Five things I remember that make me feel old


  • Televisions were pieces of furniture that sat on the floor. They also had knobs and only got 3 to 5 stations.

  • Typewriters.

  • Calculators only knew how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, and they wouldn't fit in your pocket. They were leaps and bounds better than slide rules.

  • There was no age limit for cigarettes.

  • Betamax.


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    Don't remember no age limit for cigs - but remember when it was 16.

    Still have my typewriter. Not sure why - nastalgia maybe?

    Posted by: bogie at October 1, 2003 7:18 AM

    Naturally, smoking laws varied by state. When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s, there was no smoking age in Virginia. Being a tobacco state, all I had to do was survive the chagrin of some nanny cashier. There was no statute against selling to a 12 year old, but as with any business they could always refuse to serve you. Most of the time it was a "Is this for your daddy?" reaction.

    We finally got a smoking age of 16, when I was about 17 or 18. By the time I was 19 or 20, the fed had stepped in and "encouraged" all states to bump the mandatory age to 18.

    Thus, I have always been able to buy cigarettes. (Not that I smoke, or anything.)

    Posted by: Ravenwood at October 1, 2003 8:04 AM

    I have a typewriter, a slide rule, and two Betamaxes. (Well, actually, three, but one of them isn't working correctly.)

    What does this mean?

    Posted by: CGHill at October 1, 2003 9:52 PM

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