"You're Old!!!" moments - Page 4

lumberjim · 12-29-2003, 06:39 PM

The only time i miss the microwave is when i want microwave popcorn, but as i am now 2 mos into the atkins diet, and can't have popcorn anyway, I don't miss it at all. jinx assures me that the microwave destroys most of the nutrients in food anyway. plus this toaster is almost as fast. and food is crispy not soggy.

PS. why the fuck is the semi colon where it is instead of where the apostrophe is?! i use the apostrophe all the time, and hardly ever use the semicolon. I'd like to start a revolution about this. I must have backed up 3 or 4 times to correct the semicolon typo. maybe i just shouldn;t bother. yeah, that;s it. that;s my revolution right there. i will no longer bother to correct that typo when i miss the apostrophe key and hit semi by mistake! who;s with me?!

-no i'm not drunk.....i;m just punchy from a busy day

plthijinx · 12-29-2003, 06:44 PM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
i will no longer bother to correct that typo when i miss the apostrophe key and hit semi by mistake! who;s with me?!

-no i'm not drunk.....i;m just punch from a busy day

LJ ya rebel! it;s alright on the typo;s. what? make your quota in one day did;ja?

p.s. - i need a citified redneck refill!

OnyxCougar · 12-29-2003, 07:07 PM

Talk about old, I can remember when the ' and the " were on a typewriter on the upper left of the keyboard, where the ` and ~ is now.

elSicomoro · 12-29-2003, 07:14 PM

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Originally posted by plthijinx
'93?!? whoa. i was a manager at a local video store chain and we only carried VHS. that was from '89 to 91, in the collage days.

This guy was a nut...he had tons of old Beta machines in the A/V room. I personally haven't seen blank Beta tapes sold in at least 15 years, and I've never seen them at a video rental store.

TheMercenary · 01-03-2010, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sycamore

This guy was a nut...he had tons of old Beta machines in the A/V room. I personally haven't seen blank Beta tapes sold in at least 15 years, and I've never seen them at a video rental store.

Ha! we got sucked in to the Beta-max grove in 1982. The picture was better than VHS at the time, so the pron was always a little clearer.

SteveDallas · 01-03-2010, 03:46 PM

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Ha! we got sucked in to the Beta-max grove in 1982. The picture was better than VHS at the time, so the pron was always a little clearer.

Seriously? I had the impression that one of the reasons VHS won (the ONLY reason according to some people) was that Sony wouldn't license Beta to adult film distributors. Or, something.... one way or another, there was pron on VHS and not on Beta.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-03-2010, 04:06 PM

No, they wouldn't let other deck manufacturers use their proprietary system, trying to corner the market. The picture was better on beta, and the sound was an order of magnitude better. My buddy did a lot of music recording on beta, because you had to spend a fortune to get an audio tape recorder that was as quiet as the beta. I've still got a beta, along with a couple of VHS units, in the attic.

Glinda · 01-03-2010, 05:55 PM

It's 1981. I'm a 23-year old freshman in college (spent a few years dicking around

). My class goes on a field trip, and I bring along a stereo/cassette player with a couple of mixed tapes I made. The song Bad Company (major hit from a #1 album) plays.

Nobody in the bus knows the song.

*dies*

TheMercenary · 01-04-2010, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Seriously? I had the impression that one of the reasons VHS won (the ONLY reason according to some people) was that Sony wouldn't license Beta to adult film distributors. Or, something.... one way or another, there was pron on VHS and not on Beta.

Well we saw a ton of it on betamax. So someone was making it.

Undertoad · 12-29-2003, 07:16 PM

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jinx assures me that the microwave destroys most of the nutrients in food anyway.

Not to pick on jinx all the time, I swear I don't mean to, but this is one of those shit molecule theories that juju can disprove with dye and paper.

IMO, naturally

elSicomoro · 12-29-2003, 07:17 PM

If I believed everything Rho said, I'd be dead by now, probably. And vice versa.

hot_pastrami · 12-29-2003, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
PS. why the fuck is the semi colon where it is instead of where the apostrophe is?! i use the apostrophe all the time, and hardly ever use the semicolon. I'd like to start a revolution about this. I must have backed up 3 or 4 times to correct the semicolon typo. maybe i just shouldn;t bother. yeah, that;s it. that;s my revolution right there. i will no longer bother to correct that typo when i miss the apostrophe key and hit semi by mistake! who;s with me?!

