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Posted: 4/10/2020 11:53:25 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I think it was Milton Bradley that reissued those a few years ago. My brother got me the football and baseball ones. The fun and frustration still holds up. I think it was this version https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Mattel/Mattel-Football.jpg That's the one. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 11:54:20 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is something for everyone to get offended by in this thread. It’s beautiful, if you are in this thread you have to take pride.  Take pride? Pride implies that I care. I'm a Gen Xer. I don't care about shit. 
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:01:19 PM EST
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:03:14 PM EST
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The best thing John Cusack ever did was Say Anything, not because it was a good film, but because of how hard it was to put together the perfect mixtape.
Kids these days with their million song playlists just don't get it. Kids, the struggle was real. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:11:17 PM EST
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:13:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The best thing John Cusack ever did was Say Anything, not because it was a good film, but because of how hard it was to put together the perfect mixtape. Kids these days with their million song playlists just don't get it. Kids, the struggle was real.  Guardians Of The Galaxy full ending scene |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:24:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To be fair, we Gen-Xers had no reason to learn to type. The internet hadn't yet rounded the corner when typing classes were a thing. I remember my school counselor talking to me in the hall to suggest typing classes for an elective. I threw him an "Are you fucking high?" look and said, "No... I don't plan on being a secretary" as I walked away. Whoops.  I took a typing class in 9th or 10th grade. Born in 1968, graduated high school in 1986. My first real exposure to computers was in my junior year when I took a year of computer science. Typing turned out to be one of the more useful things I learned in HS. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:29:20 PM EST
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I graduated in 91. I took my AR15 to school and did a demonstration speech on cleaning it.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:32:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah I didn't own a quad till 1999 Had about a dozen ATCs starting with this one Kinda freaks me out to think about how my dad was 15 years younger than I am now in that picture https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14294/286023_4303407196223_118643364_o_jpg-1359979.JPG @www-glock19-com Your dad was Ernest Borgnine?  |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:47:55 PM EST
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If you want a trip down 80's memory lane, read the book/watch the movie "Ready Player One".
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:54:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you want a trip down 80's memory lane, read the book/watch the movie "Ready Player One". Maybe I will have to watch it again. Lots of movies use nostalgic references. Season 1 of Stranger Things really captured being a teen the 80s better than anything else I can think of. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:15:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Everyone has forgotten that school bus stops werent every block... That walk to and from was either a mad max dash to safety or it looked like a hand to hand fight scene from a war movie. There was always the one house you dodged. Everyone dodged it. Either because a grumpy boomer wanted you off his grass,or away from his buick. Or it was the big ass dog they always let out. School buses had no AC, seats thst made a 1945 Willies look like a rolls royce. A heater that you could cook on and only ran at 300f. Schools had no AC( least mine here in Florida)... Cheap square pizzas,tots,and Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes , and small cardboard milks with the " have you seen me " picture of some kid 12 states away.... Loose knit sweaters,acid wash jeans , high hip bikinis, super tight mini skirts. Fucking slayer! Depeche mode,U2 ,white snake and the leap to alt/grunge. Run dmc hip hop to beastie boys and NWA.... .huffys to bmx to the start of hard tail mbt bikes 500-1500$ mustangs,chevelles dusters you name it. Fucking walkmans, then CDs, pagers to cell phones the size of military field radio. Ban jolt cola. Fucking red dawn..... Saturday cartoons.... Fisher price toys... Nintendo.....fucking duck hunter to top gun. Tits in every damn movie....didn't see any...look again....there was always tits... When will the Russians nuke us and invade the rest of Europe... Reagan and his star wars Cheap ass gas. Picking up soda bottles and give to the clerk at a corner store/gas station to get 30 cents to buy candy after or before school. Selling that candy for profit to your class mates. Getting caught by the commie english teatcher, getting detention and then grounded by your folks. Leather Michael Jackson jackets,Reeboks, parachute pants made way to razor blade Oakleys, vans sneakers, tight rolling your jeans... You worked as a bag boy or a trade in the summers or weekends. You were told college or cardboard box by the river. So work your ass of either way. Guess i better get my " essential " ass to work today..... @protus Melbourne High 1982. We were probably classmates. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:31:02 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @www-glock19-com Your dad was Ernest Borgnine? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yeah I didn't own a quad till 1999 Had about a dozen ATCs starting with this one Kinda freaks me out to think about how my dad was 15 years younger than I am now in that picture https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14294/286023_4303407196223_118643364_o_jpg-1359979.JPG @www-glock19-com Your dad was Ernest Borgnine? As they both got older him and William Shatner really started looking alike |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 2:02:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @texrdnec I literally had that EXACT same brown jacket, stripes and all lol. Also has a little bro with blond hair. That pic! Classic! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I YOLO’d the fuck out of the 80s, bro! Mostly pushing my little 50 back home so I could get more gas. If that bastard had an odometer it would have been impressive to see... https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/30587/42EED900-C096-4475-94FA-86BB934EAD6C-1359093.jpg @texrdnec I literally had that EXACT same brown jacket, stripes and all lol. Also has a little bro with blond hair. That pic! Classic! i'm the little blond shit, the kid that stole your jacket is @wise_jake |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 2:08:21 PM EST
