Reagan shooting, kneeling in hallway for atomic bomb practice, shuttle explosion and stock market crash. All the generations are drinking less and Gen X is up 36% in alcohol consumption! I wonder why.
Geriatrics on HT , am I part of the problem?
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Charlie Bob
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In 1980 I watched the Space Shuttle transported on the back a 747 land at Tinker AFB .
I was driving a front loader garbage truck on base .
It flew right over top of me , It was impressive.
I was driving a front loader garbage truck on base .
It flew right over top of me , It was impressive.
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It's because we've had to shift from LP's to cassettes to CD's to streaming.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Space shuttles on fire off the shoulder of Florida. I watched the internet glitter to life in the dark chatrooms of the intranet with a 28K baud modem. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
Little Big Man MT Chris
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Ah nice - nevermind.
Ive seen a lot of mid 80s millenials try to identify as gen x rather than what they were born as (how gen z of them).
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No 8 tracks? I've got Paranoid on all of those.
El Jason
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That was a darned good year. And Doritos are a better choice on the Sammich than potato chips.
Straight Arrow
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That was a great year, as I then returned unscathed (physically anyway) after two all-expense paid tours in South Vietnam.
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Little Big Man MT Chris
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When I was in elementary school, I did peanut butter and jelly with Lays potato chips
2rocky
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I think my parents got traumatized from investing in a Home Stereo with only an 8 track player and never invested in audio equipment ever again.
With a Father in his 80's I've noticed his gait becoming more shuffling. There is a long pause before he responds to my questions. Whether it is hearing loss and processing what he think he heard or just time for his mind to process it, I don't know.... My 79 year old mother has become more demanding in her tone, and unwilling to consider thngs outside her comfort zone like foods, and clothing choices.
Us Gen X'ers are going to be doing in our 70's what our parents were doing in their 50's. We are going to have most of our original teeth when we die, but less than half of our original joints. And at some point there is going to be a glut of 5 bedroom , 4000sq ft houses on the market for $1.5 million plus when all the buyers are going to be childless unmarried couples with 2 dogs.
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We had remote controls back then. They were called children.
Wildabeest
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They’re all playing mahjong now. Get with the times!
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Still have my marbles!
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When I was in college, before I could submit a paper I had to cut out a mistake from the page, type that line again, cut IT out, and paste it over the mistake. Then copy the whole page again, hoping it didn’t interrupt the collation. For you Gen Xers, that’s where we got “cut and paste!”
But “geriatric?” No. Just no.
But “geriatric?” No. Just no.
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Little Big Man MT Chris
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Don’t gotta tell me , I don’t know how many times when I was in elementary school that mom called me upstairs to change the channel ! thems facts …..
I grew up with 6 TV channels: ABC, NBC, CBS, 2 independent channels and PBS. Stations shut down around midnight or so. Cable was a luxury we didn’t spend money on.
