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Post by :FI:ZekeMan » Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:16 pm

Commodore 64? Atari? Dudes, pocket calculators were my fascination. Especially when you could punch in certian numbers then turn the thing upside down and the display would show words!

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Post by MikeVictor » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:44 pm

I used to have a "transitor radio", man that was cool...in 1961.

Used to walk several blocks to school across major highways...and I was in the 1st grade. Parents would freak nowadays.

You're right, we had most of our fun playing games with friends outside and hated to stay inside. Video games were not even a thought. Phones were all had round dials, only Dick Tracy had a portable phone/radio...

I actually miss those days, when relationships with friends was what it was all about, and inventing ways to have fun...

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Post by :FI:Moog » Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:07 pm

:FI:ZekeMan wrote:Especially when you could punch in certian numbers then turn the thing upside down and the display would show words
22378008 = BOOBLESS :shock:
"Can that thing fire?"

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Post by :FI:Spitsfire » Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:16 pm

now you just type in the word with the buttons with the letters on them :roll:
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Post by :FI:Heloego » Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:34 am

That post got me thinking of a little game my friends and I called " Ditch".

A bunch of us on bikes would randomly designate someone as "it", and the rest of us would split up. it was his job to find everyone before sunset.

We always chose the same kid and I don't think he ever really "got it". :badgrin:
...and wear your feckin' mask!!!!! :x
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