First there was a world with hippies and munchies, then there were Pop-Tarts...
You old FART!
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First there was a world with hippies and munchies, then there were Pop-Tarts...
Don't like to be nitpicky but wasn't Harry Potter born in 1980 where as Daniel Radcliffe was born in 1990?
I remember taping songs off the radio with our state of the art "radio/cassette deck". I also remember taping songs off the TV with our portable tape recorder (Midnight Special and Friday Night Videos, anyone?) Heck, I remember when MTV's motto was "All music, all the time. In stereo."
My kids don't understand the standard phrases my mom used to use with me: "Use the dime method of birth control - put a dime between your knees and keep it there. Then call me." Or "You sound like a broken record."
I remember when first class stamps cost 13 cents. And sending away for the Monkees album by getting a money order for $9.95 plus S&H - which was a lot of money.
I got the "Sam Kinison at your wedding" joke on Chuck the other night without even having to think about it.
I learned how to touch type on an IBM Selectric, and had a non-electric typewriter at home to write term papers on. I know how to use both the Dewey decimal system and the Guide to Periodicals.
I remember the tech war between VHS and Betamax.
I can still recite most of the song, "Valley Girl," by Moon Unit Zappa.
I've been Netflixing movies that came out when I was in grade school for my kids (ET, Back to the Future, the Karate Kid, Superman, Footloose). They LOVE them. They especially think it's hilarious that, according to BTTF 2, we'll have flying cars by 2113.
My kids don't understand the standard phrases my mom used to use with me: "Use the dime method of birth control - put a dime between your knees and keep it there. Then call me." Or "You sound like a broken record."
I remember when first class stamps cost 13 cents. And sending away for the Monkees album by getting a money order for $9.95 plus S&H - which was a lot of money.
I got the "Sam Kinison at your wedding" joke on Chuck the other night without even having to think about it.
I learned how to touch type on an IBM Selectric, and had a non-electric typewriter at home to write term papers on. I know how to use both the Dewey decimal system and the Guide to Periodicals.
I remember the tech war between VHS and Betamax.
I can still recite most of the song, "Valley Girl," by Moon Unit Zappa.
I've been Netflixing movies that came out when I was in grade school for my kids (ET, Back to the Future, the Karate Kid, Superman, Footloose). They LOVE them. They especially think it's hilarious that, according to BTTF 2, we'll have flying cars by 2113.
I remember typing in programs from Compute's Gazette on my Commodore 64 and they almost never worked because of some typo somewhere. 
For those who missed it, they would have these one or two hundred line long programs printed directly onto the pages of the magazine that you were expected to hand-type into your computer. Usually these were entirely in PEEKs and POKEs which is the equivalent of machine language on that platform.
For those who missed it, they would have these one or two hundred line long programs printed directly onto the pages of the magazine that you were expected to hand-type into your computer. Usually these were entirely in PEEKs and POKEs which is the equivalent of machine language on that platform.
^^ Oh, man, I did that. 
The C64 was my first experience with programming. I had a book-- still have it somewhere-- on how to write interactive fiction on the C64. Very frustrating, but educational.
The C64 was my first experience with programming. I had a book-- still have it somewhere-- on how to write interactive fiction on the C64. Very frustrating, but educational.
^^ Oh, man, I did that.
Programming on a C-64 was an ugly ugly thing. We used to use an Apple II and then download to the C-64.
It did have some neat internal graphics stuff for the time.
First movie I remember was at the Drive In as well...The Greatest Show on Earth.
yeah, I am that old.
yeah, I am that old.
First movie I remember was at the Drive In as well...The Greatest Show on Earth.
yeah, I am that old.
Drive Ins are great. We still have one in Oklahoma City, and I'm going to take my son this fall. There was nothing like having a picnic while waiting for the sun to set and the movie to start, or $5 for a carload night, the mid-movie specials, and DOUBLE FEATURES!
Alas, I was also young and would conk out by 10:00
and then awaken at 12:30am as we were leaving, with my brothers making fun of me for having fallen asleep.
We had two Drive Ins around here. One is now a park, and this is all that's left of the other:
We have one here (sorry I don't know how to do the small link)
http://www.galaxydriveintheatre.com/
it is fun.
http://www.galaxydriveintheatre.com/
it is fun.
Only six more years until you can get your DeLorean hoverconverted, and stick a Mr Fusion on the back.
I think Old Yeller is the earliest Drive In movie that I can remember. We used to go all the time when I was very small. I think I saw Bambi at the Drive In, too, but it must have been a re-release. 
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