The first time i typed a paper for school i used a typewriter. The last time i wrote a paper for school i used Openoffice.
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I had Empire Strikes Back bed Sheets
I watched cartoons on Saturday morning and Davey & Goliath on Sunday.
Old enough to watch the moon landing, but too young to remember it.
I was still a kid when my dad brought home a brand new Apple II. Before that computer appeared in his home office (and in my live, as I used that Apple so much more than he ever did ;)), I learned to type on my granddad's typewriter.
I watched the Challenger disaster on the wheelie TV cart
I remember the big floppy disks that were actually floppy. But the standard floppy disks were way more common and even they were on their way out
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I watched more than a couple movies i knew would be bad because Peter Cullen was doing some voice work in them
That's me on the left with my sister. The cat was called Thomas. Any guesses as to the 'pc' ?
The first news broadcast I can remember the subject of is Tom Brokaw talking about a bombing in Bosnia... because I liked the alliteration.
Older than 9/11, but not by enough to remember much more than the stories about going balls to the walls on acting assimilated to the country I was living in so we wouldn't stand out as Americans because the consulate was worried some locals might try taking hostages to support the terrorists.
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First manned space flight.
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i remember when the earth first formed, nobody was prepared for it to become the most OP planet in the universe.
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My first modem was 2400 baud.
I got a 2400 baud modem and thought it was so cool that I didn’t need to use an acoustic coupler
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I'm barely able to remember watching Star Wars in the summertime in the theatre.
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I still call them Opel Fruits
I remember watching TV as a kid and deciding that, when I grow up, I want to be just like:
A) Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,
B) that hot Mountie from Due South, and
C) The Littlest Hobo
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I was in middle school when I got an n64 for Christmas.