The "older than dirt" meme....
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From
jhayman and
redaxe.....
[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater.
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. Only in clips, not "live".
[x] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. For President, not for Governor of California.
[x] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run.
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. I still have 'em.
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.
[x] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[ ] I I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[x] I have watched a black and white television.
[x] I have/used to have a leisure suit (and wore it!). Junior high, for band concerts.
[ ] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock.
[ ] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns. Do county fairs count?
[ ] I can spin a hula-hoop around my middle.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[x] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.
[x] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne." Well, not exactly "looked forward to".
[ ] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am."
[ ] I've had a smallpox vaccination. No, but I had a rubella vaccination.
[x] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand.
[ ] I've been to a rodeo.
[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.
[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty.
[ ] I've sold Boy Scout candy. We sold stuff in a showcase.
[x] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority. I n college.
[ ] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant. We had one nearby. Never went there.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[x] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp. We had the color wheel, but no aluminum tree.
[x] I've used a rotary phone. My parents still have one!
[x] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company.
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[ ] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston.
[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer. But I rode in a Gremlin.
[ ] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater.
[x] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class. Elementary school, too.
[ ] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[ ] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracey Ullman Show.
[x] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman. I had the original model, the WM-1.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210.
[x] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times. Nope, just once.
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black. I remember the animated Jackson 5 Saturday morning cartoon show too!
[x] I know who shot J.R.
[ ] I owned a pet rock.
[x] I have/had a Betamax VCR. Still do.
[x] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret.
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[ ] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[x] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[x] I had a television aerial outside my house. The Alliance Antenna-Rotor.
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[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater.
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. Only in clips, not "live".
[x] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. For President, not for Governor of California.
[x] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run.
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. I still have 'em.
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.
[x] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[ ] I I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[x] I have watched a black and white television.
[x] I have/used to have a leisure suit (and wore it!). Junior high, for band concerts.
[ ] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock.
[ ] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns. Do county fairs count?
[ ] I can spin a hula-hoop around my middle.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[x] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.
[x] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne." Well, not exactly "looked forward to".
[ ] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am."
[ ] I've had a smallpox vaccination. No, but I had a rubella vaccination.
[x] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand.
[ ] I've been to a rodeo.
[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.
[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty.
[ ] I've sold Boy Scout candy. We sold stuff in a showcase.
[x] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority. I n college.
[ ] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant. We had one nearby. Never went there.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[x] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp. We had the color wheel, but no aluminum tree.
[x] I've used a rotary phone. My parents still have one!
[x] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company.
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[ ] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston.
[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer. But I rode in a Gremlin.
[ ] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater.
[x] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class. Elementary school, too.
[ ] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[ ] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracey Ullman Show.
[x] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman. I had the original model, the WM-1.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210.
[x] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times. Nope, just once.
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black. I remember the animated Jackson 5 Saturday morning cartoon show too!
[x] I know who shot J.R.
[ ] I owned a pet rock.
[x] I have/had a Betamax VCR. Still do.
[x] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret.
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[ ] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[x] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[x] I had a television aerial outside my house. The Alliance Antenna-Rotor.