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Posted: 7/23/2014 9:39:35 PM EDT
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I'll tell you what I miss. Leaving the house at 8am on the bike, and riding to your buddies house to see if he can ride around and get into shit with you. If he isn't around, you ride to your second choice. Then your third. I miss when we all got together and were up to no good...which was nearly always. Swimming in a private lake. Throwing rocks at the "rail police." Using CrossMan WristRockets to shoot paint balls at each other. Using Crosman 760's with a "3 pump rule" (lol) to play BB wars. "Just be home by dark, or call." "Hey mom, we're staying at Jason's house tonight. I'll ride home in the morning." lol How old are you? This is my exact child hood and it was epic!!! I was born in 1978. |
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Posted: 7/23/2014 9:50:37 PM EDT
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How old are you? This is my exact child hood and it was epic!!! I was born in 1978. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'll tell you what I miss. Leaving the house at 8am on the bike, and riding to your buddies house to see if he can ride around and get into shit with you. If he isn't around, you ride to your second choice. Then your third. I miss when we all got together and were up to no good...which was nearly always. Swimming in a private lake. Throwing rocks at the "rail police." Using CrossMan WristRockets to shoot paint balls at each other. Using Crosman 760's with a "3 pump rule" (lol) to play BB wars. "Just be home by dark, or call." "Hey mom, we're staying at Jason's house tonight. I'll ride home in the morning." lol How old are you? This is my exact child hood and it was epic!!! I was born in 1978. Similar here. This is now the 70's babies / 40yr olds thread 
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Posted: 7/23/2014 10:19:57 PM EDT
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I'm well over half a century old, and don't miss the pre-internet/pre-cell days at all. If modern technology bothers you - You're doing it wrong. I like the technology itself, but I damned sure miss pre-internet people. The anonymity with which people interact on the web is one of the worst things to happen to society in generations. Furthermore all the wrong people make up the bulk of online social activity and therefore are the largest influence on everything from the way people behave to who retailers and manufacturers think their target consumers might be. Look at the way adults act these days. If not for the differences of opinions, people at this site sound exactly like the fucksticks at DU. Everything from our attitudes to the terms we use - with the exception of fuckstick - are the same as those idiots, because we're all mimicking the "standards" set by a million internet dwelling keypad punching 16 year olds. |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 12:40:50 AM EDT
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I remember it well. I remember when a long - distance call was a big deal. I remember how cool I thought it was when I was given a pager at work. Though I soon learned to hate the fucking thing. Not a luddite by any means, but yeah.. we got along fine with libraries and phone books. Had a Pager & my trucking broker would page me..... By the time I could find a place to park the truck with a pay phone, someone else took the load.... One extra load a month paid the cell phone bill for a month.... Anymore than that was pure profit......... |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 2:50:44 AM EDT
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Got a cite for that? Even if a military member has no personal cell phone? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I remember in about 2002, a co-worker was foolish enough to give the bosses her cell number, and they burned the lines up, calling her, nagging her to come it to work non-mandatory extra hours. She said they "guilted" her into giving them the number and now she couldn't shut them up. She told me she wanted to "take back" the number she gave them, so they would leave her in peace during her time off. This was a job that had no required or mandatory overtime, but the bosses were always desperate for us to do it and they would suck us dry 24/7 if we'd let them. Actually I was burned out on overtime from a previous job, so made it clear I wasn't going to do much of it with this job. (They understood this before they hired me.) I felt a certain defiant glee at never letting the bosses know that I had a cell phone. (If they'd asked, I wouldn't have given them the number. Even if they'd had the number, good luck with them actually reaching me with it in time, because I rarely left it on.) I still don't give my cell number to everyone. Trusted friends, yes. People who only call when they want to nag me to do something for them, no. .mil you have to. Recall rosters are a bitch! Got a cite for that? Even if a military member has no personal cell phone? When my ex was in the marine corp we had to stay home and sit by the phone sometimes. At least now you can carry your phone with you while you do stuff. I don't see how people can spin that as not an improvement? I can see who's calling and choose not to answer it if I want to. It interesting that the OP is on the web, talking to virtual people, instead of at friends houses like everyone is waxing nostalgic over. I mean, it's not like they are mutually exclusive activities. Does he even see he irony in his post? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 4:37:25 AM EDT
