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Abacus · 09-03-2003, 06:54 PM

According to the OP, I'm both young and old at the same time. I guess I'm an in-betweener.

tronvillain · 09-03-2003, 07:28 PM

Is that actually this years list? I am twenty-three, and Popples, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Duck Tales, Pogs, and TMNT seems more appropriate for my age than for people four or five years my junior, but perhaps it extended to them as well. Oh, and the only person I recognize from number one is Orsen Wells. I have never even heard of anyone actually getting a telegram.

Loren Pechtel · 09-03-2003, 07:44 PM

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Originally posted by Sakpo
Now, on a sidenote, I can make photocopies at home? How? Are there affordable copy machines that can be used in the home?

Well, if you don't mind high per-page costs, my fax machine will copy. It's a <$100 el-cheapo unit.

Bookwyrm · 09-03-2003, 07:57 PM

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Now, on a sidenote, I can make photocopies at home? How? Are there affordable copy machines that can be used in the home?

Well, Hewlett Packard and Epson have combination printer/scanner/copiers starting at $100 dollars, once you account for Epson's mail in rebate, and I would assume that at least some of the other major manufacturers of printers offer similar products.

Shadowy Man · 09-03-2003, 08:04 PM

Ahh... but I yearn for the smell of a freshly made ditto.

Deadend · 09-03-2003, 09:24 PM

I think it's more a matter of culture gap than a generation gap. Most of the things you mentioned mean absolutely nothing to me, and I�m 26.

Item 21 was especially confusing, but then I realized that Datsuns are not the same as dachshunds. I still don't quite know what #21 means, but the image of a dachshund-factory will remain with me forever.

Chicken Girl · 09-03-2003, 09:41 PM

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Originally posted by Sakpo
What the hell is a popple? Was it a fad I missed? I'm 19 too, damnit!

a popple is a stuffed animal with a pouch on its back, and you can turn the pouch inside out and pop the popple in the pouch. And then you can pop it out. Fun fun.

I was a popple for halloween once.

edit: A popple fan page.

edit again: on the "stuffed popples" page, my popple is the orange one on the top row.

SiliconWolf · 09-03-2003, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by Deadend
Item 21 was especially confusing, but then I realized that Datsuns are not the same as dachshunds. I still don't quite know what #21 means, but the image of a dachshund-factory will remain with me forever.

ROFL

FYI: Datsun was a Japanese car company that either changed its name to, or was bought by, Nissan circa 1980.

Acinom · 09-03-2003, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by Arken

5. Paul Newman has always made salad dressing.

Oh, c'mon, you've gotta give us more cultural credit than that!

First thing that comes to my 20-year-old mind when you say "Paul Newman" is not "salad dressing maker."

SiliconWolf · 09-03-2003, 10:14 PM

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Originally posted by Arken
1. Ricky Nelson, Richard Burton, Samantha Smith, Laura Ashley, Orson Welles, Karen Ann Quinlin, Benigno Aquino, and the U.S. Football League have always been dead.

I'm 26 and I never heard of any of these except Welles and the USFL

Shouldn't Elvis be on this list somewhere?

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Originally posted by Arken
5. Paul Newman has always made salad dressing.

6. Pete Rose has always been a gambler

22. They have never gotten excited over a telegram, a long distance call, or a fax.

23. The Osmonds are just talk show hosts.

28. Stores have always had scanners at the checkout.

30. Adam and PC Junior computers had vanished from the market before this generation went online.

31. The Statue of Liberty has always had a gleaming torch.

33. Banana Republic has always been a store, not a puppet government in Latin America.

You got me there. :notworthy

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Originally posted by Arken
7. They can still sing the rap chorus to the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and the theme song from "Duck Tales."

Woohoo!

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09-03-2003, 06:54 PM	#11
Abacus Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,214	According to the OP, I'm both young and old at the same time. I guess I'm an in-betweener.

09-03-2003, 07:28 PM	#12
tronvillain Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,658	Is that actually this years list? I am twenty-three, and Popples, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Duck Tales, Pogs, and TMNT seems more appropriate for my age than for people four or five years my junior, but perhaps it extended to them as well. Oh, and the only person I recognize from number one is Orsen Wells. I have never even heard of anyone actually getting a telegram.

09-03-2003, 08:04 PM	#15
Shadowy Man Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Shadowy Planet Posts: 7,585	Ahh... but I yearn for the smell of a freshly made ditto.

09-03-2003, 09:24 PM	#16
Deadend Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 808	I think it's more a matter of culture gap than a generation gap. Most of the things you mentioned mean absolutely nothing to me, and I�m 26. Item 21 was especially confusing, but then I realized that Datsuns are not the same as dachshunds. I still don't quite know what #21 means, but the image of a dachshund-factory will remain with me forever.

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