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| | | (...) I feel old *and* young, and I'm only twenty! ;) The earliest major event I can remember was the Challenger Explosion, when I was six. Up to that point, I had wanted my mother (she is a teacher) to be on that launch. On a related note, it's (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | Re: Age average —Christopher Lannan
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| | | | (...) I (...) I remember when HBO started at 5:00 pm each day, and they showed MOVIES!! Chris (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | Re: Age average —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | (...) remember (...) I remember having to use an antenna to get a total of 5 channels if you were lucky. We even had a black an white TV! Oh the humanity... :) I also remember when if you asked someone if there would ever be a PC in your home they (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | Re: Age average —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FLAnty.CyE@lugnet.com... (...) were (...) Not too much. Before 1983 we had only one TV channel (TRT1, one and only, state owned) and having a color TV was not making much difference since it (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | Re: Age average —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | (...) Yes and we had one of the first Apple II+ computers around 1978 or 1979 I think (not to clear as far as the date). We thought it was the best thing ever. It had 2 5-1/2 inch floppy drives and that was it. About 2 years latter we upgraded it (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Age average —Ray Sanders
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| | | | (...) Yup. The phrase '3 channels' sticks in my mind for some reason. Oddly, the first channel in Tampa (as I recall) was 38/UHF. Broadcasted from the pier in downtown St. Pete. And phone numbers always started with two letters. Which is why I like (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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