Hey, i still have vinyl and cassette tapes in use. In fact i prefer them. Many people are going back because they realize that analogue still has the purest sound. You just liked the sound of your collection. Come back to us. Back to paradise. Also, considering MY age, i could go off on good things no longer around. But i remember everything you mentioned, and more. I still have a newspaper advert page of toys in my shirts drawer from 1964. Honey West dolls and Buster Browns anyone? Lucky Cakes?
Amy Billman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ah. I almost forgot... Perhaps this makes me a dork, or a bit too much of a perfectionist, but I remember taping stuff off of the radio, and putting the stereo on the "dub" function for like five seconds in between songs so that there was space in between them. Mary Ann, I'd bet you did that too since we are so much alike... *smiles* I had vinyl and cassette tapes up until like '91 or '92. Yeah, I was a little behind I guess... "Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors where there were only windows." Joseph Campbel Amy Billman Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messenger ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann" To: "talk2" Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:42 AM Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older Well even if you are a fake blond, you're still a real Amy. Aww. I also remember the Apple 2E and using BEX as a word processor and flipping the disks over when it prompted you to do so. I remember playing that Lemonade Game too. In elementary school, I also remember having tape recorders hooked up to these computers on which kids used to learn math and reading skills. The computers ran off of these tape drives and I remember wanting to play the tapes in an audio tapedeck to see what they sounded like. In the late 80s, I also remember when people started getting into calling BBS's. I remember watching shows like Kids Incorporated and always loving those little snippets between cartoons called, "One to Grow on." I remember playing Asteroids and some boxing game on the 2600 but we sure didn't have tournaments. How cool that you guys did that! All this writing without any coffee? Uh... I'm off. Mary Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Billman" To: "talk2" Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:55 AM Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older > Only a couple gray hairs? > You poor thing! My heart just bleeds for you! hehhehhehehhha > I am a year older than you, and I've probably got enough gray in my hair > so that I could share! > Damn my mom for giving me that little piece of wonderful from her side of > the family! *laughing* Ah well. That's what they invented color for! > Now I can be a blond, and folks can't see the grey, and yes, we really do > have more fun--only I get to have more, because mine isn't real. > > But back to the 80's... > Wow does this make me feel ancient! > I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one that called those 976 joke > numbers and the one for Santa at Christmas. Of course, I also remember > when my brother decided to play on the phone and he called a few of the > not-so-nice 976 numbers as well. I thought that our family was going to > get cut one short! > I remember how totally awesome it seemed at the time, when I was in school > and we got the Apple 2E that big huge thing with the enormous floppies > that seemed fast back then because of course I didn't know any different, > but compared to what we've got now, of course, it really didn't do much. > LOL > > Cartoons aren't cool on Saturday mornings like they used to be, and I > remember my step brother and I singing along with, of all things, School > House Rock! Yes, even back then , I was really good at getting in touch > with my inner dork! > "Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors where there were only > windows." > Joseph Campbel > > Amy Billman > Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Messenger ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Ann" > To: "talk2" > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:45 PM > Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older > > > That's damn funny. But here's the thing. I remember having a microwave > very > early on in the 80s. It had one of those knobs on it. My dad also had > those > really old Tandy computers and a five-meg hard drive back in the way early > 80s. I remember there was a light switch on the wall that lead down to the > basement where my dad had his computer and that switch was connected to > the > power down there. Well my mommy raised me to always turn off the lights. > So > well, I did. Boy was he mad when all of a sudden, the power was just, uh, > gone when he was working. > > When I was little, I had a stereo with a turntable, an eight track, and a > cassette deck. And I could record on the eight tracks and I found this > very > amusing to record over stuff. We had these old Motorola phones where the > part of it that found the channels would sit in the trunk of your car and > you had to use these switches in the phone up front in order to find > channels to use on whatever network thing it was. When you picked up the > handset, you had to flip these switches up and down and wait to hear a > voice > say things like, "Detroit, Detroit, Detroit." I will have to ask my dad > what > that thing was called. > > We have video from when I was six, in 1981 and my dad tells me that the > quality of the video from those old camcorders was really grainy back > then. > > Amy and I were recently talking about how much we loved Saturday morning > cartoons on ABC and USA. I remember when Nicalodion played cool stuff Like > Pinwheel and Bell and Sebastian. God I loved those damn shows! That was > back > in the days of, "You Can't Do That on Television." Then, promptly at 8 PM, > Nicolodian was off the air. > > I remember when Friday night prime time TV meant watching Benson and > Webster! And Tuesday night prime time TV meant watching Happy Days and > Three's > Company. > > I remember calling the Joke of the Day 1 (976) numbers and at Christmas > time, calling Santa every morning. I vaguely remember when calling the > time > meant calling something with GR, in it. > > I had one of those cool medal lunch boxes with the little medal ring thing > you swung down over your stuff to keep it from moving. > > You can have some fun and go down old 80s memory lanes by visiting the > following site. > > http://www.inthe80s.com/ > > And now, I will resume my transcription and pull out the few gray hairs > that > have shown themselves over the past few months. I will also cry at how old > I > now officially feel. And I'm, only, thirty, two! AAAAH! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rainee" > To: "talk2" > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:09 PM > Subject: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older > > >> >> >> >> Update your CD collection. Checkout >> http://www.raineemusic.com. >> Crazy 'bout beading? Try >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nancy J. Lynn" >> To: >> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:16 PM >> Subject: [B H F] 30 or older >> >> >> If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!! >> >> When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their >> tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were >> growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school >> every morning .... uphill >> BOTH ways .. yadda, yadda, yadda >> >> And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was >> no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on >> kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it! >> >> But now that... >> >> I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look >> around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! >> I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! >> And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how >> good you've got it! >> >> I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we >> wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and >> look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!! >> >> There was no email! ! We had to actually write somebody a >> letter .. with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across >> the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a >> week to get there! >> >> There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you >> had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! >> >> Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and >> the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! >> >> We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the >> phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! >> >> And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone >> rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your >> mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, >> you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, >> mister! >> >> We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with >> high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games >> like "Space Invaders" and "asteroids" and the graphics sucked ass! >> Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! >> And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen >> forever! >> And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder >> and faster and faster until you died! . Just like LIFE! >> >> When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium >> seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some >> old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you >> were just screwed! >> >> Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 >> channels and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control! You >> had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! >> >> You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off >> your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was >> no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday >> Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for >> cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards! >> >> And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we >> had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire ... imagine that! >> If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing and >> shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. >> >> That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too >> easy. 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