how many do you remeber?

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#1

trappedslider

Jul 22, 2011 19:11:20
Finding this made me think of how it appears to me that half of the folks here in the OTT are older than me and i'm only 25

shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingart...

I rmeber a few of the things listed,but not all of them
#2

draco1119

Jul 22, 2011 20:15:40
Oh, Christ.  I remember EVERY SINGLE ONE of them, with a few exceptions:
1) Some of the computer tech-specific stuff, I don't even know what s/he's talking about.
2) Never been to Britain, so I've never heard of a "Marathon" bar.
3) Never even heard of the thing with the Kit-Kat bar.
#3

Jharii

Jul 22, 2011 20:24:02
2) Never been to Britain, so I've never heard of a "Marathon" bar.

They had them in the States.

But yeah, I remember all of these things.  LOL.
#4

jetshield

Jul 22, 2011 21:08:03
All of them. Every. Single. One. Damn I'm old.

Marathon bars were my favorite candy for a while.
#5

draco1119

Jul 22, 2011 21:12:40
All of them. Every. Single. One. Damn I'm old.
Marathon bars were my favorite candy for a while.


Mine were Whatchamacallits and Chocolate Pay Days.
#6

jetshield

Jul 22, 2011 21:16:23
I've been on a skittles kick lately. Which is wierd 'cause I'm a chocoholic. Maybe it's just because it's been so hot.
#7

draco1119

Jul 22, 2011 21:18:57
I've been on a skittles kick lately. Which is wierd 'cause I'm a chocoholic. Maybe it's just because it's been so hot.


Remember, M&M's melt in your pocket, not in your hand. 
#8

trappedslider

Jul 22, 2011 21:20:44
bunch of oldies lol
#9

draco1119

Jul 22, 2011 21:44:43
bunch of oldies lol


Well, excuse us for being children of the 80s...
#10

magikot9

Jul 22, 2011 22:07:09
I'm 27 and the only thing on the list I don't remember is Omni Magazine.
#11

trappedslider

Jul 22, 2011 22:12:08
bunch of oldies lol


Well, excuse us for being children of the 80s...



I was born in 85 tyvm
#12

Mad_Jack

Jul 22, 2011 23:59:53


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...

I was born in '72 - I was in junior high and getting stoned for the first time and getting to see a girl's naked breasts for the first time (not on the same night, though) the year you were born.

I've been playing D&D about 3 years longer than you've been alive - I have dice older than you, son, lol.. Tongue out

 (And get off my lawn, dammit!)


#13

pigknight

Jul 23, 2011 0:09:53
I remember:
1, 3, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 30, 31, 32, 37, 43, 44, 45, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, and 100.

51/100.

It's like Spanish class all over again! <(QoQ<) 
#14

Qube

Jul 23, 2011 0:27:39
1 3 4 5 6 9 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 28 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 42 44 45 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 78 82 83 86 87 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99 100

71/100
#15

The_Silversword

Jul 23, 2011 0:55:54
Uhm, I think it would be easier to list the ones I dont remember:
22-dont even know what jumpers or IRQs are, ok scratch that just googled it and yeah I have done that, just didnt realize those things were called jumpers or that I was setting IRQs.
24-I didnt even know what a mainframe was back then.
26-Never had a cassette drive, but I knew someone who did, I didnt know you had to tweak the volume.
27-never had to worry about too many SCSI devices, but doesnt Daisy chaining sound dirty?

And in my case number 30 would be Sega Genesis cartridges, I learned that theyd ussually work if youd get a little spit in there too.

but the rest, yeah I remember. Some of these really take me back! Specially liked 81, hell yeah Han Shot first, always has, always will! I was just talkin about 82 as well, kids today just dont have the same appreciation for Star Wars now, that was huge news back in the day, WHAT!? VADERS HIS FATHER!? Looking back on it now, why didnt R2 just tell him? Or maybe he did, remember that part where Lukes trying to sneak into Cloud City and the whole time R2s behind him beeping away and Lukes like shut the up! R2 that entire time was probably saying dude! dont go in there its a trap hes your dad! why arent you listening to me!? Fine you stupid human go ahead, go in there, I hope he freakin chops your hand off!
#16

The_Silversword

Jul 23, 2011 1:06:37


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...

