How Old Are You Quiz

X ^ | December 9, 2025 | Anonymous

[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
    

[BBB333]

1 here.

The TPS-L2 walkman is very valuable (it’s the one in the photo). I bought one new and still have it!

[BBB333]

“How about listened to a 78 rpm vinyl record?”

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Mrs. BBB333 has a victrola with 50+/- 78’s...

[Fresh Wind]

50L6, 12SQ7, 12SK7, 12SA7, 35Z5.

[Tellurian]

The only thing missing in those living room photos is clear plastic covers on the furniture.

[lgjhn23]

“..Me too, got them all, and they left out storing software on punched paper tape...”

Yep. They left off punched computer cards and perforated printer paper....LOL.
How about phones with no dial; pick it up, crank the handle and ya hear: “Operator”. “Yes, operator, can you connect me to 4-656?”..... “Hang on....” Click, “Hello? Hi Grandma.....” meanhile 4-5 others on the party line are listening in....LOL

[SuperLuminal]

Hmmm...
I am 92 and have concerns that this list to choose from is age-discriminatory...

No mention of milk men, horse-drawn wagons, engine crank, a grocery-shopping bag to add up the cost of the items you are buying, or a sled tied to the back of a horse-drawn snowplow...

[Fresh Wind]

Never sit on those plastic covers when wearing shorts, especially in the summer. You will stick to them!

[1Old Pro]

The only thing missing in those living room photos is clear plastic covers on the furniture.

I thought only Italians did that :)

[vaskypilot]

A zero (0). Yes I am old.

[Fresh Wind]

LOL! Yeah, I knew some Jewish people that had them too.

[Hank C.]

Same for me. No walkman no boombox, either. I am 82.

[equaviator]

Laser disc

[Disambiguator]

I never used an 8 inch floppy, but plenty of 5-1/4 inchers.

Yes on everything else. I currently own two fully functional rotary phones (one hanging in my kitchen), but we don’t have landline service.

[Tunehead54]

Boy - I guess I’m really old. Been there, done all that.

People keep telling me to act my age but I’ve never been this age before. Very confusing.

;-)

TH54

[Disambiguator]

Check out Goldbacks.

https://www.goldback.com

[Tax-chick]

I got 1. We didn’t own an encyclopedia: we used them at the library.

[Tunehead54]

Oops. Answer at 71 is zero. Sorry in case you’re keeping track.

;-)

[FamiliarFace]

I’m a good bit younger than you are, but I have several friends your age.

Do you listen to vinyl at all? Hubby is a vinyl enthusiast, so we add to our collection every chance we get. I love hearing music that way. So much fun!

We have most every genre, except for rap and hip hop. Neither of those are music to me.

[dagunk]

50L6, 12SQ7, 12SK7, 12SA7, 35Z5.

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Hoo Boy that’s a seriously old All American Five.
I was thinking 12BE6, 12BA6, 12AV6, 50C5, and 35W4, all miniatures.
You got me beat old-timer. I’m 74.

[dfwgator]

Of her favorite blues I’m sure

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Of course.