Ya Know You're Old When....

[DesertPirate]

I used one at my first job.

You are the only person that remembers rotary phones. (I still have one in my kitchen, working).

My Mom has two in use now

I also remember phone #s with letters

Remember when a local call only required the last 4 numbers?

 

[Misty_Morning]

what did i win huh huh

A hewlett packard 32S rpn calculator.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Punch cards.

Not me. I'm only 32.

I do remember NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS, and PBS being the only available channels though, with the dial on the TV and everything.

 

[LoquaciousLady]

Remember when a local call only required the last 4 numbers?

If you live in a small enough town that's still all you have to memorize even though you have to dial the whole thing. My kids were shocked when they learned that not everybody in the world has the same 3 digit prefix on their phone number.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

You know you are old when you turn down going to the gogo with your friends bar so that you can go home and sleep instead.

 

[feeeriek]

A hewlett packard 32S rpn calculator.

i was already old when that came out

 

[TheeGoatPig]

You remember when toys didn't talk unless you made the words that they said.

 

[SlickTony]

I used one at my first job.

You are the only person that remembers rotary phones. (I still have one in my kitchen, working).

Oh, hell, Thee, I remember rotary phones. It took forfrickin'EVER for my folks to get rid of theirs.

And I remember life before Call Waiting. In particular, I remember trying for HOURS to get in touch with them and could not, because my youngest sister had taken the (only!) phone into the bathroom so she could have a private conversation. I ended up calling the neighbors and asking them to step across the street and tell my folks to call me.

And when we had to move from Baton Rouge, LA to Vidalia, LA, and I was getting my phone services transferred, I was appalled to find out that they didn't have Call Waiting in Concordia Parish. "But...but I have a teenage daughter! I HAVE to have Call Waiting!"

 

[Misty_Morning]

i was already old when that came out

Ok....how bout an abacus made of fishbones and bamboo?

 

[_Lynn_]

phone numbers started with letters

I remember having a party line.......

 

[feeeriek]

Ok....how bout an abacus made of fishbones and bamboo?

though aparently others are way older and should get such gifts

 

[Misty_Morning]

I remember having a party line.......

I remember party lines and being able to dial the last 4 digits.....who else said that? Glad I wasn't the first to say it.

 

[Misty_Morning]

though aparently others are way older and should get such gifts

But they are not willing to admit it.....thus you still have first prize!

 

[SlickTony]

I remember having a party line.......

Either you're older than me or you lived in a smaller town than the ones I lived in. I'd HEARD of party lines, but was not old enough to talk on the phone when they still existed.

 

[_Lynn_]

Either you're older than me or you lived in a smaller town than the ones I lived in. I'd HEARD of party lines, but was not old enough to talk on the phone when they still existed.

Ii was obviously a small town.....I can't be older

 

[SlickTony]

Ii was obviously a small town.....I can't be older

Oh, c'mon, how old do you think I am?

 

[feeeriek]

But they are not willing to admit it.....thus you still have first prize!

wusses and thank you for not giving me a slide rule never could understand how to work one of those

 

[TxRad]

How about an HP 15c calculator

A&W root beer stands. I was the first male carhop in my state.

19 cent gas

one tv station and it was black and white only

Black and white tv period.

70 mph speed limits the first time around

when Disneyland in California was all there was

penny candy

fireballs

the list goes on and on

 

[_Lynn_]

Oh, c'mon, how old do you think I am?

I have no idea, honestly, but I'm 52.......I don't mind admitting my age.

 

[Misty_Morning]

Oh, c'mon, how old do you think I am?

In defense of ST...I had friends with part lines as late as 1982. It was an economical alterantive.


MMmmmmm....1982 wasn't THAT long ago...

 

[DesertPirate]

Oh, c'mon, how old do you think I am?

I can't say anything about Lynn but I'll admit to 51

I think I have you, graduated High School in 74

 

[SlickTony]

I can't say anything about Lynn but I'll admit to 51

I think I have you, graduated High School in 74

No, '74 would be the year my daughter was born. I graduated high school in '69.

 

[TxRad]

McDonald's hamburger 10 cents

Cheeseburger 15 cents

frys 10 cents

nickel cokes from a machine you had to press the handle to dispense

25 cent haircuts

 

[DesertPirate]

How about an HP 15c calculator

A&W root beer stands. I was the first male carhop in my state.

19 cent gas

one tv station and it was black and white only

Black and white tv period.

70 mph speed limits the first time around

when Disneyland in California was all there was

penny candy

fireballs

the list goes on and on

Tx, I had an HP 10B
Remember all of the above and even 16 cent gas during a gas war!
I bet Feee, Lynn, you and I are the only ones who remember gas wars

 

[_Lynn_]

How about an HP 15c calculator

A&W root beer stands. I was the first male carhop in my state.

19 cent gas

one tv station and it was black and white only

Black and white tv period.

70 mph speed limits the first time around

when Disneyland in California was all there was

penny candy

fireballs

the list goes on and on

I remember my parents getting that black and white TV and the grainy picture with big rabbit ears.....adding aluminum foil to the tips to get better reception.

I also remember when not a single store was open on Sunday and you 'rested' that day.

Going to a friend's house, standing by the door, and 'calling' them out to play.