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Loulit
Conversationalist ⭐⭐
January 1, 2021

A New Game For A New Year, Everyone Can Play

  • January 1, 2021
  • 54 replies
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I Am So Old...

(this is the theme)

 

I remember during ballads at concerts people held up Bic lighters instead of smartphones.

 

 

(No politics!)

 

 

 

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    DaveMcK
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    January 2, 2021

    I Am So Old ...

     

    I remember having milk in a glass bottle at school with a paper stopper.

    Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper
    nctarheel
    Community Champion ⭐
    June 14, 2021

    I'm so old, I remember just three channels on the TV, ABC, CBS, and NBC.

    Loulit
    LoulitAuthor
    Conversationalist ⭐⭐
    January 2, 2021

    If I wanted this under our front porch I would have put it under our front porch. Please put it back where I know people and they know me.

     

    The topic is politics and current events. The new year is a current event.

     

    People there don't always get along well so I thought this might lighten the mood. Geez.

     

     

    Thank you so much, covfefe, and good night! -- Anna Kendrick
    EricC28201
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    January 2, 2021

    I remember when gasoline cost less than a dollar a gallon...Every Day.

     

    ...Gotta add...this topic could be really good for Politics and Society...It would be a record of social changes and If it catches on as a long running topic it could serve to build a sense of community.  Why not give it a try and if trolls run amuck then, maybe, consider moving it....but at least give it a chance.

    TxGrandpa2
    Contributor ⭐⭐
    January 4, 2021

    @EricC28201 wrote:

    I remember when gasoline cost less than a dollar a gallon...Every Day.

     


    How about regularly around 29¢, or as low as 10¢ during gas wars...seen any of those lately?

    EricC28201
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    January 2, 2021

    I remember when the city used to put public-use barrels of rock salt on neighborhood street corners in the winter.

     

    ...Gotta add...this topic could be really good for Politics and Current Events...It would be a record of social changes and If it catches on as a long running topic it could serve to build a sense of community.  Why not give it a try and if trolls run amuck then, maybe, consider moving it....but at least give it a chance.

    Contributor ⭐⭐⭐
    January 3, 2021

    I Am So Old ...

     

    I remember another use for the pencil...to wind cassette tapes.

    Loulit
    LoulitAuthor
    Conversationalist ⭐⭐
    January 4, 2021

    ...Gotta add...this topic could be really good for Politics and Society...It would be a record of social changes and If it catches on as a long running topic it could serve to build a sense of community. 

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    Right! That was the plan. That's why I wrote (No Politics!). But they moved it because they missed the point.

     

    I even removed my political sig line before posting just to play nice. There was a chance to get everyone in that category on the same page. But they blew.

    Thank you so much, covfefe, and good night! -- Anna Kendrick
    EricC28201
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    January 9, 2021

    Back to The Porch...What Gives?

    EricC28201
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    January 4, 2021

    I'm so old...

     

    I remember when phones numbers really had to be dialed.

    TxGrandpa2
    Contributor ⭐⭐
    January 4, 2021

    Remember "number please" when you picked up the handset?

    NOTHAPPENING
    Contributor ⭐
    January 4, 2021

    I remember and I also had a party line (4 lines interconnected with different rings) - honor system - no listening!

    ManicProgressive
    Contributor ⭐⭐⭐
    January 4, 2021

    I am so old I remember when cars only had:

     

    am radios

    one side mirror on the driver's side

    the original push button starts for cars -- that little primer button that put some gas in the carburetor.  

    lock-free gas caps, before the gas crisis and locking gas caps became a thing.

    two keys -- one ignition and one door.

    ChasKy53
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    January 4, 2021

    I remember asking the operator to "please connect me to"  .........

     

    Loulit
    LoulitAuthor
    Conversationalist ⭐⭐
    January 4, 2021

    I remember people with sports cars would buy tires with raised white letters:

    Goodyear Eagle GT

    Firestone Wide Oval

    BF Goodrich Radial T/A

     

    Thank you so much, covfefe, and good night! -- Anna Kendrick
    EricC28201
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    January 4, 2021

    I remember when the Channel Selector on the TV only went to 10

    Contributor ⭐
    March 10, 2021

    And you had to get up and physically turn the knob to change the channel! The noise would wake dad out of his doze on the couch!