Ask Lemmy

I still call them Opel Fruits

I remember watching TV as a kid and deciding that, when I grow up, I want to be just like:

A) Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,

B) that hot Mountie from Due South, and

C) The Littlest Hobo

Grew up using Vista

Much of my childhood was spent watching BAMZOOKi and Jungle Run on CBBC.

As a kid, I thought Trailer Park Boys was an accurate, contemporary documentary about the world I lived in (or at least that of my friends who lived in the trailer park down the way).

Edit: Oh, and you had to go to a Chris Brothers store to buy Chris Brothers pepperoni - Sobeys didn't carry it yet. It was glorious every time.

I was in middle school when I got an n64 for Christmas.

I watched more than a couple movies i knew would be bad because Peter Cullen was doing some voice work in them

Elders scrolls v is the first game I played

There was a misprint on magic the gathering cards that affected the artwork/coloration the year I was born. WotC recalled all of them and destroyed them all. The remaining ones that were already purchased sell for absurd money

Older than 9/11, but not by enough to remember much more than the stories about going balls to the walls on acting assimilated to the country I was living in so we wouldn't stand out as Americans because the consulate was worried some locals might try taking hostages to support the terrorists.

Elvis and I were alive at the same time.

I was still a kid when my dad brought home a brand new Apple II. Before that computer appeared in his home office (and in my live, as I used that Apple so much more than he ever did ;)), I learned to type on my granddad's typewriter.

I watched the Challenger disaster on the wheelie TV cart

I had Empire Strikes Back bed Sheets

I watched cartoons on Saturday morning and Davey & Goliath on Sunday.

My mom watched the Watergate hearings while she was pregnant with me.

PR#6

That's me on the left with my sister. The cat was called Thomas. Any guesses as to the 'pc' ?

Old enough to watch the moon landing, but too young to remember it.

The first time i typed a paper for school i used a typewriter. The last time i wrote a paper for school i used Openoffice.

First manned space flight.

AIM away messages and the passive flex of who has the best 'buddyprofile' that may or may not link to a livejournal or xanga page

I remember the big floppy disks that were actually floppy. But the standard floppy disks were way more common and even they were on their way out

I still feel shy when buying beer