ext_90897 ([identity profile] steve98052.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] lesliepear 2008-07-04 09:30 am (UTC)


[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.

[X] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. (I voted same as you did)

[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.

[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died.

[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run. (Also lots of reruns)

[X] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. (I still have some.)

[X] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts.

[X] I used to watch Romper Room.

[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.

[ ] I've gone (or could have) to an Elvis Presley concert.

[ ] I own/used to own an 8-track player.

[ ] I used to wear a hat, doily, or handkerchief on my head in church.

[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.

[X] I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.

[X] I have watched a black and white television.

[X] I have/used to have a leisure suit. (I think so.)

[ ] I've been to a tent revival.

[ ] I attended Woodstock.

[X] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns. (I mostly ignored them as a kid, but have looked as an adult.)

[ ] I could spin a hula-hoop around my middle.

[ ] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.

[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.

[X] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run. (Embarrassed to say.)

[ ] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."

[ ] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." -- and still do.

[X] I've had a smallpox vaccination. (I thought everyone our age had them.)

[X] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand.

[ ] I've been to a rodeo.

[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.

[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty.

[ ] I've sold Girl Scout cookies. (We buy from neighbor kids.)

[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority. (Growing up around a university, I was appalled.)

[X] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant. (I think so.)

[X] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door. (It was a gift; I would have chosen a Jaclyn Smith poster if I had done the shopping, assuming there was one.)

[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.

[X] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. (My earliest television memory!)

[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp.

[X] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.

[X] I've used a rotary phone.

[ ] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company. (Must have fallen out of favor sooner where I grew up.)

[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.

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