When selling MDA shamrocks at work, trying to explain MDA = Jerry's Kids = the people who take over your TV every Labor Day weekend, and getting blank looks in return.
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When I got my first phone we had to change out the old style jack in my room (for rented phone company phones that were hardwired) to the newer style plug-in jack. I think the phone cost about $10...and the 9 key didn't work, which meant I couldn't call my grandmother on it.
My dad used to bring home punch cards and that green and white striped paper from the dot matrix printers from his office for us to draw on. The printer paper was especially great because it was plain white on the other side.
The Mom and Pop pizza place I worked at 20 years ago had an older cash register...it was electric, but didn't have many features. We even had to count back change on our own (oh, the horror!) - it wasnt calculated for us. Our food tickets were all handwritten too, we rang everything up just by the numbers on the tickets."I was only LOOKING, I didn't mean to enter my card's CVV and actually ORDER! REFUND ME RIGHT NOW!!"
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Oh, those old punch cards! Years ago somebody gave me a bunch of them, and I had instructions on how to cut out pieces and tape them together to form a jack o'lantern. You could put a wired lightbulb inside (like from a light-up Christmas decoration) and the light would shine out through all the tiny punched holes.When you start at zero, everything's progress.
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Quoth Jay 2K Winger View PostI remember the Bandwagon. The Washington Redskins Bandwagon. *crickets*
Quoth Seshat View PostSeeing 'retro 1970s' looks ... so very NOT what you grew up with.Quoth Draper Mel View PostWatching styles from the 80s come back....And yet they're...not quite right.
Quoth Seshat View PostKnowing what 'naugahyde' is.
Quoth Bionic Hobbit View PostWatching the first Flintstones and Jetsons
Quoth Bionic Hobbit View PostGetting up to change channels.
Quoth Bionic Hobbit View PostGas at $0.39 an imperial gallon
Quoth CrazedClerkthe2nd View PostDon't hold out on us Irv, what's the site?
And my favorite on the music scene (may have mentioned previously): hearing a song on the radio described as a "Golden Oldie" and realizing you heard it played for the first time on the bands debut tour.Last edited by sms001; 03-25-2012, 01:36 PM.
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My 15-year college reunion invitation that just came in the mail yesterday.
Quoth CrazedClerkthe2nd View Post- Seeing the kids of people you went to high school with...starting high school.
Quoth Kittish View PostIt's a feeling becoming more and more common with me, especially since I really CAN remember what life was like before the internet, and indeed even before personal computers.I don't go in for ancient wisdom
I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"
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Quoth sms001 View PostAnd Fred and Barney SMOKED!!!
Seriously, how has this former broadcasting major NEVER heard of this!?!??!?!
"The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is Still A Customer."
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Jester, they may not have smoked on the show (can't remember) but they had commercials for Winston cigarettes featuring the Flintstones. Here's one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAExoSozc2c"I was only LOOKING, I didn't mean to enter my card's CVV and actually ORDER! REFUND ME RIGHT NOW!!"
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1. The fact that my oldest nephew had little to no knowledge about the second generation of pokemon and asked me what each and every pokemon was in a box that was dedicated to second generation pokemon.
2. I tend not to understand why people are into certain kinds of music and reminisce about the days where one sentence or worse a few words were not constantly repeated for five minutes and called a song.
3. Mentioning an older anime to some of my younger friends and having them stare at me like I've grown a third head as I attempt to explain the plot.
4. Hearing a three year old swearing like a sailor (Also makes me sad).
5. Playing with my youngest nephew and getting worn out faster then when I was younger.
6. Finding movies that I grew up with in the Classic's section.
7. Talking about older game stations with other people and have younger people look at me clueless.
8. Having VHS's and remembering the times before DVD's
9. When a litre of Pepsi was less then Two Dollars
10. Cell Phones and Remembering the times before caller id and call back.
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Age 25 -- I felt just a little bit old, because at that age, I could not only remember when my parents were my age, but I could also remember when I was my son's age (3.)
Age 36, because it meant that I could sleep with someone half my age, and not break any laws.
Age 42, because people half my age were now able to come out to the bars legally. In fact, some of the people I hang out with are (barely) young enough to be my kids. One of the girls in our group has a son who regularly comes out with us. And I really felt old once I realized that my grandma on my mom's side was the same age when I was born. Not to mention that some of the people I went to school with have grandkids.
And now, I have an 18-year-old son, a legal adult.Sometimes life is altered.
Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
Uneasy with confrontation.
Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right
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-When 90's music is turning into classic rock.
-People born in 1994 can buy cigarettes.
-The original 151 Pokemon has become obsolete
Yes I am only 21, but I still feel old with those
I will sense in the future when The Florida Marlins is gonna be only in the memory of few. Come back black and teal
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Quoth cashierbex View PostI will sense in the future when The Florida Marlins is gonna be only in the memory of few. Come back black and teal"I was only LOOKING, I didn't mean to enter my card's CVV and actually ORDER! REFUND ME RIGHT NOW!!"
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Quoth cashierbex View Post-When 90's music is turning into classic rock.
-People born in 1994 can buy cigarettes.
-The original 151 Pokemon has become obsolete
Yes I am only 21, but I still feel old with those
I will sense in the future when The Florida Marlins is gonna be only in the memory of few. Come back black and tealThe best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
Now queen of USSR-Land...
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Overheard at Jazzy's school:
"Hey! Did you know that Donkey Kong used to be a game in the olden days??"
"No way!?! Wow!" Thanks kids!
My uncle felt old for a little while when he realised that his eldest known bio-kid is a year younger than my youngest kid.
Oh, and the other kids trying to figure out what Bubbles is playing with. They'd never seen a Gameboy, and didn't know who Pikachu is.Don't tempt pixies, it never ends well.
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Quoth YumeIshimaru View Post1. The fact that my oldest nephew had little to no knowledge about the second generation of pokemon and asked me what each and every pokemon was in a box that was dedicated to second generation pokemon.
3. Mentioning an older anime to some of my younger friends and having them stare at me like I've grown a third head as I attempt to explain the plot.
Quoth cashierbex View PostI will sense in the future when The Florida Marlins is gonna be only in the memory of few. Come back black and teal
Quoth BeenThereDoneThat View PostGuess someday I should look into the reason behind the name change...
The other would be branding, as they are clearly trying to appeal to the Miami crowd, as opposed to just South Florida in general. They went out of their way this offseason to acquire the best Latino players, and are clearly making a concerted effort to appeal to the Miami Latin community. Should be interesting to see if that idea works or not.
"The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is Still A Customer."
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