Just to prove how much older I am than most of my friends
The old-folks "What have I done" meme
[X] I've been to a drive-in movie theater.
[X] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[X] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. I'm proud to have voted *against* Reagan, likewise Richard Nixon. I did vote for Eugene McCarthy.
[X] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[X] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died. (Sitting in my High School Homeroom.)
[X] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run.
[X] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. And 78 & 16
[X] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.
[X] I used to watch Romper Room. Mr Rogers, Sesame Street, and Zoom! Sesame St. wasn't on the
air until I was an adult. Never heard of Zoom!
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers/Farmers/others of America.
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert. Never liked him when he was alive.
[ ] I own/used to own an 8-track player. Used to install them when I worked in a radio shop.
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doily, or handkerchief on my head in church.
[X] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents. Actually I preferred the 15 cent Hamburgers.
[X] I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[X] I have watched a black and white television. I don't believe we ever had a color set in the house while I lived at home.
[ ] I have/used to have a leisure suit.
[ ] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock. Didn't hear about it until it was happening.
[X] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns.
[X] I could spin a hula-hoop around my middle, and my arm, leg and neck!.
[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[X] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.
[X] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne." "looked forward to" is an exaggeration, but I remember when it was traditional.
[ ] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am."
[X] I've had a smallpox vaccination. And polio (not oral)
[X] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand
[X] I've been to a rodeo.
[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.
[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty.
[ ] I've sold Girl Scout cookies, door to door.
[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority.
[X] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant. A few times, not necessarily breakfast.
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[X] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. And some years earlier, Alan Shepard take the first American rocket ride into space.
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp. My grandparents's did late in their life.
[ ] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.
[X] I've used a rotary phone. The fist phone I vere used had no dial. You picked up the handset and told the operator what number you wanted.
[X] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company.
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[ ] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston. Disco Sucks!
[X] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer. Ugliest car ever designed. I much preferred it's predecessor, the Gremlin.
[X] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[X] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater.
[X] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class. Do school gyms have private showers these days?
[X] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[X] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ulman Show.
[X] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.
[X] I have/had a Sony Walkman.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210.
[X] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I (used to) put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times. (Once on cable)
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[X] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[X] I know who shot J.R. At least I used to. Memory's vague now.
[ ] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR.
[X] I had "all the way" sex before I was married
and had to keep it secret.[X] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[ ] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[X] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[X] I had a television aerial outside my house.
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