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Can you think of something that existed in your lifetime that automatically ages you? Example: pay toilets.(Yes, I remember them.)

Posted - December 14, 2019

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  • 10452
    TV channel changers that were bigger then a key board and they had a wire on them that connected to a converter box that was bigger then a VCR - guess VCR dates me too. Cheers and happy weekend!
      December 14, 2019 11:07 AM MST
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  • 52906

      key board keyboard 
      then than
      December 14, 2019 12:08 PM MST
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  • 10452
    If you remember pay toilets maybe you have seen my poetry - Here I sit broken hearted paid a dime and only farted. Cheers and happy weekend!
      December 14, 2019 11:10 AM MST
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  • 44178
    And a dime got you 2 candy bars.
      December 14, 2019 11:23 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I learned it tried to sh*t and merely farted.  Cheers!
      December 14, 2019 3:53 PM MST
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  • 44178
    Sh*t   trump
      December 14, 2019 6:08 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I was born in November of 1950.  That automatically ages me.  
      December 14, 2019 11:13 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I watched Howdy doody.  

    Clarabelle.  He was the clown BEFORE Bozo.  That's how OLD I am.    Clarabell looks like John Wayne Gacey.  What a scary looking clown for little kids.  

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 14, 2019 12:19 PM MST
      December 14, 2019 11:14 AM MST
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  • 44178
    Mentioning Gacey ages you, too. I was at the Naval Base there when that was going on.
      December 14, 2019 11:22 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Speaking of John Wayne.  My cousin's husband was supposed to meet with him the day he was arrested.  

    We lived in Chicago area.  
      December 14, 2019 3:54 PM MST
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  • 44178
    I think I met you at a Cub Food store once.
      December 14, 2019 6:14 PM MST
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  • 19942
    I'm told I was once at the show in the Peanut Gallery although I have absolutely no recollection of it. My Aunt Ruth took me.
      December 14, 2019 12:20 PM MST
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  • 10452
    That means your old enough to remember the Micky Mouse theme song and if you now watch the Late show you might have heard the new version - The Donald Trump Club March. Included a link to the vid in case you never saw it. Cheers and happy weekend!

    https://news.avclub.com/real-life-cartoon-donald-trump-gets-his-own-mickey-mous-1798252026
      December 14, 2019 11:55 AM MST
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  • 52906

      your you’re old enough 
      December 14, 2019 12:09 PM MST
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  • 10452
    Petticoat Junction?
      December 14, 2019 12:44 PM MST
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  • 32539
    Pay toilets. I seen one once. We were camping. This was in the mid-1990s believe it or not.  I just remember thinking "I bet this place has alot of plumbing problems" We had a camper so we did not have to pay.  I did pay for a good long hot shower though. 

    Cassette tapes and VCRs.  I still prefer a prefer them.  They were tough. No scratches. No buffering.  Just put in and play it. 
      December 14, 2019 11:53 AM MST
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  • 52906

      I seen saw 
      December 14, 2019 12:09 PM MST
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  • 10452
    This will really age me but I remember when they made plastic sheets that had a strip of green on the bottom - a strip of orange in the middle and a strip of blue on the top. You put the sheets over your TV screen and pretended you had a color TV. Cheers and happy weekend!
      December 14, 2019 12:05 PM MST
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  • 52906

    1. Cable television didn’t exist, there were three major networks (ABC, CBS and NBC), and public television (PBS). Combined with local channels such as UHF broadcasters, they made up the entire array of selections for television viewers. Where I was born and raised, that meant we had fewer than ten channels from which to choose. 

    1a. All television programming ceased around midnight or thereafter, and did not begin again until the wee hours of the morning, usually between 5 to 6 am. When each channel shut down for the night, it would be announced that the broadcast day was ending, and they would play the National Anthem, accompanied by a film reel of patriotic imagery. Following that, a test pattern would show, then the screen would go blank.

    1b. If you wanted to see a movie after it was no longer available at the cinema, you were out of luck until or unless one of the big three television networks deemed it fit to be shown on the small screen. Years later, this was alleviated somewhat when Beta and VHS made home viewing at the consumers‘ wishes a reality. Cue Blockbuster Video and its clones. 

    2. Every morning in school, we stood, placed our right hands over our hearts and recited The Pledge of Allegiance.
     
    3. More women and girls wore skirts and dresses more often.

    4. When I was very young, a gallon of gas never cost more than 99 cents.

    5. Carbon paper was used to make duplicate copies of certain documents. Mimeograph machines preceded copiers and printers. There was also a machine called a typewriter, which preceded word processors, which preceded smart phones. 

    6. Knowledge was stored in the brain and was recalled by long-lost processes called thinking, remembering, brainstorming, etc., unlike today wherein nothing has to be learned because it’s all a clock click away. 

    ~

    This post was edited by Randy D at December 14, 2019 8:00 PM MST
      December 14, 2019 12:06 PM MST
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  • 44178
    I have been trying to guess your age for years. You are a bit older than I thunk. (A real word.)
    A clock away? This post was edited by Element 99 at December 14, 2019 7:54 PM MST
      December 14, 2019 1:30 PM MST
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  • 52906

      I’m 25 years old.


    ~
      December 14, 2019 7:56 PM MST
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  • 46117
    It's all a WHAT away?

    That's what you get for correcting everyone else.  

    I think you need a thesaurus for your brain, since clock is not something you use to look up answers.  
      December 14, 2019 3:57 PM MST
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  • 44178
    I catch him about once a week. Twice today.
      December 14, 2019 6:17 PM MST
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  • 52906

      Compared with the sheer volume of posting I do, twice a week means I’m doing very well overall. 
    ~
      December 14, 2019 9:54 PM MST
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