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  1. in my day, we used the bathroom to poop, not take pictures (12 votes [23.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 23.53%

  2. i've fallen and i can't get up (9 votes [17.65%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.65%

  3. damn kids, pull up your pants (14 votes [27.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 27.45%

  4. take 2 pics on your phone, so you can give 1 to me (2 votes [3.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.92%

  5. my facebook status is "bingo and chill" (3 votes [5.88%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.88%

  6. "selfie" meant something else when i was a kid (9 votes [17.65%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.65%

  7. do they deliver Email on Sunday? (2 votes [3.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.92%

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#1 duktayp

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Posted 02 July 2015 - 14:23

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#2 IzzyDead

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Posted 02 July 2015 - 19:21

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Posted 03 July 2015 - 12:00

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#4 duktayp

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Posted 03 July 2015 - 14:13

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#5 Pythia

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Posted 03 July 2015 - 20:34

I voted for the PC because it's what I use now.   However, this is soooo telling. LOL

 

The Apple Macintosh computer goes on sale for the first time (I was 36 years old)

 

 

If you scroll down the page aways, you come to a pic of the first one. That's what I come to hate and what my daughter learned to turn on, insert disk and play  a math game called "Math Blaster"

 

Please insert disk one, now dist two.   Hey, machine there is only one drive on you. LOL

 

Came home to find it in pieces on the bar in the basement with two Apple Reps, asking my now ex why he did this,and this and this and any number of other things. Not long after that the  bigger machine came out.

 

My, my how things have changed.

 

 

Oh yes, to the admin that might want to delete this post because of the game reference.... LOL The internet has not arrived in my life yet,  and I don't think you can find a copy of that game anywhere without a WHOLE of luck. :)

 

One more edit, I promise. lol

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Edited by Pythia, 03 July 2015 - 20:49.


#6 cyrus7

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Posted 03 July 2015 - 22:58

Bwahahaha I remember Math Blaster!  :lol:



#7 Pythia

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Posted 03 July 2015 - 23:18

If anyone would like to see what was going on in the world as you were growing old, this is the place I went to look in the mirror of my life. LOL

 

http://you.regettingold.com

 

So many things have come and gone and yes, some days I feel very old, others not so old. :) Enjoy a walk down memory lane for yourself. I found it delightful, informative, and so much more. lol

 

Enjoy.

 

 

 

Look what I found. lol

 

The first message is sent over ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet. (I was 22 years old) Oh my.


Edited by Pythia, 03 July 2015 - 23:24.


#8 duktayp

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Posted 03 July 2015 - 23:28

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#9 Pythia

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Posted 03 July 2015 - 23:38

I've used the rotary phone, a Walkman, had and 8-track and our first TV was black and white. lol

 

Didn't need the foil though.

 

There are sooo many events listed in the years of my life.

 

Thank you again for the pics you put up too.



#10 duktayp

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Posted 04 July 2015 - 00:55

I was showing interest in a piece of jewelry i saw online:

 

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a 25ish woman asked me why I'd want to wear a gold swastika

 

edit: this was an educated woman in her 20s, so knew about WWII but nothing about outdated music formats


Edited by duktayp, 08 July 2015 - 01:23.


#11 Pythia

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 00:27

Hmmm. Swastika?  I don't see that there, that's rounded and swirly.

 

Reminds me of the little insert used to play a 45 rpm record on a player, it allowed the record to be dropped on the spindle and not slide all over the turn table.



#12 cyrus7

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 07:16

Reminds me of the little insert used to play a 45 rpm record on a player, it allowed the record to be dropped on the spindle and not slide all over the turn table.

Yeah if you look at the image name, it says:

"45-Rpm-Vinyl-Record-Adapter-Spindle-Replica-Pendant-Necklace-In-Gold.jpg"

:)



#13 duktayp

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 15:26

that was the amusing thing - i recognized the item as the adapter

 

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but she grew up in a world of mp3s - it was an amusing moment



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Posted 08 July 2015 - 15:27

If anyone would like to see what was going on in the world as you were growing old, this is the place I went to look in the mirror of my life. LOL

 

http://you.regettingold.com

 

So many things have come and gone and yes, some days I feel very old, others not so old. :) Enjoy a walk down memory lane for yourself. I found it delightful, informative, and so much more. lol

 

Enjoy.

 

Man, there were so many things that I remember but ain't thought about in years. From the teenage years in particular :

 

The death of Freddie Mercury.

The release of Tom Waite.

The end of the Cold War.

The death of Benny Hill.

The birth of Euro Disney.

Prince believing his own hype to rename himself a symbol (that was freakin' odd. No one knew quite how to report it.)

The X-Files.

Doom.

Quake.

The Channel Tunnels opened.

Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black President.

 

The list goes on, and on, and ON!

 

And now I feel older than ever! :D

 

 

that was the amusing thing - i recognized the item as the adapter

 

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but she grew up in a world of mp3s - it was an amusing moment

 

While I couldn't remember its exact function, I'm at least glad to say I recognised it as being used for the record player.



#15 cyrus7

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Posted 09 July 2015 - 04:56

And now I feel older than ever! :D

 

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#16 Pythia

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Posted 09 July 2015 - 19:42

LOL Thank you so much for the pictures.  They make a good day even better.



#17 IzzyDead

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Posted 09 July 2015 - 19:59

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#18 duktayp

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Posted 10 July 2015 - 14:14

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Posted 16 July 2015 - 23:41

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#20 IzzyDead

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Posted 17 July 2015 - 17:05

I had one of these: 8Track PORTABLE stereo

 

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