The World of Layonara
The Layonara Community => Just for Fun => Topic started by: on November 08, 2005, 08:21:00 am
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For all my old, and young friends.
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things.
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1987. They are too young to remember the 1st space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
The CD was introduced the year they were born; vinyl...8-track...what's that?
They have always had an answering machine
They have always had cable.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Do you feel old yet? (Sorry) Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading.
Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate
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wow... I actually remember McDonald's styrofoam boxes... I was like, 6 years old... I think the breakfast platters still come in styrofoam...
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hehehe.. scary... I remember...
Pizza exploded onto the main food sceane with Ninja Turtles
people had BIG hair
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Thunderstorm - 11/8/2005 5:21 PM
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
Mork? Who is he - I do however remember Mindy *winks*
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heh, 1987 was a really good year ;)
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hah! Non of this suites me Im from 1988 hah!.... erhh?
A world without an answeringmachine!!!!!!!! How did you ever manage?!
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Nanu nanu.
And I'm only sixteen. o.o''
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I was born in 1986. I remember Mork (damn that was cool!) and I know who J.R is. I do not, unfortunately, have any idea what "I would walk a mile for a camel" is all about :)
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I'd have to agree 88 is a good year!
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... You are all making me feel old...
And I am NOT even THAT old yet!!!
*She wanders off mumbling about teenagers*
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1.) They are too young to remember the 1st space shuttle blowing up.
Don't remember it.
2.)Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Yep
3.)Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
true again
4.)The CD was introduced the year they were born; vinyl...8-track...what's that?
I had things on vinyl, though the cassette was big at the time. I remember when CDs came out and 1 little CD came in this huge box about twice the size of a VHS tape.
5.)They have always had an answering machine
I guess so... never spent much time thinking about it.
6.)They have always had cable.
I didn't, but its always been around
7.)They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
Didn't have a TV with a remote untill the 90's
8.)Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Who's Jay Leno?
9.)Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
I've popped popcorn on the stove
10.)They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
I think it was jaws 2 I saw when I was little that scared the crap out of me... however, i was living in the foothills of the rockies at the time, so any swim didn't include any thoughts about sharks.
11.)They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
I can't imagine what any contact lenses are like
12.)They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
I can't for the life of me remember where he was from... but I watched reruns of that show a lot.
13.)They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".
I've heard "What's the beef?" or, "Whats your beef?" I assume the camel reference is a cigarette ad.. don't know the plane one.
14.)They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
This one is lost on me...
15.)McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
Oh yes it did!
16.)They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
I had an old typewriter from the 40's.. Its like a keyboard, you just have to hit it harder. Oh.. and if you make a typo, you have to use this mysterious substance called "White Out"
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Thunderstorm - 11/8/2005 5:21 PM
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
Didn't they make a return of J.R. a few years back? Some two-three parter where he turned good?
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DA PLANE BOSS DA PLANE!
ahh... I remember it all.
well... not J.R.. least.. not at this moment
I have seen much... and remember little
and I'm an 82... NO NOT YEARS.... good googaly... some people... 1982... that better?
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Aye! '82 be me own year, mates. And kudos to those who've watched Robin Williams' early acting. 100 points to the person that can name Robin Williams' first time on the big screen. :)
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"Laugh In," the second airing in '77. They tried, but really just failed to capture the sense of the older one.
Why? 'Cause I rock.
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heh, I said the "big screen." In other words, what was Robin Williams' first movie?
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Was it Popeye? in 1980
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*ding ding ding* You're correct! You win a hundred points!
A-hug-ga-ga-ga-ga! *toot toot*
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Did you cheat and look that up on the IMDB? that's what I did, which is why i didn't say. I'd have felt like a fraud :)
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I remembered Popeye, from when I was a kid, but i did have to look up the date, because i wasnt sure of the year it came out. I do feel kind of old.
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DA PLANE! DA PLANE!
You know what to do tatoo.
(The only reason I know these lines is because my [violet]MOM[/violet] told me them!)
I was born in 1986.
Feeling old yet? =)
P.S. the ninja turtle were, and are still 'Da Bomb'.
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ShrubberyJSC - 11/13/2005 2:35 AM
P.S. the ninja turtle were, and are still 'Da Bomb'.
Cowabunga, baby.
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Haha...I remember having to go out in the snow and turn the antenna for better reception (and someone yelling out the window "go back, stop, right there!" whenever we had to turn the knob on the TV. My brother and I were the tuner and the remote all-in-one.
And McDonalds had "It keeps the hot side hot and the cold side cold." containers.
Before the liquid white out, there was a type writer eraser with a stiff plastic brush on the end.
Anyone remember the rumor about Wendy's using earthworms in their hamburgers to make them juicy?
Or, how about the Million Dollar Man doll where you could pull back the plactic on his arm to reveal the microchip and look through his eye from the back of his head for bionic vision.
Or, the evil knievel doll and motorcycle.
And my personnal favorite ---- G.I. Joe!! The best equipped figures of all times.