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I like the technology itself, but I damned sure miss pre-internet people. The anonymity with which people interact on the web is one of the worst things to happen to society in generations. Furthermore all the wrong people make up the bulk of online social activity and therefore are the largest influence on everything from the way people behave to who retailers and manufacturers think their target consumers might be. Look at the way adults act these days. If not for the differences of opinions, people at this site sound exactly like the fucksticks at DU. Everything from our attitudes to the terms we use - with the exception of fuckstick - are the same as those idiots, because we're all mimicking the "standards" set by a million internet dwelling keypad punching 16 year olds. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm well over half a century old, and don't miss the pre-internet/pre-cell days at all. If modern technology bothers you - You're doing it wrong. I like the technology itself, but I damned sure miss pre-internet people. The anonymity with which people interact on the web is one of the worst things to happen to society in generations. Furthermore all the wrong people make up the bulk of online social activity and therefore are the largest influence on everything from the way people behave to who retailers and manufacturers think their target consumers might be. Look at the way adults act these days. If not for the differences of opinions, people at this site sound exactly like the fucksticks at DU. Everything from our attitudes to the terms we use - with the exception of fuckstick - are the same as those idiots, because we're all mimicking the "standards" set by a million internet dwelling keypad punching 16 year olds. I think it just seems that way because we (yes arfcom) participate in social media. Most people I know go to zero discussion forums. Facebook and maybe news websites are their only interaction with web people. I know a lot of folks involved in various hobbies (motorcycles, bee keeping, home repair, gardening ect) that could gleen so much info from discussion forums but don't really know what they are or seem interested. When they do go its to a "website" not a discussion forum. At least that's what I see. I think people are blaming certain negative traits of modern life and people on the web when there are other factors that account for those things. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 4:40:27 AM EDT
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Similar here. This is now the 70's babies / 40yr olds thread Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'll tell you what I miss. Leaving the house at 8am on the bike, and riding to your buddies house to see if he can ride around and get into shit with you. If he isn't around, you ride to your second choice. Then your third. I miss when we all got together and were up to no good...which was nearly always. Swimming in a private lake. Throwing rocks at the "rail police." Using CrossMan WristRockets to shoot paint balls at each other. Using Crosman 760's with a "3 pump rule" (lol) to play BB wars. "Just be home by dark, or call." "Hey mom, we're staying at Jason's house tonight. I'll ride home in the morning." lol How old are you? This is my exact child hood and it was epic!!! I was born in 1978. Similar here. This is now the 70's babies / 40yr olds thread I was born in '81 |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 4:42:54 AM EDT
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Because writing a check and putting a stamp on an envelope is hard or time consuming? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That would be so awesome except for paying bills, conducting banking, managing my house/alarm/surveillance while away, checking the weather, business and personal communication, shopping, movies/music, mapping/navigation, researching anything, and a few other things. all of which we managed to do/do without in the before time I'm just not interested in wasting the kind of time it takes the old way. I turn the phone off if I need a break (or just don't answer it) but the idea that I would actually waste more than a couple minutes to pay some bills and do some banking is crazy to me. Because writing a check and putting a stamp on an envelope is hard or time consuming? I'm with you there. I am amazed at how many people in their 20's can forget to pay their bills or credit cards on time. They need an app to text them reminders for everything. I do hate smartphones because they eliminate any quality family time or chance for conversation when I see people together. 
