Wow, 37 today. Feels.....not all that different than 30. Holy cow, 3 more years closer to
geezer like status. Seriously though, I was asked if I felt old. What exactly am I supposed to say to that? I do remember when I was in my 20's thinking that 37 was downright ancient. Hell, I'm at my prime! Nah, I don't feel old. And we won't talk about the little bit o' grey that was cropping up in my beard until I shaved it off.
Lets think back to the things I remember as a kid.
Rotary phones, black and white television,
typewriters, 12 television channels, the internet didn't exist, I saw the first
Star Wars film in a movie theatre when I was 6.
H.R. Puff n stuff (The Flute in that show was
creepy.)
Land of the Lost (Sleestacks!) My first home video console was "
Pong" and it had like 2 or 3 settings to it. What else? I remember seeing the
Pontiac Firebird at a carshow back in the '70's, the same style Burt Reynolds drove in "
Smoky and the Bandit". Jimmy Carter. I remember thinking how awesome
8 track tapes were. I remember that the poster from 'Jaws' scared me as a kid, although I wouldn't see it until much, much later in life.
Happy Days, the
Muppet Show,
Thats Incredible!,
The Gong Show,
Greatest American Hero,
Mork and Mindy,
Stretch Armstrong,
Mattel Electronics Football,
Dungeons and Dragons 1st edition,
Star Wars toys,
Wham-O magic window,
Atari 2600 (Combat and Space Invaders blew my mind)
The TI-994a,
commodore 64, tape drives on computers, 5 1/4" floppy disks,
The Six Million Dollar Man Action Figure. (AWESOME!),
Big Wheels! (mine was crushed by a drunken neighbor parking his truck, I barely escaped, Damn you Mr. Glass!), Shag Carpet, polyester suits,
ABBA,
Blondie, (I had a crush on Deborah Harry!),
Dynamite magazine, My
Empire Strikes Back lunch box,
The Brady Bunch (The Hawaiian Vacation episode was the best),
Shazam (couldn't a superhero find a better ride than an old Winnebago? Seriously).
Good grief, I could go on and on, and I've barely even touched on anything during the 80's. I you've got a comment or a happy birthday wish, please leave one and I'll post it up!
