aww it's okay spook, having two cakes to fit the candle on means you get to eat more cake!
I turn very old today...
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... Happy Birthday. You are now One year old. See the cake? one candle..proof.
Happy birthday, Spook.
I am glad I had the chance to learn to know you, at least a little!
I am glad I had the chance to learn to know you, at least a little!
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The first telephone in our holler was a party line.
I remember there was a man, Alexander Graham Bell was his name, came
selling them door to door. He missed our house, on account of we didn't
have no door. But our neighbors had one...I seen it.
The first mobile phones? Still have that thing. Big phone like in a house,
hard wired to the new 1970 Lincoln dad bought. Had like a fifty mile radius,
and a cord...you could use the phone anywhere in the front seat.
Why, we even had tv when I was a child. It weren't much good, cause they
didn't invent cable tv yet. But we had one...black and white set, round picture
tube that set on big legs. Took forever to come on. Didn't even have no remote
control. Of course, there weren't but the one channel anyway.
And yes, I went to the Silent Movies when I was a kid.
How old am I really? I can remember taking my (now) wife on a date for $5.00
and having change left. She weren't cheap.
I remember there was a man, Alexander Graham Bell was his name, came
selling them door to door. He missed our house, on account of we didn't
have no door. But our neighbors had one...I seen it.
The first mobile phones? Still have that thing. Big phone like in a house,
hard wired to the new 1970 Lincoln dad bought. Had like a fifty mile radius,
and a cord...you could use the phone anywhere in the front seat.
Why, we even had tv when I was a child. It weren't much good, cause they
didn't invent cable tv yet. But we had one...black and white set, round picture
tube that set on big legs. Took forever to come on. Didn't even have no remote
control. Of course, there weren't but the one channel anyway.
And yes, I went to the Silent Movies when I was a kid.
How old am I really? I can remember taking my (now) wife on a date for $5.00
and having change left. She weren't cheap.
Happy Birthday Spook
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I used to work at the University and an email would go out to all of us passed on from a different school- it was to help us understand the fram of reference the incoming freshmen had for their world versus ours... that made me feel old even when I was in my 20s!!!
Here's a bit about the class that will start next fall, there are some duplicates, but I'm lazy so I'm pasting them in, anyway.
They were born in 1989 and 1990.
Bush (the first one) was the president when they were born, and the first president they remember is probably Clinton.
They have no memory of the Gulf War (the first one), and their first major political memory is probably 9/11.
They have no memory of the Soviet Union, the Cold War, or the Berlin Wall.
They have little or no memory of rotary phones (its the one with the dials, kids), typewriters, vinyl records, or those little yellow things that came in the
middle of 45s (they might mistake them for the things that hold up the pizza box). They scarcely understand that a land line used to always include a cord that kept you standing in one spot, or that one would have to go in search of a pay phone when away from home and needing to find someone.
They rarely, if never, have used land lines, VCRs, and cassette players. An 8-track is a foreign concept.
Cell phones, iPods, and computers are as ubiquitous as TVs were the the generations before them.
They grew up with emo and hip hop. Grunge is already retro (they were in preschool when Kurt Cobain died).
They cant remember a world without cable TV, bottled water, Harry Potter, lots of gay people on television, and The Simpsons.
Interracial dating is no big deal at all.
They cant remember the days before Elmo was on Sesame Street. They have no idea who Mr. Hooper is.
Children today have no idea what a skeleton key is, unless they have seen the movie "Skeleton Key".
They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
They were prepubescent when the first Persian Gulf War was waged.
Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
The size of a silver dollar or half dollar mean nothing to them.
They have never feared a nuclear war.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums. The expression you sound like a broken record means nothing to them.
They have never owned a record player.
They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
As far as they know, stamps have always cost over 30 cents.
They have always had an answering machine or voice mail...an answering machine may seem old school.
Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black-and-white TV.
They have always had cable and remote controls. The 'clicker' makes no sense because it hasn't ever clicked in their lifetime.
There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is, and VCRs went out when they were very young.
They were born the year that Walkman were introduced by Sony.
Roller-skating has always meant in-line for them.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They have never seen Larry Bird play.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
The first Gulf war and the Vietnam War are as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil War.
They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
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?" or "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" or "De plane, de plane".
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. is.
The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was.
Michael Jackson has always been white.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not groups.
McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
I used to work at the University and an email would go out to all of us passed on from a different school- it was to help us understand the fram of reference the incoming freshmen had for their world versus ours... that made me feel old even when I was in my 20s!!!
Here's a bit about the class that will start next fall, there are some duplicates, but I'm lazy so I'm pasting them in, anyway.
