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This is my favourite topic
Posted February 27, 2014
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jamyskis: RF antenna sockets (the round ones) for connecting a C64 to a TV, and having to manually tune in the TV to the computer

Waiting anything between 3 and 10 minutes for a game to load off tape

Die Toten Hosen (although they're still kicking around, they had their heyday in the late 80s/early 90s.

Nena (again, still kicking around, but her heyday is long gone)

Löwenzahn (an educational kid's programme that used to be broadcast on TV, I used to find all the experiments he did fascinating)

Pumuckl

The ZX Spectrum

The C64

The NES

Sandmännchen

Duckula

Chip 'n' Chap

Ghostbusters

Duck Tales
i remember these things and i'm 26 and 10 monts
Posted February 27, 2014
Schoolhouse Rock

Stompers 4x4s

Standing in line for the original "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Star Wars"

Drive-in theaters
Posted February 27, 2014
I saw this thread...

...and I ran. I ran SO FAR away. I just ran! I ran all night - and day!

(I couldn't get away)
Posted February 27, 2014
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BoxOfSnoo: I saw this thread...

...and I ran. I ran SO FAR away. I just ran! I ran all night - and day!

(I couldn't get away)
Hahahaha
Posted February 27, 2014
Breaking Joysticks with Summer Games

Playing Archon all night.

Waiting hours and hours until one fractal was compiled.
Posted February 27, 2014
Hideous imports:

- Little House on the Prairie
- The Waltons
- Skippy the (bloody) Bush Kangaroo
Posted February 27, 2014
Punching holes in floppies so we can use the other side.
The Time Tunnel reruns.
Codename: Iceman on my CGA.
My first 40mb harddrive.
Not having the internet.

33 and counting, watching my kids grow up with an overdose of information.
This thread is making me shed a tear.
Posted February 27, 2014
CRACKERJACK!
T.I.S.W.A.S. with Sally James in a wet T-shirt, and NEVER wearing a bra ^_^
"Oooh, I could crush a grape!"
Post edited February 27, 2014 by Lone3wolf
Posted February 27, 2014
Playing outside till the sun went down.

Calling your parents from your best friend's land line phone to let them know where you were, and/or to find out how late you could stay.

Playing my first video game, on my friend's Apple ][+.

Roller rinks and drive-ins.

Passing notes in school, instead of sending texts.

Coke, before it was "classic". Tab, when it was a diet cola and not an energy drink.

Hating disco.

Learning that Pluto was the ninth planet.
Posted February 27, 2014
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TwoHandedSword: Learning that Pluto was the ninth planet.
You are aware that it's no longer the ninth planet right?
Posted February 27, 2014
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TwoHandedSword: Learning that Pluto was the ninth planet.
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tinyE: You are aware that it's no longer the ninth planet right?
Very much so. And I ain't even mad. But I still remember memorizing, "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Prunes."

Btw, if you have a few hours and a few dollars, go read Mike Brown's "How I Killed Pluto (And Why It Had It Coming)". It's a great book, from the guy who was at the center of it all.

And the Cosmos reboot debuts in just over a week! Come to think of it, add the original to the list; I remember watching it every Saturday night on PBS for the entire 13-week run.
Posted February 27, 2014
Inviting my friend over to play "Pitfall" on the Atari 2600, sitting with her on the floor in front of the TV.

Playing "Tagged" and "Hide & Seek" till dusk with all my friends, when we would get inside to have chocolate milk with cookies.

Reading a soviet union magazine called "Misha".

Watching the amazing russian circus of Moscow and the awesome chinese puppet theatre in national TV channel (out of 4 total channels).
Posted February 27, 2014
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TwoHandedSword: Learning that Pluto was the ninth planet.
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tinyE: You are aware that it's no longer the ninth planet right?
This is Disney's doing. Some lawyer told them, when they named a dog after a planet, they couln't get copyright on the name.
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LoboBlanco: Watching the amazing russian circus of Moscow and the awesome chinese puppet theatre in national TV channel (out of 4 total channels).
We only had 2 channels. DDR1 and DDR2.
Post edited February 27, 2014 by toxicTom
Posted February 27, 2014
Leonid Brejnev
RS232 interfaces
5.25 Floppies
Microprose
Falcon 3's user manual
8inches howitzers ( that's the worst noise I ever heard )
HMS Ark Royal (pennant R09)
Posted February 27, 2014
45 Records and portable 45 record players (still have my dad's records)
Stereo Systems with Vinyl record-players (still have my dad's one and yes, it's still working)
Black & White TV

Star Trek (Captain Kirk & Mr. Spock) and Peyton Place running on TV (plus others that don't deserve a mention)
Mainzelmännchen

Florida Boy Orange
Dickmann’s
Gummibärchen
Mon Chéri and Ferrero Küsschen from the time they were something special to gift

Homes with no phones and no computers
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