I was born in '72 - I was in junior high and getting stoned for the first time and getting to see a girl's naked breasts for the first time (not on the same night, though) the year you were born.

I've been playing D&D about 3 years longer than you've been alive - I have dice older than you, son, lol.. Tongue out

 (And get off my lawn, dammit!)



72 was a good year! I only say this cause I was born that year too! Wasnt that the same year that the A-Team was convicted of a crime they didnt commit and promptly escaped a maximum secruity stockade into the Los Angles underground?

Year of the Rat, baby!!!
actually I was born before the Chinese New Year, so I guess technically Im a Boar.
#17

pigknight

Jul 23, 2011 1:11:16


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...

I was born in '72 - I was in junior high and getting stoned for the first time and getting to see a girl's naked breasts for the first time (not on the same night, though) the year you were born.

I've been playing D&D about 3 years longer than you've been alive - I have dice older than you, son, lol.. Tongue out

 (And get off my lawn, dammit!)



72 was a good year! I only say this cause I was born that year too! Wasnt that the same year that the A-Team was convicted of a crime they didnt commit and promptly escaped a maximum secruity stockade into the Los Angles underground?

Year of the Rat, baby!!!
actually I was born before the Chinese New Year, so I guess technically Im a Boar.


PIGGEH?!

 
#18

Ragnar_Lodbrok

Jul 23, 2011 1:18:30
I remember roughly 50% of them.
#19

The_Silversword

Jul 23, 2011 1:26:36


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...

I was born in '72 - I was in junior high and getting stoned for the first time and getting to see a girl's naked breasts for the first time (not on the same night, though) the year you were born.

I've been playing D&D about 3 years longer than you've been alive - I have dice older than you, son, lol.. Tongue out

 (And get off my lawn, dammit!)



72 was a good year! I only say this cause I was born that year too! Wasnt that the same year that the A-Team was convicted of a crime they didnt commit and promptly escaped a maximum secruity stockade into the Los Angles underground?

Year of the Rat, baby!!!
actually I was born before the Chinese New Year, so I guess technically Im a Boar.


PIGGEH?!

 



IM not really sure how the Chinese Zodiac really works, I do know they get more specific than just using animals, theres also colors involved and elements, of course they dont use Earth Air Water and Fire, its like Metal, Wood, and something something.
So im not really sure where exactly I would fall in.

I guess Im a Pig-Rat!
#20

iqwinn

Jul 23, 2011 2:47:22
I was born in 1965.

1, 3, 4, 5, 6 (yes, I was Dad's TV remote), 7, 8 (I remember Jimmy "JJ" Walker hawking some on TV), 9 (had a bunch of them; my dad still has his collection, iirc), 10 (vaguely), 12, 13, 14 (my Dad still has one), 15 (Bob Wilkins did a 3D creature feature of The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and people who mailed in requests had 3D glasses sent to their homes), 16, 17 (Yeah, it was called reality!), 18, 19, 20 (writing my class reports for college), 21 (YUP!), 23, 24 (where my wife works, they still have a mainframe), 25, 28, 29 (upgrades for Commodore 128 computers were NOT cheap!), 32 (still have one for my Star Wars games), 33, 34, 35 (just what I saw on TV, not from personal experience), 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 (Lord, do I miss those!), 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 (Damn right, he did!), 82, 83 (I now call it Kentucky Fried Critters; God knows what you're eating there), 84, 85 (never used one, though I've seen them being used), 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100.
#21

draco1119

Jul 23, 2011 7:09:57


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...


This.  I was a Bicentennial baby.  I remember Reagan and the Pope getting shot.  I remember the Challanger explosion.  Thankfully I don't remember the Disco Era. 
#22

trappedslider

Jul 23, 2011 10:13:52


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...


This.  I was a Bicentennial baby.  I remember Reagan and the Pope getting shot.  I remember the Challanger explosion.  Thankfully I don't remember the Disco Era. 






#23

Someone

Jul 23, 2011 11:47:42
You know, you could probably use a lot of these as age verification on the internet. "What is this object?" "Oh, its a floppy." "You may enter."

