The “Geez, am I really half that old?” Thread

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Roald Admundsen reaches the south pole.

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Heh. The first image that comes up is a Model T. Ironically, I own a Model T with that same body style.

The Model T was first introduced in 1908, which was the year I searched for. Even though the image goes to a Smithsonian link about 1908, that particular Model T in the image is from the 1920s.

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Huh.

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Appropriately, this is the first hit:

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Little did anyone know what would happen a year later on the maiden voyage. (Revealed by Einsteinhund)

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Burnley Centre, Lancashire

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Got a little bit toasty down here.

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Luigi Lucheni murders the Austrian Empress Elisabeth
with a file.

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Doesn’t he know smoking could kill you? LOL

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The siege of Khartoum began.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/General_Gordon's_Last_Stand%5.jpg

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For me the result is 1911.

All I get are pictures of Colt pistols.

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Casey at the Bat first published in 1888.

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I managed to find a picture tof the launching of the Titanic among a few hundred of Colt pistols.

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1871: Grant was President

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Put in “1911 date” and other photos appear.

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On a related note, remember when this board needed a rule to prohibit people under thirteen from posting here?

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It’s 1923 for me, and the google image search gave me several pages of promos for the TV show of that name.

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The Panic of 1873