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Iliketurtles

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May 14, 2013 8:15 PM
Damn... Crazy thing yesterday I legit looked up how much Surge was on ebay. Really thought about buying that huge surge cooler for 100 bucks on ebay lol.
May 14, 2013 8:15pm
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Laley23

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May 14, 2013 8:15 PM
Also, Seinfelds final episode was 15 years ago today.
May 14, 2013 8:15pm
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MontyBrunswick

May 14, 2013 8:19 PM
This song will be 13 years old in two days

[video=youtube;eJO5HU_7_1w][/video]
May 14, 2013 8:19pm
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reclegend22

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May 14, 2013 8:21 PM
I used floppy disks my entire freshman year of college ('05-'06). The world between then and now, especially with regard to teenagers, is night and day. It's unbelievable, really. I didn't have a cell phone until I was a senior in high school, and practically nobody else in my school did either. My little sister got one in the fourth grade. When I wanted to be picked up from basketball practice, I either caught a ride or dialed 1-800-Collect. Looking back, the early 2000s were the modern-day Dark Ages.
May 14, 2013 8:21pm
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wildcats20

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May 14, 2013 8:23 PM
The boys I coached as 8th graders will be seniors in college this fall.
May 14, 2013 8:23pm
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reclegend22

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May 14, 2013 8:27 PM
Iliketurtles;1442987 wrote:Damn... Crazy thing yesterday I legit looked up how much Surge was on ebay. Really thought about buying that huge surge cooler for 100 bucks on ebay lol.
Surge was good for at least one home run a game in Little League. Surge was GOAT. Cocaine in a can. Wish they'd bring it back. The only soda that compared was Mountain Dew Pitch Black, which, sadly, is also discontinued.
May 14, 2013 8:27pm
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MontyBrunswick

May 14, 2013 8:28 PM
[video=youtube;atHUYWL1eIU][/video]

I nostalgia'd hard on this one. Used to watch this shit every Saturday and then watch Recess.
May 14, 2013 8:28pm
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reclegend22

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May 14, 2013 8:34 PM
dlazz;1442997 wrote:[video=youtube;atHUYWL1eIU][/video]

I nostalgia'd hard on this one. Used to watch this **** every Saturday and then watch Recess.
You just accessed the deepest, darkest, most remote recess of my memory.
May 14, 2013 8:34pm
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Mohican00

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May 14, 2013 8:36 PM
reclegend22;1442991 wrote:I used floppy disks my entire freshman year of college ('05-'06). The world between then and now, especially with regard to teenagers, is night and day. It's unbelievable, really. I didn't have a cell phone until I was a senior in high school, and practically nobody else in my school did either. My little sister got one in the fourth grade. When I wanted to be picked up from basketball practice, I either caught a ride or dialed 1-800-Collect. Looking back, the early 2000s were the modern-day Dark Ages.
Yeah, my first 2 years of college (00-01) everybody used the phones in their dorm rooms.

The other thing that really stands out is how much smoking has declined with college students since the early 2000s vs today. You used to have to zig zag between groups of smokers outside of Bentley Hall in Athens 12 years ago - when I finally got my degree from tOSU in 2006 and you'd see maybe 2-3 people at best puffing between classes
May 14, 2013 8:36pm
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May 14, 2013 8:56 PM
Mohican00;1443003 wrote:Yeah, my first 2 years of college (00-01) everybody used the phones in their dorm rooms.

The other thing that really stands out is how much smoking has declined with college students since the early 2000s vs today. You used to have to zig zag between groups of smokers outside of Bentley Hall in Athens 12 years ago - when I finally got my degree from tOSU in 2006 and you'd see maybe 2-3 people at best puffing between classes
That's a good one. I smoked through most of college, as it seemed almost everyone did, especially hot girls. Every single one of them, I swear to God. I never smoked a day in my life before it and haven't smoked since. When I'm back on campus today for whatever reason, though, I just don't see that. I guess people finally remembered cancer.
May 14, 2013 8:56pm
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May 14, 2013 9:58 PM
This one will show my age (about to be 24) but it made me feel old for the first time.

We were down in Rocky Point, Mexico for spring break and I went down to the beach to find 2 of my buddies talking to these 2 girls, they looked young ish but whatever. They tell me later that these girls were with their parents and juniors in HS (so born in like 96?) and that they had never heard a Blink 182 song

Bolded that for people who don't care about the story. Also, no, I did not meet or hit on those high school girls.
May 14, 2013 9:58pm
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LJ

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May 14, 2013 10:02 PM
ccrunner609;1442972 wrote:holy shit Axl............................lay off the chips and ice cream.