If they make another list, they could add:
-phones with cords
-phones that plug into the wall for that matter
-animated movies that were drawn by hand, each and every frame
-being unable to see L.A. through the smog
-having to roll down a car window with a hand crank
-cars that needed leaded gas
#24

oxybe

Jul 23, 2011 11:57:28
All of them. Every. Single. One. Damn I'm old.

Marathon bars were my favorite candy for a while.



same.

now i'm feeling old and i'm only 25 (well, 26 soon). it might be due to my "country-bumpkin"-ness, having grown up in the backwoods of PEI, but still... every last one of those except that bar thing. 
#25

bonesclone

Jul 23, 2011 12:21:35
Holy ****, I remember just about all of those. I was just looking at a dry-erase magnet board on my fridge this morning and it had the sections to write down all the emergency numbers (police, fire department, ambulance, etc). I realized that I haven't had to actually know any of those numbers for a long time. Then I realized that if I could remember that time, it took a lot longer than it should have for someone to dream up 911.

EDIT: Ok, I was curious and looked it up. So maybe not so long for someone to come up with the idea, just a while longer for widespread implementation.
#26

trappedslider

Jul 23, 2011 13:13:15
This. I haven't read the list as I cannot see the OP.



does that mean i can mock you for overreacting and oyu not see it?Tongue out
#27

homicidal_squirrel

Jul 24, 2011 18:37:11
#28

Jharii

Jul 24, 2011 19:08:35

Heh.  I'd be surprised if many people here know it.

#29

draco1119

Jul 24, 2011 19:25:32
I do! 
#30

Mad_Jack

Jul 24, 2011 21:25:43

Heh.  I'd be surprised if many people here know it.




 How did that go? "Please be kind and rewind"? Tongue out


#31

draco1119

Jul 25, 2011 6:22:15
That was VHS.  Never heard it in reference to a cassette...
#32

LFK

Jul 25, 2011 9:49:55


Took me a moment to remember.
#33

iqwinn

Jul 25, 2011 10:04:14
The hexagonal shape of the pencil shaft was just the right size to insert into the hole of a cassette tape so that you could set it to a particular song.  Kinda like hitting the >>| button on your iPod, but not as cool.
#34

Klirshon

Jul 25, 2011 10:11:42



Some machines are peculiar on what data they want to play. You have only yourselves to blame when the machine pulls the tape out of the cassette.
#35

Jharii

Jul 25, 2011 13:42:54
The hexagonal shape of the pencil shaft was just the right size to insert into the hole of a cassette tape so that you could set it to a particular song.  Kinda like hitting the >>| button on your iPod, but not as cool.


Well, fast forward and rewind worked very well for that.  Typically it was used for tightening up loose tape, but yes, you got it.  
#36

trappedslider

Jul 25, 2011 15:45:59
Wow I don't ever remember doing that.



well they say the frist thing to go when you old is your memoryTongue out
#37

pigknight

Jul 25, 2011 16:15:45


You use the pencil to rewind it right?
#38

Cpt_Micha

Jul 25, 2011 16:41:49
I remember, walkmans, VCRs, and computers that saved data on cassete tapes (seriously kids it exists) I remember a time when fuel injection on cars was still considered newfangled.

8bit gaming and the hand cramps that came from prolonged playing periods with the NES controller.

I remember when Sega, made Good Gaming Consoles, and was a thirdparty supporting giant.

I remember the 32x, SegaCD and the other unholy tumors that sprang up off my poor console.

I remember, plastic gijoes that had elastic bands inside their torsos so they could twist.

I remember when VH1 played music, hell I remember when MTV did for that matter.

I remember when the PS1 rocked the world in gaming.

I remember a time before Third Edition D&D.

I remember when Magic the gathering was Launched.

#39

jetshield

Jul 25, 2011 17:11:04

I remember a time before Third Edition D&D.


I still haven't moved on to 3e...
#40

LFK

Jul 25, 2011 17:19:17
I remember, plastic gijoes that had elastic bands inside their torsos so they could twist. 



What keeps them together now?


I haven't looked at a new one recently, but I'd assume a bar-ball-and-socket joint. Or it's just a flat post-joint (think Ninja Turtles' joints) that only allows rotation and not ambulation.

