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11 Jul 2015, 9:56 pm

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Do any of you, especially if you've had military experience, remember this essential tool?

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GEEZ, Chappy----you made a MESS of that link!! LOL I was able to look at the pic, though----but, I just can't decide what it is----even though, you said "military".....




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11 Jul 2015, 10:00 pm

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Oh, yeah----PUNCH cards


I had forgotten about those! My first computer experience was punching data cards and then feeding them into a DEC PDP-8, after first loading the needed application from paper tape.

Thankfully that was my only direct use of punch cards.

Oh, yeah----me, TOO----I was a keypunch operator----but, I certainly don't remember the name of the computer!! I DO, however, remember working with a DEC, sometime later.....




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11 Jul 2015, 10:12 pm

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I remember before food, milk, etc. had expiration dates. :skull:

Yeah, me too----and, do you remember having a milkman, and leaving the empties in a metal box outside the door?








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11 Jul 2015, 10:17 pm

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Other seventies gear I can remember;

Sodastream
Toasted sandwich makers
Fondu sets

Are any of these still being made?

Yeah, we've still got the sandwich makers and the fondue sets, over here----and, we've got some kind of soda-making machine, too; but, I can't remember if it's called "Sodastream".....




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11 Jul 2015, 10:24 pm

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Oh, I totally remember those----but, I didn't have one, though, cuz..... Well, cuz they were CREEPY!! LOL








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11 Jul 2015, 10:40 pm

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Ok I'm still not computer savvy, took me awhile to even be able to post the link.

The item in the picture is a P 38. An Army . . . can opener. Used with C-rations.



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11 Jul 2015, 10:42 pm

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TVs that to change channel or volume, you had to walk over to the TV and turn knob.

Black and white TVs. I remember when color TVs came out.


I was just going to mention TVs with knobs on them.


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11 Jul 2015, 10:45 pm

I also remember the Apple II ee with the small, rounded black & green screen and very basic images.


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12 Jul 2015, 12:52 am

Cars that had "suicide" doors. I think one was the Lincoln Continental. -circa 1960's or early 70's.



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12 Jul 2015, 5:26 am

I think desktop computers are eventually going to end up being one of these things to non-gamers.



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12 Jul 2015, 5:36 am

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Ok I'm still not computer savvy, took me awhile to even be able to post the link.

The item in the picture is a P 38. An Army . . . can opener. Used with C-rations.

Awww, I'm sorry----I thought you also took Computer Science?

Okay, here's what you do: "Copy and Paste" your link into the post box; then, highlight the link and click on the little world picture (just above, and to the left, of the box where you TYPE your post, where the "B", "I", and "U" are, there's a world icon, with a 2 link piece of chain----it's second to last, on that row); then, you're done!!

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I KNEW that gadget in the pic looked familiar!!




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12 Jul 2015, 5:57 am

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I also remember the Apple II ee with the small, rounded black & green screen and very basic images.

LOL I remember those----pretty pathetic, huh, in comparison to today's screens!

Speaking of "basic images", I'm sure there's people here who remember the game where the boy was walking-through different scenarios, and one had to TYPE-IN what he had to do next (I WISH I could remember the name); like, "Use your sword to kill the dragon". It was in, like, a whole 5 colors, or something! LOL I LOVED that game! There was an episode of "The Big Bang Theory", where Sheldon was still able to play it. In ONE sense, it doesn't seem like that long ago----but, in ANOTHER sense, it WAS, like, 20 years!!

Also, DOS 3.0?? LOL




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12 Jul 2015, 6:11 am

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Cars that had "suicide" doors. I think one was the Lincoln Continental. -circa 1960's or early 70's.

I remember those----I think they were on a Bentley and / or a Rolls Royce, too.

Also, I can't remember if someone already said this: Cars with NO seatbelts.







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12 Jul 2015, 1:28 pm

Campin_Cat wrote:
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Cars that had "suicide" doors. I think one was the Lincoln Continental. -circa 1960's or early 70's.

I remember those----I think they were on a Bentley and / or a Rolls Royce, too.

Also, I can't remember if someone already said this: Cars with NO seatbelts.


Briefly, during the mid-1960s, Ford Thunderbirds also had suicide doors.

No seatbelts: yep, and many cars had wide, slippery, front bench seats. I remember taking left-turns too fast and having to hold on to the steering wheel for dear life while my butt slid all the way over to the passenger side. :roll:



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12 Jul 2015, 6:03 pm

Marky9 wrote:
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Britte wrote:
Cars that had "suicide" doors. I think one was the Lincoln Continental. -circa 1960's or early 70's.

I remember those----I think they were on a Bentley and / or a Rolls Royce, too.

Also, I can't remember if someone already said this: Cars with NO seatbelts.


Briefly, during the mid-1960s, Ford Thunderbirds also had suicide doors.

No seatbelts: yep, and many cars had wide, slippery, front bench seats. I remember taking left-turns too fast and having to hold on to the steering wheel for dear life while my butt slid all the way over to the passenger side. :roll:

OH yeah----and, did anyone you know put clear, plastic seat covers, on their seats? If you've ever watched "Everybody Loves Raymond", they had an episode where all of them were making fun of Raymond's mother, for having a clear plastic cover on her sofa----it was the same thing!




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12 Jul 2015, 6:50 pm

When I was a kid we still had milk delivered to us. Not in bottles, but bags or cartons. Yes I know people outside of Canada can't comprehend milk in plastic bags, get over it. :roll:

Now just about everything is delivered except milk. Also I can't get any kind of groceries delivered to my door. Must be awful for really sick, disabled or elderly people who live alone without relatives to help. :(