Fun & Games You're Older Than Dirt If You Remember....

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  1. DneprDave

    DneprDave Well-Known Member
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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
     
  2. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: Field strip and immediate action drill on a 1903 Colt .32 Pocket Automatic (which, of course is actually a semiautomatic):Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
  3. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: Rim fire and pin fire large caliber cartridges:Thumbsup:

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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)
     
  5. Justa Jim

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    .22 shells in Long, Extra Long and Rockets.

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  6. Nathan

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    Molly Hatchet

    The Outlaws

    Bet you can't guess what I just heard on the radio...heh.
     
  7. Rixter

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    Dark Side of the Moon, "Great Gig in the Sky" :wink:
     
  8. mimini1

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    If you bought 2 snow tires for your FWD car and when you picked it up the snow tires were on the rear.(1965 MG 1100)
     
  9. Jason Montague

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    IBM punchcards
     
  10. BRG_Paul

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    You're older than dirt if you listened to Quadrophenia when it was a new release.
     
  11. ScottinBend

    ScottinBend Space Cowboy
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    I resemble that remark.....and I got Tommy when it first came out too!
     
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    Me too!!! :D
     
  13. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: and if you had the equipment and listened to it in Quadraphonic:Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
  14. DneprDave

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    My room mate did!

    Dave
     
  15. BRG_Paul

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    Aahhh yes ... On an Onkyo receiver with the little joystick to control balance on the four channels.
     
  16. Metalman

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    Hey..... My office radio system has that little joystick.. What are you implying here?????
     
  17. BRG_Paul

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    Me imply? :D
     
  18. Jason Montague

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    :cornut:Listened to Buddy Holley before he 'augered in' outside of Clear Lake, Ia 'the day the music died.':Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
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    A & W Root Beer stands with car hops
     
  20. ScottinBend

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    ....even better

    punch tape.

    [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_tape]Punched tape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
     

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