Thought this was interesting, made me think about all the now defunct technology I grew up with.
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-things-your-kids-may-never-know-about?npu=1&mbid=yhp (http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-things-your-kids-may-never-know-about?npu=1&mbid=yhp)
Not just your kids, but alot of folks on this forum. :-\
Quote from: kopfjager on July 24, 2009, 12:21:38 PM
Not just your kids, but alot of folks on this forum. :-\
Great, thanks for making me feel old ya bastid. Worst part is I remember seeing or using pretty much all those technologies on the list.
Same here...
it's not just the kids..... Nate's probably never seen most of the stuff on the list.
[laugh]
75. LEGO just being square blocks of various sizes, with the odd wheel, window or door.
:'(
mitt
Quote from: Pakhan on July 24, 2009, 12:26:14 PM
Great, thanks for making me feel old ya bastid.
I think I got ya beat. :D
Quote from: kopfjager on July 24, 2009, 12:44:39 PM
I think I got ya beat. :D
If you remember most of that list we're all in the same boat. ;D
Quote from: Pakhan on July 24, 2009, 12:54:05 PM
If you remember most of that list we're all in the same boat. ;D
I was born in 55. I remember shit that isn't on "that" list. ;D
I remember all those things. :'(
Anybody else read this list and get memories of the way things were included sounds, smells, and tactile?
weird.
The olfactory center of the brain is very close to the area that stores memories and the area responsible for emotion. That's why smells can sometimes trigger some very vivid memories...
Quote from: kopfjager on July 24, 2009, 12:56:55 PM
I was born in 55. I remember shit that isn't on "that" list. ;D
ok well you beat me :D
Quote from: JEFF_H on July 24, 2009, 01:00:28 PM
Anybody else read this list and get memories of the way things were included sounds, smells, and tactile?
weird.
I had a flood of memories reading this list.
This brings up my reason you should have to post your age in your profile. Because if your under a certain age, I don't give a "make the beast with two backs", what you have to say. [evil] 8)
What's the cut-off age? ;D
Quote from: kopfjager on July 24, 2009, 01:30:39 PM
This brings up my reason you should have to post your age in your profile. Because if your under a certain age, I don't give a "make the beast with two backs", what you have to say. [evil] 8)
You know it's funny. I've read posts by people and thought, "What freakin' world does this guy live in?", only to look at the profile and see it was a youngster so I sympathize with this sentiment.
Quote from: superjohn on July 24, 2009, 01:55:06 PM
You know it's funny. I've read posts by people and thought, "What freakin' world does this guy live in?", only to look at the profile and see it was a youngster so I sympathize with this sentiment.
Bottom line is, I wouldn't give them the time of day on the street. ;)
Quote from: kopfjager on July 24, 2009, 01:56:48 PM
Bottom line is, I wouldn't give them the time of day on the street. ;)
Really now?
I'm 21 and know everything on that list. Then again I grew up in a third world country
Quote from: El Matador on July 24, 2009, 02:22:51 PM
Really now?
I'm 21 and know everything on that list. Then again I grew up in a third world country
Did somebody say something? [laugh]
Quote from: bobspapa on July 24, 2009, 12:38:48 PM
it's not just the kids..... Nate's probably never seen most of the stuff on the list.
[laugh]
The real problem is I was born before
most of the stuff on the list was invented...
never mind forgotten...
...punk. :-*
get off my lawn
Quote from: ducpainter on July 24, 2009, 02:50:41 PM
never mind forgotten...
...punk. :-*
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
lincoln logs
banana seat huffy
m.a.s.h.
atari
I remember all those things but I was in a pretty tech-savvy family. I was using an IBM JR to play computer games when I was 4. ;D I'm 25 now.
Quote from: herm on July 24, 2009, 04:19:20 PM
atari
hooray tank war, pong, the paddle for breakout that stopped working smoothly after two weeks, and asteroids.
5 inch boot floppy disks for the apple 2+ (not 2E...those were later)
Commodore 64...
Quote from: erkishhorde on July 24, 2009, 04:33:32 PM
I remember all those things but I was in a pretty tech-savvy family. I was using an IBM JR to play computer games when I was 4. ;D I'm 25 now.
