How old were you when?????? Find out on this thread.

Oxford · 09-22-2002, 09:22 PM

Need a reference to other events in history. Here's a chance to see how you compare.

Put your birth date in the window when you click on this link and see what happens. Pretty neat!
Oxford

http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html

oneastrix · 09-22-2002, 09:37 PM

OX, good post. I can't believe how young I was. I remember the first Apple Computer, I was in second grade. I have vague recollections of a TI Basic.

jerry · 09-22-2002, 10:14 PM

that's interesting, thanks for passing it on.

Oxford · 09-22-2002, 10:20 PM

Yep! The TI's were the first handheld calculators I had. Just about all it did was add, subtract and multiply. Some had recall and some didn't. As I remember, they cost around $10 +/-. Still have a couple around the house.

My wife and I bought an IBM XT about 1986 but I was reluctant to use it. Finally I was provided an Apple XT at work and my life's not been the same since. About two years later I switched to IBM compabible's and that opened up the biggest changes for me. Since then at home we've upgraded about every 3-4 years. My wife uses lots of graphics so we need lots of capacity and speed. However, we never reach the cap. and speed we'd like.

Oxford :nod:

tommy · 09-22-2002, 10:31 PM

that was pretty neat. i enjoyed it . i'm goin to mail it to others i know .

8mm Vigilante · 09-22-2002, 11:55 PM

that is a neat link!!
-Jesse

BattleRifleG3 · 09-23-2002, 12:05 AM

I remember many of those events. I particularly remember talking about Desert Storm in 3rd grade. I drew a cartoon series titled "Mean to Saddam". 10-12 pictures described the story of Saddam's life after I captured him, beginning with enslaving him, then dragging him behind a boat, then strapping him to the outside of a rocket ship. He subsequently fell to Earth and into a pirate ship, where he was forced to walk the plank and get eaten by a shark. After surviving the shark's digestion, he died in an underwater fire and went to hell.

Kids think up the darndest things, eh?

Oh yeah, and I'm roughly the same age as the Bush girls.

Maybe they'll get drunk and land in my dorm... Except that my school has a policy against that, and "that".

DANA · 09-23-2002, 09:13 AM

WHEN I OWNED A RADIO SHACK STORE AND THE TRS 80 CAME OUT I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH TO KEEP IN STOCK. RAN CLASSES ON PROGRAMING TRS 80 AT THE STORE. WHAT INTEREST!!!!!!!!!!!

DANA

Calvin · 09-23-2002, 09:23 AM

Very cool link, Oxford. Thanks...

taras · 09-23-2002, 12:09 PM

Definatally interesting. I showed it to a few people, and all were impressed.

Snakebite · 09-23-2002, 04:54 PM

Interesting. I was 5 years old when the wheel was invented.

Oxford · 09-23-2002, 06:35 PM

rtlesnkesbite:

Yeah. That a little before my time, too. Was it flintstone who invented that wheel? (ha)

Snakebite · 09-23-2002, 06:57 PM

It was a joint effort between Fred and Barney.

09-23-2002, 06:57 PM

I was 1 when MLK Jr was assassinated

Dale · 09-23-2002, 11:27 PM

What the heck is that crap they said I was 3 years old when Moses came down with the tablets?

Sheesh!

09-22-2002, 09:22 PM	#1
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,100 Blog Entries: 4	How old were you when?????? Find out on this thread. Need a reference to other events in history. Here's a chance to see how you compare. Put your birth date in the window when you click on this link and see what happens. Pretty neat! Oxford http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

09-22-2002, 09:37 PM	#2
oneastrix Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213	OX, good post. I can't believe how young I was. I remember the first Apple Computer, I was in second grade. I have vague recollections of a TI Basic. __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain.

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jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,197 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	that's interesting, thanks for passing it on. __________________ Joe the plumber is screwed

09-22-2002, 10:20 PM	#4
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,100 Blog Entries: 4	Yep! The TI's were the first handheld calculators I had. Just about all it did was add, subtract and multiply. Some had recall and some didn't. As I remember, they cost around $10 +/-. Still have a couple around the house. My wife and I bought an IBM XT about 1986 but I was reluctant to use it. Finally I was provided an Apple XT at work and my life's not been the same since. About two years later I switched to IBM compabible's and that opened up the biggest changes for me. Since then at home we've upgraded about every 3-4 years. My wife uses lots of graphics so we need lots of capacity and speed. However, we never reach the cap. and speed we'd like. Oxford :nod: __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

09-22-2002, 11:55 PM	#6
8mm Vigilante Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: South of Sanity Posts: 498	that is a neat link!! -Jesse __________________ Never succumb to tyranny Refuse/Resist! Mauser Kar98k 7.92x57 "Retreat?, Retreat hell, we just got here!!!!"

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tommy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: schriever la Posts: 4,147 Images: 6	that was pretty neat. i enjoyed it . i'm goin to mail it to others i know .

09-23-2002, 12:05 AM	#7
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,452 Images: 13	I remember many of those events. I particularly remember talking about Desert Storm in 3rd grade. I drew a cartoon series titled "Mean to Saddam". 10-12 pictures described the story of Saddam's life after I captured him, beginning with enslaving him, then dragging him behind a boat, then strapping him to the outside of a rocket ship. He subsequently fell to Earth and into a pirate ship, where he was forced to walk the plank and get eaten by a shark. After surviving the shark's digestion, he died in an underwater fire and went to hell. Kids think up the darndest things, eh? Oh yeah, and I'm roughly the same age as the Bush girls. Maybe they'll get drunk and land in my dorm... Except that my school has a policy against that, and "that". __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf Last edited by BattleRifleG3; 09-23-2002 at 12:16 AM.

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DANA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT Posts: 1,604	TRASH 80 WHEN I OWNED A RADIO SHACK STORE AND THE TRS 80 CAME OUT I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH TO KEEP IN STOCK. RAN CLASSES ON PROGRAMING TRS 80 AT THE STORE. WHAT INTEREST!!!!!!!!!!! DANA

09-23-2002, 09:23 AM	#9
Calvin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,038	Very cool link, Oxford. Thanks... __________________ If you don't like cops, call your local crackhead for help next time!

09-23-2002, 12:09 PM	#10
taras Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Apt.402-24 Carlton st. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. R3C 1P1 Posts: 403	Definatally interesting. I showed it to a few people, and all were impressed. __________________ If ya don't vote, don't ***** !!!

09-23-2002, 04:54 PM	#11
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,844	Interesting. I was 5 years old when the wheel was invented.

09-23-2002, 06:35 PM	#12
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,100 Blog Entries: 4	rtlesnkesbite: Yeah. That a little before my time, too. Was it flintstone who invented that wheel? (ha) __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

09-23-2002, 06:57 PM	#13
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,844	It was a joint effort between Fred and Barney.

09-23-2002, 06:57 PM	#14
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	I was 1 when MLK Jr was assassinated

09-23-2002, 11:27 PM	#15
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona Posts: 4,284	What the heck is that crap they said I was 3 years old when Moses came down with the tablets? Sheesh! __________________ "It confuses me how some people can vigorously go against the 2nd. Amendment and still call themselves patriotic"-me