Hmm, now I'm curious... 
#42

draco1119

Jul 22, 2011 20:15:40
Oh, Christ.  I remember EVERY SINGLE ONE of them, with a few exceptions:
1) Some of the computer tech-specific stuff, I don't even know what s/he's talking about.
2) Never been to Britain, so I've never heard of a "Marathon" bar.
3) Never even heard of the thing with the Kit-Kat bar.
#43

Jharii

Jul 22, 2011 20:24:02
2) Never been to Britain, so I've never heard of a "Marathon" bar.

They had them in the States.

But yeah, I remember all of these things.  LOL.
#44

jetshield

Jul 22, 2011 21:08:03
All of them. Every. Single. One. Damn I'm old.

Marathon bars were my favorite candy for a while.
#45

draco1119

Jul 22, 2011 21:12:40
All of them. Every. Single. One. Damn I'm old.
Marathon bars were my favorite candy for a while.


Mine were Whatchamacallits and Chocolate Pay Days.
#46

jetshield

Jul 22, 2011 21:16:23
I've been on a skittles kick lately. Which is wierd 'cause I'm a chocoholic. Maybe it's just because it's been so hot.
#47

draco1119

Jul 22, 2011 21:18:57
I've been on a skittles kick lately. Which is wierd 'cause I'm a chocoholic. Maybe it's just because it's been so hot.


Remember, M&M's melt in your pocket, not in your hand. 
#48

trappedslider

Jul 22, 2011 21:20:44
bunch of oldies lol
#49

draco1119

Jul 22, 2011 21:44:43
bunch of oldies lol


Well, excuse us for being children of the 80s...
#50

magikot9

Jul 22, 2011 22:07:09
I'm 27 and the only thing on the list I don't remember is Omni Magazine.
#51

trappedslider

Jul 22, 2011 22:12:08
bunch of oldies lol


Well, excuse us for being children of the 80s...



I was born in 85 tyvm
#52

Mad_Jack

Jul 22, 2011 23:59:53


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...

I was born in '72 - I was in junior high and getting stoned for the first time and getting to see a girl's naked breasts for the first time (not on the same night, though) the year you were born.

I've been playing D&D about 3 years longer than you've been alive - I have dice older than you, son, lol.. Tongue out

 (And get off my lawn, dammit!)


#53

pigknight

Jul 23, 2011 0:09:53
I remember:
1, 3, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 30, 31, 32, 37, 43, 44, 45, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, and 100.

51/100.

It's like Spanish class all over again! <(QoQ<) 
#54

Qube

Jul 23, 2011 0:27:39
1 3 4 5 6 9 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 28 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 42 44 45 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 78 82 83 86 87 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99 100

71/100
#55

The_Silversword

Jul 23, 2011 0:55:54
Uhm, I think it would be easier to list the ones I dont remember:
22-dont even know what jumpers or IRQs are, ok scratch that just googled it and yeah I have done that, just didnt realize those things were called jumpers or that I was setting IRQs.
24-I didnt even know what a mainframe was back then.
26-Never had a cassette drive, but I knew someone who did, I didnt know you had to tweak the volume.
27-never had to worry about too many SCSI devices, but doesnt Daisy chaining sound dirty?

And in my case number 30 would be Sega Genesis cartridges, I learned that theyd ussually work if youd get a little spit in there too.

but the rest, yeah I remember. Some of these really take me back! Specially liked 81, hell yeah Han Shot first, always has, always will! I was just talkin about 82 as well, kids today just dont have the same appreciation for Star Wars now, that was huge news back in the day, WHAT!? VADERS HIS FATHER!? Looking back on it now, why didnt R2 just tell him? Or maybe he did, remember that part where Lukes trying to sneak into Cloud City and the whole time R2s behind him beeping away and Lukes like shut the up! R2 that entire time was probably saying dude! dont go in there its a trap hes your dad! why arent you listening to me!? Fine you stupid human go ahead, go in there, I hope he freakin chops your hand off!
#56

The_Silversword

Jul 23, 2011 1:06:37


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...

I was born in '72 - I was in junior high and getting stoned for the first time and getting to see a girl's naked breasts for the first time (not on the same night, though) the year you were born.

