Life experience meme
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[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater.
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater.
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[x] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan.
[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.
[x ] I remember what I was doing when the Challenger exploded.
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run. - when I watched, it was in the first or second round of syndication
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. - and 78, and 'wax cylinder', but that's what kind of family I was raised in
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.
[x] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents. - no, but I remember getting the burger, fries and drink for $1.00
[x] would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[x] I have watched a black and white television.
[ ] I have/used to have a leisure suit.
[x] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock.
[x] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns. - just after Katie was born
[x] I can spin a hula-hoop around my middle.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal. - no, but it was legal at the time.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[x] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run. (and Donny and Marie Osmond...)
[ ] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."
[x] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." - and still do
[ ] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[ ] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand
[x] I've been to a rodeo. long time ago
[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.
[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty. - no, but I remember the show
[ ] I've sold Girl Scout cookies.
[x] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority. Alpha Psi Omega. Can't remember the chapter, though. Tau Alpha, maybe?
[x] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Faucett on my wall/door. - no, but couple of my friends did
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[ ] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp. - no, but knew people who did
[ ] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.
[x] I've used a rotary phone. - and it was the only phone in the house
[ ] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company. - In my day, they were referred to as "black"
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[x] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston. - remember them, though
[x] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[ ] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. - ftw!
[x] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class.
[ ] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[x] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ulman Show.
[x] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman. - and still do.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210. - not so much. I remember the show.
[x] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times.
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[x] I know who shot J.R. - and didn't care then, and don't now.
[ ] I owned a pet rock.
[x] I have/had a Betamax VCR.
[ ] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret.
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[x] I've ridden in a double-decker bus. - Dublin, 1997
[x] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car. - and in the seat well in the back of a station wagon.
[x] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[x] I had a television aerial outside my house.
[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.
[x ] I remember what I was doing when the Challenger exploded.
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run. - when I watched, it was in the first or second round of syndication
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. - and 78, and 'wax cylinder', but that's what kind of family I was raised in
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.
[x] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents. - no, but I remember getting the burger, fries and drink for $1.00
[x] would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[x] I have watched a black and white television.
[ ] I have/used to have a leisure suit.
[x] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock.
[x] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns. - just after Katie was born
[x] I can spin a hula-hoop around my middle.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal. - no, but it was legal at the time.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[x] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run. (and Donny and Marie Osmond...)
[ ] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."
[x] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." - and still do
[ ] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[ ] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand
[x] I've been to a rodeo. long time ago
[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.
[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty. - no, but I remember the show
[ ] I've sold Girl Scout cookies.
[x] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority. Alpha Psi Omega. Can't remember the chapter, though. Tau Alpha, maybe?
[x] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Faucett on my wall/door. - no, but couple of my friends did
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[ ] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp. - no, but knew people who did
[ ] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.
[x] I've used a rotary phone. - and it was the only phone in the house
[ ] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company. - In my day, they were referred to as "black"
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[x] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston. - remember them, though
[x] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[ ] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. - ftw!
[x] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class.
[ ] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[x] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ulman Show.
[x] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman. - and still do.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210. - not so much. I remember the show.
[x] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times.
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[x] I know who shot J.R. - and didn't care then, and don't now.
[ ] I owned a pet rock.
[x] I have/had a Betamax VCR.
[ ] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret.
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[x] I've ridden in a double-decker bus. - Dublin, 1997
[x] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car. - and in the seat well in the back of a station wagon.
[x] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[x] I had a television aerial outside my house.
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Date: 2008-02-25 18:37 (UTC)We used to have breakfast at the Sambo's on Armour Blvd (?... been too long) in NKC in the 70s. I was mildly surprised when I got out here, given the flap about them in the 80s, to find a restaurant called "L'il Sambos" in Lincoln City, Oregon, a touristy town on the coast right on Hwy 101. The front facade/stoop looks like something from a "Jungle Book" amusement park. Apparently it was never part of the chain, but the decor is eerily reminiscent of it. Wouldn't surprise me if the discrimination thing passed Oregon by, being one of the whitest states by percentage of population.
So, if anyone wants to add a tick to their results they kind of have a chance.
- Jeho
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Date: 2008-02-25 19:51 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-26 00:56 (UTC)I do, however, remember the barber shop on 23rd street that had the stack of men's magazines lying around when we went in there once (once...) for a haircut on mom's payday. Little brown building with white trim. Sat higher than the road by a few feet... in the big dip before you come up to Noland. Probably still there... with the same magazines.
- Jeho