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  1. Justa Jim

    Justa Jim Well-Known Member
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    Of course I did and I'll bet you did too. :Thumbsup:

    Jim
     
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    The smell of fresh ditto paper!

    Dave
     
  3. Norm03s

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    I started with ships / planes, then we would take them down to the creek and blow them up with firecrackers. Finnish them off with BB guns.
     
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    Aww, I can do that! Not because I was ever in anyone's army but because someone gave me a Webley.

    Just don't check to see if it's loaded or it won't be!:lol:
    (It spits all the bullets out, when you open it)

    Dave
     
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    #624 Rixter, Jan 31, 2012
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    These things from the office...
    • Actual carbon copy
    • IBM Selectric
    • Whiteout
    • "While you were out" message pads
    • Round cubby-holes for slotting "While you were out" messages
    • Green then amber CRT terminals
    • IBM XT
    • MS Word on a single floppy disk
    • Floppy disk
    • Lotus 1-2-3
    • Ashtrays and people smoking IN the office :mad5:
    • A pager
    • When a (brick) cell phone was a status symbol because you were 'important'
    • Hyperion computer
    • WordPerfect
    • DOS (any version prior to Win 386)
    • A 386 PC (we had the first production Compaq for $17K)
     
  6. Jason Montague

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    IBM punchcards
     
  7. CHKMINI

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    Jim, I watched that last night as well. The hottest game in the game room was Asteroids....you're on the edge of being older than dirt if you ever played Asteroids, Frogger, Pacman and Ms. Pacman in an arcade.:cornut:
     
  8. Nathan

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    Defender was my game, could play for hours on a single quarter. That is till they banned a few of us from playing that game.
     
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    I started out playing Pong on a Commadore 64.....now that's older than dirt:biggrin5:
     
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    And you always had at least one Commadores album keyed up just in case you came home with a hot one from the bar:biggrin5:
     
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    I remember playing Monopoly games that would last days:Thumbsup:

    Mark
     
  12. ScottinBend

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    Yea.......but back then you had to build your own houses and hotels!


    :biggrin5:
     
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    Butch wax
     
  14. Jason Montague

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    #663 Jason Montague, Feb 3, 2012
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    :cornut: Yeah Yeah! That's used on and by Dikes right?:devil::ihih::lol::lol::Thumbsup:

    Jason

    Addendum: I remember the TV ads by Billie Jean King and Martina Navratalova who also advertised for 'Snap On' Tools.
     
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    Being able to distinguish between the girls and the guys at school.
     
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    And the guys didn't have their pants halfway down their butt. (the only underwear I want to see hangin out is from Victoria's Secret.. ;) )
     
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    Penny Loafers with pennies in them

    Jason
     
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    I had a room mate who wore penny loafers. I used to put pennies in them when he left them out, he hated it!

    Dave
     
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    #683 DneprDave, Feb 5, 2012
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    That's skirt, not shirt!:lol:

    Dave