I played with punch cards when I was 4. :-*
It's obviously a thirty-something article, not a ducpainter hand crank the front of the car article.
Quote from: Statler on July 24, 2009, 05:17:40 PM
It's obviously a thirty-something article, not a ducpainter hand crank the front of the car article.
no, they mentioned beta max AND eight track.
Quote from: herm on July 24, 2009, 05:19:44 PM
no, they mentioned beta max AND eight track.
new fangled shit... [roll]
I can poke fun because Nate knows more about the inner workings of this place than I ever will.
Quote from: Statler on July 24, 2009, 05:29:32 PM
I can poke fun because Nate knows more about the inner workings of this place than I ever will.
you can poke fun regardless...
read my sig. ;)
Quote from: Statler on July 24, 2009, 05:17:40 PM
It's obviously a thirty-something article, not a ducpainter hand crank the front of the car article.
I almost bought a truck with a hand crank, then I thought about why I'd want a winter truck with a hand crank, and didn't.
Quote from: kopfjager on July 24, 2009, 02:26:38 PM
Did somebody say something? [laugh]
turn up the hearing aid, that might help ;)
Quote from: El Matador on July 24, 2009, 06:08:05 PM
turn up the hearing aid, that might help ;)
Don't be silly. If he takes a hand off his walker to turn up his hearing aid, he could fall over and break a hip!
Quote from: somegirl on July 24, 2009, 05:12:02 PM
I played with punch cards when I was 4. :-*
I think I remember you saying that before. It was also a response to my same remark in another old person thread. :P You old people, always repeating yourselves. [laugh]
Quote from: erkishhorde on July 24, 2009, 06:45:17 PM
I think I remember you saying that before. It was also a response to my same remark in another old person thread. :P You old people, always repeating yourselves. [laugh]
Watch out we get crotchety too. ;D
Most of the motor vehicles I've owned are older than most of the people on this forum. My first car had a super duper sound system. AM push button with two speakers.
That I'm their Father.
Of course, I don't know how many kids I have that don't know I'm their Father.
Dolph :o
Quote from: MrIncredible on July 24, 2009, 06:12:28 PM
Don't be silly. If he takes a hand off his walker to turn up his hearing aid, he could fall over and break a hip!
Hey....what the....son of a pregnant dog....damn... :-\
Quote from: howie on July 24, 2009, 07:20:19 PM
Most of the motor vehicles I've owned are older than most of the people on this forum. My first car had a super duper sound system. AM push button with two speakers.
I have a couple vehicles I'd be willing to bet are older than you.
;)
Quote from: Rameses on July 24, 2009, 09:22:20 PM
I have a couple vehicles I'd be willing to bet are older than you.
;)
You're on.
Lawn darts.... [evil]
Quote from: Rameses on July 24, 2009, 09:22:20 PM
I have a couple vehicles I'd be willing to bet are older than you.
;)
Do they move or are they, uh, decorative?
quality craftsmanship
horse hair plaster and lathe walls
Well, I'm 25 and I'd say I remember 3/4, give or take, of that list.
I fully intend to tell my children and/or grandchildren all about how I didn't have a computer till I was in 4th grade, and didn't have a cell phone till college, and remember having to use a damn map to get places until they become rude and indignant whenever the words "You know, when I was your age..." come out of my mouth.
Hundred Blocks
They don't even use them in Thomas Brothers maps anymore
Cripes, that list makes me feel older than I even am. I remember or was peripherally aware of at least 90. A lot of them are still modern to me.
Quote from: howie on July 24, 2009, 07:20:19 PM
Most of the motor vehicles I've owned are older than most of the people on this forum. My first car had a super duper sound system. AM push button with two speakers.
Two-speaker mono surround sound? Hoity-toit!
Of the four cars I've had/have, only two have had radios at
all. For the other two, single-speaker AM radios were apparently a frilly excess that the original owner didn't care for. :P
Quote from: Mother on July 25, 2009, 12:11:27 PM
Hundred Blocks
They don't even use them in Thomas Brothers maps anymore
i would expect you of all people not to fall into the R5 trap.........
