# I Was The First Person In My Town/Neighborhood To Have A (Fill In Blank} **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225 "2011-06-12T17:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/21 "2011-06-13T01:41:08Z")
Oh- I think I was one of the first to get an original Sony Walkman! ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/22 "2011-06-13T02:00:39Z")
My parents worked at General Foods when I was a kid and our local plant was used for testing new products. I was the first with the hard shell ice cream topping (loved), some shelf stable sherbet thing(meh) and the first kid on the block to taste General Foods International Coffee (hated). ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/23 "2011-06-13T02:41:45Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > The gifted class lady got me all excited about “The Internet superhighway” back in Third Grade (1993), so my mum went out and picked me up a bushel of Internet…or was it a peck? I had an IBM Aptiva, and so she got “IBM internet access” to go with it. > > 28.8K connection. Mosaic…gopher…TELNET? Oh man I was king of grade school. > > I got Sega Dreamcast the day it came out…and the HD-DVD adapter for my 360. I’m really hoping the 3DS redeems those early missteps, and yet it’s not looking good early on…☹ The Dreamcast? A misstep? Sir, you offend my delicate sensibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/24 "2011-06-13T13:33:50Z")
I was the first male at my high school to get a pierced ear. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/25 "2011-06-13T15:27:44Z")
8-bit NES. Probably one of the first in the state of Indiana. I was one of the video-game faithful during the crash, had access to Japanese hobby magazines which were covering the Famicom, and kept up with the attempts to get the system into the US. Finally found out it was going to be released in October 1985 and saved up some money _and_ convinced my mom to take me on vacation to visit an out-of-state toy store to get one of the test market system. Got the system and got it home and… pretty much just played Duck Hunt for several months, since new games weren’t available in Indiana, and Super Mario Bros., the reason I’d wanted the system, hadn’t been available when we made that trip. When games were finally released in Indiana, spring of 1986, I walked into a Kay-Bee Toy Store with enough money to buy Wrecking Crew and Super Mario Bros., and got into a long argument with the cashier who refused to sell the games to me ("…kid, these won’t work in your Atari." “I know, I have a Nintendo, I want these games.” “We haven’t even sold any systems yet, I just don’t want you to waste your money on games that won’t work with your system…”) that only ceased when my mom came into the store to find out what was taking so damn long, and who convinced the guy that, indeed, I had an NES. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/26 "2011-06-13T18:55:10Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > The Dreamcast? A misstep? Sir, you offend my delicate sensibilities. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE that system. I can still playing Bass fishing with the special fishing rod controller, and go for a round of dynamite cop. But a two year shelf life for next gen console? Bad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/27 "2011-06-13T19:16:41Z")
An Intellivision. We finally talked Dad into getting us an Atari 2600 like all the other kids in the neigborhood had. Within a week it had crapped out on us. Dad takes it back to JCPenneys to exchange it and brings back an Intellivision. “What the heck is this?” we ask. Dad says “The guy at JCPenneys was unloading them out of boxes. They just got them in. He said it’s better than Atari.” This was before there was any type of advertising for them yet. I was the most popular kid on the block that summer while all my friends begged their parents for an Intellivision. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/28 "2011-06-13T19:26:15Z")
First VCR, microwave, computer, Internet access and ipad in the neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/29 "2011-06-13T19:30:10Z")
Rabbit fur coat (I am against this now but I was only 10 or so at the time) Go-carts for me and my brother Video game console (Pong) [http://www.davesclassicarcade.com/consoles/pong.JPG](http://www.davesclassicarcade.com/consoles/pong.JPG) My own TV (black and white) My own color TV Computer (Apple IIe) [http://oldcomputers.net/pics/appleii-system.jpg](http://oldcomputers.net/pics/appleii-system.jpg) “Laptop” (IBM PC Convertible) [http://lowendmac.com/art/pcs/ibm-pc-convertible-256.jpg](http://lowendmac.com/art/pcs/ibm-pc-convertible-256.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/30 "2011-06-13T21:30:18Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I was the first male at my high school to get a pierced ear. Have the bruises healed up, yet? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/31 "2011-06-14T00:28:07Z")
We’re the first people in our neighborhood to have chickens, though there’s someone on the other side of town who has some. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/32 "2011-06-14T00:51:54Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > First family to have cable internet. Several big businesses had it but no residents at the time. > > I had the first ipod in my high school. What were the years on those? You must be quite young. Did you have the very first Ipod, then? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/33 "2011-06-14T01:19:47Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What were the years on those? You must be quite young. Did you have the very first Ipod, then? Doesn’t she claim to be 22 or 23? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/34 "2011-06-14T02:40:42Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Doesn’t she claim to be 22 or 23? Heck, she tries to be a high school student to win over Steve Holt. I assume this is what you are talking about. The poster? I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/35 "2011-06-14T05:35:10Z")
I was the first person from my home town to go to the Maritime Academy in Vallejo Ca. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/36 "2011-06-14T05:53:40Z")
We were the first, and I’d bet a billion dollars, the _only_ family in our neighborhood to install a [commercial hand dryer](http://xlerator-handdryer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bathroom-hand-dryer.jpg) that ran on a 3-minute cycle, up high on the bathroom wall, so we girls could stand under it and blow dry our hair without having to use a hand-held dryer. LOVED that thing! (Went back to visit our old house about 6 or 7 years ago and the people who bought the house from us still have it there!) I’m the first person I know who installed a [pot filler](http://media.cygnus.com/files/cygnus/image/FBP/2008/DEC/300x300/Moen_PotFiller_QUR_5075.png) when we renovated our kitchen 6 months ago. A lot of people don’t even know what it is when they see it! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/37 "2011-06-14T14:44:06Z")
Back in the day,( 70s and 80s), I was the first person to get most LP albums because I read alot of music magazines reviews then I would go to the record store and special order them before anyone else. Unfortunately, by the time everyone else caught on, I had moved on to something else. ``` I have heard from some subcontractors that I'm the first person to renovate my house using all BlueWood, blue sprayfoam, and blue drywall. No one in my areas has seen this before. ``` I was the first person to register and license my cat, but that’s another story… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/38 "2011-06-14T16:07:46Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > ``` > I have heard from some subcontractors that I'm the first person to renovate my house using all BlueWood, blue sprayfoam, and blue drywall. No one in my areas has seen this before. > > ``` You are definitely ahead of me on that, as I only just learned about the existence of [BluWood](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/pardonourdust/2008/05/whats-with-the.html) in the past week or so, when I saw it being used on an episode of some home improvement show I was watching. I love the fact that it not only prevents mold, mildew and termites, but it’s considered a “green” product, to boot! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/39 "2011-06-14T18:25:09Z")
We were the first in our town to have a UHF tuner. This was before TV sets have more than 12 channels. My father sold TVs and got one so we could watch NBC on Channel 30 out of New Britain CT. A few years later, the FCC mandated that all TVs be able to get UHF channels. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225/40 "2011-06-14T19:37:49Z")
I was the first person I knew to date someone they met on a computer (hadn’t even heard the word “online” yet). I still haven’t met anyone in real life who’s had an online relationship earlier than us (1987), though I think when I posted this in some other thread there were some Dopers who’d done it. Still with the guy, he’s an excellent husband. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225.md?page=3)