How old am I?

Gempress

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Wow...Bravestarr. I was never really a fan of Bravestarr. It just didn't click with me. I was really into Voltron, He-Man, She-Ra, Thundercats and Galtar.

I also saw Snow White in the theater. Nope, no power windows on our cars, either. I'm not too sure about the whole remote control thing though.

The playground equipment I all remember. We didn't have any Internet, and I remember Pac-Man all too well.

I'm not that old, I'm only 26. Are you around my age?
 

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Wow...Bravestarr. I was never really a fan of Bravestarr. It just didn't click with me. I was really into Voltron, He-Man, She-Ra, Thundercats and Galtar.

I also saw Snow White in the theater. Nope, no power windows on our cars, either. I'm not too sure about the whole remote control thing though.

The playground equipment I all remember. We didn't have any Internet, and I remember Pac-Man all too well.

I'm not that old, I'm only 26. Are you around my age?

OMG Voltron, that was my absolute favorite cartoon of the time...lol...the one with the lions not the cheesy car thingies later on. I even had the toys that came out, I loved those things. :) yay!!! great post, brings back a lot of good childhood memories.
 

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I know I'm probably giving a big hint here, but power windows were available before I was born on higher end vehicles, but not many people I knew had them until I was about 7 or so.

Ok, I go back to my orginal guess of 30 something.
 

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well i can start off saying i'm 20 years old :) and

i had a tric made of steel too

i also had a sand box with toy cars that ocassionally cut me when i fell onthem

i didn't have a swing set but i had a tire on a rope...

i still don't have power windows in my car

i played on a merry go round the whole time i was in elemetary *until i moved to middle school and we had a different playground with diff stuff*

i still wear band aids

i normal gift was a cap gun to play cowboys *in my case cowgirls and indians*

most of the guys my age want to be fire fighters, jet pilots, locomotive enginers, heavy equipment operators. but i also live in oklahoma lol but someones they have to settle for other jobs

i saw the rerelease of snow white in theater

i remember pac man and pole position but i'm HORRIBLE AT THEM and always have been

i remember word perfect on DOS :D

i was soooo jealous in middle school when everyone started getting the net and my parents wouldn't get it lol

i drive a chevy metro 20 dollars fills my tank and buys me a couple sodas

i still have a buble pipe :D

oh and i did have a tractor with rubber tires that was pedal powered my brother and i always fought over it



soooooooooo considering our similarities and only about four or five differences i'd saaaaaaaaaaaaay 28-30 :D XD i just added the number if differences to my age lol

*NOTE*

i did love he man too!!
 

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I'm 29 ...

Let's start at the beginning....

I wore cloth diapers, the old fassioned ones fastened tight by PINS. Sharp ones.
me too

I rode a tricycle made out of steel, not plastic.
me too - a red one

When I got a little older I played in a backyard sand box with toy bulldozers made of steel with sharp corners on them.
well I'm a girl so bulldozers weren't my thing but my neighbours had them

I "drove" a pedal powered toy tractor, also made out of steel, with REAL rubber tires.
again I'm a girl - but I've seen them

My swing set consisted of swings with hard wooden seats and a metal slide.
plastic seats and metal slide

We had a rotary phone.
me too

Our telivision had dials on it.
ours too

Remote control, cordless phones, and power windows in cars were all still novelties.
oh yeah!

Merry-go-rounds in playgrounds were not considered dangerous. In fact, the goal was to have Dad spin us so fast we all flew off into the sand, and be so dizzy we couldn't walk for 5 minutes there after..
are they considered dangerous now?

Band aids on knees and elbows were present on almost all kids between the ages of 3 and 12.
this has changed?

My cartoon hero was a space cowboy named Bravestarr.
nope

My friends and I were given toy guns and encouraged to play with them.
<sigh> this girl thing is holding me back. But, again, my neighbours had guns!

Most young boys wanted to grow up and be fire fighters, jet pilots, locomotive enginers, or heavy equipment operators. We had no idea what the "I.T." field was.
sure. Sounds like what boys want to do. A lot of these are typical rural boy things though.