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Posted: 7/24/2014 4:45:31 AM EDT
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I was born in '81 
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Posted: 7/24/2014 4:50:04 AM EDT
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When we had no internet or cell phones? I miss those days sometimes. Oh and I'm only 42 years old. Luddite |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 4:52:12 AM EDT
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I was born in '81 I wrote my little rant about the good old days, because I'm not sure that the world is any more dangerous now than it was then for kids. I think modern tech and 24 hour news cycles have moms and dads everywhere scared shitless to let their kids disappear for 12 hours like that. |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 4:55:04 AM EDT
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My Kidd 14 and 16 are here for the summer and haven't taken their phones out of their face yet! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I feel the same way. Contemplate reverting back to a generic nothing phone almost every day. My oldest kid doesn't understand what the big deal is. But it seems like everyone is just stuck with a phone in their face 24/7 now days. True human interaction is fading. I told her that when she has kids, by the time they are grown they'll probably have implant phones and video, and be talking and watching stuff all in their heads, while staring off into space. ETA: I'm just about to turn 40 My Kidd 14 and 16 are here for the summer and haven't taken their phones out of their face yet! that is because you are a bad father and poor role model. |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 5:41:38 AM EDT
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that is because you are a bad father and poor role model. 
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Posted: 7/24/2014 6:17:10 AM EDT
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When my ex was in the marine corp we had to stay home and sit by the phone sometimes. At least now you can carry your phone with you while you do stuff. I don't see how people can spin that as not an improvement? I can see who's calling and choose not to answer it if I want to. It interesting that the OP is on the web, talking to virtual people, instead of at friends houses like everyone is waxing nostalgic over. I mean, it's not like they are mutually exclusive activities. Does he even see he irony in his post? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I remember in about 2002, a co-worker was foolish enough to give the bosses her cell number, and they burned the lines up, calling her, nagging her to come it to work non-mandatory extra hours. She said they "guilted" her into giving them the number and now she couldn't shut them up. She told me she wanted to "take back" the number she gave them, so they would leave her in peace during her time off. This was a job that had no required or mandatory overtime, but the bosses were always desperate for us to do it and they would suck us dry 24/7 if we'd let them. Actually I was burned out on overtime from a previous job, so made it clear I wasn't going to do much of it with this job. (They understood this before they hired me.) I felt a certain defiant glee at never letting the bosses know that I had a cell phone. (If they'd asked, I wouldn't have given them the number. Even if they'd had the number, good luck with them actually reaching me with it in time, because I rarely left it on.) I still don't give my cell number to everyone. Trusted friends, yes. People who only call when they want to nag me to do something for them, no. .mil you have to. Recall rosters are a bitch! Got a cite for that? Even if a military member has no personal cell phone? When my ex was in the marine corp we had to stay home and sit by the phone sometimes. At least now you can carry your phone with you while you do stuff. I don't see how people can spin that as not an improvement? I can see who's calling and choose not to answer it if I want to. It interesting that the OP is on the web, talking to virtual people, instead of at friends houses like everyone is waxing nostalgic over. I mean, it's not like they are mutually exclusive activities. Does he even see he irony in his post? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yeah but I don't have any friends so I have to hang out in the computer world with you folks. 
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Posted: 7/24/2014 6:19:01 AM EDT
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that is because you are a bad father and poor role model. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I feel the same way. Contemplate reverting back to a generic nothing phone almost every day. My oldest kid doesn't understand what the big deal is. But it seems like everyone is just stuck with a phone in their face 24/7 now days. True human interaction is fading. I told her that when she has kids, by the time they are grown they'll probably have implant phones and video, and be talking and watching stuff all in their heads, while staring off into space. ETA: I'm just about to turn 40 My Kidd 14 and 16 are here for the summer and haven't taken their phones out of their face yet! that is because you are a bad father and poor role model. Yup ya got me there Dr Phil
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Posted: 7/24/2014 6:26:28 AM EDT
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Some people just want to watch the world burn, and still get their porn on VHS...
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Posted: 7/24/2014 6:28:26 AM EDT
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I remember it just fine. It's better now. And you agree with me, or you wouldn't have started this thread.
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Posted: 7/24/2014 6:28:31 AM EDT
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Some people just want to watch the world burn, and still get their porn on VHS... It was better on Beta. 
