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Briefing Room Polls (Guests Welcome!) => The Briefingroom Polls => Topic started by: sneakypete on January 27, 2023, 11:20:16 am
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Nope! Do NOT want your birth date or any other actual "tool" that could help someone identify you,but am curious about how many geezers we have here,verus how many puppies we have.
Maybe one of you with a more organized mind than me might even create a list that is visual,like a bar graph or some other device that lists the most active versus the least active age group.
Obvious we geezers are going to dominate that list because we don't work and don't have much else to do,but it should still show some interesting results.
Maybe even someone will want to modify the list to show gender,occupation,either active or retired from,and GENERAL location,such as Northeast,Northwest,etc,etc,etc.
If interested,posters could maybe post their hobbies or occupations as long as that didn't somehow expose their identities.
I will start this off by stating I am in my 7th decade.
Wanted to add "of excellence",but that's a lie even I can't tell anymore.
Have worked as a deck hand on a shrimp boat,and been involved in various other fishing activities. Other than being at sea,which I LOVED,I hated it all but did it because that was what my family did,and children worked to help their familes.
Joined the army at age 17,and got a medical discharge 7 years later thanks to serving in VN.
Have worked as bodyguard,machinist,gunsmith,carpenter,auto mechanic,Harley mechanic,and anything else I had to do to stay fed and housed,although a few times I ended up living in a van in the woods until I could do better.
Ended up retiring from the USPS as a letter carrier after 5+ years because Agent Orange came back to visit me,and the USPS was not willing to work with me on that.
Retired now,and somehow or another don't owe a single damn dime on anything but a new car I had to buy to make sure I would get to doctor appointments. My 300 dollar Ranger pu died on me 3 times in a row will driving to town to make a Dr appointment,so I finally just bit the bullet and bought a new 4 cylinder Camry. Mostly because I could not find a single 4 cylinder white Toyota pu at any dealership within 100 miles. The few I could find would be maxed out V-6 4X4's that seemed to be jacked up in the air,and were selling for over 30 grand.
Still wish I was driving the Ranger,though. 300 dollar pu's take the worry out of parking anywhere.
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Old and dirt.
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Grew up when telephones were rotary dialed...and at a time when Ma Bell had "party lines"...neighbor could listen in to your phone calls.
No such thing as area codes. The operator connected you for 'long distance'
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I think a lot of us are 39. wink777
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I vote for "younger than springtime."
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I vote for "younger than springtime."
@mountaineer
Thinking of channeling President Lincoln-
Blank score and blank years ago….
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I think a lot of us are 39. wink777
:thumbsup:
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I answered honestly, but fear I skewed the poll... I will graduate into the 61-75 category in less than a month. :shrug:
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Looks like I'm still the baby of the board.
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Being over 50 now, I'm officially old enough to tell young kids to get off my lawn.
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I'm not getting old I done doed it!
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How old do you want me to be?
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I recall:
Balloon tires on bicycles (one speed).
Steel dashboards and no seat belts.
Seeing a flying wing flying outside D.C. (after they were supposed to be decommissioned).
Cars without computers...
People without computers...
Party lines...
Making a call for a dime in the payphone...
Ten cent cokes, penny (even two for a penny) candy...
Five cent Hershey bars...
Four cent stamps...
The day Kennedy was shot (both of them)...
Goldwater Dollars...
Silver coins...
19 cent gas and 32 cent cigarettes...
The Cuban Missile Crisis...
Wooden hulled boats...
Nike missile sites...
The draft...
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I recall: ...
I do, too, and consider myself blessed to have been born when I was (although, frankly, I always saw myself as a mid-19th century kind of woman).
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Favorite old guy joke:
'You're so old, the first time they made dirt you wrote the purchase order!'
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I recall:
Balloon tires on bicycles (one speed).
Steel dashboards and no seat belts.
Seeing a flying wing flying outside D.C. (after they were supposed to be decommissioned).
Cars without computers...
People without computers...
Party lines...
Making a call for a dime in the payphone...
Ten cent cokes, penny (even two for a penny) candy...
Five cent Hershey bars...
Four cent stamps...
The day Kennedy was shot (both of them)...
Goldwater Dollars...
Silver coins...
19 cent gas and 32 cent cigarettes...
The Cuban Missile Crisis...
Wooden hulled boats...
Nike missile sites...
The draft...
pointing-up all that and more...
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(https://www.snackhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Teaberry-Gum-4.jpg.webp)
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(https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1267861958?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8ZYBZlxYI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656C1TqDnlA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20-1zLRUJ8s
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Frito Bandito
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOUilxJWm24)
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I recall:
@Smokin Joe
Yesterday.
Sometimes.
I think.
Memory is damn near perfect right up to the day I stared chemo. I can even remember wearing diapers as a child,
Don't have a freaking clue about what I did the day before yesterday,though.
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(https://www.snackhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Teaberry-Gum-4.jpg.webp)
Loved that stuff!
