 Mar 07 15:32

Originally posted by sonhouse
You forgot the Commodore 64.

and what about street fighter? the coins and the hours just went by...

mikelom

Ajarn

Wat?

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07 Mar 07 15:40

Originally posted by wormwood
I just absolutely hate having missed that, but I still know what it was, and have seen most of the available footage many times.

my youth:
c-cassettes
phones with a cord and the rotating dialer
no seat belts, no car safety seats
everybody smoking, inside
straycats
soviet union, ddr
star trek
space 1999
the 6 million dollar man
saphire an ...[text shortened]... state of the art
pacman fever!

and for some reason, all the clothes were brown or yellow. 🙂

How could you leave out "Hammy Hamster Down by the River Bank"?

wormwood

If Theres Hell Below

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07 Mar 07 16:01

Originally posted by sonhouse
You forgot the Commodore 64.

c-64 🙂

~~trevor33~~

my island

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07 Mar 07 16:04

Originally posted by RookRAK
My son got his drivers license today.

i'd say you where old about 10 years ago then 😛