Thomas brothers is a west coast centric product, with a little bit in Arizona.
most of the rest of the country has no idea what its about.
also, FTR, when we would go to south zone, they always gave us this HUGE frikin book of maps....which we promptly tossed. WTF to hotshots need street maps for anyway?
It's the only way i got around for about 2 years in the city
sad I know
then the hundred block concept sank in and life was good
[thumbsup]
From what I've seen, they aren't going to know how to work.
microfiche (and no it's not a very small german seafood)
The days before Power steering was standard.
My first Job was working for a Land surveyor. It was way before the Total station came around. You had to use a Thodelite & separate Electronic distance meter that mounted on top and came in a suitcase. The power source for the Distance meter was a motorcycle battery with a 5 foot cord.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_station)
Quote from: corndog67 on July 25, 2009, 08:22:29 PM
From what I've seen, they aren't going to know how to work.
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
I still live in a third world country ;D
Something I wondered lately -- how long after the actual technology disappeared from the market will the universal (?) icon for "SAVE" remain a 3.5" floppy disc? What would replace it, and for kids who've never seen one, what did they think that little blue & white square is up there in the upper left corner?
Quote from: MrIncredible on July 24, 2009, 06:00:24 PM
I almost bought a truck with a hand crank, then I thought about why I'd want a winter truck with a hand crank, and didn't.
Never had one that was crank only, but having the option of crank starting my old 1973 Land Cruiser did allow me to put off for a month ... or two ... replacing a failing alternator that couldn't quite recharge the battery. That, and parking with the thing on hills.
good music
Manual transmissions.
Quote from: MendoDave on July 27, 2009, 11:47:33 AM
Manual transmissions.
13+ speed trucks
double clutching
points ignition
carburetors
distributors
solid lifters
6-volt charging systems
swamp coolers
all the good stuff
I do not miss swamp coolers.
although they do beat the alternative of no cooler.
http://jalopnik.com/5320708/ten-things-your-kids-will-never-experience-in-a-new-car/gallery/ (http://jalopnik.com/5320708/ten-things-your-kids-will-never-experience-in-a-new-car/gallery/)
Quote from: superjohn on July 30, 2009, 04:55:22 PM
http://jalopnik.com/5320708/ten-things-your-kids-will-never-experience-in-a-new-car/gallery/ (http://jalopnik.com/5320708/ten-things-your-kids-will-never-experience-in-a-new-car/gallery/)
Nice list, that.
Dying of Dysentery (on the Oregon Trail)
Quote from: superjohn on July 30, 2009, 04:55:22 PM
http://jalopnik.com/5320708/ten-things-your-kids-will-never-experience-in-a-new-car/gallery/ (http://jalopnik.com/5320708/ten-things-your-kids-will-never-experience-in-a-new-car/gallery/)
QuoteHanging Your Arm Out The Window
Possibly the most insidious on the list, it's one of the greatest pleasures in a car nut's life; To hang your arm out the window on a cool summer night, cruising down the main drag, your significant other at your side, a mellow tune belting out on the radio and from under the hood. There's no greater bliss for any automotive aficionado. Much like with window vents, this past time faces an end from the evils of air conditioning, but it also will die out as a result of government regulation in the form of ever-more-stringent side impact requirements forcing windows and beltlines higher and higher. As it stands there are few cars on the market today you can hang an arm out of without significant discomfort, and we'll be very sad when there are none. In fact, in our recent Muscle Car Wars showdown, the only member of the threesome we could comfortable accomplish this in was the Mustang. Camaro? Challenger? Fail.
I've certainly noticed in friend's new cars and in rentals that propping the arm on the window is quite uncomfortable although I never really thought about why. That is incredibly annoying.
I'm keeping my J-shift!
I forgot about the high-beam headlight foot switch located on the floor. I really miss those things. Having them on the steering column kind of blows.
Quote from: DCXCV on July 31, 2009, 10:03:41 AM
Dying of Dysentery (on the Oregon Trail)
good times :) :'(
(http://media.80stees.com/images/extraLarge/ORE006_LG1.jpg)
Quote from: MendoDave on July 31, 2009, 10:36:51 AM
I forgot about the high-beam headlight foot switch located on the floor. I really miss those things. Having them on the steering column kind of blows.
