- Apr 26, 2011
- 2,779
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 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!
