showing your age...

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Originally Posted by Willow Oak

Uh oh. I'll just bet there is no one who remembers having to get off the couch, walk across the room, and turn the knob in order to change channels.

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That's what I have to do now, although not to change channels - but volume, on/off and everything else. :( I need a new TV!!

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I think kids should have a mandatory course in basic typing in elementary school now. They start out so early on the computer that they should be taught the proper way to navigate a keyboard.
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Kids today can type faster on a phone keypad, with their thumbs, than
most could do with 10 fingers on a standard typewriter. Times are a changing.

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Originally Posted by kokopup

post by Pomtzu


Kids today can type faster on a phone keypad, with their thumbs, than
most could do with 10 fingers on a standard typewriter. Times are a changing.

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:D :D You've got that right, but darned if I can. I watch my grandkids in amazement while they're texting! :eek:

This thread is cracking me up!!
We have a typewriter here in the office and one time I was using it a younger co-worker walked by and said "you know how to use that thing?". I about died.

Several years ago when I was working in child care we had a record playing during nap time. I asked one of the college students, who was working for his hours, to restart the record. He looked at me like this :confused: and said I don't know how. :eek:

Remember when drug stores were drug stores, and not mini Walmarts? And of course every one had a soda fountain where you could sit down at the counter and get sodas, shakes and sundaes.

I remember the first of the fast food burger joints where I lived, before the onslaught of McDonalds and the rest. Burgers were 15 cents or 10 for $1.00 - and they were good - not like what is typical now.

:) You watch == The Speed of Texting will be in the Olympics..:D

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Originally Posted by pomtzu

:D :D You've got that right, but darned if I can. I watch my grandkids in amazement while they're texting! :eek:

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Great thread....

Not to add to the pile but....
Who had a Polaroid camera?

:) Hey I have a 1950/1960? model.. The camera & lens comes out of the case like a acordian.. I also still have a 70's model that works..:D

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Great thread....

Not to add to the pile but....
Who had a Polaroid camera?

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Originally Posted by beeniesmom

Great thread....

Not to add to the pile but....
Who had a Polaroid camera?

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ME!!! I had one of the more expensive ones that my Dad gave me. I still have it - maybe I can sell it to a museum some day. I don't think there is even film available for them anymore - not that anyone would want it anyway. :eek:

I have a lot of dogs and cats. I have a nice bed, and I have a vague recollection of sleeping in that bed and not on the floor.

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Originally Posted by beeniesmom

Great thread....

Not to add to the pile but....
Who had a Polaroid camera?

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I did. Just got rid of it a few years ago.

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Remember when drug stores were drug stores, and not mini Walmarts? And of course every one had a soda fountain where you could sit down at the counter and get sodas, shakes and sundaes.

I remember the first of the fast food burger joints where I lived, before the onslaught of McDonalds and the rest. Burgers were 15 cents or 10 for $1.00 - and they were good - not like what is typical now.

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We had one here in Canal Fulton until just a few years ago. The same counter w/stools, etc., real ice cream, too. They sold it, though, and now it's a Thai restaurant. :rolleyes:

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I remember my Dad buying cigarettes at $2.00 per carton.

And I remember the 3 cent stamp. And if you didn't seal the envelope and just tucked the flap in, you could mail it for 2 cents. I only remember that on Christmas cards tho, so that might have been the only time you could do that.

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I remember these prices, also. And gas for 25¢/gallon.

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Originally Posted by pomtzu

And I remember the party line phones too. You were considered somewhat well off if you had a private line. I remember thinking we were really something when we went from a 2 party to a private line.
This is scary - but I remember the old phone number. That's when you had to talk to an operator - there were no dials or dial tones. Bayview1225W. Guess I must have spent more time on the phone than I remember, if I can remember the number after all these years. :eek:

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Ours was Hillsgrove1147R - yikes!! You are taking me way too far back, Ellie!!!

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Ah yes - Newport Creamery - the hangout after the Friday or Saturday night date!
I miss Rocky Point and the clam cakes and chowder at the shore dinner hall. I have the original recipe for their clam cakes, and I've made them a few times. They're awesome.

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Have you seen the movie about Rocky Point - You Have To Be This Tall? I saw it when I visited my brother in East Greenwich a few years ago. Boy, the memories it brought back. It's available on DVD now.