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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2011 19:23:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2011 22:06:37 GMT
I remember all of this stuff, although it should be mentioned that I never had a bicycle.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 25, 2011 23:13:07 GMT
I'm flummoxed! If this is a rude question, please ignore it, but ... why no bike?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2011 6:22:22 GMT
I'm sure I wasn't the only kid in the world who did not have a bike. For one thing, I never asked for one, nor did my brother.
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Post by rikita on Jan 26, 2011 9:44:09 GMT
where i grew up bicycles were necessary. some families had no car, and if they had one then only one, so no parents could bring the kids anyway... and you had to get to the lake to swim in summer, somehow, and if you lived a bit further away from school you had to get there, and all...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2011 17:41:29 GMT
I still remember the little bottles of milk served at school each morning.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 27, 2011 18:29:08 GMT
luke warm if I remember rightly....yuk...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2011 19:15:39 GMT
We had little cartons, but they were cold. I remember that there was some sort of subsidized (socialist, communist) price for it along the line of 2 cents.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 27, 2011 19:31:47 GMT
Ours were free...and I used to give mine away when the Teacher wasn't looking. I think I only ever drank it on very rare occasions....
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Post by rikita on Jan 28, 2011 13:02:11 GMT
we had milk too, but i think we often had a choice between plain and flavoured (banana, strawberry, chocolate - it varied) milk.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 28, 2011 21:33:28 GMT
We had little cartons (of milk), but they were cold. I remember that there was some sort of subsidized (socialist, communist) price for it along the line of 2 cents. Our "milk tickets" were little strips of gray paper with 5 1-inch square boxes, one was torn off each day as the "lunch lady" gave you your carton of milk to go with the lunch you brought from home. My parents sprung for the "hot lunch" which included milk, so I only got to do the milk ticket thing the one week a year that I was allowed to bring a sack lunch as a treat.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2011 11:47:13 GMT
I remember when mobile phones were usually kept in people's pockets rather than being a permanent attachment to their hand.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2011 16:09:05 GMT
I still remember using one of those big old typewriters where every key clanked. How on earth did I manage to get 50 wpm on one of those?
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Post by tod2 on Feb 1, 2011 17:43:02 GMT
Deyana - How on earth did I pass my final exam on one of 'those' old clunkers?? Yes, I too vividly remember going to typing class and removing the plastic cover over my old Remmington and trying not to look at my hands as I typed out 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog' (or something similar!) Now I type with two fingers and look at my keyboard all the time ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2011 18:00:54 GMT
I still remember using one of those big old typewriters where every key clanked. How on earth did I manage to get 50 wpm on one of those? I just recently learned that the reason for the configuration of the keyboards that we use was for mechanical reasons rather than just practical. While we have all noticed that most of the keys that we use the most are conveniently placed (or at least seem to be because we are used to it), the actual reason for the placement of the letters was to keep the typewriter keys from getting tangled. If a keyboard had been invented for the very first time just for computers, it is highly likely that the first versions would have just been A B C D E F G etc.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 1, 2011 21:55:16 GMT
Huh! I doubted what you said, so looked it up. Indeed, that's the reason for our current keyboard -- home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.htmlI've been typing for so long that it's difficult for me to type any other way than the proper, touch-typing way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2011 21:58:38 GMT
Oh wow, just looking at that first diagram made me realize that a lot of typewriters didn't have the number 1 and that for number one, you just typed a small case L.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 1, 2011 22:10:35 GMT
Yeah, I had forgotten about that, having used first and electric typewriter, then a word processor, and now a computer for so long
It wasn't until very recently that you saw anything except old metal manual typewriters in government offices in Oaxaca. I guess that's what kids learned on, too. When I first moved here, internet cafes mostly had one long table for the computers. The thing would absolutely bounce up and down with the force with which people were hitting the poor plastic keyboard keys.
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Post by rikita on Feb 2, 2011 14:41:59 GMT
my grandfather was using one of the old type writers when i was a kid and i typed some of my stories on those, but for my confirmation i got an electric one and i learned typing in an afternoon course at school on that one... was not cheap, that course, but still really glad i did that, as i know a lot of people who can't type properly and i get impatient just watching them type...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2011 14:53:23 GMT
I took a typing class in high school and was one of the rare geek boys in the class, but anybody with plans to go to university was told that they should learn how to type. Even though I watch my fingers when I type now, I basically use my fingers properly on the keys.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 4, 2011 11:01:37 GMT
Respect....
My sister is a secretary with shorthand & typing...amazing to see her work (especially when she's had a few glasses of wine and we're typing on the computer together) I have dyslexic fingers...
I'm old enough to remember MANNERS....please and thank you, holding the door for the next person, standing up on the bus to let elderly passengers take a seat...oooh I sound so old and prim...
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Post by gertie on Feb 5, 2011 7:16:23 GMT
I remember Buster Brown shoes, and also being waited upon when I purchased shoes. For that matter, I remember when service with a smile was the norm, and most shops had visible employees to help customers. Even big department stores.
Anyone remember when they sold six packs of 1 quart glass bottles of Coke products? They were sold in cardboard cartons much like the ones four packs of wine coolers are sold in today - though of course much larger.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 5, 2011 16:11:40 GMT
I too remember Buster Brown shoes.
I was one of those shoe sales ladies that smiled and went to the back and climbed ladders to find your size in every style in the store.
I also remember when the milk truck came to the house and also the breadman's truck. I miss those days.
I learned to type on a manual as there were no electricals in the school system yet. Gave me strong fingers! ;D
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Post by bjd on Feb 5, 2011 17:16:00 GMT
Do you mean you all shop at self-service shoe stores? Here in France I buy my shoes in shoe stores with clerks who go get your size from the storeroom, give you a shoe horn, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2011 17:42:35 GMT
Well, I do, but I'm a man, so I don't count. I did believe that most women still wanted to be served in the shoe department, as I have been led to believe that they can be somewhat, er, picky.
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Post by bjd on Feb 5, 2011 19:07:44 GMT
Well, self-service stores only sell cheap shoes or running shoes.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 5, 2011 21:12:10 GMT
I have never bought a pair of shoes from the help yourself Payless, I was so excited when I heard we were getting a store in my city, until I seen the quality. When you have sold shoes you about quality and how a well made shoe fits properly and provides comfort. I love a well made shoe! Cheers! Mich
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2011 21:59:05 GMT
I remember threading tape on tape recorders and film in projectors.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 6, 2011 1:50:50 GMT
Aw yes, the AV deptartment.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 7, 2011 18:06:09 GMT
Oh wow, just looking at that first diagram made me realize that a lot of typewriters didn't have the number 1 and that for number one, you just typed a small case L. My Mom who has been typing on manual typewriters since high school (in the late 30's, early 40's), could never get used to having a 1 on her computer, so any number she typed in an email had lower case l's for the 1's. Quaint habit, but wreaks havoc when it's a password.... I took a typing class in high school and was one of the rare geek boys in the class, but anybody with plans to go to university was told that they should learn how to type. Even though I watch my fingers when I type now, I basically use my fingers properly on the keys. Mr. Kimby went to college in the 70's without having learned to type. He "hired" typists to type his term papers. He still can't type properly, though he's become a fairly fast 2-finger typer. Except for the part where the letters on our keyboard have worn off. I don't miss them, but have had to glue letter stickers to the keys for him. I don't look at my fingers except to get them properly placed before starting typing. I DO however watch the letters on the screen as I type, another sin, as one should be watching the copy you are typing from. I'd rather catch the mistakes as they happen, than have to go back and fix them.
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