I'm so old I remember... (cost, tank, name, school)

[brokencrayola]

I am so old I actually remember when Michael Jackson was black!

[NCN]

I am so old I remember getting a TV when I was about 10 years old.
I am so old I remember getting electricity when I was about 5.
I am so old I was born at home instead of the hospital.
I am so old I did not go to kindergarten, because there wasn't one in our school.

[findinghope]

i remember that i did not go to PRE K-- i went to nursery school!

[zonababe]

I'm so old, my birth stone is carbon!

[rrtechno]

My wife and I were talking a little while ago, and we realized we both remember when the championship figure skating was held outside rather than in indoor arenas.

[square peg]

...Same with local high school hockey games...

"Is your refrigerator running?" ***...Well, ya better go catch it it!!!!!...***

Rick Allen having 2 arms was great too!

I remember my mom being home every day. Not out of work or anything - just home, takin' care of business.

And I also seem to remember stink bombs. Those noxious vials of sulfur which would make the entire student body gag in the halls - far better reactions than some silly little bomb scare.

[findinghope]

speking of stink bombs--what about spit balls. do kids still do that? take a bick and remove the pen and the top and launch tiny pieces of paper out of it? gees i am old. i remember games with paper! like "battle ship" and those folded paper games that told your future...lol can you guess my age now?

[square peg]

Please fill us in on the folded paper games...

Also, there was bottle cap football. When milk was still served in bottles at school my buddies and I would play this by sliding the paper bottle cap across the table at each other. If it protruded over the edge without falling off, it was a touchdown. The extra point was attempted by flicking the cap with with your middle finger through the goalposts created by your opponent's index fingers touching each other and thumbs protruding into the air. total guy-thing - never saw the girls playing this one.

[findinghope]

Originally Posted by square peg

Please fill us in on the folded paper games...

Also, there was bottle cap football. When milk was still served in bottles at school my buddies and I would play this by sliding the paper bottle cap across the table at each other. If it protruded over the edge without falling off, it was a touchdown. The extra point was attempted by flicking the cap with with your middle finger through the goalposts created by your opponent's index fingers touching each other and thumbs protruding into the air. total guy-thing - never saw the girls playing this one.

yep i remember the boys playing "football" lol
the paper future game is that little thing you hold by slipping in your 2 thumbs and forfingers and opening and closing it back and forth. "pick a number" , then "pick a career" etc.
i will try to find a picture--lol

[findinghope]

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