How OLD are you.
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This grey hair don't mean a thang!
I can still remember sitting on the stump as the milkman arrived for me to pay him. At four years old, I felt important that my grandmother allowed me to do that. Yes, he did wear a white uniform with a bowtie. That phrase ‘age is just a number’ is complete BS. 
wemay
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I'm so old that when i take my 6-year old to the park, the other parents say... "aw, look, grampa brought him to play". LOL
I'm 58. I've seen most of the stuff mentioned here. One thing that makes me laugh is the time I was visiting an aunt and uncle in Maine. I was fixing something at their house so my aunt and I went to the hardware store. I got what I needed and my aunt told them just put it on her account. The woman behind the counter said what's your account number? My aunt replied "seven". I doubled over laughing. Your account number is seven?
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I’m so old I remember when contact with LE could result in a beating. I got into a scuffle with a Hartford CT police officer, and, no, I didn’t win. Today a cop can’t even say anything that would remotely hurt anyone’s feelings, and the general public is free to insult them under 1A. I agree with the former actually.
I saw a season 5 Cops just last night and they nabbed two people with a .380 and crack, at 4100 Parkside, one of my routes to work. This was 1993. If 2024, would have been an unlawful stop. Because it was for no registration. Today the code says one can’t be stopped for that in Phila.
Now if I didn’t misunderstand, the city is in fact tired of 5% tints incl windshield (imagine if this were the case in 1993) and since they can’t stop vehicles for that, they want PPA to handle when issuing parking tix. I doubt it will be effective asking a $15.57/hr employee to fight a war on illegal tints.
My entire point is times have greatly changed.
I saw a season 5 Cops just last night and they nabbed two people with a .380 and crack, at 4100 Parkside, one of my routes to work. This was 1993. If 2024, would have been an unlawful stop. Because it was for no registration. Today the code says one can’t be stopped for that in Phila.
Now if I didn’t misunderstand, the city is in fact tired of 5% tints incl windshield (imagine if this were the case in 1993) and since they can’t stop vehicles for that, they want PPA to handle when issuing parking tix. I doubt it will be effective asking a $15.57/hr employee to fight a war on illegal tints.
My entire point is times have greatly changed.
Old enough to now better to young to resist
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The Dunkin donut where I grew up had a vending machine for cigarettes that was early 90s
Just came to mind.....
I remember seeing wicker seat cushions in the NYC Subway....they were being removed from service and I didn't see many.
I remember seeing wicker seat cushions in the NYC Subway....they were being removed from service and I didn't see many.
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I recall the first time I saw that. My older brother had an 81 Monte Carlo and sent me into his car to retrieve something.
Seemed very weird to me, especially since you had to put the ridges of the key on the bottom (opposite of a house key lock cylinder).
Oh, I used punch cards and punch tapes in computer programming back in the day...
My dad’s 1976 Nova also had the floor mounted high beam clicker.
I that that design / idea was so cool.
