Duke Bushido Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Plumb hammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Getting up in the middle of the night to watch a space shuttle launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 15 minutes ago, Pariah said: Getting up in the middle of the night to watch a space shuttle launch. I lived in Central Florida until 1982. I watched the original launch of Columbia in 1981 on television and then through my windows as it gained enough altitude to be seen above the trees 60 miles away from the launch site. Pariah and pinecone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 9 hours ago, Pariah said: Getting up in the middle of the night to watch a space shuttle launch. It is now replaced by getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Lawnmower Boy and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 “I’ll meet you at the gate when you get off the plane.” Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Cygnia said: It is now replaced by getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. I attribute my lack of being able to see space shuttle launches these nights to the frosted windows we had installed in the bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 I was in Florida during one of the early Shuttle launches, before the Challenger disaster. It was on television, but I could step outside the house and see the actual launch. I couldn't see the actual shuttle because the house was far from the launch site, but I could see the exhaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 My friend's dad had a Datsun pickup truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Pariah said: My friend's dad had a Datsun pickup truck. Ha, *I* had a Datsun pickup truck. It was really easy to work on, which is good, because I had to work on it quite a bit. Cars that had no computers in them at all. Or fuel injection for that matter. Hand crank windows. Three pedals on the floor. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Two-fifty-five air conditioning AM radio (no FM band) Lap belts only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Channels on UHF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 The wheel fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 39 minutes ago, Bazza said: The wheel fire The initial condensation of energy into matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Old Man said: The initial condensation of energy into matter IT was the ice age. We needed to get warm, and whatever the wheel was invented for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 Tripping over and cursing a lot, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Bazza said: IT was the ice age. We needed to get warm, and whatever the wheel was invented for. I wanted to invent pottery.... And commune with Ghosts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 The Wambach/Bolt Gatorade ad was just on...and it kicked off a thought. The last scene is an attempt at inline skating, which doesn't go well. When's the last time anyone even thought about inline skates? I thought about getting some back in the 90s; it would've been a good way to get some exercise, and I worked on campus at the time. Never did. I think one reason I didn't was, it would've been a bit of a pain to carry regular shoes. Plus, technically, much of the center part of campus that I would've preferred to use, was no bikes, boards, or blades. (Understandable enough.) Then they fell off the face of the planet. So most millenials have probably never heard of em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 They keep them at one of our local sports supply stores. I've tried to buy a pair several times, but my wife usually catches me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Speaking of UHF...dials and knobs on a TV, rather than buttons and maybe sliders. Ohhh...rabbit ears!!! Probably the same with radios, actually. Well...perhaps not; there's probably enough older cars with dial radios. And I saw a few offered on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 On 4/30/2021 at 8:57 AM, Cygnia said: Channels on UHF We still have those actually, with more variety than just PBS even. And they still have rabbit ears. All the HD channels are in that band and you can use an indoor antenna even on your digital TV. We did last year for a week when the hurricane knocked out our cable but not our electricity. Just gotta go thru and reprogram the channels for over the air instead of cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Some of us are cheap-a$$ enough that that's our standard TV mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Remembering that the first Space Shuttle never went to space and was named Enterprise. Playing games on my Merlin, the Electronic Wizard. Talk about a fancy UI. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Listening to songs on my transistor radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Slide rules and pocket protectors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 All the stuff they try to teach in school that you never use after, like fancy geometry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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