How Old Are You?

This thread is fun!

susanm9006 said:

If you were watching Lone Ranger you were probably also watching Sky King. I so wanted to be Penny

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And Rin Tin Tin and Clint Walker in Cheyenne.

I'm listening to stories like Dragnet, Suspense, The Lone Ranger, and Mr. & Mrs. North on the radio old. The first time saddle oxfords came round. Shoes dyed to match party dresses. Home permanents that never looked like the box. Cars with wild tail fins. Burma Shave signs. Howard Johnson restaurants, along with Stuckey's. Roller skates that clamped onto your shoes. A milkman who come in and put your milk and other dairy products right into the refrigerator. Door-to-door shetland pony photos with you dressed up in western clothes. Molded Jell-O. No jet planes. Tiddley Winks. Learning to write with a fountain pen. News reels and serials at the movies. Hand-pumped water wells. Ding Dong School. Queen for a Day, first on radio, then on TV. Ed Sullivan. Bing Crosby. Lawrence Welk. Nehru jackets. Penny loafers. Fancy hats on Easter. Nineteen cent a gallon gas, with your oil and tires checked free. Trading stamps such as S & H Green Stamps and Black Gold you could redeem for merchandise. Air raid drills. World War II, the Korean War, Viet Nam, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan. Bra burning. Chemise dresses. The Hokey Pokey.

I'm older than dirt or the stone @1 bruce 1 used.

Norachan said:

Rubik's Cube

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I remember Rubik's Cube, I never could solve it. I don't remember scented erasers, but I remember scented stickers and sparkly refillable pencils, roller skating, drive-in movies, candy cigarettes, Little House on the Prairie, Babysitters Club books, metal lunchboxes with cartoon characters.

I am sony walkman , atari, brick cell phone, MTV era, body suit, neon colours and shoulder pads lol. Also watched Young Talent Time, inspector gadget, Garfield, bugs bunny , astro boy, macguyver, gumbie , knight rider, doogie howser, M.A.S.H and Gilligan island lmao. Roller blades were cool, and the apple macintosh existed same with the good ole Cd players lol

I am CDs competing with cassettes, VHS way better than LaserDisc, physical books literally the only way to read, Genesis does what Nintendon't, Disney Renaissance old.

Does anyone remember ICQ chat software ? When you logged on, it made that bloody horn sound, would scare the crap out of me every time i logged on cause the PC speaker would be on high volume.

it was fun rolling the cassette tapes with a pen when it would get jammed in the cassette player. I used to wake up at 5 am to set up my cassette player connected to the TV to record music from Rage. So i would wait and wait till the song came up and be there to push the play and record button at the same time to record my favorite song LOL

Tobermorey said:

And Rin Tin Tin and Clint Walker in Cheyenne.

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I remember everything so I guess that makes me older than dirt.
Yeah, I used to have a crush on Clint Walker and Hugh O'Brien from Wyatt Earp.

i forgot i watched Lassie too and skippy LOL

Leomc123 said:

it was fun rolling the cassette tapes with a pen when it would get jammed in the cassette player. I used to wake up at 5 am to set up my cassette player connected to the TV to record music from Rage. So i would wait and wait till the song came up and be there to push the play and record button at the same time to record my favorite song LOL

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I had to explain to someone younger than me how Dad used to have to splice movies when the tape snapped. They couldn't fathom it

I am older than dirt, I am so old I am BC, before cellphones!

yep my dad did the same thing lol and i loved the sound when your listening to your favorite song on a walkman, and the battery is dieing, and the music gets slower and their voices get deeper LOL and then it jamms with the "scrabbling sound "

I am black-and-white tv old.

I am "able to walk down to the corner grocery for a quart of milk for my mom" old. In today's world nobody in their right mind would let a child walk to the corner grocery by herself.

just a few minutes ago i was saying that to my mum, that when i was young we didnt have to worry about anything only getting hit by a car if we were playing near the streets. Now in the life we are living, you walk in the streets, but you cannot say anything or look at someone in a wrong way cause you could up getting killed, or if you are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time you get killed by a terrorist, and by terrorist i mean anyone of any nationality and any race and religion, if you look at the world today nearly all the countries in the world have a reason to hate one another, because no one knows who is really causing it all. You have shootings in schools, churches, streets , cinemas, concert bombings, event car or truck mowing people down, or going shopping people mow you down on footpaths, bombings , suicide bombings, suicide pilots , killings , hostage situations, planes crashing into buildings and towers, mountains, war in all countries and riots retaliations, extremists and the list goes on. The world has literally gone mad and people are more vigilant and observant. Then you have those who go on a drunk and drug fueled rampages or mixed with mental illness, were people get one punched in the head and they are dead on the street or they simply go crazy attacking random people in the street. You have to think twice if you should go to places and at certain times of the year.

I remember listening to reports of the fighting in Korea on the radio, because we didn't get our first TV, a second-hand set, until '53 or '54. We also listened to The Shadow, a definitely non-PC Amos 'n Andy, and a bunch of others whose titles escape me. Yes, things were different then, in some ways better, in others not so much.

muffy said:

I remember everything so I guess that makes me older than dirt.
Yeah, I used to have a crush on Clint Walker and Hugh O'Brien from Wyatt Earp.

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“Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp,
Brave courageous and bold.
Long live his fame and long live his glory
and long may his story be told.”

After reading the "older than dirt" post above, I see that not only am I older than dirt, but out of touch as well. They don't have home economics class in school anymore? I didn't know that!

I am black and white TV in a wooden cabinet old.

weebeasties said:

They don't have home economics class in school anymore?

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They did in the early 90s. We got 10 weeks each of sewing, cooking, typing, and shop class. Though 10 weeks wasn't really long enough to master any of those things.