# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3001
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60007 "2018-07-02T16:22:19Z")
[Request for Judge’s Decision: “Printing Presses” are not off the market.] ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60008 "2018-07-02T17:14:25Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios 6. Beepers 7. Eight-track tapes 8. Analog televisions 9. Printing presses 10. Commodore 64 computer 11. VHS cassettes ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60009 "2018-07-03T00:12:13Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios 6. Beepers 7. Eight-track tapes 8. Analog televisions 9. Printing presses 10. Commodore 64 computer 11. VHS cassettes 12. Erector Set ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60010 "2018-07-03T00:13:48Z")
1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios 6. Beepers 7. Eight-track tapes 8. Analog televisions 9. Printing presses 10. Commodore 64 computer 11. VHS cassettes 12. Erector Set 13 Super 8 movie camera A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60011 "2018-07-03T01:10:26Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60012 "2018-07-03T01:33:43Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60013 "2018-07-03T01:34:41Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > [Request for Judge’s Decision: “Printing Presses” are not off the market.] Neither are beepers. I carry one for work. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60014 "2018-07-03T02:03:38Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Neither are beepers. I carry one for work. > mmm 🙂 Well hell. Baker’s 11. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60015 "2018-07-03T02:04:41Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60016 "2018-07-03T02:22:00Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60017 "2018-07-03T02:31:02Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys 6. “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60018 "2018-07-03T02:42:26Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys 6. “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg 7. “Driver’s Seat,” Sniff ‘n’ The Tears [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9SCzVEUlqqA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgOSg_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLDEksZrbDQ-aYo2ewtPVIuBRKIgPg "Sniff 'n' The Tears - "Driver's Seat" (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SCzVEUlqqA) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60019 "2018-07-03T02:45:28Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys 6. “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg 7. “Driver’s Seat,” Sniff ‘n’ The Tears 8. “Detroit Rock City,” KISS ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60020 "2018-07-03T04:26:23Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys 6. “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg 7. “Driver’s Seat,” Sniff ‘n’ The Tears 8. “Detroit Rock City,” KISS 9. “Year of the Cat,” Al Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60021 "2018-07-03T04:54:31Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys 6. “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg 7. “Driver’s Seat,” Sniff ‘n’ The Tears 8. “Detroit Rock City,” KISS 9. “Year of the Cat,” Al Stewart 10. “Bust a Move” - Young MC ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60022 "2018-07-03T06:53:42Z")
For the “Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market” category, here are 2 substitutes for printing presses and beepers Sony Betamax Nintendo Game and Watch ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60023 "2018-07-03T12:59:24Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys 6. “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg 7. “Driver’s Seat,” Sniff ‘n’ The Tears 8. “Detroit Rock City,” KISS 9. “Year of the Cat,” Al Stewart 10. “Bust a Move” - Young MC 11. “Louie Louie” The Kingsmen ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60024 "2018-07-03T13:42:37Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys 6. “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg 7. “Driver’s Seat,” Sniff ‘n’ The Tears 8. “Detroit Rock City,” KISS 9. “Year of the Cat,” Al Stewart 10. “Bust a Move” - Young MC 11. “Louie Louie” The Kingsmen 12. “Fat” - “Weird Al” Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60025 "2018-07-03T13:52:07Z")
A song from your teenage years that makes you happy when you hear it. 1. “Baker Street,” Gerry Rafferty 2. “Too Much Heaven”, the Bee Gees 3. “I can see Clearly Now”, Johnny Nash 4. “Judy Blue Eyes,” Crosby Stills Nash (and Young?) 5. “The Sloop John B”, the Beach Boys 6. “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’),” Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg 7. “Driver’s Seat,” Sniff ‘n’ The Tears 8. “Detroit Rock City,” KISS 9. “Year of the Cat,” Al Stewart 10. “Bust a Move” - Young MC 11. “Louie Louie” The Kingsmen 12. “Fat” - “Weird Al” Yankovic 13. “Jesus Christ Superstar” - Murray Head Tales of a person or group alone on a deserted desert island. 1. Survivor Type - Stephen King ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60026 "2018-07-03T14:01:57Z")
Tales of a person or group alone on a deserted desert island. 1. Survivor Type - Stephen King 2. Green Arrow - Oliver Queen learned his archery skills while stranded on an island. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3000) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3002)