Ohhhh.
My kids are learning cursive in school.
However, my signature is printed, though highly stylized. I abandoned cursive in college.
Yeah, and another thing to bear in mind is that some people just don’t pay attention to what’s going on around them. I wouldn’t be surprised if a 20 y/o today didn’t know that Paul Reubens used to be Pee-Wee Herman. Then again, they might know, due to being a fan of Tim Burton and having seen all his films. I would definitely be unsurprised if a 20 y/o didn’t know that Paul Reubens was arrested for indecency, or whatever it was, in 1991. But I was very surprised when my 20 y/o friend, in 1991, saw Reubens on the cover of Rolling Stone with the headline “Who Killed Pee-Wee?” and said, “I didn’t know he died!” To me, the important thing is someone being interested when they’re shown or told about something they’re not familiar with, and wanting to know more.
The last movie I went to that had an intermission was “The Last Temptation of Christ”, which had a running time of 164 minutes.
I used to have the high score on “Sunfighter”. :D:D:D
How did you manage to get her a smallpox vaccine? My friends and I are 3-5 years older than her, and all our parents were refused when they tried to get us vaccinated. They officially stopped giving it in 1972, so I guess it’s only surprising that your kid got it.
I guess I’m not surprised about this, but it was funny…
A conversation at work: one coworker celebrating his 58th birthday, and me (I was 40) and a younger coworker (maybe 26). As we were teasing the birthday boy about getting older, he said “Yeah, I should be like Jack Benny and just keep telling everyone I’m 39.”
Of course, I came back with “You know, if you remember Jack Benny, you’re not 39.”
And right on schedule the 26-year-old: “Who’s Jack Benny?”
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- sprinkler insert for recycled beer/pop bottles. these were used to sprinkle water on cloths while ironing them before the invention of the water reservoir iron.
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- smudge pots on roads - They looked like canon balls with small cylinders on top. They were lit with a fire and left on the side of the road next to a sawhorse painted with black and yellow stripes.
I got mine as an infant in (probably) 1975, because my mother and I were flying to Okinawa.
I certainly hope your response was to put your hand to your cheek, give the 26-year old a withering stare, and say, “Now, cut that out!” 
As has already been mentioned, we must differentiate between those who are too young to have been exposed to certain things, and those who don’t know because they do not pay attention / are not instinctively curious.
I mean, I know about Sherman’s March to the Sea, for example, and get this: I was not even born yet!
(I was born shortly thereafter) 
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I’m 38 and i have no memory at all of that second dial you mention here. I had plenty of TVs that had UHF and VHF dials to change the channel but our Antenna just sat on the roof (still does actually).
Ah yes, Marlin Perkins: “Baby cheetahs need security. Your family can have security, too, with Mutual of Omaha’s…”
I still see the occasional overhead projector, although they have been nearly totally obsoleted by PowerPoint.
But when did you last see an opaque projector?
Kind of depends on where you live. In SE Michigan, they were never really common in the Detroit area, for example. But where I grew up on Lake Huron, having a rotor was indispensable for receiving our “local” Detroit channels.
I’m only 25 and I vomit whenever I see a little kid texting.
I’m 29, and I’m a huge fan of Jack Benny. I’m watching his show right now as a matter of fact. Some people my age might know the name Jack Benny or even Rochester, but almost definitely wouldn’t know who Dennis Day or Don Wilson were.
Okay, here’s something: Is there a distinction between recognizing a word/name/phrase and recognizing a sight or sound? For example, an under-30 might be familiar with Pink Floyd. They might have Dark Side of the Moon on their iPod (I was gonna say “own it” ;)). But when “Money” starts, are they really going connect the cash register sounds with the title? When they’re so used to swiping debit cards and getting receipts fed out of laser printers?
Sure. I know kids less than half as old who would make the connection…because toy cash registers still make the noise There were pretend rotary phones long after they sold them in department store too.
Either that, or rest your left elbow in your right palm, touch your left fingers to your cheek, and give a bemused stare to the audience.
My Dad used to use something like Brylcreem- maybe a competitor? It was a Blue Green Gel that had a rather pleasing scent- maybe made by the old spice company at the time (70’s early 80’s). I remember I would use it occasionally to knock down the bedhead cowlicks before I went to school. It was very uncool by that point and I only used it occasionally if I couldn’t shower and blowdry.