I've been playing D&D about 3 years longer than you've been alive - I have dice older than you, son, lol.. Tongue out

 (And get off my lawn, dammit!)



72 was a good year! I only say this cause I was born that year too! Wasnt that the same year that the A-Team was convicted of a crime they didnt commit and promptly escaped a maximum secruity stockade into the Los Angles underground?

Year of the Rat, baby!!!
actually I was born before the Chinese New Year, so I guess technically Im a Boar.
#57

pigknight

Jul 23, 2011 1:11:16


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...

I was born in '72 - I was in junior high and getting stoned for the first time and getting to see a girl's naked breasts for the first time (not on the same night, though) the year you were born.

I've been playing D&D about 3 years longer than you've been alive - I have dice older than you, son, lol.. Tongue out

 (And get off my lawn, dammit!)



72 was a good year! I only say this cause I was born that year too! Wasnt that the same year that the A-Team was convicted of a crime they didnt commit and promptly escaped a maximum secruity stockade into the Los Angles underground?

Year of the Rat, baby!!!
actually I was born before the Chinese New Year, so I guess technically Im a Boar.


PIGGEH?!

 
#58

Ragnar_Lodbrok

Jul 23, 2011 1:18:30
I remember roughly 50% of them.
#59

The_Silversword

Jul 23, 2011 1:26:36


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...

I was born in '72 - I was in junior high and getting stoned for the first time and getting to see a girl's naked breasts for the first time (not on the same night, though) the year you were born.

I've been playing D&D about 3 years longer than you've been alive - I have dice older than you, son, lol.. Tongue out

 (And get off my lawn, dammit!)



72 was a good year! I only say this cause I was born that year too! Wasnt that the same year that the A-Team was convicted of a crime they didnt commit and promptly escaped a maximum secruity stockade into the Los Angles underground?

Year of the Rat, baby!!!
actually I was born before the Chinese New Year, so I guess technically Im a Boar.


PIGGEH?!

 



IM not really sure how the Chinese Zodiac really works, I do know they get more specific than just using animals, theres also colors involved and elements, of course they dont use Earth Air Water and Fire, its like Metal, Wood, and something something.
So im not really sure where exactly I would fall in.

I guess Im a Pig-Rat!
#60

iqwinn

Jul 23, 2011 2:47:22
I was born in 1965.

1, 3, 4, 5, 6 (yes, I was Dad's TV remote), 7, 8 (I remember Jimmy "JJ" Walker hawking some on TV), 9 (had a bunch of them; my dad still has his collection, iirc), 10 (vaguely), 12, 13, 14 (my Dad still has one), 15 (Bob Wilkins did a 3D creature feature of The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and people who mailed in requests had 3D glasses sent to their homes), 16, 17 (Yeah, it was called reality!), 18, 19, 20 (writing my class reports for college), 21 (YUP!), 23, 24 (where my wife works, they still have a mainframe), 25, 28, 29 (upgrades for Commodore 128 computers were NOT cheap!), 32 (still have one for my Star Wars games), 33, 34, 35 (just what I saw on TV, not from personal experience), 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 (Lord, do I miss those!), 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 (Damn right, he did!), 82, 83 (I now call it Kentucky Fried Critters; God knows what you're eating there), 84, 85 (never used one, though I've seen them being used), 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100.
#61

draco1119

Jul 23, 2011 7:09:57


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...


This.  I was a Bicentennial baby.  I remember Reagan and the Pope getting shot.  I remember the Challanger explosion.  Thankfully I don't remember the Disco Era. 
#62

trappedslider

Jul 23, 2011 10:13:52


I was born in 85 tyvm


 Which means you really weren't a sentient being until the 90's...


This.  I was a Bicentennial baby.  I remember Reagan and the Pope getting shot.  I remember the Challanger explosion.  Thankfully I don't remember the Disco Era. 






#63

Someone

Jul 23, 2011 11:47:42
You know, you could probably use a lot of these as age verification on the internet. "What is this object?" "Oh, its a floppy." "You may enter."

