Last edited by Jerry Oz; 06-29-2019 at 06:52 PM.
Hey jerry,i bet cha that as soon as one of those get shot down in [nra]country they'll start talking about stricter gun laws,haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
And let's not forget the driverless cars and robot deliveries. All this new tech's going to start a whole new industry. Legal problems too.
I dare em to send a robot car to the hood...can't wait to see the headlines on that one-haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
Yep. And the suburban kids all have plenty of loot and social issues out the ying yang. They can afford the pizza but will steal it because they think it's funny. But the first time somebody in the hood tries to use an expired credit card, they'll stop delivering there. They'll be flipping robot cars over left and right in the suburbs and they'll still find a reason to continue serving them.
I'm amazed by it, Marv. They hold parties in suburbs where the kids grab random pill bottles out of their parents' medicine cabinets, pour the contents into a bowl and pass it around for everybody to grab one. They don't even know what the pills are or what they can do to you. never understood why anybody would get caught up on drugs. Poor people have enough problems already and rich people can self-medicate by indulgence in other areas. I remember seeing needles in the gutters and smelling the piss and crap from winos and hoppers invading abandoned storefronts as a kid and swearing that I'd never go that route. I don't even drink or smoke because of what I saw as a kid.
Back to current styles. Remember when your hair got too long, your buddies would say, " Hey, man! Ain't heard about that new invention? The comb [[brush - for ladies)?!" Or when the only one who had blue hair [[add any color nowadays) was your 81 year old Grandma? If you got holes in your jeans, Mom would promptly sew or iron on a patch[[es)? And the only person wearing sliders [[flip-flops) with socks was your 83 year old grandpa! " Times, they are a'changin'.
I'm on a roll! A computer used to be something the size of a small newsroom. It had to be climate-controlled and run by a team of highly skilled scientists! A hard drive was something you and the family made to the grandparents' house! A mouse was something Dad caught In a trap! A disk was something your uncle always complained about in his back! Technology--shmecnology!!!
I bought my first home computer from CompUSA in 1996 [[remember them?). It had a 16 gigabyte hard drive that I would eventually add a 40 gig drive to supplement. Nowadays, I'll buy a 32 or 64 gig hard drive when I see them on sale for $8, not because I need them but because that storage is bound to be important. The laptop I'm using has a terabyte of memory and it only cost $350 a couple years ago. Yeah, the times changed.
Then there's the one boxed with cow patches all over it! What did a cow have to do with a computer?
That was Gateway computers. Once a major player; now a trivia question.
Yes, Jerry and Marv. Growing up in the Boogie Down Bronx, it was nothing to see crack baggies in the gutter. Down the street of my aunt's, there was what was then called a "head shop". Sold drug paraphernalia right alongside the Twinkies and Little Debbies. Needless to say, we kids grew up fast! Fort Apache. Bronx River Projects was our neighborhood!
Was walking up the steps to my aunt's house and saw a guy shooting up in an abandoned bldg next door! In broad daylight! With packs of kids on the sidewalk, no less!
I used to buy reggae records from a Jamaican head shop near downtown Columbus. And yeah, it was owned and staffed by real Jamaicans and smelled unashamedly like weed every time I visited. It was the only place I could find some music. I still have an African-shaped red, black, gold and green "Jamaica/Africa" pin on one of my Autumn jackets from back then. Every time I see it, I think about where it came from.
Yeah, as I said, I've seen needles in gutters. Heard voices from the dark of old stores with broken windows, seen people stoned out of their minds when I was a boy visiting family on Sundays after church. Thank God, that area was zoned for business investment and cleaned up about a decade later. And as an adult, I've seen grown women staggering bare-a**ed naked down city streets late at night. You'll never convince me that people do it because it makes them feel good. Crack is bad enough. But how in the world did horse make a comeback? It's pure poison and nobody can look at a tweaker and think that he's having fun. What's the allure?
We've gone from those foam ear thingys connected to an adjustable metal head piece, to Apple's wireless Air Pods! I miss the old Sony Walkman days!!!
Remember in elementary/middle school, when we had truant officers? Way before metal detectors and cops/ security officers!
The Walkman turned 40 this week. Way to make us feel old, hunh?
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbrea...music-player-p
My Walkman got me through many a last lap while jogging. I was never much of a runner but when I could convince myself to keep going, it was usually so I could hear the last minute or so of a song that was playing. Left to my own imagination [[and no music), I couldn't run a mile.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..the walkman,those things were too cool,i saw one in the thrift store for a dollar..i paid two hundred for my first one in the eighties.
Who remembers the TV show "Dobie Gillis"?
That's good,because I don't. I am not that OLD! LOL! Just kidding. Although, I have clearer memories of My Favorite Martian and My Three Sons. "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" began airing exactly a year before I was born and concluded when I was 3 years old. Still I remember seeing it on TV. "Car 54 Where Are You?" began airing when I was just 1 years old and concluded when I was 2. So I mainly remember it from re-runs years later.
I actually have a vcr/dvd converter and a combo vcr/dvd player but they are in storage with other things I have not used in years. I had started converting some old VHS tapes to disc, but I don't think I will be able to convert all of that stuff from long ago. I would just rather watch what I can on a standard VCR.
I hadn't played my Sony dual cassette deck in over a decade. One day recently, my wife asked me what was on a tape and when I put it in, the motor conked out and now I can't even get the tape out. Yeah, it's 30 years old but it hardly has any miles on it.
The moral to the story: Always write down what's on your cassette [[or CD).
When the kids were little, the remote conked out: "What do we do now?!"
Remember your parents not finding a q-tip,so they cleaned their ear with a safety pin?
Remember when taking a bath or shower was a simple affair. Just a wash cloth, towel, and a bar of Dial or Ivory soap. Usually, baths were on Saturday. The only other item - Mr. Bubble! [[for bubble baths, of course!) Now?
Loofah
Body wash
Bath beads
Bath gels
Charcoal/organic/scent-free soap
Moisturizer
Conditioner
Detangler
Exfoliates
Shampoo w/natural plant extracts
Hair milk
Pumice Stone
Shower caddy
Non-slip shower mat
Multi-directional shower heads/pulsers
Waterproof/water resistant stereo w/Internet capability
AND more furnished online!!
Remember when we would be so happy just play with our little sparklers on the fourth,and only the bad boys set off cherry bombs...until we got older and became the bad boys who set off cherry bombs!!! Hehehehe!!
Haaaaaaaaaaa,marv,ashcans were worst but what did we know...[we were stupid,hehe]until we started hearing stories of kids getting their fingers blown off..yikes!
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