The Older Than Dirt meme
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[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater.
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[x] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. To be precise, I voted against him. Both times.
[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run. Not quite. But I don't remember it not being on in syndication when I was a child. And given that I did watch other contemporaneous shows, I think it's more a function of my parents' taste than mine
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes.
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts. And I have the scar on my lower lip, where my teeth went into the dashboard through it, for proof.
[x] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[x] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church. Well, sure. Yarmulkes are de rigueur in shul.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[x] I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson. Sometimes. More often, I'd be awake afterwards, since I was still a student when I discovered him.
[x] I have watched a black and white television.
[x] I have/used to have a leisure suit (and wore it!).
[ ] 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 can spin a hula-hoop around my middle.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[x] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run. And Carol Burnett, and Bullwinkle, and Underdog, and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
[x] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."
[x] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." Still do. So, I expect, do my kids.
[x] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[x] 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. Not interested. Does it count if I scheduled around Soap?
[ ] I've sold Boy Scout candy. Well, I would have, if I'd ever done any serious Scouting.
[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority.
[ ] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door. Nope. Aside from being a Kate Jackson fan, my posters were Hildebrandt and Frazetta.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[x] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. I still remember it, too. When do we do it AGAIN?
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp.
[x] I've used a rotary phone.
[x] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company.
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[x] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston.
[x] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[x] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater.
[ ] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class.
[x] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[x] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracey Ullman Show.
[x I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows. Especially the time I deleted Windows 3.11 from the work computer and had to reinstall from scratch. Took the whole next day, and my boss was extremely unhappy.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210. Why would I have done something in such poor taste?
[x] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I 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.
[x] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black. o/~ A-B-C; easy as 1-2-3. Simple as do-re-mi, A-B-C, 1-2-3, babe, you and me. o/~
[x] I know who shot J.R. I found out after it was in the papers. The Simpsons did it better.
[x] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR. Just got rid of it.
[x] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret. Mom found out anyway. She cleaned the room at college, and found a wrapper between the bed and the wall. There's a lesson in neatness in there, somewhere :-)
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[x] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[ ] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[x] I had a television aerial outside my house.
jhayman[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater.
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[x] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. To be precise, I voted against him. Both times.
[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run. Not quite. But I don't remember it not being on in syndication when I was a child. And given that I did watch other contemporaneous shows, I think it's more a function of my parents' taste than mine
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes.
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts. And I have the scar on my lower lip, where my teeth went into the dashboard through it, for proof.
[x] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[x] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church. Well, sure. Yarmulkes are de rigueur in shul.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[x] I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson. Sometimes. More often, I'd be awake afterwards, since I was still a student when I discovered him.
[x] I have watched a black and white television.
[x] I have/used to have a leisure suit (and wore it!).
[ ] 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 can spin a hula-hoop around my middle.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[x] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run. And Carol Burnett, and Bullwinkle, and Underdog, and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
[x] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."
[x] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." Still do. So, I expect, do my kids.
[x] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[x] 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. Not interested. Does it count if I scheduled around Soap?
[ ] I've sold Boy Scout candy. Well, I would have, if I'd ever done any serious Scouting.
[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority.
[ ] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door. Nope. Aside from being a Kate Jackson fan, my posters were Hildebrandt and Frazetta.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[x] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. I still remember it, too. When do we do it AGAIN?
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp.
[x] I've used a rotary phone.
[x] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company.
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[x] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston.
[x] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[x] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater.
[ ] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class.
[x] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[x] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracey Ullman Show.
[x I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows. Especially the time I deleted Windows 3.11 from the work computer and had to reinstall from scratch. Took the whole next day, and my boss was extremely unhappy.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210. Why would I have done something in such poor taste?
[x] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I 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.
[x] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black. o/~ A-B-C; easy as 1-2-3. Simple as do-re-mi, A-B-C, 1-2-3, babe, you and me. o/~
[x] I know who shot J.R. I found out after it was in the papers. The Simpsons did it better.
[x] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR. Just got rid of it.
[x] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret. Mom found out anyway. She cleaned the room at college, and found a wrapper between the bed and the wall. There's a lesson in neatness in there, somewhere :-)
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[x] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[ ] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[x] I had a television aerial outside my house.
