ancient history...

[acroyear]

[X] I have a job.
[] I have a car payment.
[X] I have a house payment/rent to pay.
[X] I've made a house or car payment late.
[ ] I've had a car reposessed.
[] I know my credit score. (well, i did as of 18 months ago, but haven't needed to since)
[] I have kid(s).
[] I have kids by more than one person.
[] I pay child support.
[X] I'm married.
[ ] I've been divorced.
[ ] I'm 30 or older and haven't been married. (no, but i didn't get married 'til 31)
[X] I have toys from my childhood that are older than half of myspace / livejournal.
[X] I remember when David Lee Roth left Van Halen.
[X] I saw "E.T." at the cinema.
[X ] Fraggle Rock!!!
[X] "Where's the Beef?"
[X] The two Coreys.
[X] Garbage Pail Kids. (my brother collected them, not i)
[X] I've found grey/white hairs.
[X] I have aches and/or pains for no apparent reason.
[X] I've uttered the phrase "Kids these days..."
[X] I've uttered the phrase "When *I* was a kid..."
[X] I think current teen fashion is laughable, but I own something from the 80's or early 90's 70s that's equally lame.
[X] I know off the top of my head who Crockett and Tubbs are.
[X] "Capital Gains tax", "401k", and "Homestead exemption" all mean something to me.
[X] I remember when it was just "Star Trek".
[X] I remember exactly where I was when the space shuttle Challenger blew up.
[ ] I remember where I was when JFK was assassinated. (no, but i know where Dr. Who was)
[X] I know all the words to the Big Mac song.
[ ] I attended Woodstock.
[X] I had a Trapper Keeper. (still do.  it keeps lots of my old anime papers)
[X] I know what "Reaganomics" was. (is, afaic bushco is still practicing it)
[X] I remember when Michael Jackson was black.
[X] I remember Max Headroom. (have them all on vhs thanks to bravo)
[] I know who killed Laura Palmer. (quoting from thatliardesmond Twin Peaks - never watched it.)
[X] I remember when VCRs were a "new gadget".
[X] I remember Atari.
[X] I remember when the only anime show you could watch was Robotech. (actually at the time it competed with voltron, and speed racer, star blazers, and battle of the planets were shows i watched before that).
[X] I remember when there was no such thing as a computer in schools. (my first toy was playing on a commodore PET in 1979 at school)

Comments

[yndy.livejournal.com]

I like this one - hope you don't mind if I lift it...

except:
[X] I remember Atari.
Atari's back...
http://www.atari.com/us/

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

atari never left. they've been in somewhat limited markets (arcade vid-games, pc games) which keeps attention down. stock's circled low but steady. every so often they get a boost from the retro market; their latest big offering is a for-the-home (or small business) arcade console that has some 25 of their original arcade classics. in smaller circles they have a total retro 2600 console with some 22 games embedded. for the tiny circles you can buy a single joystick that happens to have 10 games built in. moore's law in action.

i've followed them for quite a few decades now.

[yndy.livejournal.com]

I've had my eye on this: stock certificate was for unregistered stock for 100,000 shares made out to Jack Tramiel dated June 1987 (http://www.scripophily.net/atcorstocmad.html) on scripophily for a couple of years.

Le sigh.