I am so old

[chezhed]

I am OLD

I remember the year Green Bay Packers did not win a game.
I remember when the Edsel came out.
I remember coming in from recess and asking why the girls were all crying and being sent home because JFK was shot.
I remember Colored bathrooms and drinking fountains.
I remember green Johnson outboard motors and Cypress Garden square end water skis.
I remember when Honda's biggest motorcycle was a 90.
I remember having Hank Aaron's rookie baseball card.
I remember Corvairs.

I can't remember what I had for supper last night......

 

[GrogNerd]

I also learned programming (Fortran & COBOL) on punched-card machines. had to flowchart & pseudocode the programs first

we had 8 punch machines and 3 terminals for 18 students, so there was no way they were going to allow you to type in the entire program at the terminal. you put your stack of cards into the hopper, it read them one-by-one, then sent the program to be batch processed on the IBM mainframe at the government center

I'm so old I remember when the drinking age in the Commonwealth was 18 for on-sale beer, 19 for off-sale beer and 21 for wine & liquor

I'm so old my first drivers license was Virginia's 2-parter. one you filled out, the other was printed on the dot-matrix at the DMV. if the info on both parts didn't match, it was invalid. I wrote my correct SSN, started with 228, but they printed it as 223, so my license was invalid. I had my VA license revoked, so when I applied for one in GA, I gave them my correct Social & there was no record of any license in any state with that number. so I got a Georgia licence

 

[harleybug88]

My first car, (ride) Circa 1974, was a 1962 VW Bus ( camper deluxe special ) with skylights, sunroof, table and bench's that folded in to a bed. Tricked out with an 8 track stereo with drive-in speakers.

Man, I wish I still had that van.

What fun I had.

I remember going to the drive-in movies too, so I guess that makes me old.

 

[GHBWNY]

My first car, (ride) Circa 1974, was a 1962 VW Bus ( camper deluxe special ) with skylights, sunroof, table and bench's that folded in to a bed. Tricked out with an 8 track stereo with drive-in speakers.

Man, I wish I still had that van.

What fun I had.

I remember going to the drive-in movies too, so I guess that makes me old.

We still have a Drive-In near us that I went to as a kid. Now our kids are taking their kids to it. It packs them in every night during the summer. AND first run movies!

Talk about cars we wish we still had, my first was a '57 Chevy 4-door sedan. An old guy in town had it in his garage. He had just 'upgraded' to a '62 Chevy. I asked him if he wanted to sell the '57. He said, "Sure." I asked how much. He said, "Oh, how about fifty bucks?" Woh!

 

[MaddBaggins]

When I was in the Navy, I programmed the ballistic computer using octal code.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

When I was in the Navy, I programmed the ballistic computer using octal code.

when I wasn't in the navy, we programed our cannons with a fuse.

 

[MaddBaggins]

when I wasn't in the navy, we programed our cannons with a fuse.

Billy???

 

[GrogNerd]

When I was in the Navy, I programmed the ballistic computer using octal code.

when I was in the Navy, M1 was diagnostics on the UYK-20, reading the register/data lights in octal

first light was read by itself, but the other 15 lights were read in 5 sets of 3, each set representing 0-7

whoever had this one cheated with the tape between the sets

 

[MaddBaggins]

when I was in the Navy, M1 was diagnostics on the UYK-20, reading the register/data lights in octal

first light was read by itself, but the other 15 lights were read in 5 sets of 3, each set representing 0-7

whoever had this one cheated with the tape between the sets

MK52 then AN UYK7. MK86 GFCS on a Spru Can



Sent from my magic box, using only my thumbs.

 

[ChefRex]

I remember Lucky with the little puzzles under the bottle cap. Mrs. Betcher used to bring me one after I mowed her yard. My cousin from the Portland, OR, area favored Rainier but I didn't see it in the stores much here in No. Cal.

Mrs. Betcher was a cougar, she just thought she couldn't get away with it, or did she?

 

[MaxStout]

Mrs. Betcher was a cougar, she just thought she couldn't get away with it, or did she?

Go on...

 

[Hamaki]

Mrs. Betcher was a cougar, she just thought she couldn't get away with it, or did she?

Gnaw, Mrs. Betcher was no cougar. This was a long time ago; they didn't exist then. She was in her 70s or 80s and I was probably 22. She lived next door to a friend of mine who was in Haiti for several months and I house sat.

 

[GHBWNY]

I'm so old, I can remember...

when the Bills had a winning season.

 

[harleybug88]

I'm so old, my farts smell like moth-balls.

 

[Jacob_Marley]

I'm so old they've cancelled my blood type.
~Bob Hope

 

[unionrdr]

I'm so old, I sound like rice crispies everytime I move! Snap, crackle & pop!

 

[MaxStout]

I'm so old I suffer from CRS. Can't Remember Shiat.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

word.

 

[ubnserved]

Gnaw, Mrs. Betcher was no cougar. This was a long time ago; they didn't exist then. She was in her 70s or 80s and I was probably 22. She lived next door to a friend of mine who was in Haiti for several months and I house sat.

I noticed that you used the word gnaw instead of naw. Makes us all wonder. ...

 

[GHBWNY]

I'm so old, I can't remember why I'm on this thread.

Or why I'm on this thread.

 

[Hamaki]

I noticed that you used the word gnaw instead of naw. Makes us all wonder. ...

Did use of the word "gnaw" trigger disturbing mental images? Certainly that was not my intent. :rockin:

 

[ubnserved]

Did use of the word "gnaw" trigger disturbing mental images? Certainly that was not my intent. :rockin:

Lol. Just reminded me that I need me some grilled cheese sammich!

 

[unionrdr]

I'm so old my programming knowledge is from the golden age of computers.
I'm so old staying up late working on this thing makes me feel like Bill the cat looks...burnttoastedwastedfried...

 

[Homercidal]

i'm so old my programming knowledge is from the golden age of computers.
I'm so old staying up late working on this thing makes me feel like bill the cat looks...burnttoastedwastedfried...:d

aack!!

 

[MaddBaggins]

I'm so old my programming knowledge is from the golden age of computers.
I'm so old staying up late working on this thing makes me feel like Bill the cat looks...burnttoastedwastedfried...

I used to love Bloom County.

 

[GrogNerd]

I used to love Bloom County.

Bloom County, Calvin & Hobbes and The Far Side

 

[flars]

I am so old I remember when there was only one size Baby Ruth, and it was a quarter pound.

 

[masonsjax]

I remember when Joe Piscopo was funny.
I remember when the 7 words you can never say on television could never be said on television.
I remember lawn darts.
Kathleen Turner was hot.
Some folks thought Ted Danson was a stud!
TV would get fuzzy if you moved the tin foil the wrong way.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I remember when the Russians were the enemy, Iran was our friend, anything made in China or Japan was of inferior quality, A burger, fries & a coke was only $1, Drive-in movies were common, as were drive-in restaurants and you could smoke just about anywhere.
Regards, GF.

 

[Melana]

anything made in China was of inferior quality
Regards, GF.

Still is.