Oh I didn't fully convert to the CD realm until 1998. I was a holdout, but I still have most of my old cassettes from the days of yor.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rainee Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:08 PM To: talk2 Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older Cassettes were all I had for years until 1995. I had one little lone CD for the longest time. Update your CD collection. Checkout http://www.raineemusic.com. Crazy 'bout beading? Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Billman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "talk2" <talk2@AndreLouis.COM> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 9:43 AM Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older > Ah. I almost forgot... > > Perhaps this makes me a dork, or a bit too much of a perfectionist, > but I > remember taping stuff off of the radio, and putting the stereo on the > "dub" function for like five seconds in between songs so that there was > space in between them. Mary Ann, I'd bet you did that too since we are so > much alike... *smiles* > > I had vinyl and cassette tapes up until like '91 or '92. Yeah, I was > a > little behind I guess... > "Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors where there were only > windows." > Joseph Campbel > Amy Billman > Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Messenger ID: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "talk2" <talk2@AndreLouis.COM> > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:42 AM > Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older > > > Well even if you are a fake blond, you're still a real Amy. Aww. > > I also remember the Apple 2E and using BEX as a word processor and > flipping > the disks over when it prompted you to do so. I remember playing that > Lemonade Game too. In elementary school, I also remember having tape > recorders hooked up to these computers on which kids used to learn math > and > reading skills. The computers ran off of these tape drives and I remember > wanting to play the tapes in an audio tapedeck to see what they sounded > like. In the late 80s, I also remember when people started getting into > calling BBS's. > > I remember watching shows like Kids Incorporated and always loving > those little snippets between cartoons called, "One to Grow on." > > I remember playing Asteroids and some boxing game on the 2600 but we > sure didn't have tournaments. How cool that you guys did that! > > All this writing without any coffee? Uh... I'm off. > > Mary Ann > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amy Billman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "talk2" <talk2@AndreLouis.COM> > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:55 AM > Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older > > >> Only a couple gray hairs? >> You poor thing! My heart just bleeds for you! hehhehhehehhha I am a >> year older than you, and I've probably got enough gray in my hair so >> that I could share! Damn my mom for giving me that little piece of >> wonderful from her side of the family! *laughing* Ah well. That's >> what they invented color for! Now I can be a blond, and folks can't >> see the grey, and yes, we really do have more fun--only I get to have >> more, because mine isn't real. >> >> But back to the 80's... >> Wow does this make me feel ancient! >> I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one that called those 976 >> joke >> numbers and the one for Santa at Christmas. Of course, I also remember >> when my brother decided to play on the phone and he called a few of the >> not-so-nice 976 numbers as well. I thought that our family was going to >> get cut one short! >> I remember how totally awesome it seemed at the time, when I was in >> school and we got the Apple 2E that big huge thing with the enormous >> floppies that seemed fast back then because of course I didn't know any >> different, but compared to what we've got now, of course, it really >> didn't do much. LOL >> >> Cartoons aren't cool on Saturday mornings like they used to be, and I >> remember my step brother and I singing along with, of all things, School >> House Rock! Yes, even back then , I was really good at getting in touch >> with my inner dork! >> "Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors where there were >> only windows." >> Joseph Campbel >> >> Amy Billman >> Email: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Messenger ID: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mary Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "talk2" <talk2@AndreLouis.COM> >> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:45 PM >> Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older >> >> >> That's damn funny. But here's the thing. I remember having a >> microwave >> very >> early on in the 80s. It had one of those knobs on it. My dad also had >> those >> really old Tandy computers and a five-meg hard drive back in the way >> early >> 80s. I remember there was a light switch on the wall that lead down to >> the >> basement where my dad had his computer and that switch was connected to >> the >> power down there. Well my mommy raised me to always turn off the lights. >> So >> well, I did. Boy was he mad when all of a sudden, the power was just, uh, >> gone when he was working. >> >> When I was little, I had a stereo with a turntable, an eight track, >> and a cassette deck. And I could record on the eight tracks and I >> found this very amusing to record over stuff. We had these old >> Motorola phones where the part of it that found the channels would >> sit in the trunk of your car and you had to use these switches in the >> phone up front in order to find channels to use on whatever network >> thing it was. When you picked up the handset, you had to flip these >> switches up and down and wait to hear a voice >> say things like, "Detroit, Detroit, Detroit." I will have to ask my dad >> what >> that thing was called. >> >> We have video from when I was six, in 1981 and my dad tells me that >> the quality of the video from those old camcorders was really grainy >> back then. >> >> Amy and I were recently talking about how much we loved Saturday >> morning cartoons on ABC and USA. I remember when Nicalodion played >> cool stuff Like Pinwheel and Bell and Sebastian. God I loved those >> damn shows! That was back >> in the days of, "You Can't Do That on Television." Then, promptly at 8 >> PM, >> Nicolodian was off the air. >> >> I remember when Friday night prime time TV meant watching Benson and >> Webster! And Tuesday night prime time TV meant watching Happy Days >> and Three's Company. >> >> I remember calling the Joke of the Day 1 (976) numbers and at >> Christmas time, calling Santa every morning. I vaguely remember when >> calling the time meant calling something with GR, in it. >> >> I had one of those cool medal lunch boxes with the little medal ring >> thing >> you swung down over your stuff to keep it from moving. >> >> You can have some fun and go down old 80s memory lanes by visiting >> the following site. >> >> http://www.inthe80s.com/ >> >> And now, I will resume my transcription and pull out the few gray >> hairs >> that >> have shown themselves over the past few months. I will also cry at how >> old I >> now officially feel. And I'm, only, thirty, two! AAAAH! >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "rainee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "talk2" <talk2@AndreLouis.COM> >> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:09 PM >> Subject: The Talk2 List Fw: [B H F] 30 or older >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> Update your CD collection. Checkout http://www.raineemusic.com. >>> Crazy 'bout beading? Try >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Nancy J. Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:16 PM >>> Subject: [B H F] 30 or older >>> >>> >>> If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!! >>> >>> When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their >>> tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were >>> growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school >>> every morning .... uphill >>> BOTH ways .. yadda, yadda, yadda >>> >>> And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was >>> no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on >>> kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it! >>> >>> But now that... >>> >>> I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look >>> around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! >>> I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! >>> And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how >>> good you've got it! >>> >>> I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we >>> wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and >>> look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!! >>> >>> There was no email! ! We had to actually write somebody a >>> letter .. with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across >>> the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a >>> week to get there! >>> >>> There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you >>> had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! >>> >>> Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and >>> the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! >>> >>> We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the >>> phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! >>> >>> And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone >>> rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your >>> mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, >>> you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, >>> mister! >>> >>> We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with >>> high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games >>> like "Space Invaders" and "asteroids" and the graphics sucked ass! >>> Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! >>> And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen >>> forever! >>> And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder >>> and faster and faster until you died! . Just like LIFE! >>> >>> When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium >>> seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some >>> old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you >>> were just screwed! >>> >>> Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 >>> channels and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control! You >>> had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! >>> >>> You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off >>> your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel and there was >>> no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday >>> Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for >>> cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards! >>> >>> And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we >>> had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire ... imagine that! >>> If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing and >>> shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. >>> >>> That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too >>> easy. You're spoiled. >>> >>> You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1970's or 80's >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>> >>> >>> >>> __._,_.___ >>> Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic >>> Messages >>> You can post your joke by sending e-mail at >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To unsubscribe send blank e-mail at >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> And can subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! 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