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Old 12-13-2009, 09:32 PM   #11
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TV? I didn't have that when I was a kid. As for music, we only had one radio, and my dad was a Doors fan. Guess what kind of music I dig now. And I was born in 81.
Damn I really glad I've had my Ipod since 1981 then
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:03 PM   #12
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Chris you're retarded, I'm 44 and grew up poor and we had most of those things when I was a kid. I took computer programing and you could email back in the early/mid 80s. I had friends with Intellivision, Colecovision(sp), Commador 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, etc. I bought my first cell phone in the early 90s, could have had fuel injection and electronic ignition back in the 80s, had seen two way pagers back in the late 80s (crude texting), bought mix tapes (Napster), bought a cd player in 1985 or so, we had a microwave when I was a kid, etc... I have no idea what you are talking about...
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:21 PM   #14
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4 words: The Dewey Decimal System

One word...microfiche! What's wrong with you guys? We did have computers back in the day...
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:25 PM   #15
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Chris you're retarded, I'm 44 and grew up poor and we had most of those things when I was a kid. I took computer programing and you could email back in the early/mid 80s. I had friends with Intellivision, Colecovision(sp), Commador 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, etc. I bought my first cell phone in the early 90s, could have had fuel injection and electronic ignition back in the 80s, had seen two way pagers back in the late 80s (crude texting), bought mix tapes (Napster), bought a cd player in 1985 or so, we had a microwave when I was a kid, etc... I have no idea what you are talking about...
Was all of that common? I am with Gasman. good list.
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Was all of that common? I am with Gasman. good list.
Research,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_player

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven

Oh and btw we had cable TV that came with a wired, sliding remote control back in the 70s...
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:42 PM   #17
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I was raised by cheap parents. They didn't buy any of that stuff. They had a rotary phone until 1995.

Most people couldn't afford all the latest, greatest electronics.

So even if the stuff was available, most households didn't have it.
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:43 PM   #18
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In the under 30 crowd but had one of these growing up and loved it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:58 PM   #20
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Great list.

And I'm with everyone else.... some of these things might have been available "back in the day" but MOST households didn't have it.

I've got one to add to your list...a GPS.

My niece will be 16 Dec 23rd and said she needs a GPS to get to my house! LOL. What happened to Atlas and state maps?
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