For those of us closing in on the big three oh

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  • Reply 41 of 49
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    [quote]Originally posted by murbot:

    <strong>Dude, my first year of college, I bought a ****ING TYPEWRITER for reports.



    Do you hear what the **** I'm saying? A typewriter!!



    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Pssh. You're 28. That means we're talking about 92/93 here. That is like yesterday.



    1992: That was when everyone was 90lbs and football was fun. After that my teammates got big and I stayed skinny. It was also the year when FD3S's started selling, which is a big thing for us FD owners. Some of them caught on fire though. (Bill Gates's FD caught on fire.) They fixed that problem for the 94 model. Also the year my dad finally broke down and got rid of the 256k terminal in the basement and bought a mac.
  • Reply 42 of 49
    tulkastulkas Posts: 3,757member
    -Vic20 and Commadore64.

    -External tape drives on the computers at school..you actually had to fast forward/rewind to the section you wanted and hit play.
  • Reply 43 of 49
    the milkmanthe milkman Posts: 94member
    Forgot where I got this from, but this always brings back fond memories....







    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 44 of 49
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    30? Still a little ways off for me. I'm only 28 now, so I've got eight years left to go.



    BTW, if you're having a problem with my math, you haven't yet considered the advantages of tracking your age in hexadecimal
  • Reply 45 of 49
    lucys_triplucys_trip Posts: 52member
    [quote]Originally posted by The Milkman:

    <strong>Forgot where I got this from, but this always brings back fond memories....







    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Art Bell Website. That's where I saw it at least. I would post a link but since Art retired his site has been no more.
  • Reply 46 of 49
    jimmacjimmac Posts: 11,898member
    Ok, I remember polio vaccinations ( one of my friends is in a wheel chair since grade school ).



    I remember when the Soviet Union said " we will bury you ". And yes in grade school I had to practice duck and cover.



    I remember Kennedy getting shot.



    I remember us landing on the moon.



    I remember the Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, And Star Trek during their original run.



    I even remember Howdy Duty ( although I was very young ).



    I remember Mini Skirts, Bell bottoms, hot pants, wide lapels and ties.



    I remember when the first head shop opened in my town.



    I remember when there was only one kind of coke.



    I don't have my Atari 64 ST anymore. Although later on it was fun to get drunk and watch the primative graphics.



    I remember the nightly news about Viet Nam. I remember Nixon resigning.



    I remember recording the sound of a Star Trek episode because the VCR didn't exist.



    I remember when the idea of a beautiful woman was to be as skinny as possible.



    I also remember a lot of the stuff you guys do I was just older at the time.



    My advice is to enjoy life now. 1993 ( my first Mac an LC III that year ) and my 40th birthday doesn't seem so long ago.



    [ 01-25-2003: Message edited by: jimmac ]</p>
  • Reply 47 of 49
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    The first thing I thought when I read that was "what do you mean Atari 2600?!"



    Hell, I spent hours on my friend's Atari 400. And that was after I'd already gotten hooked on Space Invaders in the arcade.







    My first computer was the then-brand-new Timex Sinclair 1000. Oh yeah, baby.



  • Reply 48 of 49
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    I still play my Coleco Vision sometimes... even have the big handheld controller for Baseball.



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