30 Years Ago

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Gnosis

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No way any of us would have communicated with each other 30 years ago, even if all of us were alive at that time.
I guess there are exceptions for a few of you localized in the Balkans or British Isles, but even so, probably not.
I remember "party lines", where 4 households had to share the same phone lines operated with rotary phones, and we could all listen in to each other's conversations (I used to love to prank by dialing while one of my neighbors was talking, as it made a wickedly annoying sound).
I was learning Atari games; and Commodore 64's were equivalent to magic carpets programmed in Silicon Valley and Tokyo.
TRS-80's?
Playing baseball on Intelevision?
Leaded gasoline, 5 channels on the TV via antennas (if you were lucky).
Radio was a big deal then.
It felt more like the Outback, but there were no crocodiles, only mean dogs, bicycles and nagging moms.
Points instead of ECU's and electronic ignitions. No fuel injection.
USSR vs. USA, and nothing else mattered.
We have come so far, and then I ran into all you jolly chaps. I would not have it any other way.
CHEERS!
 
I was nearly 4, 30 years ago

My means of communication was "WAAAAA" or "GIMME" or hitting something plastic against something expensive

To be honest, growing up was fun, I had to actually go outside and find my friends, now I sit here all day getting fat...
 
Wow 30 years ago!!! It's hard to remember it is just a herbal blur
 
30 years ago, i played Tron, Pacman, and Pong on my Atari , went to cinema to watch movies; what i can say that at that time people had time to meet other people IRL not like now via fake profile on internet...
 
ZOU1 said:
Remember ASTEROID??? lololhahahaha I think Galaga might have been around then.
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Asteroid was HUGE !!! i spent so many hours on it ^^
 
30 years ago, I was testing one of the first computers with unix installed.
LOL, I was joking. 30 years ago I wasnt even born.
 
malbky said:
30 years ago, I was testing one of the first computers with unix installed.
LOL, I was joking. 30 years ago I wasnt even born.
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Not even born???? Omg I am an old man :suicide2:
 
Umbra Corp. said:
ZOU1 said:
Remember ASTEROID??? lololhahahaha I think Galaga might have been around then.
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Asteroid was HUGE !!! i spent so many hours on it ^^
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Glad to hear 30 years ago i was not the only one doing these things ;)
 
No worries McLovin. You cannot measure it in Aussie time. You have to use chronological clues such as; Mad Max 2 and Crocodile Dundee, then 30 years will be in a southern hemisphere, Down Under perspective. hahaha
If I could have helped it, you would have been alive and been my neighbor, sharing one of those "party lines" with me, so I could prank you by dialing the rotary phone while you were saying things like mate, bloke, crykie, etc. during your phone conversations. Oh, the laughs I could have had!!!
We could have found a crocodile hunter/dundee video game for my Commodore 64. hahaha
 
ZOU1 said:
No worries McLovin. You cannot measure it in Aussie time. You have to use chronological clues such as; Mad Max 2 and Crocodile Dundee, then 30 years will be in a southern hemisphere, Down Under perspective. hahaha
If I could have helped it, you would have been alive and been my neighbor, sharing one of those "party lines" with me, so I could prank you by dialing the rotary phone while you were saying things like mate, bloke, crykie, etc. during your phone conversations. Oh, the laughs I could have had!!!
We could have found a crocodile hunter/dundee video game for my Commodore 64. hahaha
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Sounds like that would of been more fun then the latest gadgets are now a days. :P :D
 
30 years ago I was in the Navy as an Electronic Warfare Operator
and the tech then was beez neez!!!!!
telex and photo copiers that used metho, felt high just running off 20 copies :p

looking back to where we are now OMG
 
You are not old whitenobster. Time has just passed for you. This thread confirms there are many 40+ and 50+ geeks here.
 
Good to see Bo back in action. Missed his post in the recent time.
Guys dont consider yourself old. Take it positively. Life has taught you more than it has taught us young ones.
 
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