# Am I that old? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-that-old/80705 "2001-09-10T16:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-that-old/80705/41 "2001-09-19T00:01:11Z")
\*\*MsRobyn, 9/10/01, 1:24 PM CST: > [@](#): > > My generation has no concept of what it means to lose a war or make sacrifices to a war effort. Ours was fought quickly, cleanly, and with minimal loss of life and destruction of property. heraldgwena: > [@](#): > > Second, re the list in the OP – since Hiroshima, has any generation not been afraid of nuclear war? Zenster: > [@](#): > > Happily, the threat of anything approaching worldwide nuclear war is rapidly approaching zero, as it should be. Current generations should never have to know the fear of nuclear holocaust. It remains to be seen if nuclear terrorism can be averted as well. heraldgwena again, 9/11/01, 1:15 AM CST: > [@](#): > > I had an English teacher who told our class that nuclear war WAS going to happen, and that basicaly we were all going to die. Keep in mind that this was in 1994. I don’t know what was wrong with that guy, but he scared the shit out of me. \*\* I know it’s not an eerie coincidence that people were talking about war in the early hours of 9/11/01, since someone, somewhere, is always talking about war. I also know we’re not talking about nukes (yet). Just wanted to highlight the last **hypothetical** talk on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-that-old/80705/42 "2001-09-19T00:51:11Z")
[cough] born 1953 [cough] I remember steam trains. I remember telling my parents President Kennedy had been shot, and being startled by their reaction. I remember the Berlin Wall going up … and coming down! 😃 I remember getting our first television, when I was 8 years old. (It was black and white, naturally). I remember when the third British TV channel started up. (We’ve got 5 channels now!) I remember hacking the University computer, using punched cards. (The machine filled a large room). I remember teaching George3. Apparently George1 had an operating system of 4K. (Eat your heart out, Bill Gates!). I remember the first Mac in the office. It had … icons! cd my\_documents - this was the way we used to tell computers to open a directory. I remember when you waited 24 hours for your job to run on the mainframe. (The output was posted to you). I remember buying my first home computer. It ran at a breathtaking 16MHZ. It cost $8,000. I remember the Beatles and the Who. I would tell you more, but the old memory bank isn’t so reliable these days! ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-that-old/80705/43 "2001-09-19T01:22:57Z")
I remember when there was no such thing as a xerox. I remember when all radio was AM. I remember when none of the girls’ hair fit in their yearbook photos. I remember using juice cans as hair rollers. I remember when cars were designed only for big men. (I had to look UNDER the top of the steering wheel.) I remember when the kids favorite singing groups actually used to SING. Call me an old fart. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-that-old/80705/44 "2001-09-19T01:24:54Z")
Oh - and I remember when graphic designers used to called typesetters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-that-old/80705.md?page=2)