had to walk 10 miles to school. up hill. both ways.
had to walk 10 miles to school. up hill. both ways.
Massaya (February 11th, 2014)
Back in the days you could smoke and get away with it.
TerraNoir (February 8th, 2014)
i remember curb feelers.
imaginerhetoric (February 8th, 2014)
I'm so old I use WordStar.
My other pen is a Montblanc.
And my other blog is a tumblr!
And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD
I remember using a fountain pen before they were collector's items.
--I remember when diapers only came in one type: cloth.
John
I saw "The Sound of Music" when it came out in the theater.
I remember coal delivers and ice delivers for ice boxes
To continue to diminish the place of the handwritten in our lives is to diminish, in a small but real way, our humanity. Philip Hensher
Dunno ergo sum
Dreck (February 8th, 2014)
Our phone was on a party line
Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
Annie (February 11th, 2014)
I remember when the milkman made house to house milk deliveries...
... learned cursive as part of the standard curriculum in elementary school, and remember seeing all the cursive alphabet characters on little cards placed around the room above the black chalkboards. Music and PE (physical ed) were also standard in the curriculum, though only a few times a week.
inlovewithjournals (February 9th, 2014)
Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
Crazyorange (February 8th, 2014)
I sing snatches of The Girl From Ipanema around work and my coworkers think it's a new tune...
85AKbN (February 8th, 2014), Dreck (February 8th, 2014), LunaAzurina (February 9th, 2014)
...I know that the rubber eraser on pencils was the proper way to rewind a tape.
Annie (February 11th, 2014), inlovewithjournals (February 9th, 2014), LunaAzurina (February 9th, 2014)
.....I can remember the Teaberry Shuffle tune.
John
... I played Pong.
Frank (February 15th, 2014)
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