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You’re How Old?! 😆

wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:20:53 GMT

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Q4u — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:33:07 GMT

That's so funny! I remember being in 4th grade and the teacher was talking about the future and she was convinced that we would one day see telephones with the capability of showing a moving picture of the two people talking to each other..... the first thing I thought of was "Wow... I don't like the sound of that!" LOL.... and here we are and I don't like Face Time!! LOL!

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reiki604 — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:38:16 GMT

I'm glad I was young and stupid before there was an internet!

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50Mickey — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:38:28 GMT

I'm so old that I remember getting up on Saturday mornings and watching the test pattern until Howdy Doody came on. We only had 2 TV stations at the time.

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Caligurll — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:41:53 GMT

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hckynut — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:49:16 GMT

Count me in as old. We didn't even have a telephone for years. Then we had a "party line" and could talk only 40 minutes per month(that was all my mom could afford).

First TV screen was 2" and it was an RCA.

I love technology, but cell phones? I liked them when they were used only to talk. Now? There will be an overload of patients for Orthopedic Doctors because of "neck pains"! Ever see many 24/7 users looking ahead?

hckynut 🏒

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hckynut — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:51:17 GMT

@Caligurll

Then there is us born in the 1930's! YIKES!!

hckynut 🏒

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ECBG — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:56:51 GMT

@Q4u wrote:
That's so funny! I remember being in 4th grade and the teacher was talking about the future and she was convinced that we would one day see telephones with the capability of showing a moving picture of the two people talking to each other..... the first thing I thought of was "Wow... I don't like the sound of that!" LOL.... and here we are and I don't like Face Time!! LOL!

@Q4u I remember seeing things on the Jetson cartoons when our sons were small! Now we have microwaves. No programable maids though!!!

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Mz iMac — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:06:53 GMT

I'm so old, I remember EVERYTHING mentioned in this thread!

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ALRATIBA — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:09:31 GMT

@hckynut

And, don't forget about us "youngsters" born in the 1940s!

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@hckynut wrote:

@Caligurll

Then there is us born in the 1930's! YIKES!!

hckynut 🏒

@hckynut wrote:

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wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:11:54 GMT

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wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:13:04 GMT

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elizabethl123 — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:13:29 GMT

IM SO OLD I REMEMBER MY DAD PUT A PHONE IN WHY LOL NO ONE WE KNEW HAD A PHONE AND IF ANYONE WANTED TO MAKE A CALL HE CHARGED THEM 10 CENTS IM 91 SO THATS OLD

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Silver Lining — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:57:36 GMT

@reiki604 wrote:
I'm glad I was young and stupid before there was an internet!

Me, too.

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Zhills — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:14:13 GMT

"Hello - Duffy's Tavern where the elite meet to eat, Archie the manager speakin', Duffy ain't here. – Oh, hello Duffy."

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50Mickey — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:24:30 GMT

And the wax lips and vampire teeth that came out around Halloween. Also the blue bubble gum balls called sputniks that came out after the Soviets launched the first satellites.

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50Mickey — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:27:25 GMT

In the "olden days" we collected empty coke bottles and walked to the small mom and pop store to turn them in for money so that we could buy candy.

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PA Mom-mom — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:36:23 GMT

@wilma Our phone was in the downstairs hallway. Important phone numbers were written on the wall. Every time we painted, we had to re-copy the phone numbers. The phone book was stuck in the banister going upstairs. When I wanted to talk to my friends, I would stretch the phone cord so I could go inside the cellar door and sit on the top step. Our party line included one world class gossip.

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ScarletDove — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:37:25 GMT

And here are a couple more...

I remember when the test pattern came on TV at midnight!

I remember when stores closed at 5pm, and no stores open

on Sunday due to blue laws!

I remember when our phone had a party line!

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haddon9 — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:40:16 GMT

I can remember waiting until 11 pm to get better long distance rates.