Today's gamers.

[Covington]

Tin foil.

Enough said, I think enough people will get that one.

Luxury!

Ever try having a jiffy pop tin as a UHF antenna? It didn't work well but it was a start.

Oh lord I just had a moment... youngin's have never seen "Snow" on a tv before....

[Jax Bane]

lol or worse, when your dad tells you to adjust the antennae for better reception and you finally get it, he makes you stand there till his shows off cuz if you move you'd lose reception lmao

My Dad made me help push a 12' Dish Satelite in our back yard.

[Covington]

It might, depending on how many books the person has in the house, so far it doesn't make everyone interesting, I know it doesn't lol

Lordy! lol I would be dead by now then. It's only ranting, cursing and lot of annoying mosquitoes

LOL You really could tell story about massive power outages and what it does to a country, can't you!? It's not pretty.

[chrismeyer34]

It really would be interesting to see if we lost the internet or even electricity for a week, it might make people more interesting....

....as I say hanging out on the internet instead of doing a damn thing I need to do.

Guilty!

well i do a lot of artwork so id be pretty occupied, plus i read tons, now not having a hot shower might bother me lol

[chrismeyer34]

My Dad made me help push a 12' Dish Satelite in our back yard.

yow!!!! eesh!!! lmao, now thats bad dude lol

[chrismeyer34]

Luxury!

Ever try having a jiffy pop tin as a UHF antenna? It didn't work well but it was a start.

Oh lord I just had a moment... youngin's have never seen "Snow" on a tv before....

oh crap!!!! jiffy pop poppers!!!! now we're getting somewhere lmao

[Dracian]

I'll just leave it here, since no one mentionned that one :



"À vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire" (Corneille, "Le Cid")
Translation : "Triumph without peril brings no glory"

[Gabrielle]

LOL You really could tell story about massive power outages and what it does to a country, can't you!? It's not pretty.

I'm an expert on something!!
People buy books to your kids, the real ones (those made of paper)
People here are wrong, they got more TVs than books and see we're it's taking us (not saying where "here" is lol)

[Covington]

I'll just leave it here, since no one mentionned that one :

I like that I might have to swipe it for future threads.

[Rakshasa]

Im curious how many others on here actualy remember when majority of people didnt have the internet? Or hell even a computer for that matter? no cordless phones no xbox or playstation. Cable had a max of like 30 channels and thats with hbo.

Or didnt have cable and got like 3 or 4 channels on your tv. And dads remote was hey son change the channel. lol so you got up turned the tune dial and adjusted the antanea untill it came in..

I remember those days. and even with all the techno advances we have made theres lots of times i have to wonder if it isnt a bad thing.

Yep, 4 channels, sort of. NBC and CBS were fine, PBS fairly ok. ABC was like looking at it through a blizzard, even after turning the antenna rotor -- the sound of which I can still remember now, thanks to your post. RRRRrrrrrRRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRrrrrrrrrvmp.

Every part of the telephone was sturdy or heavy enough to be used as a lethal weapon. The only thing 'wireless' was the garage door opener. Pong was awesome. I literally wept with joy getting my first Atari 2600 at Christmas.

Now... we watch whatever we want from DirecTV's massive smorgasbord, any time we want via HD DVR, on an embarassingly large and gorgeous plasma screen with home theater sound. Or watch Blu-Rays on it, or play 360 and PS3 games on it. Or play games on a ridiculously powerful gaming PC that would have blown NASA's collective minds not so long ago. Or use a handheld or tablet or phone, the magic of which would either have gotten you burned as a witch, or worshipped as a god, in the past.

IMO, it's not a bad thing.