Not sure why you act surprised. This is what I expect any 50 year old male from Lafayette Indiana to look like
May 14, 2013 10:02pm
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majorspark

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May 14, 2013 10:02 PM
My first computer was a Commodore 64.
May 14, 2013 10:02pm
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Sonofanump

May 14, 2013 10:02 PM
reclegend22;1442991 wrote:I used floppy disks my entire freshman year of college ('05-'06). The world between then and now, especially with regard to teenagers, is night and day. It's unbelievable, really. I didn't have a cell phone until I was a senior in high school, and practically nobody else in my school did either. My little sister got one in the fourth grade. When I wanted to be picked up from basketball practice, I either caught a ride or dialed 1-800-Collect. Looking back, the early 2000s were the modern-day Dark Ages.
Really? I stopped using floppy disks in 1992. I think most school computers went to the 3.5 inch hard disk by then.
May 14, 2013 10:02pm
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May 14, 2013 10:04 PM
Mohican00;1443003 wrote:Yeah, my first 2 years of college (00-01) everybody used the phones in their dorm rooms.

The other thing that really stands out is how much smoking has declined with college students since the early 2000s vs today. You used to have to zig zag between groups of smokers outside of Bentley Hall in Athens 12 years ago - when I finally got my degree from tOSU in 2006 and you'd see maybe 2-3 people at best puffing between classes
I remember using my dorm phone all the time. I then remember moving into my own place and thinking, why the hell do I need a landline?
May 14, 2013 10:04pm
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wildcats20

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May 14, 2013 10:15 PM
Sonofanump;1443035 wrote:Really? I stopped using floppy disks in 1992. I think most school computers went to the 3.5 inch hard disk by then.
I'm assuming that is what he means. I know that a lot of people called them(what you are talking about), floppy disks.
May 14, 2013 10:15pm
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MontyBrunswick

May 14, 2013 10:54 PM
Sonofanump;1443035 wrote:Really? I stopped using floppy disks in 1992. I think most school computers went to the 3.5 inch hard disk by then.
they're not floppy, but they're still called floppy disks.
May 14, 2013 10:54pm
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May 14, 2013 11:05 PM
wildcats20;1443042 wrote:I'm assuming that is what he means. I know that a lot of people called them(what you are talking about), floppy disks.
Correct.
May 14, 2013 11:05pm
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May 15, 2013 12:10 AM
reclegend22;1442991 wrote: or dialed 1-800-Collect.
I used to call home collect and my parents would refuse the call. Then they would call me back at my dorm. lol
May 15, 2013 12:10am
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May 15, 2013 7:44 AM
Concerning "memory discs"... I had very little access to computers in high school. We had the large floppy discs back then. I went away to the Army after I graduated. Had very little exposure to computers while there, but did notice that computers had decreased the size of their memory discs.

After leaving the Army, I enrolled in Columbus State, fall of 2001. In a "Welcome to College' class they mentioned that students would have full access to the computer lab for assignments. So when I left that introduction, I went straight to the store and bought a 10-pack of the memory discs.

I walked into the computer lab, logged in, started typing, and then tried to save my info. I couldn't find a slot for the disc though. I walked up to the counter and asked for help. The guy looks at me as if I have a third eye. "Ummm, you'll need one of these." as he shows me a memory stick/flash drive.

Grrrrrrreat.
May 15, 2013 7:44am
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Curly J

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May 15, 2013 9:07 AM
I'm so old I don't remember half of the stuff on that page. Or it could be due to me staying drunk in the 90's.
May 15, 2013 9:07am
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Belly35

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May 15, 2013 9:37 AM
My first computer had two 5 1/4 disk one was the operation system and the other was a program
Military computer where terminials with green or yellow 9" screen
Gas at Red Head was .36 cents
Dial phone where still the standard and Phone booth and Mail boxes on every corner
Beer was .05 on tap 3.2 happy hour at Howards BG
Sandwich bag of reefer was $5.00 "nickel bag"
Pack of smokes .50
Mofo was created..


this should make everyone feel younger now... hope this helps
May 15, 2013 9:37am
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Sonofanump

May 15, 2013 9:40 AM
dlazz;1443054 wrote:they're not floppy, but they're still called floppy disks.
That&#8217;s weird, I&#8217;d consider that a &#8220;floppy disk&#8221; is 8 inches and can be bent. A &#8220;HD micro disk&#8221; is 3.5 inches and has a plastic shell and can not be bend or it would break. </SPAN></SPAN>
May 15, 2013 9:40am
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May 15, 2013 9:42 AM
Sonofanump;1443166 wrote: A &#8220;HD micro disk&#8221; is 3.5 inches and has a plastic shell and can not be bend or it would break.
The platter inside is still made of the same floppy material as the platters in the 5 1/4 disks.
May 15, 2013 9:42am