Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.
Joined May 2023
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I remember when a 4-function calculator cost more than full-time tuition & fees for an academic quarter at a University of California campus.
*I also remember 4-function calculators
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#imNotSayingImOldBut #HashTagGames I remember when Google Search worked well.
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I remember AskJeeves and the whole brand-new "just ask your question in plain English".
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Cash registers in the grocery store were mechanical and the cashier would say the prices out loud as they were punched in.
To be fair, only the rich had mechanically driven fans or servants that would fan them. Needless to say, it was fashionable to have a handheld fancy fan handy.
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when a young lady was of marriageable age, the likelihood of her getting hitched was directly proportional to how well she crafted a sampler.
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I know exactly how people stayed cool without air conditioning before AC was invented. An analytical look at how old houses were constructed says CONVECTION loud and clear.
GAWD I love physics.
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Buttons didn't have more than 2 holes in 'em and a lot of people have the impression that Indians trading with beads wasn't of much value. When they're big enough they functioned as buttons.
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when buttons weren't made of wood or folded leather, they were made of mollusk shells.
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If someone said "Gee your hair smells terrific" chances are you had in fact used Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific to shampoo your hair that day.
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#ImNotSayingImOldBut your parents look like teenagers to me.
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#ImNotSayingImOldBut #HashTagGames I got caught in the traffic jam going to Woodstock (True story. I was very young. Family was going to see Grandma.)
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I can't really play #ImNotSayingImOldBut because, like most kids who lived in 1950s Alaska, I effectively lived in several centuries at once.
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Our teachers smoked WHILE teaching class.
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I remember cigarette vending machines. They were everywhere. Restaurants. Movie theaters. Gas stations. Some grocery stores.
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Gasoline 18¢/gallon
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.
Joined May 2023
