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Guilty/Forgiven
Number of posts: 2846
Age: 42
Localisation: Terra Firma
Registration date: 2007-05-18
 |  Subject: Gone in our lifetime  Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:50 am | |
| If you're 40+ you remember the song "Operator" by Jim Croce, howabout the ELO song "Telephone Line" and Hook's "Sylvia's Mother"... ??
All these songs had references to "Operators". Remember when you were a kid, you could dial "0" and get an operator ?
Today there's no such thing. Operators are a thing of our past.
Can you think of something that has become obsolete in your lifespan ? (ie the "dial" telephone) |
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sabidoo
Number of posts: 1943
Age: 44
Localisation: Gordonsville, TN
Registration date: 2007-04-28
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:16 pm | |
| Let's see....
8 track tapes
Proper use of the English language.
Going outside to play.
Common sense.
Koogle (flavored peanut butter)
Front porches w/ swings.
Polaroid Instant Cameras
REAL Coca-Cola
Prayer in schools...unless you are a silly Muslim.
NON-remote controlled televisions.
Ass whoopings for kids that need a good ass whooping!
The U.S. Constitution. |
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Guilty/Forgiven
Number of posts: 2846
Age: 42
Localisation: Terra Firma
Registration date: 2007-05-18
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:24 pm | |
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Staybrite
Number of posts: 8653
Age: 44
Localisation: Seattle
Registration date: 2007-02-08
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:25 pm | |
| Atari
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"I used to be indecisive.......... Now I'm not sure."
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Fundy
Number of posts: 2284
Age: 38
Registration date: 2007-05-04
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:29 am | |
| Atari are still around, although they have been bought out, gone under, come back, been bought out etc. thousands of times since their glory days!
Fundy
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My Christian Metal Website.........
www.bbillett.freeserve.co.uk
Three Things for a better life...
1 - Believe In Jesus.
2 - Love one another.
3 - Let God be the judge.
That is all I need to say.
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Fundy
Number of posts: 2284
Age: 38
Registration date: 2007-05-04
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:31 am | |
| non-internet life, that's pretty much vanished!
Fundy
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My Christian Metal Website.........
www.bbillett.freeserve.co.uk
Three Things for a better life...
1 - Believe In Jesus.
2 - Love one another.
3 - Let God be the judge.
That is all I need to say.
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danielbandfan
Number of posts: 1651
Localisation: NOT frozen tundra
Registration date: 2011-03-26
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:59 am | |
| The cassette tape  America's money  |
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messiaen77
Number of posts: 124
Age: 41
Localisation: a galaxy far, far away...
Registration date: 2011-08-23
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:17 am | |
| | danielbandfan wrote: | | America's money |
Hey now, America's money is alive and well. It has just transformed from long, rectangular greenish paper to smaller, rectangular, multi-colored plastic.
leaded gasoline, "American-made" electronics, good pop music, MTV... |
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Guilty/Forgiven
Number of posts: 2846
Age: 42
Localisation: Terra Firma
Registration date: 2007-05-18
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:49 am | |
| That's a good one: leaded gasoline: Once a part of everyday life when we were teens... GONE.
I think Microwaves came out in the 80s too, which means another thing in our lifetime that is a thing of the past is "Warming food up in the oven" |
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Staybrite
Number of posts: 8653
Age: 44
Localisation: Seattle
Registration date: 2007-02-08
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:39 am | |
| Answering Machines
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"I used to be indecisive.......... Now I'm not sure."
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Guilty/Forgiven
Number of posts: 2846
Age: 42
Localisation: Terra Firma
Registration date: 2007-05-18
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:23 pm | |
| | Quote: | Answering Machines
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Oooooh not sure about that one... working in the medical field I make tons of calls to the elderly who have refused to lose their old answering machine.
Typical message: "(where's the... is it on?) Oh, this is Doldrum's residence, leave us a message and we'll call you back (.................. what do I push ? well I don't know, did it work? here push this, that wor..)"
::beep:: |
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danielbandfan
Number of posts: 1651
Localisation: NOT frozen tundra
Registration date: 2011-03-26
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:56 pm | |
| | messiaen77 wrote: | | danielbandfan wrote: | | America's money |
Hey now, America's money is alive and well. It has just transformed from long, rectangular greenish paper to smaller, rectangular, multi-colored plastic. |
I'm not sure I get it… |
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Staybrite
Number of posts: 8653
Age: 44
Localisation: Seattle
Registration date: 2007-02-08
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:22 pm | |
| | Guilty/Forgiven wrote: | | Quote: | Answering Machines
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Oooooh not sure about that one... working in the medical field I make tons of calls to the elderly who have refused to lose their old answering machine.
Typical message: "(where's the... is it on?) Oh, this is Doldrum's residence, leave us a message and we'll call you back (.................. what do I push ? well I don't know, did it work? here push this, that wor..)"
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 Oh man that is hilarious....but I bet they are all digital (none have those micro cassettes).
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alldatndensum
Admin
Number of posts: 9545
Age: 42
Localisation: Tennessee
Registration date: 2007-01-30
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:44 am | |
| VCRs
Ghetto Blasters
Transistor radios
Stenograph machines _________________  I might have decided, or maybe not, that I should or shouldn't, depending on the issue or non-issue, to possibly share or not share, any thoughts, opinions, or facts (that might not be deemed factual by some), due to possible fear of any misinterpretation or retribution. |
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Guilty/Forgiven
Number of posts: 2846
Age: 42
Localisation: Terra Firma
Registration date: 2007-05-18
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:24 am | |
| I thought they still used Stenograph in court  Here's one: those old credit card swipers -  |
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alldatndensum
Admin
Number of posts: 9545
Age: 42
Localisation: Tennessee
Registration date: 2007-01-30
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:00 am | |
| You will still see those swipers at a lot of concerts so people can pay with a credit card. _________________ I might have decided, or maybe not, that I should or shouldn't, depending on the issue or non-issue, to possibly share or not share, any thoughts, opinions, or facts (that might not be deemed factual by some), due to possible fear of any misinterpretation or retribution. |
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Guilty/Forgiven
Number of posts: 2846
Age: 42
Localisation: Terra Firma
Registration date: 2007-05-18
| | Subject: Re: Gone in our lifetime Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:04 am | |
| Wow, I thought those things were long gone... |
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