100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About

Started by Pakhan, July 24, 2009, 12:15:53 PM

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herm

If you drive the nicest car in the neighborhood, work in a cash business, and don't pay taxes, you're either a preacher or a drug dealer...

erkishhorde

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.
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Statler

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.
It's still buy a flounder a drink month

Statler

5 inch boot floppy disks for the apple 2+  (not 2E...those were later)
It's still buy a flounder a drink month

ducpainter

"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."



somegirl

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. :-*
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Statler

It's obviously a thirty-something article, not a ducpainter hand crank the front of the car article.
It's still buy a flounder a drink month

herm

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.
If you drive the nicest car in the neighborhood, work in a cash business, and don't pay taxes, you're either a preacher or a drug dealer...

ducpainter

"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."



Statler

I can poke fun because Nate knows more about the inner workings of this place than I ever will.   
It's still buy a flounder a drink month

ducpainter

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. ;)
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."



Speedbag

I tend to regard most of humanity as little more than walking talking dilated sphincters. - Rat

Popeye the Sailor

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.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

El Matador


Popeye the Sailor

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!
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.