Policemen driving through our neigborhood would wave to us, and sometimes throw us candy.
no but I don't think that ever happened where I lived

The Berlin wall still stood and the Russians were the usual villans in most action movies.
lol they are still villans in movies not ten years ago

I saw "Snow White" in the theater.
hm. Well it aired in 1937 so I definitely didn't see the first screening! Wow you could be older than grammy!

When I thought of video games I thought of Pac-Man and Pole Position.
Pac Man! :D

Our home computer was good for word processing..... if you were really really patient.
we had one of the first home computers and it didn't even have an internal hard drive. Everything was saved on external disks lol. yes, patience was key.

We had no idea what the internet was.
true

My first car was an old Dodge pickup truck with a five speed. I could fill it up for $20 and still get change back.
well I had a little sedan and can sometimes still fill it for $20!

When I left my highschool graduation I got in that old dodge and went to work.
good for you

Anybody care to hazard a guess as to the age of this "old timer" :D
Other than the snow white thing you don't seem that old. I'm going with 33!
 
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Let's start at the beginning....

I wore cloth diapers, the old fassioned ones fastened tight by PINS. Sharp ones.
Yup. And so did my sister . . . much less expensive

I rode a tricycle made out of steel, not plastic.
Had one of those

When I got a little older I played in a backyard sand box with toy bulldozers made of steel with sharp corners on them.
Uh-huh . . . and my Barbies used it to build roads in that sandbox. And the crane with the bucket too.

I "drove" a pedal powered toy tractor, also made out of steel, with REAL rubber tires.
Nope. Mine was a British racing green Jaguar roadster :D

My swing set consisted of swings with hard wooden seats and a metal slide.
No, mine had those heavy canvas butt-sling swings. But it was freakin' huge. My Dad salvaged it from a school that was being renovated . . .

We had a rotary phone.
For awhile

Our telivision had dials on it.
Are you kidding? My parents didn't really view upgrading a TV as a big priority . . . we had the black and white model long after everyone else had a color set. But my Dad had a state of the art stereo and there was always classical music.

Remote control, cordless phones, and power windows in cars were all still novelties.
Everyone else in the neighborhood had remote control TVs and quite a few had power windows in their cars.

Merry-go-rounds in playgrounds were not considered dangerous. In fact, the goal was to have Dad spin us so fast we all flew off into the sand, and be so dizzy we couldn't walk for 5 minutes there after..
Absolutely. But I was usually the designated spinner since I was always the tallest kid - and could spin it the fastest without falling on my face - all those years of ballet paying off I guess, lol! :D

Band aids on knees and elbows were present on almost all kids between the ages of 3 and 12.
You mean it stopped at 12? Shoot, we had skateboarders . . . Before helmets or knee and elbow pads :eek:

My cartoon hero was a space cowboy named Bravestarr.
Who?

My friends and I were given toy guns and encouraged to play with them.
Only a few of the kids played with toy guns. It wasn't encouraged . . . we saw enough of it on the nightly news . . . Not many wanted their kids to learn war.

Most young boys wanted to grow up and be fire fighters, jet pilots, locomotive enginers, or heavy equipment operators. We had no idea what the "I.T." field was.
True . . .

Policemen driving through our neigborhood would wave to us, and sometimes throw us candy.
If they had, we'd have known better than to take it!

The Berlin wall still stood and the Russians were the usual villans in most action movies.
Yup. Remember Sting's song, Dream of the Blue Turtle?

In europe and america, theres a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the soviets
Mr. krushchev said we will bury you
I dont subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the russians love their children too

How can I save my little boy from oppenheimers deadly toy
There is no monopoly in common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the russians love their children too

There is no historical precedent
To put the words in the mouth of the president
Theres no such thing as a winnable war
Its a lie that we dont believe anymore
Mr. reagan says we will protect you
I dont subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the russians love their children too
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us, me, and you
Is that the russians love their children too

I saw "Snow White" in the theater.
I did.


[QUOTE]When I thought of video games I thought of Pac-Man and Pole Position.
[QUOTE]

And Centipede and Frogger . . .

[QUOTE]Our home computer was good for word processing..... if you were really really patient.[/QUOTE]

No, my Dad's a civil engineer, so we had a pretty decent computer. But I did learn on DOS and did my first processing on WordStar with dot commands . . .