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I answered honestly, but fear I skewed the poll... I will graduate into the 61-75 category in less than a month. :shrug:
Hit it two months ago...
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Hit it two months ago...
@roamer_1 @DB
I am no longer in that class. Have some fun while you are still able,but it's all downhill from there.
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Loved that stuff!
Who didn't?
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@roamer_1 @DB
I am no longer in that class. Have some fun while you are still able,but it's all downhill from there.
I'm not long for it myself @sneakypete a few more months.
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I am so old that I died once. When my mom found me she told me to rub some dirt on it and walk it off.
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How old do you want me to be?
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As old as the women I feel.
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Frito Bandito
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOUilxJWm24)
Oh my yes, I had a little Frito Bandito pencil eraser that you put on top of your pencil. It was red. I got it for maybe a dollar and several Frito bags. Still remember that
@Hoodat
Do you recall Pink Panther cereal - which was Frosted Flakes only dyed pink- or Quisp and Quake cereal?
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I liked Rice Krinkles cereal with the stereotypical Asian character on the box. Probably have to do some PC penance for that.
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I’m being called a postera? I’m calling H.R.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZb5xVi6GFw
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I’m being called a postera? I’m calling H.R.
So?? What is your Home Room teacher gonna do about it? :tongue2:
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Oh my yes, I had a little Frito Bandito pencil eraser that you put on top of your pencil. It was red. I got it for maybe a dollar and several Frito bags. Still remember that
@Hoodat
Do you recall Pink Panther cereal - which was Frosted Flakes only dyed pink- or Quisp and Quake cereal?
I remember when Lucky Charms came out, and I had to have a box. And how mad my parents got, when they found out I'd only eat the marshmallows out of the bowl.
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Four things I miss most from my childhood are the original pop rocks, the A-Team, hair metal, and Ronald Reagan.
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I'm so old that every day I worry more about a manufacturers recall.
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I have reached the point where although my mind is willing, my body just laughs at me. :laugh:
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I had forgot about Teaberry. I loved it!
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I had forgot about Teaberry. I loved it!
@berdie @Bigun
It's still around...
https://www.amazon.com/Gerrits-Teaberry-Gum-5pc-20ct/dp/B08VW25G5R/ref=sr_1_3?crid=19BQTUXLK5EXM&keywords=teaberry+gum&qid=1674929600&sprefix=teaberry+gum%2Caps%2C205&sr=8-3
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@berdie @Bigun
It's still around...
https://www.amazon.com/Gerrits-Teaberry-Gum-5pc-20ct/dp/B08VW25G5R/ref=sr_1_3?crid=19BQTUXLK5EXM&keywords=teaberry+gum&qid=1674929600&sprefix=teaberry+gum%2Caps%2C205&sr=8-3
$6.50 for $.25 worth??? No Thanks!
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$6.50 for $.25 worth??? No Thanks!
I know, right? But then, six bucks ain't what it used to be :whistle:
Might be nice for a bit of nostalgia - which I guess, is what you'd be paying for. :shrug:
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I know, right? But then, six bucks ain't what it used to be :whistle:
Might be nice for a bit of nostalgia - which I guess, is what you'd be paying for. :shrug:
And Clove Gum found there, too! @roamer_1
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And Clove Gum found there, too! @roamer_1
YEP. I Remember BOTH. But careful with nostalgia @berdie ...
One of my fondest memories is sitting on the sidewalk outside my uncle's general store in small town Kansas... Sucking on a Yoohoo and eating a moon pie in the early evening on a hot summer day.
I was determined, last time I was there, to recreate that halcyon moment, and there I sat again, with the singular exception that I had two moon pies, since, by my reckoning, they have shrunk that much...
To say it was disappointing would be an understatement. It seemed ten times too sweet for these old taste buds to process. I did it anyway, and got a belly ache out of it, even though I left off after the first moon pie.
Sometimes that golden moment is best left in memory. happy77
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I have reached the point where although my mind is willing, my body just laughs at me. :laugh:
This one goes out to you, @berdie
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmlx8_hy_o)
And you know that you're over the hill
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill.
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One of my fondest memories is sitting on the sidewalk outside my uncle's general store in small town Kansas... Sucking on a Yoohoo and eating a moon pie in the early evening on a hot summer day.
Did you put peanuts in your RC?
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Did you put peanuts in your RC?
HA! Yes I have!
As an aside, the universe seems to be nudging me toward Royal Crown for some reason... I haven't even thought of it in three decades, and all of a sudden I am getting prompts out of the blue... including yours. happy77
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HA! Yes I have!
As an aside, the universe seems to be nudging me toward Royal Crown for some reason... I haven't even thought of it in three decades, and all of a sudden I am getting prompts out of the blue... including yours. happy77
The Royal Crown (RC) Cola Company is today owned by Cadbury Schweppes, which purchased the beverage company in 2000 and it ain't the same!
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The Royal Crown (RC) Cola Company is today owned by Cadbury Schweppes, which purchased the beverage company in 2000 and it ain't the same!
