# \*\*\*NSF Old people\*\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906 "2017-05-05T13:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/21 "2017-05-05T21:08:29Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > OP: You’re not nearly old enough to start a thread like this. I remember when all those things were new… and the things that preceded them. > > [This](http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-Zenith-G2340R-12in.JPG) was our first TV. > > Or have you ever seen one of [these](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/91/7a/1d/917a1d366d22ef0a4760be951adbe790.jpg)? > > And do you remember 78 rpm records? I stand humbly before thee, sir ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/22 "2017-05-05T21:09:40Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > When was the last time cereal had a prize in it? They had them for the longest time, but then the cereal companies got sued for kids choking on it, and they got rid of them ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/23 "2017-05-05T21:10:39Z")
I played with one of [these](http://images.sportsdirect.com/images/products/89214590_l_a1.jpg) when they _first_ came out. And I wore one of [these](https://americanhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Crockett%20childs%20cap%20b.jpg?itok=-ZS79fLt). ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/24 "2017-05-05T21:36:53Z")
I had one of these things when they first came out: [https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/7667/1460971-labyrinth500.jpg](https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/7667/1460971-labyrinth500.jpg) Hard as hell too ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/25 "2017-05-05T21:45:51Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > … > > Or have you ever seen one of [these](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/91/7a/1d/917a1d366d22ef0a4760be951adbe790.jpg)? > > … I bet you could make a helluva margarita with a blender like that! ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/26 "2017-05-05T21:49:06Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What I miss is being able to slam the phone down on some telemarketer. Just pressing “off” doesn’t do it. You know? Yeah I know just what you mean ! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/27 "2017-05-05T22:17:46Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > I don’t feel hideously old, but I easily can remember BEFORE any of those things in the links. Films were watched in theaters. Television was limited to three channels. Land lines were the only way to call someone and if they were not home, the phone just kept ringing until you got tired of listening to it. If you wanted to listen to music at home, you had LPs, or a few stations on AM radio. Our family cars didn’t have seatbelts (or if they did we never used them). They didn’t have air-conditioning either. And you only called “long distance” on the weekends when the rates went down. > [@panache45](#): > > OP: You’re not nearly old enough to start a thread like this. I remember when all those things were new… and the things that preceded them. > > [This](http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-Zenith-G2340R-12in.JPG) was our first TV. > > Or have you ever seen one of [these](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/91/7a/1d/917a1d366d22ef0a4760be951adbe790.jpg)? > > And do you remember 78 rpm records? All three could be found in my grandmother’s house. I had a few 78s myself, too! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/28 "2017-05-05T22:31:21Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > I stand humbly before thee, sir Ma’am, you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/29 "2017-05-05T22:38:24Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Ma’am, you mean I stand humbly corrected, ma’am. And no, I’m not a mean person ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/30 "2017-05-05T23:22:28Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Ma’am, you mean. 😕 Not the last time I looked. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/31 "2017-05-05T23:41:08Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > I stand humbly corrected, ma’am. > > And no, I’m not a mean person > [@panache45](#): > > 😕 Not the last time I looked. I had reason to believe otherwise. Or so I thought. I stand humbly corrected, sir. And no, I’m not a mean person, either. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/32 "2017-05-06T00:16:30Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > OP: You’re not nearly old enough to start a thread like this. I remember when all those things were new… and the things that preceded them. > > [This](http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-Zenith-G2340R-12in.JPG) was our first TV. > > Or have you ever seen one of [these](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/91/7a/1d/917a1d366d22ef0a4760be951adbe790.jpg)? > > And do you remember 78 rpm records? I own a record player you just wind, and a big collection of 78s. Also, I had a job in college running one of[these](http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bpwAAOSw4CFY1HKj/s-l300.jpg). It’s listed on eBay as “vintage.” ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/33 "2017-05-06T00:27:31Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > They had them for the longest time, but then the cereal companies got sued for kids choking on it, and they got rid of them And another wonderful thing ruined by kids who are too stupid to live. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/34 "2017-05-06T00:28:52Z")
[What the hell??? What happened to my dick pics?](http://www.jackcolemanphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fotomat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/35 "2017-05-06T00:29:35Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > The boss has a necklace with one of these, in sterling silver, as the pendant. Its remarkable how few people know what it is. It a great conversation starter. > > [http://www.clipartbest.com/clipart-RcdRgM4oi](http://www.clipartbest.com/clipart-RcdRgM4oi) Okay, I’ll start the conversation. What is it? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/36 "2017-05-06T00:30:47Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Okay, I’ll start the conversation. What is it? One of Howard Wolowitz’ belt buckles. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/37 "2017-05-06T00:41:19Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Okay, I’ll start the conversation. What is it? Awwww **CRAP!** You’re just whooshing us, right? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/38 "2017-05-06T00:45:01Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Awwww **CRAP!** > > You’re just whooshing us, right? I sure hope it’s a whoosh! Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/39 "2017-05-06T00:46:45Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Okay, I’ll start the conversation. What is it? Your profile says your interests are “history and pop culture”. Just sayin’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906/40 "2017-05-06T00:59:13Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Okay, I’ll start the conversation. What is it? It’s a hole filler. Really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsf-old-people/785906.md?page=3)