"back in the day"

nalani

nalani

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so, we're camping .. and my son and other nephews his age are talking and they keep making reference to "back in the day" ... I was like "umm.. hello? You're all of 15 years old .. you don't have a day ... today is your day.."

geez ... in such a hurry to have a day :D
 
Isn't there a rule that you can't say that until you are at least 30?
 
one 16 year old leans over his cane to impart the wisdom to a rapt 14 y/o. 'Ye know.... back in my day... we didn't have neer a single 64mb Nintendo ... nosiree. We had to settle for an 8mb nintendo... and we were lucky to get it... what with war rationing and all.'
 
[14-year old] oh yeah? archaeologists have found an ATARI in my older brother's closet [/14-year old]
 
ATARI didnt come out until I was like 7y/o. We opressed children of the age had to suffer with running around out in the sunshine and building forts and using our imaginations... *shudder*
 
[15 year old] Hey that's nothing .. did you know my mom has this thing called a stereo in her closet and it has a cassette player and a big round thing that you put something called a record on and in the front, it has a VCR slot! [/15 year old]

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I have a cassette player in my van. I don't know about the 2002 model but for 2001 cassette players were still standard and cd cost extra...
 
ris said:
my little bro barely remembers cassettes, very very bad.
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my sister probably doesn't remember cassettes either ... she's probably also never even touched a record!
 
nalani said:
[15 year old] Hey that's nothing .. did you know my mom has this thing called a stereo in her closet and it has a cassette player and a big round thing that you put something called a record on and in the front, it has a VCR slot! [/15 year old]

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[5-year old] What's a VCR? [/5-year old]
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I found a bunch of records in the basement a few months ago, was down there looking through them, and two of my kids came down, the 9 y/o and 7 y/o. I had a hell of a time convincing them they were what I used to listen to "back in the day". Finally ended up explaining, that "Yes, they are like big black cds"
 
umm.. that "VCR" slot is actually *can't believe I'm admitting this one* .. an 8 Track Player ... yes, I had the ultimate Kenmore setup .. live and direct from a Sears near you .. the triple combo ... cassette deck ... turn table ... and 8 Track Player ... complete with AM/FM radio that had a dial ...:D
 
LOL@ PuterTutor .. I used to have 12" singles and my son would trip out saying "there's only one song on that whole thing?" :D

here's something I wanna know ... who remember Beta Max ... and who knew some stoopid fool who invested in one? :D
 
nalani said:
LOL@ PuterTutor .. I used to have 12" singles and my son would trip out saying "there's only one song on that whole thing?" :D

here's something I wanna know ... who remember Beta Max ... and who knew some stoopid fool who invested in one? :D
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*looking around* We had one.

My sister was tripping out when my dad brought out some old home movies and had to set up the screen and the projector ... :D
 
Had one, but I'm not taking credit for it. I remember my dad used to get so pissed when the video stores started opening that everyone carried those DAMN VHS tapes.
 
My dad and gramps both have a betamax machine. They were and still are 10 times better than VHS. 20 years old... and still going strong... and better quality than the machines they put out now.
 
I used to have an 8-track in my Mach I. I always hated when I bought a new 8-track and the tape switched tracks right in the middle of the best song on the tape. My ex-girl had a beta-max when she moved down from New York.
 
Beta Max kicked VHS's ass anytime! It just got dumped because of bad marketing.

Now didn't we see the same thing happen to Apple Macintosh?
It's a shame marketing is more important than technology. :(
 
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