25 of 71, I'm about one-third old
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ppfuf25 of 71, If I counted right. I'm about a third old.
[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater. On dates!
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. in clips only
[x ] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan.
[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school. We did not have pagents, just concerts with a single token haunaka song.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run.
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes.
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.
[ ] I used to watch Romper Room. Mr Rogers, Sesand Zoom!
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America. What????
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church. I have worn a hat to church, but it was not required
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[ ] I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[x ] I have watched a black and white television.
[ ] I have/used to have a leisure suit.
[ ] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock.
[ x] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns.
[ x] I could spin a hula-hoop around my middle, and my arm, leg and neck!.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[ ] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.
[ ] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."
[x] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am."
[ x] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[ ] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand
[ ] I've been to a rodeo.
[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.
[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty.
[x] I've sold Girl Scout cookies, door to door. And I sold GS calenders.
[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority.
[x] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant. And I sitll miss it after reading the story some years ago.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson. Who?
[ ] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. In clips
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp.
[ ] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.
[x] I've used a rotary phone.
[x ] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company. This may say more about where I grew up than how old I am
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[x] I played with a Water Wiggle. And a slip-n-slide. I had a set of lawn darts.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston.
[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[ ] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. It was the first movie my brother and I were allowed to see by ourselves
[x] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class.
[ ] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[ ] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ulman Show.
[x] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210.
[x] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I (used to) put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times.
(I saw it in the theater, but only because my best friend in High School was a HUGE Tom Cruise fan)
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[ ] I know who shot J.R.
[ ] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR.
[x] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret.
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[x] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[x] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[x] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers. And once with sissors. I hate the weedwhacker.
[ ] I had a television aerial outside my house. But we had one outside my parent's house.
[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater. On dates!
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. in clips only
[x ] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan.
[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school. We did not have pagents, just concerts with a single token haunaka song.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run.
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes.
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.
[ ] I used to watch Romper Room. Mr Rogers, Sesand Zoom!
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America. What????
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church. I have worn a hat to church, but it was not required
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[ ] I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[x ] I have watched a black and white television.
[ ] I have/used to have a leisure suit.
[ ] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock.
[ x] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns.
[ x] I could spin a hula-hoop around my middle, and my arm, leg and neck!.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[ ] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.
[ ] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."
[x] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am."
[ x] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[ ] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand
[ ] I've been to a rodeo.
[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.
[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty.
[x] I've sold Girl Scout cookies, door to door. And I sold GS calenders.
[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority.
[x] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant. And I sitll miss it after reading the story some years ago.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson. Who?
[ ] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. In clips
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp.
[ ] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.
[x] I've used a rotary phone.
[x ] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company. This may say more about where I grew up than how old I am
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[x] I played with a Water Wiggle. And a slip-n-slide. I had a set of lawn darts.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston.
[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[ ] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. It was the first movie my brother and I were allowed to see by ourselves
[x] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class.
[ ] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[ ] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ulman Show.
[x] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210.
[x] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I (used to) put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times.
(I saw it in the theater, but only because my best friend in High School was a HUGE Tom Cruise fan)
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[ ] I know who shot J.R.
[ ] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR.
[x] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret.
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[x] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[x] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[x] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers. And once with sissors. I hate the weedwhacker.
[ ] I had a television aerial outside my house. But we had one outside my parent's house.