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: 2008-02-26 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