Dude, go Dvorak. Every key is in it's most logical, efficient place, based on placing commonly used keys nearer to the primary fingers (index and middle fingers). Of course, it is exceedingly tricky to unlearn the conventional keyboard, which was specifically designed to slow the typist down:

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The type-bar system and the universal keyboard were the machine’s novelty, but the keys jammed easily. To solve the jamming problem, another business associate, James Densmore, suggested splitting up keys for letters commonly used together to slow down typing. This became today’s standard "QWERTY" keyboard.

As for moments of feeling old, I've had a few. Probably my worst was last May, when my wife and I moved into our new house. A neighbor came over to say hello and introduce himself, so I called my wife to come join us, and introduced her simply as "Brittany." We talked for another minute or so, and the neighbor asked "So where's your wife?"

I indicated Brittany, and said "Er, she's right here."

"Oh!' He said. "I thought she was your daughter."

That guy is still on my shit list. Heheh. I'm only three years older than she is.... damnit. Sure, she does look young, but young enough to be my daughter? Damn.

lumberjim · 12-29-2003, 08:32 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
Not to pick on jinx all the time, I swear I don't mean to, but this is one of those shit molecule theories that juju can disprove with dye and paper.

IMO, naturally

I'll talk to her tonight and see if she can substantiate her claims. I never bother to challenge her with this kind of thing, (although i did resist the microwave thing for a while) cuz she can usually show me the why's and wherefore's. I really don;t miss the "reactor" though.

and those poop molecules are real, man! juju is nuts! i mean, who are you gonna believe? a doctor that crawled around on public bathroom floors for years doing his research or some well educated adult college student with a little red die and a paper plate!? c'mon!

plthijinx · 12-29-2003, 09:12 PM

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Originally posted by sycamore

This guy was a nut...he had tons of old Beta machines in the A/V room. I personally haven't seen blank Beta tapes sold in at least 15 years, and I've never seen them at a video rental store.

i saw them but only in the mid '80;s! that guy was a die hard not-to-let-it-go personna! let me guess, he invested Thousands in the beta-max, eh?

elSicomoro · 12-29-2003, 10:10 PM

pl, I dunno about thousands...well, maybe. I remember when VCRs were $300-500.

Regarding the microwave thing, the only semi-serious study I've seen regarding loss of nutrients is in vegetables. Though there is other information out there, a lot of it seems unsubstantiated.

01-03-2010, 04:06 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, they wouldn't let other deck manufacturers use their proprietary system, trying to corner the market. The picture was better on beta, and the sound was an order of magnitude better. My buddy did a lot of music recording on beta, because you had to spend a fortune to get an audio tape recorder that was as quiet as the beta. I've still got a beta, along with a couple of VHS units, in the attic. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-29-2003, 06:39 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	The only time i miss the microwave is when i want microwave popcorn, but as i am now 2 mos into the atkins diet, and can't have popcorn anyway, I don't miss it at all. jinx assures me that the microwave destroys most of the nutrients in food anyway. plus this toaster is almost as fast. and food is crispy not soggy. PS. why the fuck is the semi colon where it is instead of where the apostrophe is?! i use the apostrophe all the time, and hardly ever use the semicolon. I'd like to start a revolution about this. I must have backed up 3 or 4 times to correct the semicolon typo. maybe i just shouldn;t bother. yeah, that;s it. that;s my revolution right there. i will no longer bother to correct that typo when i miss the apostrophe key and hit semi by mistake! who;s with me?! -no i'm not drunk.....i;m just punchy from a busy day __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 12-29-2003 at 06:43 PM.

12-29-2003, 07:07 PM	#3
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Talk about old, I can remember when the ' and the " were on a typewriter on the upper left of the keyboard, where the ` and ~ is now.

01-03-2010, 05:55 PM	#8
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	It's 1981. I'm a 23-year old freshman in college (spent a few years dicking around ). My class goes on a field trip, and I bring along a stereo/cassette player with a couple of mixed tapes I made. The song Bad Company (major hit from a #1 album) plays. Nobody in the bus knows the song. dies

12-29-2003, 07:17 PM	#11
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	If I believed everything Rho said, I'd be dead by now, probably. And vice versa.

12-29-2003, 10:10 PM	#15
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	pl, I dunno about thousands...well, maybe. I remember when VCRs were $300-500. Regarding the microwave thing, the only semi-serious study I've seen regarding loss of nutrients is in vegetables. Though there is other information out there, a lot of it seems unsubstantiated.

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