I'm so old I Remember when:

[Nomadicus]

I will be able to remember it, I think. 01, like penny candy, which I can't fathom writing out as $.01. And 62, the year I was born.

My mind is strange like that.

You can always just print out a copy of the ascii keycodes...
https://www.ascii-code.com/
These codes are the foundation of every single character shown on your screen.

 

[R2elk]

I will be able to remember it, I think. 01, like penny candy, which I can't fathom writing out as $.01. And 62, the year I was born.

My mind is strange like that.

The one that I do remember is the degree symbol. It is currently 31°F.

Alt 0176 = °

A few others are:

Alt 0241 = ñ

Alt 0169 = ©

Alt 0178 = ²

Alt 0247 = ÷

Alt 0233 = é

Alt 0153 = ™

 

[Sally PB]

°
I've been looking for that too.

Thank you again!

 

[Knobby]

You can always just print out a copy of the ascii keycodes...
https://www.ascii-code.com/
These codes are the foundation of every single character shown on your screen.

lol, I used to program in Fortran

 

[Ponypoor]

Funny, there were about 4 of the little mom and pop stores close to where we lived when I was born but that one always is the one I remember the fondest. I don't think I ever heard that sweet couple ever lose their patience with the kids clustered around that candy counter.

I also remember the old A&P grocery store where my mother bought groceries. Can even remember riding in the kiddy seat in the cart and watching her get the coffee ground. Back in the day where groceries were priced with a sticker on top of each can. No scanners. Each item was separately entered into the cash register by a checker and the cash register was this huge thing with keys on it like an old adding machine.

So much of the charm of the gone by era that kids today can't understand.

I worked with my husband in his medical practice. We still used a typewriter to make labels for individual charts. Once had a mother ask me if she could bring her kiddo back to my office so he could see my typewriter. He had no idea what one looked like. He did. I set him down, gave him a piece of paper and let him pound away at it. He was grinning from ear to ear.

So yeah, I also remember REAL typewriters and taking typewriting in college.

Still have my old typewriter, and it would work if the ribbon hadn’t dried out hahaha.

 

[Ponypoor]

I remember watching tv the morning the challenger exploded.

I remember that

I was a Nursing student, we were listening at the Nurses station when it exploded - one of the doctors commented ‘no survivors’. That really clinched it for us all. Reality.

 

[BDutch]

The cents symbol is not a standard keyboard option but it is available through different means depending on your OS. For Microsoft it is Alt 0162.

¢

¥@§‘ž¡»&@—•\"!¿…0¥•>=?…?!`₽₩£&@"//:;.,?
^^ Ive been looking on my Iphone for a cent-sign and a copyright-sign. But no.
With a lack of signs, it’s easier to spell it.
5 cents. Or a penny for my thoughts.

 

[Ponypoor]

I was in Germany (my dad was stationed over there) when the Berlin Wall came down and I remember all of the celebrations that happened with it coming down.

Wow - history in the making!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

In grade school, we learned to use an abacus!

My dad was an accountant so there were always calculators around the house, but we were never allowed one in school either.

My dad was a math professor and he had a slide rule, anyone remember those?

 

[Ponypoor]

I was going to do a shocked face, but I'm actually not surprised. One thing that gets me is that no one uses the "cents" symbol. It's not even an option.

Here the penny has been removed from circulation. Costs are rounded up or down if it’s $5.03 then it’s $5.05. If it’s $5.02 then it’s $5.00.

Kids these days do not understand rounding up/down. They need a computerized till to do this.