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Per a discussion at a family lunch this afternoon (mom's birthday -- hooray, mom!) we were discussing some memories that we have that others won't. I know, I know, it is an on-going discussion and not at ll novel, but I do take some pleasure these days in old memories. I'm old now and reminiscing is one of the few pleasures that gets better with age.
First up: mimeographed hand-outs, Soylent Green, the big jet-collision above Moffet Field.
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I'm there for all 3. I read Soylent Green on the beach at Reina Del Mar. It was the saddest thing I had ever read. One of my neighbors father died in the Moffet Field crash (And when I played on the golf course where it occurred, that was all I could thing about) I want to say at one time I actually ran the mimeograph machine at Monta Vista.
We are constantly calling my sister on memories that she has that don't exist. Or her telling stories that actually happened to other family members. My favorite being her backpack in the garage covered with patches from her backpack across Europe. She never went. This is sister Steph not Roberta.
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White-out correction fluid and/or correction tape.
Staying up late on Sunday nights to watch new Monty Python episodes on PBS.
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Late night Python viewing is a fond one. I call non-dairy creamer "liquid paper", but who remembers?
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I very rarely use it, but sometimes we need it for some hardcopy stuff. That powder-based correction tape for typewriters - now that's a memory.
I recorded all of the old Monty Python episodes on audio cassette (before VHS). Kept them in a shoebox, which might even be still buried at my folk's house.
This thread makes me feel old now.
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Are you getting correction tips from the Yeti?
How about gold panning at Frontier Village? I know. Strictly a Bay Area memory.
When my father worked for Memorex, we always seemed to have our company picnics at their facility.
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carbon paper, acoustic couplers (ie: to plug your terminal into the phone handset), rotary dials.
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Did I ever mention the fact my father invented a carbon paper that never wore out? Carter's Ink never marketed it because the page had a little too much curl to it. We had stacks of it in the house for years.
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Sticking to the bay area, how about the animation programme that followed Monty Python episodes that was hosted by Jean Marsh? Can't actually remember the name of it, but I always stayed up for that.
And can you say "Charlie and Humphrey"?
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Wasn't it The International Animation (something or other...Festival?)
Doctor Who on KTEH (all episodes from a series back to back). Prisoner marathons.
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International Animation Film Festival. Loved it.
The Goodies, anyone? Two Ronnies? Dave Allen at Large?
Charlie and Humphrey: Yes. Pat McCormick in general. Dialing for Dollars in the afternoons. Pat McCormick making bets with Bob WIlkins, winnner gets to pick the movie on the others show. That would explain why I got the wits scared out of me one rainny day when I stayed home sick and Invasion of the Body-Snatchers was on. Probably explained why Attack of the Mushroom People was played so often on Creature Features.
Major Matt Mason, Sgt. Storm.
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As I was driving down Steven's Creek Blvd this weekend between Stelling and Saratoga-Sunnyvale, all I could think of was Gemco and the little card you had to show to get into the store. Membership had it's privileges.
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I just went in to Target the other day to get a sweatshirt and all I could think was "The last time I was in here, it was Gemco"...
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Gemco was my first job. I quit after one day.
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How did you last that long?
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