They were born in 1989 and 1990.
Bush (the first one) was the president when they were born, and the first president they remember is probably Clinton.
They have no memory of the Gulf War (the first one), and their first major political memory is probably 9/11.
They have no memory of the Soviet Union, the Cold War, or the Berlin Wall.
They have little or no memory of rotary phones (its the one with the dials, kids), typewriters, vinyl records, or those little yellow things that came in the
middle of 45s (they might mistake them for the things that hold up the pizza box). They scarcely understand that a land line used to always include a cord that kept you standing in one spot, or that one would have to go in search of a pay phone when away from home and needing to find someone.
They rarely, if never, have used land lines, VCRs, and cassette players. An 8-track is a foreign concept.
Cell phones, iPods, and computers are as ubiquitous as TVs were the the generations before them.
They grew up with emo and hip hop. Grunge is already retro (they were in preschool when Kurt Cobain died).
They cant remember a world without cable TV, bottled water, Harry Potter, lots of gay people on television, and The Simpsons.
Interracial dating is no big deal at all.
They cant remember the days before Elmo was on Sesame Street. They have no idea who Mr. Hooper is.
Children today have no idea what a skeleton key is, unless they have seen the movie "Skeleton Key".
They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
They were prepubescent when the first Persian Gulf War was waged.
Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
The size of a silver dollar or half dollar mean nothing to them.
They have never feared a nuclear war.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums. The expression you sound like a broken record means nothing to them.
They have never owned a record player.
They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
As far as they know, stamps have always cost over 30 cents.
They have always had an answering machine or voice mail...an answering machine may seem old school.
Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black-and-white TV.
They have always had cable and remote controls. The 'clicker' makes no sense because it hasn't ever clicked in their lifetime.
There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is, and VCRs went out when they were very young.
They were born the year that Walkman were introduced by Sony.
Roller-skating has always meant in-line for them.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They have never seen Larry Bird play.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
The first Gulf war and the Vietnam War are as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil War.
They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
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?" or "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" or "De plane, de plane".
They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. is.
The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was.
Michael Jackson has always been white.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not groups.
McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
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Yes, Em posted a picture of the real me. That's
the tux I got married in.
Let's see...music comes on something called a CD now.
Before that it was cassette tapes, eight tracks...and things
called records. We had a record player that had a crank on the
side...you cranked it up to play.
I remember things like mom and dad getting indoor plumbing.
And calling the neighbors in to show it off. "See how it flushes"
Swinging bridges across the creek to the different houses.
The first video game I remember? Called PING and it came out
when I was all growed up.
the tux I got married in.
Let's see...music comes on something called a CD now.
Before that it was cassette tapes, eight tracks...and things
called records. We had a record player that had a crank on the
side...you cranked it up to play.
I remember things like mom and dad getting indoor plumbing.
And calling the neighbors in to show it off. "See how it flushes"
Swinging bridges across the creek to the different houses.
The first video game I remember? Called PING and it came out
when I was all growed up.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
That ruined many perfectly good days at the beach for me.
That ruined many perfectly good days at the beach for me.
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That's not history, Chook Chicks. All that stuff happened in
my lifetime.
I didn't go to kindergarden as a child, because there weren't
no kindergarden yet.
We was never in preshool, or daycare...they hadn''t been invented
yet either. If we needed watching, it was the neighbor lady.
No one had air conditioning...it weren't invented yet either.
I learned to read with Dick, Jane and Sally. They had a dog named
Spot...
Run, Spot, run.
Watch Spot run.
We played marbles after school.
My brother sold GRIT door to door.
Drugs simply didn't exist. Some of the men liked to drink something
called "moonshine" my grand daddy made up in the woods.
Weren't no supermarkets....you went to store, stood at the counter
and told them what you wanted. They would get it for you and pile it
on the counter. If it was a bunch, they had their "boy' deliver it to your
house.
The milkman came by daily.
my lifetime.
I didn't go to kindergarden as a child, because there weren't
no kindergarden yet.
We was never in preshool, or daycare...they hadn''t been invented
yet either. If we needed watching, it was the neighbor lady.
No one had air conditioning...it weren't invented yet either.
I learned to read with Dick, Jane and Sally. They had a dog named
Spot...
Run, Spot, run.
Watch Spot run.
We played marbles after school.
My brother sold GRIT door to door.
Drugs simply didn't exist. Some of the men liked to drink something
called "moonshine" my grand daddy made up in the woods.
Weren't no supermarkets....you went to store, stood at the counter
and told them what you wanted. They would get it for you and pile it
on the counter. If it was a bunch, they had their "boy' deliver it to your
house.
The milkman came by daily.
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