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For all you old school computer geeks, I found days of mastering this contraption. This was in in the time when basic and floppies was all you needed to know. | |
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Janfriend said: Wow Byron, I didn't know you were this judgmental
 There are people,under 30 that didn't have all those things, but I understand what you're sayingIt's from an e-mail lol ...and I thought it was pretty tongue-in-cheek myself  .... | |
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Byron said: Janfriend said: Wow Byron, I didn't know you were this judgmental
There are people,under 30 that didn't have all those things, but I understand what you're sayingIt's from an e-mail lol ...and I thought it was pretty tongue-in-cheek myself .... | |
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For all you old school computer geeks, I reflected on these days of mastering this contraption. This was in in the time when basic and floppies was all you needed to know. | |
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Actually what's more amazing is how much things have remained the same. I can go to groups.google.com and see posts from 1982... and folks used the same net lingo... "trolling" "flaming" etc... | |
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Byron said: Janfriend said: Wow Byron, I didn't know you were this judgmental
There are people,under 30 that didn't have all those things, but I understand what you're sayingIt's from an e-mail lol ...and I thought it was pretty tongue-in-cheek myself ....Oh ok | |
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Hey, speaking of the under-30 crowd, I recently saw this blog post on Myspace from a Playboy playmate. It was while reading this that I realized how really old I am and felt like a creepy perv.
http://blog.myspace.com/i...=331350562 "You're a 90's kid if: ~You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!" ~You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" ~You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died. ~You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House" ~You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. ~You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. ~You remember reading "Goosebumps" ~You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off" ~You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. ~You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. ~You danced to "wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. ~You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books. ~You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not... ~Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show. ~Captain Planet. ~You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the red* Ranger were meant to be together. ~To the last sentence you said.....hey...Tommy was the green* ranger!!!! ~*later to be white ~When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who.....and still all ended up being tommy. ~When playing Ninja Turtles with friends you designated who was who and the one girl that was cool enough to be in your group was always April. ~You remember when super nintendo's became popular. ~You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3.....and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders" ~"I've fallen and I can't get up" ~You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates ~Two words... Trapper Keeper. ~You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide ~You wore socks over leggings scrunched down ~"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show ~You remember boom boxes vs. cd players ~You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool ~You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell" ~You played and or collected "Pogs" ~You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere ~You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles ~NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS ~All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand. ~You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out. ~You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes. ~You remember a time before the WB. ~You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" ~You know the Macarena by heart. ~"Talk to the hand" ... enough said ~You thought Brain woud finally take over the world ~You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!" ~You remember when everyone went slinky crazy. ~You remember when razor scooters were cool. when we were younger: ~Before the MySpace frenzy. ~Before the Internet & text messaging. ~Before Sidekicks & iPods. ~Before MIKE JONES ~Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX. ~Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night. ~WHEN LIGHT UP SNEAKERS WERE KOOL ~When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs. ~When Caller ID was a new thing. ~When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie. ~When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans. ~When 2Pac and Biggie where alive. ~When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever ~Tag. ~Get Over Here!!!! means something to you. ~Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk. ~Red Light, Green Light. ~Heads Up 7 Up. ~Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on. ~Hopskotch. ~Slip-n-Slides ~Tree Houses. ~Hula Hoops. ~HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!! ~"POWER OF LOVE" BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS. ~Nano Pets & Furbies. ~Running through the sprinklers. ~" The Little Mermaid" ~Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King. ~Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car. ~Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car. ~Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It" ~CAPRI SUN ~Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Fairy Princess comforter. ~Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats. ~The original Power Rangers Or what about: ~The Secret Life of Alex Mac. ~Ren & Stimpy. ~Double Dare. ~Family Double Dare. ~Rocco's Modern Life. ~AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS. ~Wild & Crazy Kids. ~Clarissa Explains it All. ~CAMP NOWHERE ~salute your shorts(CAMP ANAWANA) ~Are You Afraid of the Dark? ~The original cast members of All That. ~Kenan & Kel. ~"CITY GUYS" ~DOUG! ~magic school bus. ~Nick Arcade. ~flash forward. ~the adventures of pete and pete. ~legends of the hidden temple. ~hey dude. ~dinosaurs. ~Mummies Alive ~pinky and the brain. ~Sailor Moon. ~blossom. ~hangin with mr. copper. ~wishbone. ~bill-nye the science guy! ~MR RODGERS!!!! ~Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy. ~Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years. ~or nick jr. with face ~gulah gulah island ~little bear ~Busy Town ~under the unbrella tree ~PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE!!! ~The Big Comfy Couch ~Kool-Aid was the drink of choice. ~Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school. ~Class field trips. ~When Christmas was the most exciting time of year. ~When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle. ~When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday. ~When Toys R Us overuled the mall. Go back to the time when: ~Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'. ~Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!' ~'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest. ~Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'. ~It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends. ~Being old referred to anyone over 20. ~A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery. ~Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better. ~Where the best form of protection was "circle circle dot dot now I've got my cootie shot, circle circle square square now I've got it everywhere" ~It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair. ~When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever. ~When Ninja Turtles ruled the world. ~playing skip it with ur neighbors and chinesse jump rope always getting in fight's and 5 min later ur bestfriend again ~when polly pockets were the in thing!!! ~when having the half heart best friend bracelet ment friends forever ~when you said no to drugs ~"just say no" ~eek the cat and bobbys world on saturday mornings ~bubble gum bubble gum in the dish how many pieces do you wish!!!! ~Before we realized all this would eventually disappear Bet you haven't thought about these things in a while!"  | |
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coolcat said:  At least you had music television that actually played music! And you didn't have reality TV.  Please. We didn't have cable 'til I was 17.  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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728huey said: Hey, speaking of the under-30 crowd, I recently saw this blog post on Myspace from a Playboy playmate. It was while reading this that I realized how really old I am and felt like a creepy perv.
http://blog.myspace.com/i...=331350562 "You're a 90's kid if: ~You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!" ~You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" ~You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died. ~You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House" ~You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. ~You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. ~You remember reading "Goosebumps" ~You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off" ~You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. ~You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. ~You danced to "wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. ~You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books. ~You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not... ~Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show. ~Captain Planet. ~You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the red* Ranger were meant to be together. ~To the last sentence you said.....hey...Tommy was the green* ranger!!!! ~*later to be white ~When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who.....and still all ended up being tommy. ~When playing Ninja Turtles with friends you designated who was who and the one girl that was cool enough to be in your group was always April. ~You remember when super nintendo's became popular. ~You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3.....and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders" ~"I've fallen and I can't get up" ~You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates ~Two words... Trapper Keeper. ~You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide ~You wore socks over leggings scrunched down ~"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show ~You remember boom boxes vs. cd players ~You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool ~You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell" ~You played and or collected "Pogs" ~You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere ~You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles ~NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS ~All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand. ~You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out. ~You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes. ~You remember a time before the WB. ~You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" ~You know the Macarena by heart. ~"Talk to the hand" ... enough said ~You thought Brain woud finally take over the world ~You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!" ~You remember when everyone went slinky crazy. ~You remember when razor scooters were cool. when we were younger: ~Before the MySpace frenzy. ~Before the Internet & text messaging. ~Before Sidekicks & iPods. ~Before MIKE JONES ~Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX. ~Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night. ~WHEN LIGHT UP SNEAKERS WERE KOOL ~When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs. ~When Caller ID was a new thing. ~When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie. ~When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans. ~When 2Pac and Biggie where alive. ~When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever ~Tag. ~Get Over Here!!!! means something to you. ~Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk. ~Red Light, Green Light. ~Heads Up 7 Up. ~Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on. ~Hopskotch. ~Slip-n-Slides ~Tree Houses. ~Hula Hoops. ~HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!! ~"POWER OF LOVE" BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS. ~Nano Pets & Furbies. ~Running through the sprinklers. ~" The Little Mermaid" ~Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King. ~Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car. ~Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car. ~Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It" ~CAPRI SUN ~Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Fairy Princess comforter. ~Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats. ~The original Power Rangers Or what about: ~The Secret Life of Alex Mac. ~Ren & Stimpy. ~Double Dare. ~Family Double Dare. ~Rocco's Modern Life. ~AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS. ~Wild & Crazy Kids. ~Clarissa Explains it All. ~CAMP NOWHERE ~salute your shorts(CAMP ANAWANA) ~Are You Afraid of the Dark? ~The original cast members of All That. ~Kenan & Kel. ~"CITY GUYS" ~DOUG! ~magic school bus. ~Nick Arcade. ~flash forward. ~the adventures of pete and pete. ~legends of the hidden temple. ~hey dude. ~dinosaurs. ~Mummies Alive ~pinky and the brain. ~Sailor Moon. ~blossom. ~hangin with mr. copper. ~wishbone. ~bill-nye the science guy! ~MR RODGERS!!!! ~Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy. ~Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years. ~or nick jr. with face ~gulah gulah island ~little bear ~Busy Town ~under the unbrella tree ~PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE!!! ~The Big Comfy Couch ~Kool-Aid was the drink of choice. ~Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school. ~Class field trips. ~When Christmas was the most exciting time of year. ~When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle. ~When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday. ~When Toys R Us overuled the mall. Go back to the time when: ~Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'. ~Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!' ~'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest. ~Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'. ~It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends. ~Being old referred to anyone over 20. ~A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery. ~Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better. ~Where the best form of protection was "circle circle dot dot now I've got my cootie shot, circle circle square square now I've got it everywhere" ~It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair. ~When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever. ~When Ninja Turtles ruled the world. ~playing skip it with ur neighbors and chinesse jump rope always getting in fight's and 5 min later ur bestfriend again ~when polly pockets were the in thing!!! ~when having the half heart best friend bracelet ment friends forever ~when you said no to drugs ~"just say no" ~eek the cat and bobbys world on saturday mornings ~bubble gum bubble gum in the dish how many pieces do you wish!!!! ~Before we realized all this would eventually disappear Bet you haven't thought about these things in a while!" Oh my lord. Flashback, lol Maybe we can go to the movies and cry together | |
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lol Captain Planet, i was at a friends 21st last night and one of my other friend was goin on about how this dude got this tattoo...he showed us the picture and it was of Captain Planet! funny shit Receiving transmission from David Bowie's nipple antenna. Do you read me Lieutenant Bowie, I said do you read me...Lieutenant Bowie | |
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Anxiety said: coolcat said: At least you had music television that actually played music! And you didn't have reality TV. that's very true! when i was a teenager, on a friday night i could choose between: MTV friday night videos (which, okay, was only an hour or 90 minutes, but for a few years we got new episodes of SCTV right afterwards, so i was in hog heaven anyway) TBS all night videos Night Flight on USA Network (my favorite) those were the days.... Miss them so much... | |
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IAintTheOne said: Anxiety said: that's very true! when i was a teenager, on a friday night i could choose between: MTV friday night videos (which, okay, was only an hour or 90 minutes, but for a few years we got new episodes of SCTV right afterwards, so i was in hog heaven anyway) TBS all night videos Night Flight on USA Network (my favorite) those were the days.... Miss them so much... i miss night flight most of all. that show SCHOOLED me.
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Anxiety said: IAintTheOne said: those were the days.... Miss them so much... i miss night flight most of all. that show SCHOOLED me.
sometimes i'll call up the opening credits on youtube and just sit and sigh. Night flight rocked | |
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purplesweat said: Fauxie said: Your generation basically invented all this shit. Maybe if you'd have worked a little harder at it you could have gotten to grips with it yourselves sooner before the kids took it and ran with it to places your old-fashioned ass could never follow.
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Fauxie said: purplesweat said: Oooh, burn! You put my org slogan in your sig. It had me laughing for days. I'd be at school then suddenly think of it and crack up in class.  | |
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Anxiety said: IAintTheOne said: those were the days.... Miss them so much... i miss night flight most of all. that show SCHOOLED me.
sometimes i'll call up the opening credits on youtube and just sit and sigh. Most of all I use to dig Night Flights B movie classics along with their banned video segments. They were renegade for their time. | |
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