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DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

I used to sell TV Guides door to door as a kid. I had 60 or so regular customers.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Huh, Ghost Busters was something in 1976.

The movie was not made until 1984.

The Ghost Busters was a 70's cartoon unrelated to the 84 film Ghostbusters and subsequent cartoons.

This will date me. My first concert. LO fucking L. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010KyIQjkTk

Arie Crown theater on the Lakefront at McCormick Place. Patrick likely knows what I'm talking about location wise. I get the joy of going there next September for a conference. Ugh.... Chicago Marathon in a few weeks. I get to enjoy that shit show. Gotta support the wife though.

I'm so done with Chicago. There's going to be immigrant and black Chicago gang warfare. Same with Latinos here legally. It's going to get ugly in Chicago.

Patrick says

Huh, Ghost Busters was something in 1976.

The movie was not made until 1984.

@Patrick

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

I still have my Commodore SX-64.

I used one of these at work running a spreadsheet, I believe Lotus 123.
This piece of shit was $3800 bucks or more.
1983, so it was running DOS.

clambo says

I used one of these at work running a spreadsheet, I believe Lotus 123.

You may have been running "SuperCalc." the original spreadsheet.

clambo says

believe Lotus 123.

Don't you mean VisiCalc? Don't think Lotus was around yet?

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Thats was a bad ass modem in its day.

clambo says

I used one of these at work running a spreadsheet, I believe Lotus 123.
This piece of shit was $3800 bucks or more.
1983, so it was running DOS.

at least it wasn't one of those 1 color monitors

AmericanKulak says

you could tighten up the tape with the eraser end.

WookieMan says

That's a great idea - put up a space where the various musicians of PatNet can upload tracks.

Yeah..put up a space where the various musicians of PatNet can upload their "solid bronze" tracks. I know a guy who lives in upstate NY who i met in mexico...he likes to post his songs on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxUDbCl0vds

Oh, wow, you can upload MP3.

National Lampoon's Vacation Walley World was the Santa Anita Park racetrack in Arcadia.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Hot Air Popcorn Maker

I only knew a couple of people who had a player for these during the brief period where they were "popular".

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Argh, what stopped me from getting the good buttery popcorn in the movies and having to eat the tasteless airpopped shit with no salt or butter.

I eventually just opened my jacket and dumped it as soon as somebody's parents were out of eyesight

Back, spawn of Satan!

AmericanKulak says

airpopped shit with no salt or butter.

Look at the top of the air popper. That top has a removable metal tray that you put butter in to melt as the popcorn pops. Pour the melted butter on, then salt it. I remember watching the popcorn pile shrink at the point where the butter was poured in.

HeadSet says

Look at the top of the air popper. That top has a removable metal tray that you put butter in to melt as the popcorn pops. Pour the melted butter on, then salt it. I remember watching the popcorn pile shrink at the point where the butter was poured in.

This didn't happen, sadly. Or it happened with I Can Definitely Believe It's Not Butter Margarine, popular at the time.

Salt was also not well regarded. Sigh.

I do remember Jiffy Pop being pretty good and shaking it the 'pan' back and forth.

Man using a drive-in telephone in 1959:

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Jesus Christ. This one rings true to me and I'm younger than most here. I had to teach my former boss how to drive manual on my car and he was 49 at the time. About 56 probably now. I've never been more embarrassed for an adult older than me in my life. When he asked I about shit my pants. He bought a manual Mini Cooper. Fucking idiot.

My first car that wasn't a hand me down was manual. My wife's first car was manual in high school so I learned on that. No one helped me. She just told me to drive it. I'm like Ok. No clue what I was doing. 210k on that car. Had work done on it, mechanic asked when did I have the clutch replaced... never. Mic drop moment. I'm not really a car guy either. I think drumming had a bit to do with it with double kick and hi hat footwork on 3 peddles. Makes you a better driver I think with manual. Sucks in traffic.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

The guy who patented one of the 56Kbps modem protocols lives down the street from me. He never had to work after that. Nice house.

I learned to drive stick in a Subaru BRAT. Goddamn - it had a school bus-type shifter on the floor (no center column) - 1st gear and reverse were about a foot apart. It felt more like rowing than shifting with my right hand.

stereotomy says

I learned to drive stick in a Subaru BRAT. Goddamn - it had a school bus-type shifter on the floor (no center column) - 1st gear and reverse were about a foot apart. It felt more like rowing than shifting with my right hand.

Yes, back then it was an art to learn how to shift while keeping an arm around the girl.

HeadSet says

Yes, back then it was an art to learn how to shift while keeping an arm around the girl.

By around do you mean over her back on the shifter as she sucked your cock? God I miss the younger years. We'd drive down to Florida without stopping. I was kept awake by a bj every 2 hours during the 12-6am time frame. She'd sleep for an hour or two and I'd just nudge her for the next round.

Better than caffeine is all I'll say.

the funnest thing about a manual tranny is shifting without using the clutch. Especially downshifting...pop it into neutral and revving the engine to match the speed and dropping it into a lower gear...

Karloff says

I only knew a couple of people who had a player for these during the brief period where they were "popular".

the same people who bought a betamax

komputodo says

the same people who bought a betamax

I still have that betamax.

HeadSet says

komputodo says

the same people who bought a betamax

I still have that betamax.

waiting for it's comeback?

komputodo says

waiting for it's comeback?

Record players came back including albums now at Best Buy, so who knows......