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How Old Are You Quiz
X ^ | December 9, 2025 | Anonymous

Posted on 12/09/2025 10:34:36 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom

Age quiz time! Give yourself one point for each thing you've NEVER done. Lowest score wins.

  1. Used a rotary phone
  2. Used a 3.5 inch floppy disc (the new upstarts)
  3. Used an 8 inch floppy disc

  4. Used a typewriter

  5. Taken photos with a film camera

  6. Listened to music on a CD

  7. Listened to a cassette tape (and rewound one with a pencil).

  8. Listened to a vinyl record

  9. Listened to music on a Walkman

  10. Listened to music on a boombox outside

  11. Watched a video from a VHS tape

  12. Accessed the internet by dial-up (Was 56 kpbs "fast" for you? It sure was for me!)

  13. Used a phone book

  14. Sent a postcard

  15. Used a paper map to get somewhere (remember when you got them for free at gas stations?)

  16. Owned a dictionary

  17. Owned an encyclopaedia

  18. Paid with a paper check



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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Hey, I remember when RAM went DOWN to $10,000.00/MB


121 posted on 12/09/2025 11:19:56 AM PST by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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To: Magnum44

This house just went up for sale in the North End of Manchester, NH.

The pictures have a TV similar to what you have.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/554-N-Adams-St_Manchester_NH_03104_M43381-24405

This house has not changed much since it was built in 1972.
It reminded me of my mom’s house after she passed six years ago.


122 posted on 12/09/2025 11:19:57 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The 1964 fair was to be themed “peace through understanding”.[17][71] WFC member Jerome Weinstein suggested the motto, which was inspired by an ideal Kopple had wanted for his daughters.[71] According to Moses, the fair was intended “to assist in educating the peoples of the world as to the interdependence of nations and the need for universal lasting peace”

The theme of the 1939–1940 was “the world of tomorrow”;[17][18] the event was unprofitable, recouping only 32% of its original cost.[18][19] After the 1939 fair, the site was used as a park,[20] but fell into disrepair due to a lack of funds

It was a FLOP.


123 posted on 12/09/2025 11:20:32 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Mt. Rushmore, Devil’s Tower, Yellowstone, Snake River Canyon, Cody, WY, Craters of the Moon, North Rim of the Grand Canyon.”

We hit all of those in one trip in the Econoline camper.


124 posted on 12/09/2025 11:20:38 AM PST by x
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Mt. Rushmore, Devil’s Tower, Yellowstone, Snake River Canyon, Cody, WY, Craters of the Moon, North Rim of the Grand Canyon.”

We hit all of those in one trip in the Econoline camper.


125 posted on 12/09/2025 11:21:03 AM PST by x
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To: Magnum44
We got one of the first ones of these. It was a BIG deal when it arrived in Ithaca, NY.


126 posted on 12/09/2025 11:21:36 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I did all of those. 56 kbps? Wow, best I had was 24.


127 posted on 12/09/2025 11:21:48 AM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I guess I really am older than dirt.


128 posted on 12/09/2025 11:22:07 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)
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To: MCF

I had an 8 track player AMD a recorder.


129 posted on 12/09/2025 11:22:44 AM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: MCF

Tube stereos are back. As are vinyl.

My teen daughter uses both with regularity.

The new tube systems are not remotely as finicky and unreliable as the old ones, but you still that rich, warm, sound.


130 posted on 12/09/2025 11:23:14 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: dfwgator

hey now


131 posted on 12/09/2025 11:24:08 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: GMThrust

132 posted on 12/09/2025 11:24:30 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: mairdie

“The ultimate packrat here.” — Wow, sounds like it!

I’ve gotten rid of everything old as new things came in. My first house was 30’ x 30’ including a one-car garage and three bedrooms! About 750 sq ft living space. No room to be a packrat. Then we moved up to a 1,550 sq ft rancher built in 1952 (living space) and thought we were in a mansion. We sill own that place.


133 posted on 12/09/2025 11:25:02 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: x

In 69 we drove in a pickup truck camper, 9 of us (3 adults and 6 kids)! from NY to California. 3 in the cab and 6 in the camper. The kids slept in tents and adults in the camper. The only time we got a hotel room was to watch the moon landing. Great memories!


134 posted on 12/09/2025 11:25:16 AM PST by GMThrust
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To: x

Cool! You remember all the fun spots, too!


135 posted on 12/09/2025 11:26:10 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Dr. Sivana

LOL! I had one of those along with a green screen dumb terminal in my house. I also used a teletype terminal with a paper tape reader.


136 posted on 12/09/2025 11:26:11 AM PST by 6ppc (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -George Orwell)
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To: dfwgator

Of her favorite blues I’m sure


137 posted on 12/09/2025 11:26:37 AM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Political Junkie Too

Wow, that was cool! Never saw it.


138 posted on 12/09/2025 11:26:50 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: chaosagent

My dad bought a new 1967 Mercury Cougar that had a 4-track player. He was pretty annoyed when 8-tracks came out shortly thereafter.

Last time I saw 8-tracks for sale was in 1988, at a truck stop in Wells, NV.


139 posted on 12/09/2025 11:27:10 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

If you lived in the city or went to a party in the 80s you probably heard music from a boombox whether you owned one or not.


140 posted on 12/09/2025 11:27:19 AM PST by x
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