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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

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To: Dr. Sivana

I never used an acoustic coupler attachment on the phone handset. But I did have 300 baud or 1,200 baud long before 56 kbps came out.


41 posted on 12/09/2025 10:50:31 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

One point!

Never had a Walkman.


42 posted on 12/09/2025 10:50:41 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Communism and islam: failed in every country in modern history.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
I used both an 8” and 10” Floppy, plus I programmed using punch cards and key punch machine.

I did oversee the spare Priam 14” hard drives for Rolm/IBM. Uses papertape on a PDP 8 instead of cards.
43 posted on 12/09/2025 10:50:42 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Magnum44

I actually went to that event as a high school trip.


44 posted on 12/09/2025 10:51:43 AM PST by Publius
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“...I programmed using punch cards...”

Ha... Ha... reminds me when the old Bridgeport milling machines use punch cards to run programs.


45 posted on 12/09/2025 10:51:43 AM PST by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

How about a wringer washing machine.

When I was very young, that was the kind of washing machine mom had.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1102870451478554


46 posted on 12/09/2025 10:51:46 AM PST by Wuli ( )
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To: LastDayz

“You forgot the 8-track tapes.”

Darn, you are right! I knew something was missing.


47 posted on 12/09/2025 10:51:46 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Magnum44

How about a big 10-inch record?


48 posted on 12/09/2025 10:51:50 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Gay State Conservative
One point. I never used an 8” floppy.

Same here. I didn't know they existed.

Now I understand what my wife meant before we married when she said that an 8" floppy is worthless.

49 posted on 12/09/2025 10:52:12 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Older then dirt.


50 posted on 12/09/2025 10:52:14 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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To: ratzoe
Me a zero too only because I consider a little transistor radio a " walkman"..

I still prefer paper maps..I still right some checks..love my cds..

51 posted on 12/09/2025 10:52:17 AM PST by cherry
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To: lgjhn23

“Older than dirt”
Hey, I remember when they invented dirt!


52 posted on 12/09/2025 10:52:31 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Publius

My parents took me when I was pre-gradeschool.


53 posted on 12/09/2025 10:52:42 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnum44

54 posted on 12/09/2025 10:53:01 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dfwgator

Sure...let me just whip it out!


55 posted on 12/09/2025 10:53:25 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnum44
Double points if you took the little holder off and used them as a bolo.
56 posted on 12/09/2025 10:53:32 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Remember the record players that could play at 16 RPM?

Now who didn’t try to play their 33 RPM records at 78 or 16 speed just to hear what it would sound like?


57 posted on 12/09/2025 10:53:43 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: jimwatx

0, and I’m GenX.


58 posted on 12/09/2025 10:54:00 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: LastDayz
You forgot the 8-track tapes.

Gotta beat. How about 4-track tapes?

59 posted on 12/09/2025 10:54:26 AM PST by chaosagent ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Rusty Griswold:
Hey, ya’ got Pac Man?

Cousin Dale:
No.

Rusty Griswold:
Ya’ got Space Invaders?

Cousin Dale:
Nope.

Rusty Griswold:
Ya’ got Asteroids?

Cousin Dale:
Naw, but my dad does. Can’t even sit on the toilet some days.


60 posted on 12/09/2025 10:54:50 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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