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Ronnin said:What kind of flavor does that add?
It's a way of getting potassium into foods that are otherwise low in K. But they don't know that - it's simply traditional.
Ronnin said:What kind of flavor does that add?
Ronnin said:Speaking of copies, has anyone seen or knows of anyone still using a mimeograph machine. I remember the teachers back in school having to wave the papers before they passed them out. The smell was unmistakable.
I remember having to type my term papers on onion-skin (very thin light paper) so that the carbon copy would be crisp enough to read clearly. My electric typewriter really snapped the print-heads down, and if I used regular typing paper for the top copy, the carbon paper would bridge, and lower-case e's, a's, etc could be quite filled in and hard to read.Evo said:I remember having to type with carbon paper if i wanted copies.
The good old days of changing typewriter ribbons, unsnagging the keys
rewebster said:I remember the family going outside to watch Sputnik fly over head.
My dad worked on the Mercury and Gemini projects at McDonnell-Douglas (before that-Vandenberg) and there was a private showing of the Gemini return capsule that we all were able to go up and touch. I remember sticking my fingers under the plexiglass to feel the grooves formed on the shield from re-entry.
Ivan Seeking said:Was that in Long Beach? I had a friend in Scouts whose dad worked for either NASA or an associated contractor like Douglas, and we also attended a private showing of a capsule [not sure which one anymore].
Ivan Seeking said:I had this set containing a spring powered cannon that fired a projectile about the size and weight of a real 44 bullet, and spring loaded wall that would explode when hit. I can still recall that the wall mechanism was fairly stiff and required a good bit of force to actuate, so those projectiles must have really been zinging along. I guess that's why I don't recall being shot... I don't think anyone wanted to try that one.
Ivan Seeking said:I remember when the top of my head wasn't shiney.
Math Jeans said:I remember a 32 bit graphics card being the best in the market.
I remember Windows 98
I remember a time without blue laser pointers .
Tom Mattson said:I remember when MTV played music videos.
It counts.scorpa said:When I was younger we still had a party line, but I was to little to remember so I guess that doesn't count.
jtbell said:I don't go back quite that far (at least my memory doesn't), but I do remember when all McDonald's had a counter on their sign that proudly announced how many hamburgers the chain had sold so far: "100 million served"... "200 million served"...
Of course, they eventually had to switch to the Carl Sagan version: "Billions and billions served."
Evo said:It counts.
I'll bet a lot of the younger members don't know what a party line is.
rewebster said:I think in the mid seventies you could still get two hamburgers and a coke for less than a buck
I remember when Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for 45 billion dollars
We were on a party line. When I was in HS (when we finally got a phone) you would have to pick up the phone to see if anybody else was using the line. Our phone had a magneto and a battery set, encased in an oak box. You would pick up the handset and if the line was clear, you'd crank the magneto to alert the operator, and she would jack in and say "number pleeeeze". You would give her the number (generally 3 digits in a small exchange like ours) and wait to get connected. Once someone on the other end picked up, you'd have to listen closely. If you heard a single click, the operator had jacked out. If you heard a fast double click, the operator had only pretended to jack out and was listening to your entire call. That was the signal that you you should start spreading crap about the telephone operators, the town's officials, the administrators of the school district, etc. If you did it casually, those old biddies would repeat it verbatim, sometimes with embellishments. :rofl:Evo said:It counts.
I'll bet a lot of the younger members don't know what a party line is.
I remember my grandfather giving me an autograph from Johnny Unitas and I was like, "Thanks Grampa. Who is this guy?"RonL said:Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts, played Green Bay, in the playoffs before the first Superbowl (i think 1958) don't remember missing a single Superbowl.(on TV)
NoTime said:I remember Bikini Atol.
Evo said:One of the most heavenly smells - hot buttered popcorn, one of the worst smells - burned popcorn.