You know you're old when...

Artemis · 08-06-2024, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

If you were a gamer from back in the day you might remember this:

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Buug959 · 08-06-2024, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

They say that the memory is the second thing to go.....

Here we go again.

3798j · 08-07-2024, 08:41 AM

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vreihen16 · 08-07-2024, 08:56 AM

You remember when banks gave out lollipops.....

cmyx6go · 08-07-2024, 09:01 AM

I remember when a friend of mine worked as a teller in a bank and told us about this new thing - the ATMs. You'll be able to get your money out of a machine.

Remember when you actually had to get to the bank before they closed.

dscabra · 08-07-2024, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I remember when a friend of mine worked as a teller in a bank and told us about this new thing - the ATMs. You'll be able to get your money out of a machine.

Remember when you actually had to get to the bank before they closed.

Yes, and I know where the term "banker's hours" came from!

3.0L · 08-07-2024, 10:15 AM

Well, we did wheelies, but I totally missed this one, and I visited our local
bicycle shop frequently. But, I had a Honda 50 by then.

gjm120 · 08-07-2024, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

Well, we did wheelies, but I totally missed this one, and I visited our local
bicycle shop frequently. But, I had a Honda 50 by then.

I remember really wanting a Honda Super 90 but my father wouldn't let me have any motorcycle.

Learned to ride on 2 neighbor's Suzukis. One had a 50, the other one 80cc.

3.0L · 08-07-2024, 10:36 AM

No motorcycle? Just coast:

dscabra · 08-07-2024, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

No motorcycle? Just coast:

I have a hundred scenarios running through my head ... all bad! The least of which is the ride back up the hill.

Esteban · 08-07-2024, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dscabra

I have a hundred scenarios running through my head ... all bad! The least of which is the ride back up the hill.

Wonder if a bicycle helmet was involved? At that speed you'd think yes.

Esteban · 08-07-2024, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

Well, we did wheelies, but I totally missed this one, and I visited our local
bicycle shop frequently. But, I had a Honda 50 by then.

Yeah, I did wheelies too but didn't need no stinkin' wheelie bar.

SW111 · 08-07-2024, 12:59 PM

You remember when BMW didn’t make SUVs.

M_Six · 08-07-2024, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Wonder if a bicycle helmet was involved? At that speed you'd think yes.

No way that bike was doing 55 MPH. KPH, maybe. I have a 22-speed race bike and I live near a very steep hill. At 38-40MPH, I'm out of gears and just letting gravity do its thing. A quick Google search shows the top speed recorded in a Tour de France race was 63MPH (although I've seen higher claims). The rider was on a Stingray with maybe 5 gears and a cheesy speedometer that was probably never calibrated.

That said, that rider was borderline insane to be riding a bike like that on roads with traffic. But YouTube heroes usually are.

And I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find out there was no helmet involved. That would indicate an awareness of one's mortality, and that didn't appear to be the case.

Esteban · 08-07-2024, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

No way that bike was doing 55 MPH...

Whatever speed it was it looked to be going pretty fast.

M_Six · 08-07-2024, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Whatever speed it was it looked to be going pretty fast.

35MPH is spooky fast on a bike, believe me.

Esteban · 08-07-2024, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

35MPH is spooky fast on a bike, believe me.

I rode bikes most of my life, only stopped a few years ago, so yeah, I'm aware.

Buug959 · 08-07-2024, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I remember when a friend of mine worked as a teller in a bank and told us about this new thing - the ATMs. You'll be able to get your money out of a machine.

Remember when you actually had to get to the bank before they closed.

And the lines moved quick because the bank actually had tellers.

Esteban · 08-07-2024, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Buug959

And the lines moved quick because the bank actually had tellers.

When I was young I would take my paycheck to the bank every Friday at lunchtime. I believe the banks closed at 3pm back then.

Artemis · 08-07-2024, 04:13 PM

"Just grab the pole if it wiggles too much".

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Artemis · 08-07-2024, 04:28 PM

Esteban · 08-07-2024, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Artemis

"Just grab the pole if it wiggles too much".

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Where the hell are the seatbelts?

Had to look this up: Vintage 1966 postcard from top of chair lift in Jackson, Wyoming.

That's why no seatbelts.

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