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Entered Marine boot in 85, served most of my time under Ronald Reagan, EAS'd under Bush the First. Watched the first shuttle mission on TV in 8th Grade. Was in Infantry Training School when the shuttle blew up. Solid Gen X.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 2:19:34 PM EST
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Posted: 4/10/2020 2:40:29 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gen X'er checking in... Ass whippin' with Hot Wheel tracks Drank from the hose Played outside until the street lights came on No bike helmets No seat belts Realistic toy guns Steel playground equipment over concrete Eating whatever was put in front of you (or starving) Great time to be a kid.  Born in '72. This is all true.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 2:44:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You know you play hard. Look at those pants. Lolhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/3025/Neil_and_Eric_jpg-1360773.JPG I remember my mom putting patches on the knee patches of my toughskins. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 2:45:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Birth class of '73 checking in here. Vans, parachute pants, and a skateboard t-shirt was my go-to outfit in 1984. I still wear Vans, although they are not the classics, I need more support in my older age.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 2:47:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I took a typing class in 9th or 10th grade. Born in 1968, graduated high school in 1986. My first real exposure to computers was in my junior year when I took a year of computer science. Typing turned out to be one of the more useful things I learned in HS. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: To be fair, we Gen-Xers had no reason to learn to type. The internet hadn't yet rounded the corner when typing classes were a thing. I remember my school counselor talking to me in the hall to suggest typing classes for an elective. I threw him an "Are you fucking high?" look and said, "No... I don't plan on being a secretary" as I walked away. Whoops. I took a typing class in 9th or 10th grade. Born in 1968, graduated high school in 1986. My first real exposure to computers was in my junior year when I took a year of computer science. Typing turned out to be one of the more useful things I learned in HS. My handwriting was so bad two of my junior high teachers sat me down and told me I should take typing class, because it would be very difficult for my future teachers/coworkers to understand me if my homework/memos were handwritten. I took typing, and I'm glad I did. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 3:12:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My mom wielded those lengths of orange Hot Wheels track like a samurai sword and threw her flip flops like Ninja Throwing Stars. I got beat with Hot Wheels track and flip-flops, but does anybody remember the big ass wooden Goody hairbrush? When I saw the HW track coming out I'd run like the wind. Yeah, the Goody brush between the shoulder blades would fold you up like you were just tomahawked in an old western flick. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 3:15:40 PM EST
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Posted: 4/10/2020 3:26:35 PM EST
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Quote HistoryI can hear the beeping. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 3:37:39 PM EST
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Posted: 4/10/2020 3:38:45 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @protus Melbourne High 1982. We were probably classmates. In highschool i was in the Daytona area... In a catholic school...in those last days of the 80s and the start of the 90s. Lots of the older schools in that area were still no AC or being retrofitted for it. Skirts and stairs.....ahh to be 16 again
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Posted: 4/10/2020 3:39:42 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you want a trip down 80's memory lane, read the book/watch the movie "Ready Player One". Really not worth it. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 3:42:28 PM EST
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Between being latch-key kids, walking to the bus stop, sadist gym teachers, BMX and skateboarding without helmets and pads, go-karts, BB gun fights, monkey bars over bare concrete, and being outside until the streetlights came on with no adult supervision, it's a miracle any Gen Xers are still alive.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 4:25:00 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Between being latch-key kids, walking to the bus stop, sadist gym teachers, BMX and skateboarding without helmets and pads, go-karts, BB gun fights, monkey bars over bare concrete, and being outside until the streetlights came on with no adult supervision, it's a miracle any Gen Xers are still alive. It's why we can't be killed. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 5:10:03 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not a meme but all my gen X friends can't type for shit. Gen X = boomers https://media1.tenor.com/images/63a4afee7d28caa61c821bddaa1e6fa3/tenor.gif 
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Posted: 4/10/2020 5:13:38 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The game Adventure on the 2600. This one? https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/459941/A05FF220-1006-4153-95CE-0919C73A69C6_jpe-1360473.JPG That’s it. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 5:13:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Between being latch-key kids, walking to the bus stop, sadist gym teachers, BMX and skateboarding without helmets and pads, go-karts, BB gun fights, monkey bars over bare concrete, and being outside until the streetlights came on with no adult supervision, it's a miracle any Gen Xers are still alive. You forgot 3-wheelers and lawn darts. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 5:19:50 PM EST
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I never could understand this whole generation...whatever thing.
