Comments 1 - 30 of 502 Next » Last » Search these comments
4
clambo
@
2024 Aug 16, 11:16am
Fuses, drive-in movies speakers, window crank, IBM Selectric typewriter ball. They were changeable to have different fonts.
7
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 16, 4:03pm
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 16, 4:03pm
DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says
I just posted this one on FB with the following text:
Now young people, gather around for another story from Back In The Day.
This here is how we changed fonts in Google Docs or Microsoft Word. We had to buy these and mail them in each time.
Took about a week. Like we had to send film in and wait for our pictures.
So the smarter of us figured out we could use this as an excuse to extend our deadlines for term papers in school:
"Sorry teacher. But I am still waiting for Microsoft to update my Word font!"
True story!
I just posted this one on FB with the following text:
Now young people, gather around for another story from Back In The Day.
This here is how we changed fonts in Google Docs or Microsoft Word. We had to buy these and mail them in each time.
Took about a week. Like we had to send film in and wait for our pictures.
So the smarter of us figured out we could use this as an excuse to extend our deadlines for term papers in school:
"Sorry teacher. But I am still waiting for Microsoft to update my Word font!"
True story!
8
clambo
@
2024 Aug 16, 5:34pm
The above is in error.
That's a ball for the IBM Selectric typewriter.
That's a ball for the IBM Selectric typewriter.
9
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 16, 6:29pm
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 16, 6:29pm
clambo says
THAT is another Age Test tho.
The above is in error.
That's a ball for the IBM Selectric typewriter.
THAT is another Age Test tho.
11
Onvacation
@
2024 Aug 16, 7:17pm
Onvacation
@
2024 Aug 16, 7:17pm
Dot matrix printer from 1983. It had a switch to print in italics. But the whole document was printed in italics!
14
FortWayneHatesRealtors
@
2024 Aug 18, 7:27pm
RWSGFY says
and now voting Democrat from the grave.
Those were curb finders. similar concept to break censors… they scrape when you too close to scraping the curb.
DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says
Um, no: if you know what these are you're officially dead.
and now voting Democrat from the grave.
Those were curb finders. similar concept to break censors… they scrape when you too close to scraping the curb.
15
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 18, 8:26pm
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 18, 8:26pm
FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says
For women drivers.
Those were curb finders. similar concept to break censors… they scrape when you too close to scraping the curb.
For women drivers.
17
komputodo
@
2024 Aug 18, 9:05pm
komputodo
@
2024 Aug 18, 9:05pm
FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says
we used to call them CURB FEELERS. The lowriders and the joggers were still using those in the 70s...BTW, does anyone remember when people would have 2 rubber straps dangling from the chassis and touching the road...something about static electricity?
Those were curb finders
we used to call them CURB FEELERS. The lowriders and the joggers were still using those in the 70s...BTW, does anyone remember when people would have 2 rubber straps dangling from the chassis and touching the road...something about static electricity?
19
PeopleUnited
@
2024 Aug 18, 9:53pm
Lightning McQueen saw these in radiator springs.
But here’s one for everyone...
PeopleUnited
@
2024 Aug 18, 9:53pm
Lightning McQueen saw these in radiator springs.
But here’s one for everyone...
20
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 18, 11:28pm
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 18, 11:28pm
PeopleUnited says
True story: I hid under one these babies during the Loma Prieta Earthquake. I, a librarian and a little girl. All hell was breaking loose. Encyclopedia Brittanicas were flying all over the place.
All three of us figured out that the card catalogs were the safest places to dive under.
I had a student job there as a page. My shift started at 5pm. I was just starting to take a cart of magazines to shelve when the quake hit at 5:07pm.
But here’s one for everyone...
True story: I hid under one these babies during the Loma Prieta Earthquake. I, a librarian and a little girl. All hell was breaking loose. Encyclopedia Brittanicas were flying all over the place.
All three of us figured out that the card catalogs were the safest places to dive under.
I had a student job there as a page. My shift started at 5pm. I was just starting to take a cart of magazines to shelve when the quake hit at 5:07pm.
23
Onvacation
@
2024 Aug 19, 5:23am
Onvacation
@
2024 Aug 19, 5:23am
DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says
I remember my old set from the 60s. Someone intentionally broke up the volumes so it said something interesting on the spine. My favorite:
Encyclopedia Brittanicas
I remember my old set from the 60s. Someone intentionally broke up the volumes so it said something interesting on the spine. My favorite:
25
WookieMan
@
2024 Aug 19, 8:39am
WookieMan
@
2024 Aug 19, 8:39am
DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says
I got all 20 and I'm not even that old. The curb scraper thing is new to me. Just don't hit the damn curb. Not that hard.
I got all 20 and I'm not even that old. The curb scraper thing is new to me. Just don't hit the damn curb. Not that hard.
26
WookieMan
@
2024 Aug 19, 8:43am
WookieMan
@
2024 Aug 19, 8:43am
zzyzzx says
I've never had a problem with any car I've owned with electric windows. 7 cars deep and no issues. My first car did have manual windows though. Kind of a pain if I'm being lazy, which I am. Former smoker so just one window was not enough to get the smell out, so reaching over to the passenger side was a bitch. Thank god I quit that habit and got a newer car.
The vastly more reliable manual crank windows.
I've never had a problem with any car I've owned with electric windows. 7 cars deep and no issues. My first car did have manual windows though. Kind of a pain if I'm being lazy, which I am. Former smoker so just one window was not enough to get the smell out, so reaching over to the passenger side was a bitch. Thank god I quit that habit and got a newer car.
29
komputodo
@
2024 Aug 19, 12:23pm
komputodo
@
2024 Aug 19, 12:23pm
Onvacation says
anyone remember those fake wide whitewalls that stuck to the tires? Also when they started making tires with white lettering and then red lettering and/or a red stripe?
Wouldn't want to scrape those whitewalls.
anyone remember those fake wide whitewalls that stuck to the tires? Also when they started making tires with white lettering and then red lettering and/or a red stripe?
30
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 19, 12:26pm
MolotovCocktail
@
2024 Aug 19, 12:26pm
clambo says
I have a bunch of these also.
My grandfather would give me a silver dollar when he saw me.
I have a bunch of these also.
Comments 1 - 30 of 502 Next » Last » Search these comments
patrick.net
An Antidote to Corporate Media
1,365,235 comments by 15,735 users - declarethecauses, WookieMan, zzyzzx online now