Several of our school buses, even up through the 90's models are equipped with that foot switch ~
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on July 31, 2009, 10:44:14 AM
Several of our school buses, even up through the 90's models are equipped with that foot switch ~
JM
I had an old Ford pickup that you had to really kick to get the high beams to come on. If you didn't apply enough pressure, the low beams went out as well [laugh]
Quote from: Pakhan on July 31, 2009, 10:42:13 AM
good times :) :'(
(http://media.80stees.com/images/extraLarge/ORE006_LG1.jpg)
I loved that game in 2nd grade.
Quote from: superjohn on July 31, 2009, 11:20:13 AM
I had an old Ford pickup that you had to really kick to get the high beams to come on. If you didn't apply enough pressure, the low beams went out as well [laugh]
That's the way some of our buses are. I guess kids will never get the experience of totally loosing the headlights because they didn't stomp the switch hard enough to make the change from one to the other [laugh]
JM
Having only a 2 speed gearbox in your car.
*2 speed Powerglide FTW! [thumbsup]
Also the good ol' "three on the tree" 3-speed column shift transmissions.
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on July 31, 2009, 12:44:32 PM
That's the way some of our buses are. I guess kids will never get the experience of totally loosing the headlights because they didn't stomp the switch hard enough to make the change from one to the other [laugh]
Last time I was trying to switch off the high beams in the Falcon, I accidentally turned on the wipers instead. [cheeky]
Since RWD is getting harder and harder to find, fewer are going to know the joy of zipping down a gravel road and stabbing the throttle going around the next bend so you can get good and sideways! I grew up drifting all over the gravel backroads before they ever called it drifting [laugh]
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on August 01, 2009, 03:48:28 AM
Since RWD is getting harder and harder to find, fewer are going to know the joy of zipping down a gravel road and stabbing the throttle going around the next bend so you can get good and sideways! I grew up drifting all over the gravel backroads before they ever called it drifting [laugh]
JM
Funny you should say that, because I've missed RWD for the last 10 years so last night on my way to getting some dinner I did just what you described, only not on gravel. Of course, I also had to turn off the TC and enable "Competitive Driving" mode to do it, but it was fun to kick the rear end out again. [thumbsup]
back when it was called a power slide
I love all the little rice eaters who are laying claim that "drifting" was invented in Japan in the last 10 years
I wonder what all the rally folk and sprint car drivers have to say about that
Quote from: Eeyore on August 01, 2009, 05:25:09 AM
I love all the little rice eaters who are laying claim that "drifting" was invented in Japan in the last 10 years
I wonder what all the rally folk and sprint car drivers have to say about that
[laugh] Yeah, but we drifted for the purpose of going fast. They drift just to drift. Sort of the difference between Speed Skating and Figure Skating.
4-wheel drum brakes. Even better, in a panic stop. ;)
(Experienced this very morning in my '67 Cougar)
((Which also has the floor headlight dimmer))
Quote from: herm on July 25, 2009, 10:06:31 AM
quality craftsmanship
horse hair plaster and lathe walls
There, Junior, fixed it for ya ;)
A couple of others I can add: turning on your car radio and no sound 'til the tubes warm up. Vibra-sonic radios, The DRAFT, Made in USA labels, carburetors, carrying 22 rifles across town to go rabbit shooting at age 12, slow motorcycles, $100 2Mb RAM chips, Individual Responsibility, high school shop classes, real silver coins, those toy plastic rockets you filled halfway with water and the rest of the way with compressed air?
Quote from: Eeyore on August 01, 2009, 05:21:20 AM
back when it was called a power slide
When we came to an intentional sliding stop, we called it a Brodie. Never had been able to find out where that term came from.
Quote from: Langanobob on August 02, 2009, 07:07:35 AM
.....those toy plastic rockets you filled halfway with water and the rest of the way with compressed air?
They were awesome - and I believe you can still buy them. I ran across them on the net somewhere relatively recently. 8)