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

Remember ..............

........................S**t................

.............................damn-it....

 

I used to pick up and deliver dry cleaning and groceries in two of my high school jobs.

 

When the first tuned on Project PX at UPENN in Philadelphia.

A.K.A. ENIAC

ENIAC contained 17,468 vacuum tubes, 7,200 crystal diodes, 1,500 relays, 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors and around 5 million hand-soldered joints. It weighed more than 30 short tons (27 t), was roughly 8 by 3 by 100 feet (2.4 m × 0.9 m × 30 m), took up 1800 square feet (167 m2), and consumed 150 kW of power.[

 

Captain Video

 

Max Headroom

 

This was actually available in Salem, OR up until about 15-20 yrs ago. We had milk and such delivered to our doorstep up until we moved to Bend. Great local dairy.

 

The Milk Man is making a comeback...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/business/yourmoney/16milk.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

 

You bought a new wallet and there was a picture of a pretty girl in it.

 

You actually carry a wallet. And wear a wrist watch. (Apples don't count.)

 

And the only watches made had to be wound up.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRhsxJ8_GE]Classic Commercial Jingles 50's 60's - YouTube[/ame]

 

That reminded me of this.....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrAVpK9blw]Log Commercial - YouTube[/ame]

 

Older than dirt: guilty.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkcdU4gxU38"]Jax Beer Commercial JXRDS-1A DSCN9080.AVI - YouTube[/ame]

I believe Narragansett Beer (and others?) also used the Nichols & May spots.

 

collect calls & operator assistance

 

You could call anyone in town by dialing five digits. And, only one phone in the house, usually in a hallway.

 

You hang your girl friends high school graduation tassel from your rear view mirror.

 

When automotive points weren't on your driving record, they were in your distributor.

 

Smudge pots in a construction zones instead of flashing lights.

 

I think I've still got a couple of those at the old homesite. Made good mosquito repellers in the summertime (if you didn't the food tasting like kerosene).

 

Older than dirt if you remember the DAY that the Edsel debuted.