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Dude! I had all kinds of cool G.I. Joe stuff. Which I managed to lose and/or break over the years =/
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My friend had the *complete* Ninja Turtles figurine collection
including the Pre-mutation Be-Bop and Rocksteady
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oh, yeah, sure, Doc... everybody's got a > friend < who has the complete collection.... ;)
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Doc-Holiday - 11/15/2005 1:13 PM
My friend had the *complete* Ninja Turtles figurine collection
including the Pre-mutation Be-Bop and Rocksteady
Right on!
I only had a few, but the ones that shot pizzas outta their chests were my all time fav. ;)
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Now it gets scary on the 12 12 2005 I will be 40 years old
Ye god time for a mid life, red sports car here I come
I rember all that stuff and more I was born on a farm
that had a well thats right water from the ground!.
littel power and no heating bugger it was cold.
The wormest place was the cow shed.
I did not see my 1st Mcdonelds
untill I was 12 as they did not hit my part of the UK in the 70s
I rember the last man on the moon
and seeing my 1st 8 track. But what a grate 40 years I lived throw PUNK
got the 1st true home PC the BBC Micro, Seen the end of the cold war
Seen the barth of the Internet and throw it all Played
RPGs now online
But in my hart Traviler will aways have a place
Grav cars and Lasers arr
The Kids of today grumbel grumbel
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Yup.. not many of the "newbies" can say they saw the U.S.S.R. as anything more than a dusty page in an old text book... I had a world atlas comforter on my bed years ago that had the U.S.S.R as well as all the old Eastern European contries that exploded into billions of tiny pieces.. and you can't recognize africa...
Heck... the really new ones never even saw the first mars landing... that was cool...
Though we Old Fogies to be have gotten to see a 10nth planet added to the solar system... the dumbest name I've ever heard...
hehehe... I remember watching the program "Beyond 2000"
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Huh? What is the name of the new tenth planet?
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1.) They are too young to remember the 1st space shuttle blowing up.
I was a sophomore in High School in Florida. I was in class and we were watching the launch on TV. We were all...just....well, there are no words for how we felt....it was just so terrible.
2.)Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
I remember when AIDS starte to get news time.
3.)Bottle caps have always been screw off and plasic.
Ha! Step on a metal bottle cap bare footed sometime..ouch. Plus...how about the pull tabs on cans (which were NOT aluminum, by the way).
4.)The CD was introduced the year they were born; vinyl...8-track...what's that?
I had records and 8 - tracks when I was pre-teen. Cassettes were huge as a teen and I remeber thinking the CD would NEVER catch on..haha.
5.)They have always had an answering machine
Heh...missed many a phone call. :)
6.)They have always had cable.
Did not have cable until I was 18 (1988)
7.)They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
*I* was the remote control for the longest time. "Son! Put on channel 3!"
8.)Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
I was annoyed when he took over. Thought they should have picked David Letterman.
9.)Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
Stove popped popcorn is yummy.
10.)They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
Jaws never scared me. I thought and still do think it's a stupid movie. :)
11.)They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
My mom wore those. She hated them.
12.)They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
I loved that show!
13.)They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".
Heh...da plane is from Fanasy Island. A show that was quite popular.
14.)They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
J.R. Ewing from Dallas. He was very disliked. I watched that show every week with my mom.
15.)McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
Ha! Kill the environment.
16.)They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
I still have a typewriter, thank you very much! ;)
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We used to make chains from the pull tabs.
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walking up hill to school bothways with one shoe to share between you and your sibling and it had a hole in it in thirty feet of snow and one pair of clothes a year
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1.) They are too young to remember the 1st space shuttle blowing up. Yeah, I am.... kinda thankful for it too. 2.)Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Well.... I actually don't keep up on the latest deadly diseases. I don't make it a habit to catch em myself.
3.)Bottle caps have always been screw off and plasic. ....they didn't used to be....? 4.)The CD was introduced the year they were born; vinyl...8-track...what's that? Well I do have vinyl, or rather my dad does, but yeah CDs rock harder anyway.... 5.)They have always had an answering machine No actually, NEVER had one. 6.)They have always had cable. Only in the last 5-6 years.... 7.)They cannot fathom not having a remote control. True dat dwag...
8.)Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show. What's the Tonight Show....? ;) 9.)Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave. No no no.... hate microwave popcorn, I go for air pop only.... 10.)They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. Dun dun.... dun dun dun dun.... dun dun duuuuu-dun.... love that shark.... 11.)They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are. Yeah well you see, me and my perfect eyes never needed none of that.... 12.)They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. Mork? Hm... Mork... I wonder who Mork was and where he was from....
13.)They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane". An early Doc. Holiday quote perhaps? :o 14.)They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is. Right you are sah... 15.)McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers. Well.... McDonalds also never came with million dollar law suits cause people got fat from eating their food.... 16.)They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Uh huh.... wait I DO know how to use one. (Have an old typewriter from when my mom was young.... dude it rocks.)
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I don't walk any where for a camel... it had better walk with me on it
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Hmm, it seems I feel old. I remember 87 like it was yesterday, and 86, and 85, and 84, and so on back into the 70's. *sigh* all I have to say to the youngin's. Picture life before internet. Picture actually having to write a letter or type it on a typewriter then actually have to walk to a mailbox and mail it.
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How barbaric!
I remember almost all of those things though. I even have a meaningful recollection of gulf war I.
Beer still has metal caps and glass bottles. :P And here in Japan, so does coke!