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Dominic · 03-04-2010, 05:07 PM

When I was ten in 1973:

There was no internet
Heck, there were no computers
Calculators were the height of technology
Fax machines were science fiction fantasy
I had to stand next to a wall to talk on the phone, as said phone was connected to said wall via a short, twisty cord
No video games (no not even arcade games - we did have pinball machines, tho)
If I wanted to heat something up quickly, I would have to pre-heat the oven and wait half an hour or so. Microwave ovens did not exist.
No cable TV.
No TV remote - if I wanted to change one of the three black & white channels we got, I'd have to get up, cross the living room, and turn it by hand.
The only available naked girls were in Playboy magazine. Porn was not accessible by the masses.
Gas prices were about 48 cents a gallon.
No MP3s, no CDs, no DVDs, no VHS, no Blockbuster.
Vinyl was the only way to listen to music unless you were rich and you had a reel-to-reel. Even cassette tapes were rare.
If I wanted to watch a movie, I would've had to see it in the movie theater.

gogogogogogogogo

k0derkid · 03-04-2010, 05:09 PM

What was it like living in the depression?

Did you churn your own butter?

asdfasdf32 · 03-04-2010, 05:10 PM

What was there to do in your free time? No internet, no cable, no DVDs? I don't think I could go back to talking to people...

**ursine cotcher** · 03-04-2010, 05:10 PM

i see no future in history

**JMurder3** · 03-04-2010, 05:10 PM

Favorite sorting algorithm?

(this thread gets my seal of approval fwiw

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PritEPritEGood · 03-04-2010, 05:10 PM

What was it like to read by oil lamp?

spike420211 · 03-04-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by asdfasdf32

What was there to do in your free time? No internet, no cable, no DVDs? I don't think I could go back to talking to people...

we smoked pot a great deal

PritEPritEGood · 03-04-2010, 05:13 PM

Oh and I would like to know what it was like to have to widdle your own teeth from a piece of wood...please advise

Dominic · 03-04-2010, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by k0derkid

Did you churn your own butter?

No, Richard Nixon and Walter Cronkite did it for us.

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Originally Posted by asdfasdf32

What was there to do in your free time? No internet, no cable, no DVDs? I don't think I could go back to talking to people...

We played outside and got molested by the milkman.* Good times.

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Originally Posted by PritEPritEGood

What was it like to read by oil lamp?

You're assuming my family had such luxuries.

Stian Bjornoy · 03-04-2010, 05:15 PM

What did a bj cost?

Dominic · 03-04-2010, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Stian Bjornoy

What did a bj cost?

Ask your mom.

Stian Bjornoy · 03-04-2010, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Dominic

Ask your mom.

She said you would know better. ofc i asked here b4 i asked you

Dominic · 03-04-2010, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Stian Bjornoy

She said you would know better. ofc i asked here b4 i asked you

About tree-fiddy

slownpainful · 03-04-2010, 05:19 PM

What was it like being a porn director if there was only playboy magazines?

gregorio · 03-04-2010, 05:28 PM

Did you ever get excited going to pick up relatives at the airport because your parents would give you a couple of nickes so you could play on the Pong game they had in the waiting lounge, and pong was like the most exciting thing ever?