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Posted: 7/24/2014 6:31:38 AM EDT
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I remember it just fine. It's better now. And you agree with me, or you wouldn't have started this thread. I was kind of talking more about leadership by email stuff. Hey why weren't you at that meeting? What meeting? Didn't you get the email?
And I didn't mind stopping by the bank on Friday to pick up fun tickets for the weekend. Or getting a hard check instead of direct deposit. Or walking in to pay an attendant for my gas or even better full service. |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 7:11:36 AM EDT
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I don't wish the technology away...but I'm also very thankful that it wasn't around when I was growing up.
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Posted: 7/24/2014 7:13:48 AM EDT
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I was kind of talking more about leadership by email stuff. Hey why weren't you at that meeting? What meeting? Didn't you get the email?
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I remember it just fine. It's better now. And you agree with me, or you wouldn't have started this thread. I was kind of talking more about leadership by email stuff. Hey why weren't you at that meeting? What meeting? Didn't you get the email?
And I didn't mind stopping by the bank on Friday to pick up fun tickets for the weekend. Or getting a hard check instead of direct deposit. Or walking in to pay an attendant for my gas or even better full service. Ah, I see where you're coming from. |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 7:31:44 AM EDT
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I'm well over half a century old, and don't miss the pre-internet/pre-cell days at all. If modern technology bothers you - You're doing it wrong. Guess I'm doing it wrong. .No, OP is correct. |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 7:36:16 AM EDT
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Some people just want to watch the world burn, and still get their porn on VHS... It was better on Beta. Magazines still work without electricity, so they should be part of any hurricane survival kit. |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 8:06:50 AM EDT
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Just use my cell for emergency's...text only when getting texted...waste of my time..
Love the internet ...  ... .PRAY for EMP burst......
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Posted: 7/24/2014 8:07:31 AM EDT
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For those of you older than I am (45), what was it like being in the workforce and NOT being expected to be contactable 24/7? My dad occasionally got calls at home from overseas due to projects he was working on, but that was it. Rarely was work brought home (unless maybe you were a teacher). Hours now have gotten much longer now, it seems, even for the average office worker. When I was growing up, the only people I know who regularly worked OT were automotive assembly line workers. And, MarineOrdie, I'm something of a Luddite myself and sometimes miss the old days. I didn't have a computer at home until 2000. I still have a manual typewriter I use frequently.  I still have a typewriter. Don't use it but I won't get rid of it. My kids look at it like they are visiting a museum. Wait til a friend's daughter asks "how many songs you can fit on that big, black CD ??"(vinyl record). Honest-to-God-true story...Girl had no idea of what a vinyl record was and was even more mystified by the record player..... |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 8:11:00 AM EDT
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For those of you older than I am (45), what was it like being in the workforce and NOT being expected to be contactable 24/7? My dad occasionally got calls at home from overseas due to projects he was working on, but that was it. Rarely was work brought home (unless maybe you were a teacher). Hours now have gotten much longer now, it seems, even for the average office worker. When I was growing up, the only people I know who regularly worked OT were automotive assembly line workers. And, MarineOrdie, I'm something of a Luddite myself and sometimes miss the old days. I didn't have a computer at home until 2000. I still have a manual typewriter I use frequently. I still have a typewriter. Don't use it but I won't get rid of it. My kids look at it like they are visiting a museum. Wait til a friend's daughter asks "how many songs you can fit on that big, black CD ??"(vinyl record). Honest-to-God-true story...Girl had no idea of what a vinyl record was and was even more mystified by the record player..... My 1988 Corvette has a tape deck in it. My daughter was like what is that big space for in the radio? Cassette tape. Why would you put tape in your radio?
