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Post by enigma72 on Aug 26, 2021 15:31:20 GMT
The BabyBoomer Triple Crown: - Know where I was when JFK was killed - Saw the Beatles live - Served in Vietnam I know where I was when JFK was killed I saw Elvis and The Beatles on their first appearances on Ed Sullivan. I was in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era but was not in Vietnam or anywhere else but the States. My husband and I met in Germany in the late 70's. He was in communications; I taught school for the Dept of defense. Thank you for your service, Mike SALUTE
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 26, 2021 19:55:57 GMT
You saw the Beatles live? I would have given up anything for that. August 1966, Washington, DC. The opening acts were Bobby Hebb and the Cyrkle. The Beatles performed only about 40 minutes. Really. But we weren't disappointed. No one back then knew how long a concert was supposed to be. Besides, we saw the Beatles. Believe it or not, it wasn't sold out or anywhere near it. Bad part of town. I still have the program. Wish I had the ticket stub. ![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/91gAAOSwW1Bd5WK8/s-l400.jpg)
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 26, 2021 20:09:31 GMT
I saw them on the Ed Sullivan show, bravomailerI was nine. I was screaming like the girls in the audience. but I didn't know why.lol That is so cool you saw them!
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 26, 2021 20:27:48 GMT
I saw them on the Ed Sullivan show, bravomailer I was nine. I was screaming like the girls in the audience. but I didn't know why.lol That is so cool you saw them! I saw A Hard Day's Night in a theater when it was released in 1964. Everyone was so excited while waiting for the film to start. "Who's your favorite Beatle?" "Mine too!" "Are you going to scream?" "I don't know!" So the lights dim, the film comes on and that distinctive chord is heard, and the girls scream as on Ed Sullivan!
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Aug 27, 2021 19:02:20 GMT
When I was a kid: 1. Music was played on records, purchased at a record store. Cassette tapes & CDs were still in the future. 2. In the late fall we would rake up leaves in piles, then burn them. Nobody cared. 3. We used to shoot off guns and fireworks in our back yard, and nobody cared or called the police. 4. I did math homework without the use of an electronic calculator - they simply didn't exist. 5. Coins in my pocket such as dimes, quarters & half dollars included ones made of real silver.
...a few others: We had to lick the stamp before sticking it on an envelope. We ordered things from those big, fat Sears Roebuck catalogs, or JC Penny catalogs. So-called "gas wars" between competing gas stations would drive gas prices to as low as 18 cents a gallon, maybe even lower. I didn't know a single kid in school whose mother was employed outside the house - they were simply known as housewives. All my female teachers were referred to not as "Ms." but as "Miss" or "Mrs.", depending on their marital status. People openly smoked just about everywhere - indoors and outside. Cigarette machines were ubiquitous, as were pay telephones. Money in the bank (a simple savings account) would always get you at least 5% interest. There was no mandatory requirement to wear seatbelts. My parent's cars didn't even have seatbelts. Black people were referred to not as African-Americans or people of color, but as blacks, Negroes or colored people.
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Post by Mia on Aug 27, 2021 19:44:35 GMT
I miss my vinyl records. I hear vinyl is making a comeback.
Man, I wish I had kept all of my collections instead of trying to get all progressive, modern and hip.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 27, 2021 19:59:10 GMT
Saturday morning cartoons ABC Movie of the Week Top loader VCRs Siskel & Ebert's crusade against slasher movies Video arcades
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 27, 2021 22:14:23 GMT
My father used to humorously refer to that as the Leaf Raking Festival. It was fun.
I didn’t know anyone whose parents were divorced until I reached high school. There was one girl and we felt sorry for her.
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 28, 2021 1:11:46 GMT
When I was a kid: 1. Music was played on records, purchased at a record store. Cassette tapes & CDs were still in the future. 2. In the late fall we would rake up leaves in piles, then burn them. Nobody cared. 3. We used to shoot off guns and fireworks in our back yard, and nobody cared or called the police. 4. I did math homework without the use of an electronic calculator - they simply didn't exist. 5. Coins in my pocket such as dimes, quarters & half dollars included ones made of real silver.
I had sort of a passing acquaintance with how to use a slide rule in high school but I had a math/science nerd friend who carried one in his shirt pocket all during the school day.
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 28, 2021 15:29:28 GMT
mikef6the slide rule! My brother became an engineer using a slide rule. I used it in high school a bit. 'scientific calculators' were introduced in our area about in 1970. They cost $500 and had to be plugged in. One knew you were serious about going into engineering/math if you had one of these!
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 28, 2021 15:37:15 GMT
I knew someone who claimed to be the last person in the world to have studied Latin and Ancient Greek and to know how to use a slide rule.
My father taught me to do basic things with a slide rule. Oh, and I took Latin but not Ancient Greek.
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 28, 2021 15:43:37 GMT
I knew someone who claimed to be the last person in the world to have studied Latin and Ancient Greek and to know how to use a slide rule. My father taught me to do basic things with a slide rule. Oh, and I took Latin but not Ancient Greek. I could multiple, divide and find derivatives on the slide rule. now I can't remember what a derivative does. lol Latin must have served you well, bravo! Gives you a lot of insight to language
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Post by twothousandonemark on Aug 28, 2021 17:18:12 GMT
Grew up with:
Rotary home phone Lax seatbelts in the backseat 'Taping' tv shows via VHS Computers could cost more than a used car Walked to kindergarten with my neighbor classmate alone
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Post by twothousandonemark on Aug 28, 2021 17:19:40 GMT
Ketchup and Soda Pop in glass bottles only, no plastic The Columbia Record and Tape Club Yes. Glass pop bottles were boss.
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 28, 2021 17:44:33 GMT
I knew someone who claimed to be the last person in the world to have studied Latin and Ancient Greek and to know how to use a slide rule. My father taught me to do basic things with a slide rule. Oh, and I took Latin but not Ancient Greek. I never had a chance to take Latin but thought at one point during university days that I wanted to be a theological scholar so took two years of Biblical Greek, i.e. koine Greek, the spoken Greek of the first century. Later in life I took a Correspondence Course (another thing that dates me) translating Plato and Xenophon. Haven't looked at Greek in a couple of decades now.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 29, 2021 1:22:56 GMT
I know what it's like to step into a slim jim. And I know what it's like to chew 5 gum.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Sept 2, 2021 18:00:16 GMT
I'm so old I... I... what are we talking about?
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Sept 2, 2021 20:40:48 GMT
I'm so old I... I... what are we talking about? To tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda' lost track myself.
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 2, 2021 21:53:52 GMT
1. Had a 19" Zenith "portable" hand me down color TV that weighed 100 ibs. (just joking slightly about the weight). Complete with a broken knob, but I rigged it to tune into our 6 channels (3 VHF, 3 UHF) 2. My parents cars still had carburetors and distributors and my Dad had all the tools needed to work on them and keep them running. 3. Apple just started making computers and that's ALL they did. The Atari VCS (wasn't called a 2600 yet) was a talking point and a little bit of fun for when parents and kids came over. 4. Dad brought home a Sony single disc CD player and it was a HUGE deal. Although there weren't many CD's out there for it initially. It really made those huge Realistic speakers sound good. 5. Western Auto was still around and you could get just about anything there from bicycles to tires for your car. The parts guy didn't need a computer to find what you were looking for and they could still turn drum brakes.
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 2, 2021 23:24:49 GMT
I'm so old I... I... what are we talking about? We was talking' about the day the Dodgers moved out of Brooklyn. I remember it like yesterday.....
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