[QUOTE]We had no idea what the internet was.[/QUOTE]

True


My first car was an old Dodge pickup truck with a five speed. I could fill it up for $20 and still get change back.
Mine was an Olds Cutlass Supreme SX with a 455 motor, a 400 turbo tranny and a posi-trac rear end, air shocks and high-jackers on the rear, no discernible shocks on the front, power everything . . . Just what every beginning driver needs :D I bought it myself. Thing had a freakin' HUGE gas tank . . .

[QUOTE]When I left my highschool graduation I got in that old dodge and went to work.[/QUOTE]

No . . . graduated from HS three weeks after my 16th birthday and had to go to the local Jr. college and waste a couple of years on stuff I'd already covered in high school or on my own

Soooo . . . . you could easily be 35 or 75. But just remember, if you think you're old, YOU'RE OLD!
 
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I saw Snow White in 1940 ...no Tv's or dial phones yet . I'd say you are about my kids age ... 45 to 50 . Probably younger because of the computer.
 

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I wore cloth diapers, the old fassioned ones fastened tight by PINS. Sharp ones. - Yup.

I rode a tricycle made out of steel, not plastic. - Me, too.

When I got a little older I played in a backyard sand box with toy bulldozers made of steel with sharp corners on them.
- Didn't have a sandbox, but the toys were metal.

I "drove" a pedal powered toy tractor, also made out of steel, with REAL rubber tires.
- Nope, we stole baby carriages, knocked the wheels and axles off, got a couple of 2x4s, stole a milk crate (they were wooden back then), grudgingly paid a few cents for a carriage bolt and voila! A kid-powered go-cart!

My swing set consisted of swings with hard wooden seats and a metal slide.
- The swings sets in our neighborhood were vandalized long ago - the local elementary school had metal swings, slides and monkey bars - all on concrete.

We had a rotary phone. - Yup

Our telivision had dials on it. - Yup, and it was black& white

Remote control, cordless phones, and power windows in cars were all still novelties.
- Yup, except for the power windows - Dad bought a used Cadillac (with the big fins) and it had power EVERYTHING.

Merry-go-rounds in playgrounds were not considered dangerous. In fact, the goal was to have Dad spin us so fast we all flew off into the sand, and be so dizzy we couldn't walk for 5 minutes there after..
- Didn't have merry-go-rounds, we had 'whirly-gigs' that had the same effect.

Band aids on knees and elbows were present on almost all kids between the ages of 3 and 12. - Yup

My cartoon hero was a space cowboy named Bravestarr. - Bugs Bunny and Quickdraw McGraw

My friends and I were given toy guns and encouraged to play with them. - Yup, and we had the ones that fired plastic bullets.

Most young boys wanted to grow up and be fire fighters, jet pilots, locomotive enginers, or heavy equipment operators. We had no idea what the "I.T." field was. - Yup

Policemen driving through our neigborhood would wave to us, and sometimes throw us candy.
- Didn't see cops too often - mortified Mom once when she was pulled over for running a red light (the lights, by the way, went from green to red, no yellow); by singing the theme song to 'Car 54, Where Are You?'

The Berlin wall still stood and the Russians were the usual villans in most action movies. - Yup, along with Nazis, THRUSH and K.A.O.S. ;)

I saw "Snow White" in the theater. - Nope, but I watched the Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday night.

When I thought of video games I thought of Pac-Man and Pole Position. - Pong and Asteroids (Pigggggssss in Sssssppppaaaaccccceeee!)

Our home computer was good for word processing..... if you were really really patient. - Didn't have one, used Dad's 'word processor' - a Royal typewriter.

We had no idea what the internet was. - Well, no - it didn't exist

My first car was an old Dodge pickup truck with a five speed. I could fill it up for $20 and still get change back.
- First car was a '65 Chevy BelAir, fire engine red, with a straight six cylinder engine and power nothing. Dad got the car from an informant.

When I left my highschool graduation I got in that old dodge and went to work. - Yup.

I'll guess you're in your mid forties... my brother just hit 40 and when he was little, he had a BigWheels, not a tricycle.
 

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wow, 26 is not old at all. ;] I thought you were at least 37! you're only 8 years older than me.

Bravestarr was lame, though. I miss Jem & Thundercats & Rainbow Brite!
 

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I am 25 and someone in my uni asked me if I had computers when I went to school the other day :)
 

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