If they make another list, they could add:
-phones with cords
-phones that plug into the wall for that matter
-animated movies that were drawn by hand, each and every frame
-being unable to see L.A. through the smog
-having to roll down a car window with a hand crank
-cars that needed leaded gas
#64

oxybe

Jul 23, 2011 11:57:28
All of them. Every. Single. One. Damn I'm old.

Marathon bars were my favorite candy for a while.



same.

now i'm feeling old and i'm only 25 (well, 26 soon). it might be due to my "country-bumpkin"-ness, having grown up in the backwoods of PEI, but still... every last one of those except that bar thing. 
#65

bonesclone

Jul 23, 2011 12:21:35
Holy ****, I remember just about all of those. I was just looking at a dry-erase magnet board on my fridge this morning and it had the sections to write down all the emergency numbers (police, fire department, ambulance, etc). I realized that I haven't had to actually know any of those numbers for a long time. Then I realized that if I could remember that time, it took a lot longer than it should have for someone to dream up 911.

EDIT: Ok, I was curious and looked it up. So maybe not so long for someone to come up with the idea, just a while longer for widespread implementation.
#66

trappedslider

Jul 23, 2011 13:13:15
This. I haven't read the list as I cannot see the OP.



does that mean i can mock you for overreacting and oyu not see it?Tongue out
#67

homicidal_squirrel

Jul 24, 2011 18:37:11
#68

Jharii

Jul 24, 2011 19:08:35

Heh.  I'd be surprised if many people here know it.

#69

draco1119

Jul 24, 2011 19:25:32
I do! 
#70

Mad_Jack

Jul 24, 2011 21:25:43

Heh.  I'd be surprised if many people here know it.




 How did that go? "Please be kind and rewind"? Tongue out


#71

draco1119

Jul 25, 2011 6:22:15
That was VHS.  Never heard it in reference to a cassette...
#72

LFK

Jul 25, 2011 9:49:55


Took me a moment to remember.
#73

iqwinn

Jul 25, 2011 10:04:14
The hexagonal shape of the pencil shaft was just the right size to insert into the hole of a cassette tape so that you could set it to a particular song.  Kinda like hitting the >>| button on your iPod, but not as cool.
#74

Klirshon

Jul 25, 2011 10:11:42



Some machines are peculiar on what data they want to play. You have only yourselves to blame when the machine pulls the tape out of the cassette.
#75

Jharii

Jul 25, 2011 13:42:54
The hexagonal shape of the pencil shaft was just the right size to insert into the hole of a cassette tape so that you could set it to a particular song.  Kinda like hitting the >>| button on your iPod, but not as cool.


Well, fast forward and rewind worked very well for that.  Typically it was used for tightening up loose tape, but yes, you got it.  
#76

trappedslider

Jul 25, 2011 15:45:59
Wow I don't ever remember doing that.



well they say the frist thing to go when you old is your memoryTongue out
#77

pigknight

Jul 25, 2011 16:15:45


You use the pencil to rewind it right?
#78

Cpt_Micha

Jul 25, 2011 16:41:49
I remember, walkmans, VCRs, and computers that saved data on cassete tapes (seriously kids it exists) I remember a time when fuel injection on cars was still considered newfangled.

8bit gaming and the hand cramps that came from prolonged playing periods with the NES controller.

I remember when Sega, made Good Gaming Consoles, and was a thirdparty supporting giant.

I remember the 32x, SegaCD and the other unholy tumors that sprang up off my poor console.

I remember, plastic gijoes that had elastic bands inside their torsos so they could twist.

I remember when VH1 played music, hell I remember when MTV did for that matter.

I remember when the PS1 rocked the world in gaming.

I remember a time before Third Edition D&D.

I remember when Magic the gathering was Launched.

#79

jetshield

Jul 25, 2011 17:11:04

I remember a time before Third Edition D&D.


I still haven't moved on to 3e...
#80

LFK

Jul 25, 2011 17:19:17
I remember, plastic gijoes that had elastic bands inside their torsos so they could twist. 



What keeps them together now?


I haven't looked at a new one recently, but I'd assume a bar-ball-and-socket joint. Or it's just a flat post-joint (think Ninja Turtles' joints) that only allows rotation and not ambulation.

Hmm, now I'm curious...