Damn, I must be younger than I am. Only got 33.
Try it :)?ÿ (especially PC, Cow, and Blameused)
It's kinda long but fun.
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OK I'm officially old, only missed one.
I'm pretty sure I got a good score, but something was going on with my mouse (I guess)...when I would click on "Next Question" it would give me a "wrong answer" before I ever clicked anything.
Fun stuff, though.
Something we discussed over the holidays: does anybody remember what product was called "ethyl"??ÿ Maybe it was just a local thing from when I worked at Bill's 66.
I believe it was "High Test" gasoline. Remember the statement "Going to the gas station to watch Joe pump ethyl"
I worked part time at a Texaco station. Knew what was under any hood and how to fix it. (Carburetor not included)
Today I can hardly figure out how to refill the damned windshield washer tank. 😉
FYI 33 of 35. One was an opinion question. Another depended on where you lived. There were quite a few where I gave the answer they considered to be correct but was not correct for my situation. For example, the question on the source of milk in the home did not include: from the cow into the milk bucket then through the cream separator then into the gallon-sized tin can setting on the top shelf in the refrigerator.
I missed one about a TV Remote because we never had a TV remote until well after my Gen-x kids were born.
?ÿdoes anybody remember what product was called "ethyl"?
I believe it was "High Test" gasoline.
?ÿYup.?ÿ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead
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I got 35 out of 35. Sad thing is, I didn't even hesitate on each one. I guess that makes me OLD
Yep.?ÿ I must be old, I got 35/35.
Andy
Yep.?ÿ I must be old, I got 35/35.
Andy
Well......there you go, now you don't have to wonder anymore, if its on the internet it must be true.
Some answers were aimed more at the very young end of the Baby Boomer years.
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Our wall phone had a crank on it, not a rotary dial. ?ÿNever saw a remote with a cord attached to it. ?ÿColor TV was effectively non-existent in our little two channel world until somewhere in the early 1960's.
I also got 35 out of 35.?ÿ I'm a late 50's boomer.
Some answers were aimed more at the very young end of the Baby Boomer years.
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Our wall phone had a crank on it, not a rotary dial. ?ÿNever saw a remote with a cord attached to it. ?ÿColor TV was effectively non-existent in our little two channel world until somewhere in the early 1960's.
I agree.?ÿ Although my homestead as a boy was based within a local municipality I had cuzzins that occupied nether regions in the state.?ÿ My Uncle Jasper's place near Davis, OK was equipped (eventually) circa 1967 or 1968?ÿwith a telephone that had no dial and?ÿrequired one to wait for the operator to answer and ask to whom you wished to be connected.?ÿ After about 1970 or so a dial magically appeared on the phone.?ÿ But 4 numbers were all that was required to dial out a call to anyone in the local area.
I don't recall exactly when my uncle and cousins got electricity, but the wiring was on the outside of the wallpaper...and only in the kitchen.?ÿ One of my cousins bought his daddy a TV sometime after he got back from 'Nam.?ÿ An indoor bathroom was also added at that time.?ÿ The TV had a 40' tall "aerial" for reception.?ÿ One could pick either a station in Ardmore, OK or Denton, TX to watch.?ÿ Choosing required someone to go outside and twist the "aerial" in the proper direction...as instructed through the window from someone that was monitoring the set.
I also remember that although there was a mail box on the section line road for the house...in the winter and during bad weather the postman would drop the mail at a larger box a mile south for ALL of 3 or 4 folks that lived up that road.?ÿ You knew it was spring when the postman started dropping the mail off at your very own mail box.
I also remember my cousin couldn't understand why people were going AWOL when he joined the Army.?ÿ He said it was the first time in his life he had hot and cold running water and could make it to a (flush) toilet at night without putting on?ÿboots or a coat.?ÿ
Luxury is best defined by your point-of-view.
@paden cash
"The TV had a 40' tall "aerial" for reception.?ÿ One could pick either a station in Ardmore, OK or Denton, TX to watch.?ÿ Choosing required someone to go outside and twist the "aerial" in the proper direction...as instructed through the window from someone that was monitoring the set."
You honestly mean the ??ol man yelling at you to get the hell outside in a pouring down thunderstorm and turn the friggin thing until ??Roller Derby? comes in clear. 😉
I'm towards the end of the baby boomers, got all but one question. I did not know how many boomers there were in 2016.
One of my grandfathers had a TV with a wired remote back in the '70s I think it was.
There is a radio and TV museum here in MD that has on display a Huge (early) remote for a console radio. Big enough there was no chance of losing it in the cushions. Something like 8 inches square or so with a big dial (think rotary phone) thing on the top. Powerful enough (as the story is told) that if your neighbor had the same type of radio, when you changed the station, his radio would also change.
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Luxury is best defined by your point-of-view.
The other thing these nostalgia discussions remind me of is how much more robust against disturbances our society was back then, before we became so much more dependent on infrastructure.?ÿ Nowadays, electricity, internet, a well-stocked grocery store, gas station, and rural water distribution systems have all become essential to life as we know it, even on the farm.?ÿ Most of our commerce would find it difficult to operate without all of the above.
Can you imagine all the zombies we would have if you took everyone's cell phone away.
@paden cash
"The TV had a 40' tall "aerial" for reception.?ÿ One could pick either a station in Ardmore, OK or Denton, TX to watch.?ÿ Choosing required someone to go outside and twist the "aerial" in the proper direction...as instructed through the window from someone that was monitoring the set."
You honestly mean the ??ol man yelling at you to get the hell outside in a pouring down thunderstorm and turn the friggin thing until ??Roller Derby? comes in clear. 😉
We lived in a place called Norton Kansas, and every house had a "mini-tower" next to the house going up high (maybe 40' as well it was tall anyway to my 10-year-old stature).?ÿ I couldn't imagine climbing up that thing, though.?ÿ We had a knob of some kind in the house and you could turn it to turn the antenna.?ÿ We would have to find the best position for each channel we watched.
@Tom Adams?ÿ
"We had a knob of some kind in the house and you could turn it to turn the antenna.?ÿ We would have to find the best position for each channel we watched."
Our rich neighbors had one of those dodads. The old man was too cheap to buy one. I think he got a kick out of sending me outside hoping I would either drown or get electrocuted during good old Florida thunderstorms. 😉