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Posted: 7/24/2014 8:22:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm with you there. I am amazed at how many people in their 20's can forget to pay their bills or credit cards on time. They need an app to text them reminders for everything. I do hate smartphones because they eliminate any quality family time or chance for conversation when I see people together. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: That would be so awesome except for paying bills, conducting banking, managing my house/alarm/surveillance while away, checking the weather, business and personal communication, shopping, movies/music, mapping/navigation, researching anything, and a few other things. all of which we managed to do/do without in the before time I'm just not interested in wasting the kind of time it takes the old way. I turn the phone off if I need a break (or just don't answer it) but the idea that I would actually waste more than a couple minutes to pay some bills and do some banking is crazy to me. Because writing a check and putting a stamp on an envelope is hard or time consuming? I'm with you there. I am amazed at how many people in their 20's can forget to pay their bills or credit cards on time. They need an app to text them reminders for everything. I do hate smartphones because they eliminate any quality family time or chance for conversation when I see people together. We had a rotary dial phone and b&w tv when I was young but I still prefer paying bills electronically. It's not really a concern about forgetting, it's the convenience. I guess the great thing is people who prefer the paper/stamp/mail way can go ahead and do it that way so everyone should be able to pick a way they prefer. |
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Posted: 7/24/2014 8:39:17 AM EDT
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Without the Internet we would be living under AWB2 at the very least.
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Posted: 7/24/2014 8:59:47 AM EDT
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I remember when we got a VCR with a remote control. It had a 20' cord that streched from the VCR to wherever you were sitting (within 20' of course).
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Posted: 7/24/2014 11:42:15 AM EDT
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For those of you older than I am (45), what was it like being in the workforce and NOT being expected to be contactable 24/7? My dad occasionally got calls at home from overseas due to projects he was working on, but that was it. Rarely was work brought home (unless maybe you were a teacher). Hours now have gotten much longer now, it seems, even for the average office worker. When I was growing up, the only people I know who regularly worked OT were automotive assembly line workers. And, MarineOrdie, I'm something of a Luddite myself and sometimes miss the old days. I didn't have a computer at home until 2000. I still have a manual typewriter I use frequently. I still have a typewriter. Don't use it but I won't get rid of it. My kids look at it like they are visiting a museum. Wait til a friend's daughter asks "how many songs you can fit on that big, black CD ??"(vinyl record). Honest-to-God-true story...Girl had no idea of what a vinyl record was and was even more mystified by the record player..... My 1988 Corvette has a tape deck in it. My daughter was like what is that big space for in the radio? Cassette tape. Why would you put tape in your radio?Because I'm from a earlier generation, when you said a Tape Deck, I thought 8-Track Tape Deck..... We called yours a Cassette Deck........
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Posted: 7/24/2014 11:45:51 AM EDT
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I remember when we got a VCR with a remote control. It had a 20' cord that streched from the VCR to wherever you were sitting (within 20' of course).
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Posted: 7/24/2014 11:48:44 AM EDT
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For those of you older than I am (45), what was it like being in the workforce and NOT being expected to be contactable 24/7? My dad occasionally got calls at home from overseas due to projects he was working on, but that was it. Rarely was work brought home (unless maybe you were a teacher). Hours now have gotten much longer now, it seems, even for the average office worker. When I was growing up, the only people I know who regularly worked OT were automotive assembly line workers. And, MarineOrdie, I'm something of a Luddite myself and sometimes miss the old days. I didn't have a computer at home until 2000. I still have a manual typewriter I use frequently. I still have a typewriter. Don't use it but I won't get rid of it. My kids look at it like they are visiting a museum. Wait til a friend's daughter asks "how many songs you can fit on that big, black CD ??"(vinyl record). Honest-to-God-true story...Girl had no idea of what a vinyl record was and was even more mystified by the record player..... My 1988 Corvette has a tape deck in it. My daughter was like what is that big space for in the radio? Cassette tape. Why would you put tape in your radio?Because I'm from a earlier generation, when you said a Tape Deck, I thought 8-Track Tape Deck..... We called yours a Cassette Deck........ My buddies VW Bug had an 8-track. The only 8-track he had was Def Leppard. My dads boat had an 8-track and it was all Country every boat trip. |
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