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Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:25 am to MyNameIsNobody
Still rocking my 1998 F150 and gets about the same gas mileage and has similar towing capacity as the 2016. Horsepower is less and thus, acceleration but they are very similar vehicles.
Biggest improvement in newer vehicles is ride and NVH (wind noise, road noise, etc.). But essentially the technology regarding the drivetrain is the same in a pickup in the last 20 years.
Biggest improvement in newer vehicles is ride and NVH (wind noise, road noise, etc.). But essentially the technology regarding the drivetrain is the same in a pickup in the last 20 years.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:26 am to meauxjeaux2
December 17, 1903- first flight
July 20, 1969- flew to the moon
that't quite a jump in technology in 6 1/2 decades
July 20, 1969- flew to the moon
that't quite a jump in technology in 6 1/2 decades
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:28 am to Napoleon
Vehicles really haven't changed that much. Computers and electronics are transforming very rapidly while the automotive industry has made very few major advances. Cars are faster and a little more fuel efficient but we're still driving cars. Where's my solar powered hovercraft?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:37 am to meauxjeaux2
Things I can remember:
- Having one phone in the house. It was avocado green and in the kitchen. One of my aunts was still on a party line, and my grandmother still had a rotary phone.
- I remember my grandparents had an 8 track player. My parents were a little more advanced with a cassette player. I also had one of those kiddie 45 record players.
- We had a BETA VCR
- Console televisions. I can remember when you were fricking lucky to get six channels - the usual 4 (ABC, NBC, CBS, public broadcasting) and maybe a couple from New Orleans if the wind was blowing right.
- If you wanted a mix tape, you had to put a blank tape in the tape player, and wait for the song to come on the radio. You usually ended up missing the first second or two of the song.
- Commodore 64. We got one in 1985 and that thing was awesome and worked until it finally blew up in 2002.
- Having two VCR's and my old man would copies of the videos we rented. I thought that was bad-arse because he was telling the FBI to stick it.
I sure I can think of a shite ton of more stuff.
- Having one phone in the house. It was avocado green and in the kitchen. One of my aunts was still on a party line, and my grandmother still had a rotary phone.
- I remember my grandparents had an 8 track player. My parents were a little more advanced with a cassette player. I also had one of those kiddie 45 record players.
- We had a BETA VCR
- Console televisions. I can remember when you were fricking lucky to get six channels - the usual 4 (ABC, NBC, CBS, public broadcasting) and maybe a couple from New Orleans if the wind was blowing right.
- If you wanted a mix tape, you had to put a blank tape in the tape player, and wait for the song to come on the radio. You usually ended up missing the first second or two of the song.
- Commodore 64. We got one in 1985 and that thing was awesome and worked until it finally blew up in 2002.
- Having two VCR's and my old man would copies of the videos we rented. I thought that was bad-arse because he was telling the FBI to stick it.
I sure I can think of a shite ton of more stuff.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:46 am to 91TIGER
I'm fairly certain I had the 138pc set of Lincoln logs.........and you're telling me I could have had 600 pieces for only $16 more????
WTF mom and dad......I loved those things.
WTF mom and dad......I loved those things.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:50 am to dukke v
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The jump was bigger from 1975 to1995 than what the last 20 years have been.... all these everyday gadgets are ruining the world though..... and make people way to lazy.....it's amazing the older generation even survived without all this crap....
Truth.
The glory days were when my 12 year old friends and I got to watch Deep Throat on a reel-to-reel projector in my friend's attic while his parents were at work.Then we thought we had it good when we got Channel M in pre-cable days - got to watch rated X movies late at night thanks to that 20 ft. tall antenna on the roof. Or when we found a huge stash of Playboy, Penthouse, Oui, etc. at a dead end street where people dumped their trash. Kids today have it way too good and suffer for it in the long run.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:06 pm to TigrrrDad
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The glory days were when my 12 year old friends and I got to watch Deep Throat on a reel-to-reel projector in my friend's attic while his parents were at work
Ahhh yes Silent , bushy porn. Those were the days.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:11 pm to meauxjeaux2
In the 60s we had our version of the iphone. This is how I listened to Pete Maravich and Bert Jones.
Then came 8-tracks and cassettes. The first cassette players were very cool.
Things will really take off when and if quantum computing arrives. It will make iphones look like smoke signals.
Then came 8-tracks and cassettes. The first cassette players were very cool.
Things will really take off when and if quantum computing arrives. It will make iphones look like smoke signals.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:24 pm to Alt26
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Dinner at a restaurant - just call someone to have it delivered
What is this "call someone" of which you speak?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:28 pm to WallsAllAroundMe
I remember getting up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons and seeing this:
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:34 pm to tss22h8
is that Mutual of Omaha? If so, remember the jingle?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:37 pm to meauxjeaux2
No, just a test pattern that most TV stations used when they went off the air at midnight.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:46 pm to meauxjeaux2
Wow the 90s sound barbaric. I'm glad I'm a millennial and didn't have to live like a caveman.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 12:59 pm to meauxjeaux2
I remember having a ball, cup, and string attached to the ball and the cup. You would put the ball in the cup, jerk the cup in an upward motion, the ball would fly out of the cup. The object once the ball flew out of the cup was to get it to land back in the cup. If it didn't, you didn't have to necessarily put it manually back in the cup, you could just keep jerking the cup in an upward motion to get the ball to land in the cup. Once you got the ball to land in the cup, you have won the game. You could then start over and redo the process if you desired.
This post was edited on 12/27/16 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 12/27/16 at 1:01 pm to Pettifogger
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God that AOL screenshot is thrilling even today
I still have the same AOL email account for my business from back in the 90s.
In fact that's a sign of a successful business that has been around a long time if they have an AOL email addy.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 3:29 pm to philly444
In 1999 i started wotking for MCI. I flew to North Carolina and wad instructed to meet up with a crew in New York City. I jumped in a new truck and took out a gicantic mapdand plotted my route. The job i was on was installing hardware for GPS.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 3:38 pm to meauxjeaux2
I did a "Stock Report" on Sony for my 1996 HS Economics class.
It blew my mind when I read they were developing "Thin TVs" that could be hung on a wall
It blew my mind when I read they were developing "Thin TVs" that could be hung on a wall
Posted on 12/27/16 at 3:39 pm to WG_Dawg
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1996...I'm not even sure we had internet in our house at that time, if not it was probably just a year or 2 after. Those early days we had to unplug one or our phone cords and plug it into a different outlet to get internet. If you were on the internet you couldn't use the phone. Dial-up internet that took forever, AOL chat rooms, AIM, etc.
I remember Spring of 90 riding my bike to a gal's house. Her mom was on Prodigy(I think) typing away. I thought she was typing a book or something shite.
The gal explained, "My mom talks to people around the world on there. They type in that box and everyone can see it right there in the other box."
Mindblown and chatroom concept was born to me.
Then I refocused and tried to bone her in her bedroom during Wilson Phillips "Hold On" video, but got caught stealing 2nd. csb
Posted on 12/27/16 at 3:43 pm to Tigeralum2008
quote:That's awesome.
It blew my mind when I read they were developing "Thin TVs" that could be hung on a wall
fast-forward 5 years to 01-02 and I was slanging pizza as second job while wife was in Law School. Seriously a
to remember telling coworkers to check out some address next time they order b/c of their TV on the wall. That shite was just becoming popular in upper-middle class folks' homes and not just the RICH(weren't they still about 10-15k ~98-99). This post was edited on 12/27/16 at 3:43 pm
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