Good old' Wired comes up with another good article:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-things-your-kids-may-never-know-about/

I dont remember half of that s***, my kids will definitely not know most of it
then again my parents used to churn butter so ..

Hate to say it but I remember all of it. My kids on the otherhand would consider all those to be ancient and around the time of Christ.

im thankful my kids wont remmeber half of it

Jesus christ I remember 99% of that list :(


I'm old and crusty already

^ more on the crusty. lol

i rememeber when petrol was 13c a litre

# Scanning the radio dial and hearing static between stations. (Digital tuners + HD radio b0rk this concept.)

hahah love it

Awesome list! Such a shame so much of it is old :(

I feel old after reading that :(

I remember most of the stuff on that list. So so glad we don't still have those old tvs with the dials and fake wood finish!

I still use my 15 yr old Sony VCR a few times a week to tape doco's and s*** on Aunty and SBS. I would buy a new DVDHD recorder but the old bugger just won't die.
I've noticed that all my older Sony and Pioneer stuff is still going no doubt because it was actually manufactured in Japan not Malayasia like most of their stuff nowerdays.

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30 ad 33. ha! I remember all too well

Basically remember all of it

13 year old with a walkman article was interesting
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm
The guy is miffed about the lack of a 'shuffle' feature, and didn't realise the tape had two sides.

The guy is miffed about the lack of a 'shuffle' feature, and didn't realise the tape had two sides.

I dont really understand why this is relevant or important... Would people born in the 80s know how to use old technology they had never encountered and was made obsolete years before their birth?

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! MY OWN GRANDSON! I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO HIM HOW TO CRANK START MY CAR! HE WAS ABOUT TO START CRANKING AND THE CAR WASN'T EVEN IN NEUTRAL!#!#!

I remember most of it except the internet related stuff, we didn't have a computer until about the 33.6k/windows95 era.

The guy is miffed about the lack of a 'shuffle' feature, and didn't realise the tape had two sides.

I remember when I got my first CD, I didn't know which side to put facing up since I was used to cassette tapes & vinyl being able to be put in either way around.

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101. LANs

98. Omni Magazine

it was the internet we had before we had internet for interesting content

Blowing the dust out of a NES cartridge in the hopes that it’ll load this time.

sigh... the good' ol days..

I remember about 99% of that as well

It was good to grow up thru the 70's and 80's. There was so much cool stuff back then.

My Favourite:

"Not knowing exactly what all of your friends are doing and thinking at every moment."

I remember most of the stuff on that list. So so glad we don't still have those old tvs with the dials and fake wood finish!

ol' bessie served me well fo' many o year! Twas a GE (General Electric)

I remember almost everything, except 8-tracks or betamax references.

What about "pixels"? We've all played old school games where you could actually see the individual ones, these days...

I remember all of them, and even used most of them. Except for betamax and 8 track, never use those on day to day but have seen them etc. God I'm old..., not Mantra old though thank f***.

i keep thinking of myself as a kid so when i knew most of that i was like yep, i'm old now.. 23.

100 Things Your Kids May Never Need to Know About

fixed for accuracy.

I remember and used all of them I think? At 33 I only just owned an 8-track - they were massively old eeven when we were kids. I got one as a hand-me-down present from someone.

vinyl is coming back baby.

Good list, I too remember most of them.

I just went through it with my 12yo son and he was like.... what?

I even showed him DOS and how to operate a computer pre windows days. I even remembered some of the commands and managed to start E-Tax in DOS, changing directories and all, I'm such a haXXor.

I remember a lot of that and I'm 21.

# Spending your entire allowance at the arcade in the mall.

huzzah!

Heh i recognize maybe ~75/100 of those. I must be getting old :(

When I was a kid I used to worry a lot about my kids not being able to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I carefully taped them all to preserve that piece of history, but one day my dad threw out all my tapes. Everything I had, ninja turtles, jim carrey, all my favourite childhood movies. What a c***.

He probably knew bit torrent was coming.

He probably thought you had become an adult. Lol.

there there, don't cry, thermite, it's alright.