I recall Burning cds and actually writing out directions.
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Ann Arbor, MI
Quoted from o-din:I recall playing outside... last night.
Odin, who is your avatar? Some reason it reminds me of Billy from a Twilight Zone episode...
I believe that's from an Alfred Hitchcock presents, although I don't know the episode name. I recall the kid thinks it's a toy gun but it's his dad's real revolver. Definitely Bill Mumy. Nicest guy in the universe. Has the funniest Jonathan Harris stories I have ever heard.
Quoted from o-din:It's Billy alright, but not from the Twilight Zone. Care to guess?
No idea other than what rdoyle mentioned.
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:I believe that's from an Alfred Hitchcock presents, although I don't know the episode name. I recall the kid thinks it's a toy gun but it's his dad's real revolver
Yep, it's called "Bang You're Dead" and served as a public service announcement about handgun safety in regards to children.
Must have been a real shocker in it's day.
bang2 (resized).jpgA lot of the stuff on this list is stuff I still do from time to time. Sometimes you still have to burn a cd or dvd, I still download music although not as often and never with limewire. It's been a while but you can still go buy a cd, and you can still use the headphones at the record store.
Geez, some of those ones in the list got me right in the feels. The Last one OMG. killed me. The Gameboy one made me laugh out loud IRL.
I do some of the other ones occasionally - I DO like printing directions out. My wife thinks i'm crazy. "Why don't you use WAZE?!" then her phone dies.
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:Geez, some of those ones in the list got me right in the feels. The Last one OMG. killed me. The Gameboy one made me laugh out loud IRL.
I do some of the other ones occasionally - I DO like printing directions out. My wife thinks i'm crazy. "Why don't you use WAZE?!" then her phone dies.
I like writing down directions, just a list of highway numbers usually, just in case.
Quoted from Scrimmbo:I like writing down directions, just a list of highway numbers usually, just in case.
Same here , I would write out the mapquest directions. Not sure why ???
Quoted from o-din:Not on there, but I still write out checks and mail them in envelopes.
well how else do you pay for parts from Pinball Resource? 
Quoted from o-din:but I still write out checks and mail them in envelopes.
as does every PBR customer!
REMEMBER WHEN YOU DID THIS?
Buying used games cheap: Picking up/buying most EM games for under $100 and most WPC Bally/Williams used games were under $800.
Quoted from bonzo442:I remember making popcorn & melting butter before this came on
Especially chilled by the creepy extra finger!
Quoted from o-din:Yep, it's called "Bang You're Dead" and served as a public service announcement about handgun safety in regards to children.
Must have been a real shocker in it's day.[quoted image]
Now I know how he got that part in Lost In Space, at gunpoint!
Quoted from TheLaw:I mean we'd call that a girls bike out here so not exactly the same but close.
A high rise handlebar and banana seat do not make a bike a girl's, that was the style in the late 60s & the 70s. I wish I still had mine, with flecked green metallic paint and rear racing slick!
I watch those old Alfred Hitchcock presents if I'm up real late. Comes on after Twilight Zone. Rarely are they as good. But there are quite a few gems like the one Peter Lorre bets Steve McQueen his car for a finger.
I remember changing batteries on my Game Boy. I think it was 4pm, yesterday. Was showing it to my kid for the first time
Quoted from o-din:I still have a landline and have never owned a cell phone.
I was pretty much forced by peer pressure to get a cell phone to send text messages. I thought cell phones would be a fad. I still refuse to turn on the "data" button. Some invisible person always wants to update some app or add some feature that I don't need or want. My friends told me that I was living in 1976 before I got a cell phone and I just laughed at them, but I did get a flip phone. Sometimes I wish I had not purchased it.
If I cringe almost everytime the phone rings at home, especially when I answer it, why the hell would I want to carry one with me?
1) I burned a DVD last week. Still do CDs once in a while, but usually it's easier to use a memory stick
2) I only have a land line. Never owned a cell phone
3) Took the package off a CD about 3 months ago
4) Printed out mapquest directions in October
5) Drank out of the hose last summer
6) Played outside Sunday
Quoted from JayDee:When I was a kid I cut the grass with one of these for awhile. I was super excited when my dad finally got a gas mower and couldn’t wait to use it. I would lay money down that kids don’t get excited over mowers these days[quoted image]
My neighbor is like 85 y/o and still kicks it what that shit, dude is a beast.
Quoted from TheLaw:My neighbor is like 85 y/o and still kicks it what that shit, dude is a beast.
Honestly I wish I still had one. They are actually great for quick touch ups between weekly cuts as long as you keep the blades sharp. Also, get off my lawn!!
Quoted from JayDee:When I was a kid I cut the grass with one of these for awhile. I was super excited when my dad finally got a gas mower and couldn’t wait to use it. I would lay money down that kids don’t get excited over mowers these days[quoted image]
I mowed grass for money as a kid with a push mower. My dad refused to buy a self propelled lawn mower. Now, I own a riding lawn mower and I refuse to ever push a mower again...
Quoted from JayDee:When I was a kid I cut the grass with one of these for awhile. I was super excited when my dad finally got a gas mower and couldn’t wait to use it. I would lay money down that kids don’t get excited over mowers these days[quoted image]
My late Dad had a semi-automatic sharpener for those types of lawn mowers. Made in Lindsey, Ohio.
Technically, it was Lorre’s wife’s car... great episode.
Quoted from o-din:I watch those old Alfred Hitchcock presents if I'm up real late. Comes on after Twilight Zone. Rarely are they as good. But there are quite a few gems like the one Peter Lorre bets Steve McQueen his car for a finger.
Quoted from o-din:I watch those old Alfred Hitchcock presents if I'm up real late. Comes on after Twilight Zone. Rarely are they as good. But there are quite a few gems like the one Peter Lorre bets Steve McQueen his car for a finger.
And that story was told again in a "Tales from the Unexpected" episode, hosted by Roald Dahl (who wrote the original story!)
Quoted from JayDee:I would lay money down that kids don’t get excited over mowers these days
I'd almost bet most have never seen a lawn mower up close other than on a commercial.
Quoted from JayDee:When I was a kid I cut the grass with one of these for awhile. I was super excited when my dad finally got a gas mower and couldn’t wait to use it. I would lay money down that kids don’t get excited over mowers these days[quoted image]
We have 2 of those mowers at our camp. Last summer my boys (5 and 7 years old) hounded me to get them out so they could use them. Blades haven't been sharpened in maybe forever, so it was tough for them to use, but they loved it. You can mail the check and make it payable to cash, thanks.
Quoted from DanQverymuch:A high rise handlebar and banana seat do not make a bike a girl's, that was the style in the late 60s & the 70s. I wish I still had mine, with flecked green metallic paint and rear racing slick!
I think you're right, it's the lower crossbar ("stepover") from the neck to the vertical seat support (or lack thereof) that signifies a girls bike. They were designed that way back in the 1800s when women wore dresses, so it wouldn't show too much leg when they hopped on.
Mine had blue flecked metallic paint - damn I loved that bike! I can still remember seeing it for the first time on my birthday - thanks again dad!
Quoted from poppapin:well how else do you pay for parts from Pinball Resource?
I use Bill pay thru my bank, they write the check, not me.
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