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Fri Nov-17-06 05:39 PM
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Routine things that were once New and Exciting |
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I can still remember my aunt lambasting my uncle because he paid $20 for a new-fangled gadget called .....
a ballpoint pen...
i can also remember being thrilled with the latest thing from the phone company...
"800" toll-free numbers :)
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:40 PM
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New to us ordinary joes, anyway. How long such a few years seems...
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:41 PM
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2. $100 for a calculator that only added and subtracted. |
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:44 PM
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3. Electric or hand crank? |
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:44 PM
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with a big ole plug into the wall. I think the thing was the size of a small toaster.
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:57 PM
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12. now you are not that old, dang it |
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The TI-30 came out in 1978 or so. It was only $30. Two inches thick and the size of a checkbook and it did factorials, trigonometric functions, y to the x, square root, logarithms and natural logs. At least they were all over my chemistry class that year.
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Sat Nov-18-06 01:03 AM
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33. I had one of those. All those functions! |
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:47 PM
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:49 PM
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Fri Nov-17-06 06:06 PM
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15. I am glad to be back more often |
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:45 PM
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5. I remember my dad bringing home a calculator |
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Edited on Fri Nov-17-06 05:45 PM by cwydro
big old thing cost over $100.
edit: cannot type today.
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:45 PM
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6. email. And forwarding jokes. |
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From 'wow' to 'oh jeez' in about a year? And now, 60+ spams a day. :-(
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:49 PM
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Indian food, having breasts, Friday nights out.
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:50 PM
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10. I remember when Microwave ovens first came out. |
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They were HUGE and horribly expen$ive. And they were LOUD!
Wow.
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Fri Nov-17-06 05:59 PM
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Fri Nov-17-06 06:00 PM
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14. My first electronic, hand-held, calculator |
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was a gift from a friend who went to Japan on business frequently. 6 digit capacity. I took it to work and people were AMAZED.
Bill also brought me my first electronic mini-piano/organ (remember those?) and my first electric pepper mill.
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Fri Nov-17-06 06:12 PM
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Actually, they aren't exactly routine right now. You just don't see them any more. :D
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Fri Nov-17-06 06:13 PM
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17. mini phones have taken over that feature :) |
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Fri Nov-17-06 06:15 PM
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18. I remember the first time I saw a flat-panel monitor... |
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...it was at a very well funded Navy command that does some very cool things. At the time, a 15' could run you about $1,700. They had probably like 300 or 400. I was flabbergasted.
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Fri Nov-17-06 07:26 PM
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19. Pay TV--and not pay per view, either. nt |
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Fri Nov-17-06 07:58 PM
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Especially cassette recorders that let you record songs off the radio!
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Fri Nov-17-06 08:08 PM
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A portable cassette player that was only about the size of a small brick and would run for a full 90 minutes off of four AA batteries.
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Fri Nov-17-06 08:10 PM
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23. I remember when *69 was just a rumor. |
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And then finding out it actually worked. Kinda took the power away from the "It's me again, Margaret" crowd.:D
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Fri Nov-17-06 09:41 PM
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26. I remember when 69 was just a rumor. |
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And then finding out it actually worked. Kinda took the power away from the "It's me again, Margaret" crowd. :D
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Sat Nov-18-06 12:12 AM
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"Say Goodnight, Gracie". :D
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Fri Nov-17-06 09:18 PM
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24. I remember when fax machines seemed like a miracle! |
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Now they seem so antiquated!
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Fri Nov-17-06 09:38 PM
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that was on only after 7PM!!
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Fri Nov-17-06 09:41 PM
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I kid! I am not THAT old, but this thread was crying out for that response.
:D
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Fri Nov-17-06 09:43 PM
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28. First electric typewriters... |
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and then electronic typewriters. I saw a typewriter in a store the other day and my kids were looking at it like it was something that belonged in a museum.
Then there's cable...color tee vee...stereo speakers...cassettes, much less CDs...VCRs...yikes, I could go on and on and on...
And the internets.
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Fri Nov-17-06 09:44 PM
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29. call waiting, that was pretty cool. |
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Fri Nov-17-06 09:55 PM
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oh, wait, you don't know about those yet.
never mind!
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