It's just weird to me that it is suddenly being thrust into my consciousness. And I don't know why...
Another... remember all the different flavors of Shasta? Have not had any shastaa (except maybe root beer) in a very long time. It might be worth a wander back through that, if not for me, then for the grands, who will certainly find it to be weird. :laugh:
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The Royal Crown (RC) Cola Company is today owned by Cadbury Schweppes, which purchased the beverage company in 2000 and it ain't the same!
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Diet Rite is still the best diet cola out there... Zero Sugar, Zero Caffeine, Zero Salt and tastes good.
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Diet Rite is still the best diet cola out there... Zero Sugar, Zero Caffeine, Zero Salt and tastes good.
I actually don't find any cola tastes good... I mean, let it go flat and try to drink it... It actually tastes awful.
Sweet tea... now that tastes good.
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YEP. I Remember BOTH. But careful with nostalgia @berdie ...
One of my fondest memories is sitting on the sidewalk outside my uncle's general store in small town Kansas... Sucking on a Yoohoo and eating a moon pie in the early evening on a hot summer day.
I was determined, last time I was there, to recreate that halcyon moment, and there I sat again, with the singular exception that I had two moon pies, since, by my reckoning, they have shrunk that much...
To say it was disappointing would be an understatement. It seemed ten times too sweet for these old taste buds to process. I did it anyway, and got a belly ache out of it, even though I left off after the first moon pie.
Sometimes that golden moment is best left in memory. happy77
You can still buy Yoo Hoo. I think it’s based on an egg cream
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I remember drinking Tab Diet cola in HS and college.
And Jolt Cola for studying all night.
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Diet Rite is still the best diet cola out there... Zero Sugar, Zero Caffeine, Zero Salt and tastes good.
I liked the white grape Diet Rite, but haven't seen it in a store in quite awhile. But my favorite diet soda hands down is Diet 7Up.
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You can still buy Yoo Hoo. I think it’s based on an egg cream
Every now and then Yoohoo shows up up in here... I don't know why, but whenever it shows up, I always buy some.
Another of those is Hileman's Old Style beer - A staple blue collar beer back east (or should I say midwest, Chicago), but exceedingly rare out here. I know it sounds dumb to get all excited about such a mundane beer, but I have many a good time to recall drinking Hileman's with my uncles and my friends on trips back east. Something like baseball on the radio - weirdly attractive to me since it was so common back there, and absolutely absent out here. So it positively reeks with nostalgia for me - Even more perhaps than actually attending a game, as the radio was the common form.
As to the egg cream... I have naught to compare it to except maybe a proper malted, as I have never had the pleasure... :shrug:
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This one goes out to you, @berdie
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmlx8_hy_o)
And you know that you're over the hill
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill.
That made me lol, @Hoodat I had forgot about that Little Feat. lol. So true.
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YEP. I Remember BOTH. But careful with nostalgia @berdie ...
One of my fondest memories is sitting on the sidewalk outside my uncle's general store in small town Kansas... Sucking on a Yoohoo and eating a moon pie in the early evening on a hot summer day.
I was determined, last time I was there, to recreate that halcyon moment, and there I sat again, with the singular exception that I had two moon pies, since, by my reckoning, they have shrunk that much...
To say it was disappointing would be an understatement. It seemed ten times too sweet for these old taste buds to process. I did it anyway, and got a belly ache out of it, even though I left off after the first moon pie.
Sometimes that golden moment is best left in memory. happy77
I can't argue with that @roamer_1 The times I have tried to recapture a memory, it is some what disappointing. :laugh:
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It's just weird to me that it is suddenly being thrust into my consciousness. And I don't know why...
Another... remember all the different flavors of Shasta? Have not had any shastaa (except maybe root beer) in a very long time. It might be worth a wander back through that, if not for me, then for the grands, who will certainly find it to be weird. :laugh:
Yep! If you were in a large store, you could assemble a 24 can case with only a couple of the same flavor
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This one goes out to you, @berdie
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmlx8_hy_o)
And you know that you're over the hill
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill.
@Ahhhh,Little Feat!
The death of Lowell George was a national tragedy.
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I actually don't find any cola tastes good... I mean, let it go flat and try to drink it... It actually tastes awful.
Sweet tea... now that tastes good.
Really?
I really can't tell much of a difference between a flat soda/pop/whatever and a sweet tea. The sugar/syrup taste just overwhelms everything.
But a nice unsweetened iced tea, now that's refreshment.
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Really?
I really can't tell much of a difference between a flat soda/pop/whatever and a sweet tea. The sugar/syrup taste just overwhelms everything.
But a nice unsweetened iced tea, now that's refreshment.
Different strokes :shrug:
I make my own sweet tea, and it ain't got no where near the sugar in it that soda does.
And I like it fine.
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But a nice unsweetened iced tea, now that's refreshment.
I'm with you on that, young fella! Never was a fan of sweetened tea.