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lesliepear) wrote2008-07-02 10:36 pm
lesliepear) wrote2008-07-02 10:36 pm
The Old Meme ....
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silent_ic_river
You know the drill, X the ones you've done.
[X] I've been to a drive-in movie theater. (in Massachusettes, I've even went to an x-rated one)
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[X] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. (I voted for John Anderson in 1980, Mondale in 1984)
[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died. (No but my parents told me I was upset about missing cartoons)
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run. (No, but saw lots of reruns during the 70's - especially Saturday afternoons @ 6 on WPIX)
[X] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. (ditto with 78's - my dad had some jazz ones)
[X] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts. (I remember my dad disconnecting the seat belt buzzer in the 1971 Maverick they had - Ford put it on its own fuse, he removed the fuse - they don't do that anymore).
[ ] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America. [And 4-H]
[ ] I've gone (or could have) to an Elvis Presley concert. (probably too young)
[X] I own/used to own an 8-track player. (We had a Yorx Stereo with an 8 track player - my mom had Abba and Village People tapes!)
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[ ] I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[X] I have watched a black and white television. (We didn't get a color TV until 1976. I had a small black and white in my bedroom in high school).
[X] I have/used to have a leisure suit. (I remember having a polyester suit in high school from Alexander's which attracted stains like a magnet!)
[ ] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock. (No but went to sleepaway camp near the town of Woodstock and went to visit the town in the 1990's).
[X] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns. (Yes, NY State Fair in Syracuse with my parents, but also went to Topsfield fair in Mass in the late 1980's, and to the Allentown fair since Alan was born - our nearby Meadowlands fair doesn't have animal barns.)
[ ] 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.
[ ] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.
[X] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne." (Back in the 1970's Guy Lombardo was associated with the theater in Jones Beach - he used come out in his speedboard before the shows - they had musicals there - I went with my parents).
[ ] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." -- and still do
[ ] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[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.
[X] I've sold Girl Scout cookies. (And still buy them from co-workers).
[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority. (If they hadn't held the sorority orientation on Yom Kippor my freshman year, I might have been in one).
[X] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant. (Hell yeah, that was good eats!)
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[X] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp.
[ ] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.
[X] I've used a rotary phone. (and when phone numbers started with 2 Letters - my childhood # was RO6-4467)
[X] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company.
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[X] I had a paper credit card. (It might have been a store card like Jordan Marsh in college)
[ ] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[X] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston. [not all night, but my high school years = the years of disco]
[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[ ] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[X] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. (Yes in the 1970's and when they were re-released before the new ones came out).
[ ] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class. [and hated every minute]
[ ] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[X] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ulman Show.
[X] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows. (I had a TRS-80 model one with 2 external diskdrives, a 300 baud modem and 48K of memory as my first computer.)
[ ] I have/had a Sony Walkman. (No, but I owned transitor radios!)
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210. )
[X] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I (used to) put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times.
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[X] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[X] I know who shot J.R.
[X] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR. (My high school did, I remember watching Psycho taped off WOR-TV channel 9 in English class)
[X] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret. (At least from my parents).
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[ ] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[ ] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[ ] I had a television aerial outside my house.- no but I had TV's with rabbit ears!
[X] Watched Captain Kangaroo
[ ] Watched the Howdy Doody Show
[ ] Remember Rin Tin Tin
[ ] Watched Sky King
[ ] Wanted to be Penny
[X] Wanted/had rainbow colored suspenders because of Mork and Mindy [Na Nu, Na Nu!]
[ ] Had/wanted a pair of L.A. Gear High Tops
[ ] Rode in the back of the station wagon on a family trip.
silent_ic_riverYou know the drill, X the ones you've done.
[X] I've been to a drive-in movie theater. (in Massachusettes, I've even went to an x-rated one)
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[X] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. (I voted for John Anderson in 1980, Mondale in 1984)
[ ] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died. (No but my parents told me I was upset about missing cartoons)
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run. (No, but saw lots of reruns during the 70's - especially Saturday afternoons @ 6 on WPIX)
[X] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. (ditto with 78's - my dad had some jazz ones)
[X] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts. (I remember my dad disconnecting the seat belt buzzer in the 1971 Maverick they had - Ford put it on its own fuse, he removed the fuse - they don't do that anymore).
[ ] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America. [And 4-H]
[ ] I've gone (or could have) to an Elvis Presley concert. (probably too young)
[X] I own/used to own an 8-track player. (We had a Yorx Stereo with an 8 track player - my mom had Abba and Village People tapes!)
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[ ] I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[X] I have watched a black and white television. (We didn't get a color TV until 1976. I had a small black and white in my bedroom in high school).
[X] I have/used to have a leisure suit. (I remember having a polyester suit in high school from Alexander's which attracted stains like a magnet!)
[ ] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock. (No but went to sleepaway camp near the town of Woodstock and went to visit the town in the 1990's).
[X] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns. (Yes, NY State Fair in Syracuse with my parents, but also went to Topsfield fair in Mass in the late 1980's, and to the Allentown fair since Alan was born - our nearby Meadowlands fair doesn't have animal barns.)
[ ] 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.
[ ] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.
[X] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne." (Back in the 1970's Guy Lombardo was associated with the theater in Jones Beach - he used come out in his speedboard before the shows - they had musicals there - I went with my parents).
[ ] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." -- and still do
[ ] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[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.
[X] I've sold Girl Scout cookies. (And still buy them from co-workers).
[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority. (If they hadn't held the sorority orientation on Yom Kippor my freshman year, I might have been in one).
[X] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant. (Hell yeah, that was good eats!)
[ ] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson.
[X] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp.
[ ] I have/had a fondue pot and use/used it.
[X] I've used a rotary phone. (and when phone numbers started with 2 Letters - my childhood # was RO6-4467)
[X] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company.
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[X] I had a paper credit card. (It might have been a store card like Jordan Marsh in college)
[ ] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[X] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston. [not all night, but my high school years = the years of disco]
[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[ ] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[X] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. (Yes in the 1970's and when they were re-released before the new ones came out).
[ ] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class. [and hated every minute]
[ ] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[X] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ulman Show.
[X] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows. (I had a TRS-80 model one with 2 external diskdrives, a 300 baud modem and 48K of memory as my first computer.)
[ ] I have/had a Sony Walkman. (No, but I owned transitor radios!)
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210. )
[X] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I (used to) put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times.
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[X] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[X] I know who shot J.R.
[X] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR. (My high school did, I remember watching Psycho taped off WOR-TV channel 9 in English class)
[X] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret. (At least from my parents).
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[ ] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[ ] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[ ] I had a television aerial outside my house.- no but I had TV's with rabbit ears!
[X] Watched Captain Kangaroo
[ ] Watched the Howdy Doody Show
[ ] Remember Rin Tin Tin
[ ] Watched Sky King
[ ] Wanted to be Penny
[X] Wanted/had rainbow colored suspenders because of Mork and Mindy [Na Nu, Na Nu!]
[ ] Had/wanted a pair of L.A. Gear High Tops
[ ] Rode in the back of the station wagon on a family trip.
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[ ] 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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[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[ ] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[ ] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston. (Didn't like disco.)
[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[X] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[X] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. (Several times.)
[X] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class. (Yuck.)
[X] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[ ] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracy Ullman Show. (I saw it on television, but I'm not sure whether it was on Tracy Ullman.)
[X] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows. (I had an Apple II, initially 16k and tape storage, until I got upgrades. I still have the thing.)
[ ] I have/had a Sony Walkman. (They cost too much. I got the knock-off brands.)
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210.
[X] I've played PacMan.
[ ] I (used to) put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times.
[X] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. (Very good!)
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video.
[X] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[ ] I know who shot J.R. (I remember the hype, but didn't follow the show.)
[ ] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR. (My parents guessed right.)
[ ] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret. (Not sure if I had to keep it secret, but I didn't broadcast the news either.)
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[X] I've ridden in a double-decker bus. (I think so.)
[X] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[ ] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers.
[ ] I had a television aerial outside my house.
[X] Watched Captain Kangaroo
[ ] Watched the Howdy Doody Show
[ ] Remember Rin Tin Tin
[ ] Watched Sky King
[ ] Wanted to be Penny
[ ] Wanted/had rainbow colored suspenders because of Mork and Mindy
[ ] Had/wanted a pair of L.A. Gear High Tops
[X] Rode in the back of the station wagon on a family trip.
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We've tried to go the last few years and its a hoot. We love the racing/swimming pigs and the demolition derby! Sussex County fairgrounds is a good long hike into no where, but worth the trip... We won't go to the Meadowlands "pretender" heh!
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Alan loves the racing pigs and he'd love a demolition derby!
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