You know you're old-school when, for example, ...

[DaTT]

You have fond memories of messing around with config.sys and autoexec.bat

Boy did those ever get me in trouble a time or two.

 

[CPA]

My brother and I used to crack up when we played our 33's at 45 speed.

or played them backwards.

 

[CPA]

TV had one channel

and it was a UHF channel.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

When I still listen to mid 1990's Euro Rap from Ski and Nana Kwame Abrokwa.

 

[Sinsear]

Thread sucks

 

[Gillbot]

"Tapers" is still the term for people who record shows.

It's fading, most younger people I know say they "DVR it".

 

[rudeguy]

I've caught myself describing places by where things used to be.

I almost ate my gun.

 

[Paladin3]

When you have to page down forever to get to your birth year in the drop down menu.

 

[Paladin3]

When you are watching a classic movie like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and your kids argue with you that lines like "Badges? We ain't got no badges..." are stolen from Family Guy or South Park.

 

[sdifox]

punch card reader.

 

[Dude111]

Kids these days wouldn't know what a cassette tape and a pen have in common.

No they wouldnt but they sure come in handy dont they??

 

[Exterous]

When you remember having to get up to change the channel. There were a lot more shows that were 'good enough' when the alternative was standing next to the TV and turning the knobb to change channels

 

[lxskllr]

There were a lot more shows that were 'good enough' when the alternative was standing next to the TV and turning the knobb to change channels

And dicking with the rabbit ears and fine tuner for 15 minutes.

 

[Golgatha]

You remember daisy chaining RF adapters for your game consoles.

Alternatively, you needed a screwdriver to install the RF adapter for your game console.

 

[Exterous]

And dicking with the rabbit ears and fine tuner for 15 minutes.

That reminds me of another one - checking the paper for or getting a booklet that contained the TV guide

 

[KidNiki1]

you had to cook/re-heat food on the stove or in the oven.

 

[lxskllr]

you had to cook/re-heat food on the stove or in the oven.

Including TV dinners cause they came in foil trays.

 

[rudeguy]

That reminds me of another one - checking the paper for or getting a booklet that contained the TV guide

What about having to adjust the v hold all the time?

 

[Kadarin]

Waiting for the tv to warm up so it can display a picture.
Getting excited when Pong first came out.
Knowing what a 6502 is.
Wondering how we would ever fill a 10MB harddrive.
Actually played lawn darts.

 

[Wheezer]

When you stayed up so late this came on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=205GjxSNwds

 

[Fern]

when you can remember 8" floppies.

Fern

 

[Meghan54]

When you remember having to get up to change the channel. There were a lot more shows that were 'good enough' when the alternative was standing next to the TV and turning the knobb to change channels

That's what the kids were for.....making them get up and change the channel.

 

[Childs]

Pretty old when you know who's phone number is 867-5309...

 

[IronWing]

Pretty old when you know who's phone number is 867-5309...

I wonder how old she is now.

 

[tyler811]

A wire coat hanger could fix a car door, a busted trunk and a muffler hanger