If you were raised by a solid family your pursuits and morals never changed over the generations. Sure your interests are a bit different but the base is the same. I'm one of those dreaded "boomers" that was raised by "greatest generation" parents. I did not let my father down, my kids didn't let me down and my grand kids are not letting this family down. We are reckless Irish and we are going to keep it that way. Current trends be damned |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 5:21:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You forgot 3-wheelers and lawn darts. You forgot bottle rocket/roman candle wars. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 5:44:58 PM EST
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 Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories: Rick James & Prince - Chappelle’s Show |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 6:06:48 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You forgot bottle rocket/roman candle wars. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You forgot 3-wheelers and lawn darts. You forgot bottle rocket/roman candle wars. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:27:35 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You forgot the teacher with the sweater..that was knitted so loose it was see through.....  8th Grade teacher...she was fresh out ofcollege. Mrs. Smit. Dear God. We drove that poor woman to the edge. She used to wear shit like that...a class of 25 boys and 1 girl. Got to the point where she ran out of class crying. Right next door to the science teacher's class - her boyfriend. He came stomping over and made us line up and beat the hell out of us. Worth. I still got to toss the eraser down her blouse when my buddy called her to help him with a math problem. I couldn't sit down the rest of the day! |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:40:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You forgot the teacher with the sweater..that was knitted so loose it was see through..... God I loved that teacher! She also wore form-fitting pants that revealed perfect camel toe! I even volunteered in my hs school library to spend time with the nerdy/hot librarian. Born in ‘67, class of ‘85. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:41:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you couldn’t see Star Wars in the theater... If the Cold War was over before you learned about “duck and cover”... If Red Dawn and Threads are just movies... If cable TV and computers have been ubiquitous your whole life... If you never spent 20 minutes fucking with a pair of rabbit ears on a crappy 13” TV so you could watch Sesame Street on a UHF channel... If you never made it a life goal to find the secret room in Adventure... If you never shopped at Chess King... You’re probably just a Millennial with delusions of grandeur. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: "Xennials" - micro-generation between 1977 and 1983 Xennial. Definitely the best generation. If you couldn’t see Star Wars in the theater... If the Cold War was over before you learned about “duck and cover”... If Red Dawn and Threads are just movies... If cable TV and computers have been ubiquitous your whole life... If you never spent 20 minutes fucking with a pair of rabbit ears on a crappy 13” TV so you could watch Sesame Street on a UHF channel... If you never made it a life goal to find the secret room in Adventure... If you never shopped at Chess King... You’re probably just a Millennial with delusions of grandeur. I was born in '66 and we never did the duck and cover thing. That may have been due to central Illinois not being a big target. Tornado drills OTOH... |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 10:52:35 PM EST
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Posted: 4/10/2020 11:04:02 PM EST
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GenX 74 standing by! Awesome thread.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 11:21:14 PM EST
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You knew shit was about to get good when you saw this 8pm Friday night.
 HBO 1983 Opening Credits |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 11:25:20 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You knew shit was about to get good when you saw this 8pm Friday night.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NKoMNy5bYThere was a song with lyrics about that but I can’t remember what is was called |
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Posted: 4/11/2020 2:36:57 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You knew shit was about to get good when you saw this 8pm Friday night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NKoMNy5bYHoly hell sir, that brought back some memories! Born in 75. I remember watching Aliens in junior high because and this was the intro. Had to stay up late to catch it that evening. |
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Posted: 4/11/2020 3:34:52 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not a meme but all my gen X friends can't type for shit. Gen X = boomers https://media1.tenor.com/images/63a4afee7d28caa61c821bddaa1e6fa3/tenor.gif I'm Gen X. I've been in IT for 30 years....I type like shit... |
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Posted: 4/11/2020 8:08:49 AM EST
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Gen X ‘75 checking in.
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Posted: 4/11/2020 10:29:03 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was born in '66 and we never did the duck and cover thing. That may have been due to central Illinois not being a big target. Tornado drills OTOH... Also born in 66'. We didn't do it in New Orleans or Fairfax County, Virginia. |
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Posted: 4/11/2020 12:01:49 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My handwriting was so bad two of my junior high teachers sat me down and told me I should take typing class, because it would be very difficult for my future teachers/coworkers to understand me if my homework/memos were handwritten. I took typing, and I'm glad I did. I'm left handed, so I'm already behind when it comes to handwriting. Mine was so bad in elementary school that had me use those triangular rubber things that slipped on a pencil, to improve the way I held it, in an effort to improve my handwriting. Didn't work and it's even worse now. |
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Posted: 4/11/2020 12:07:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bare concrete under the monkey bars at school. Mothers and lengths of Ho Wheels track were a lethal combination. Action movies. BMX bikes. So long as I was home before the street lights came on no one cared wheat I had done all day. Arcades. Hanging out at the mall. Hair metal Good times. You described my life as a Millennial |
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Posted: 4/11/2020 12:14:17 PM EST
[#49]
Don't forget the Lost Generation. 1930s birthdates. We think you all are nuts.
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Posted: 4/11/2020 6:09:38 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't forget the Lost Generation. 1930s birthdates. We think you all are nuts. My parents are part of the Lost Generation, I am a pure GenX-er, 1974. |
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