Saturday, September 29, 2012

I’m turning 50 today

Here is a list of some changes that have occurred in my lifetime.

Compact cars were only found in Europe and sub-compact cars only in the junkyard

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A candy bar cost 10 cents and gas was 31.9 cents a gallon

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You went out for pizza and had milk delivered.

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A mobile phone was one with a long cord

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A computer took up the whole room.

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A TV was furniture not a wall hanging.

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You had 5 channels to choose from on the TV, unless you had UHF, then you could have as many as ten or eleven.

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If you missed your favorite TV show don’t worry they’ll show it again in the summer.

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Surround sound took two radios tuned to the same station placed in opposite end of the room.

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