A definite sign that you're getting old.

[Ruinel]

Yeah, I see you were referring to IR's post.

64 kb? O.O Damn... that's not much now is it.

Just out of curiousity, I did a search for the C64 games. I didn't recognize any of them.

[Lizra]

Originally posted by congressmn
go pilot!

hey lizra wat good do ur flowers and plants do in ur garden?

i wud choose my palm ne day

You toad! My flowers and plants are alive! They make people stop and go "ooh, ahh!" They are beautiful, smell good, attract birds, bees, and people! They are like silent pets! Let's just ship you of to the caverns of Orthanc, congressmn! I like writing in my calendar. And I always have a pen and paper handy! Must be the artist in me! My lists make me happy!(right Lin? ) Plus my calendar has pictures of beautiful gardens! (or LoTR scenes, I have several) I don't want to be dependent on a machine, I'm not that "good" with them! Enjoy LutraMage!

[Insidious Rex]

Originally posted by Artanis
With the little word 'too' I was referring to IR.

Those C64s were the wonders of the day at that time. 64 kbyte of RAM!

yeah i managed to patch in an expansion slot and add another 32 kbs to it. I could feel the power coursing through me let me tell you. *laugh* And remember this big huge disks that were actually "floppy"? I think I still have a bunch back at my moms house somewhere. And Ruinel some of the first runs of some classic video games came out for Commodore 64 and then evolved onto bigger systems. But I used mine mostly for basic hacking and BBS surfing BEFORE the internet was really available. This were the long ago days children.... The Elder Days of computing you could say. When the land was still green and AOL didnt exist thank god.

And I agree with whoever said who needs palm pilots. They definitely qualify as one of those things that you dont need until you have it and then when you have one you cant be with out it so for that reason alone Im avoiding getting one like the plauge.

[HOBBIT]

http://gamefaqs.com/computer/c64/index.html

[Baby-K]

Well, I don't consider myself a gadgety person - OK, I have a PC, microwave(s), and the usual entertainment stuff and yeah I have 2 cellphones (one with a built in camera - but I can't seem to figger the bedamned thing out) - both have on screen displays with whatever logo my brother deems fit (he's 17 & likes playing around with my phone) and we play games against each other with our phones via infrared (what can I say - easily amused), but then again I use my phone to browse the web, send e-mails, faxes etc so it's quite handy. My friend & I always ensure that we have at least one phone with us when we go out - just in case something happens (what usually happens is that we get pissed outa our brackets & sart phoning everyone we know - even her brother in England ). But I have no problem with not having a TV (but I do - if I didn't I wouldn't miss it) - I hardly ever watch anything anyway - I'd be more affected y the loss of my stereo & cd's. I also don't use the microwave for anything but heating milk for hot chocolate - the rest of the time I just use the oven - more fun.

[Sheeana]

Unfortunately, I happen to know what a commodor 64 is. I also know what an Atari is, as well as an Amiga. Why, you ask? Because my dratted BF has a collection of them lying around the apartment!

[Elenka]

I don't think I'm too dependent on technology. True, if my computer was taken away you would most likely find me dead within the next 24 hours, but that's not likely. My mom uses the comp when I don't so no danger in that region. TV's are optional, I never watch mine. Electric lights are very nice. Stove? Needed cuz I can't cook so my parents have to, microwave, yes, for the slender bit of cooking I can do.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Insidious Rex
...And remember this big huge disks that were actually "floppy"? ....

Oh... those big 5 inch discs that were wobbly? I remember those. Wow... that really was a long time ago.

And Ruinel some of the first runs of some classic video games came out for Commodore 64 and then evolved onto bigger systems.

Do you remember Gauntlet? Righteous game! You could get 4 people on the game at one time. I think it was the first, maybe. Not sure.

But I used mine mostly for basic hacking and BBS surfing BEFORE the internet was really available. This were the long ago days children.... The Elder Days of computing you could say. When the land was still green and AOL didnt exist thank god.

*sigh*... yes, yes, yes. I hear this all the time from my dad.
[dad voice]I remember when it took an entire wall of computers to do the job of one home PC....[/dad voice]

[samwise of the shire]

A Palm holds everything you need to know and are always forgetting.

Uh I have a question. If you forget to write down your best friends phone number on like a calendar, what makes you think you'll remember to write it down on a palm? Actually if you're forgetting important dates, such as your mum's birthday, or your anniversary then what in Middle Earth are you doing with a palm pilot? You'll only forget it like you forget everythin' else!!! At least that's the way *this* hobbit sees it.
I have the following:
1 Microwave
1 TV and VCR...no cable, sattelite, OR even channels
1 family cell phone...used when mum needs sugar from the grocery store, or when I need to get ahold of my friend Merry.
1 Computer which is my main outlet to the outside world.
2 cars which are making us all sick to our stomach because of the fumes
All the room in the world...and I'll be sacraficing that because of CONVENIENCE!!! I'M MOVING BACK TO THE CITY!!!! *runs around in frantic circles then glares at congrssmn* Would you live in a world where the sweetest odour was that of gasoline? Would you live in a world where the only color was that of the cars speeding past too busy to even stop and see the calamity that is falling on their very heads? Would you live in a world where the stars were blotted out by the harsh lights of civilization...forever? Would you live without the sound of humming bird wings, or bee stings? If so then I do think you should be banished to the caverns of Isengard, for your life would be meaningless.
Cheers,
Sam the tired, saddended because she won't be able to see the stars at her new home, and slightly irritated by technology hobbit.

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Ruinel
HA! I just asked my dad what that was (sorry, I didn't remember). He said it was a computer that you hooked up to your TV set. The games were cartridges you plugged into it. (My dad is Super Computerman!)

Commodore 64s didn't use cartidges - that was Atari. Commodore 64 had 5 1/4" disks and later years you could get a monitor. The keyboard and computer was one unit. It's the computer that got me into programming. We alkso had a modem with it - so we were on compuserve when it first started up.

[jerseydevil]

I like gadgets. But I haven't been buying any lately. I did win my palm pilot and it comes in VERY handy. Much better to carry that around than a huge address book. I also have games on it and keep other information on it.

I have digital cable with 400 channels - many of them documentary channels such as the History Channel, History International, The Learning Channel, Discovery, Science Channel, The Health Channel (it shows various operations and things).

How could anyone live without the internet today? It has in the short time the web has been around - 20 years - changed our lives so much. It overs bill paying, purchasing, research, so much. I could not imagine not living with the web and the internet. I can't wait until the web and tv combine and I'm not talking about web-tv either.

Technology is what makes humans humans and different from other animals. It's what makes our lives easier and yes - in some cases more hectic. Because of electric lights - people no longer go to bed soon after dusk. Because of 24 hour tv and the internet - people have a habit of staying up into the early morning hours. There is no down time anymore. I however would not give up the benefits that technology has given us.

[azalea]

Originally posted by gimli7410
*scared sh****** about the thought* that must of been horrible whenever i lose the remote i always look for it for like 15 min before i turn on the t.v. im just lazy that way

Well, we only had six channels, so there wasn't much channel changing going on anyway.

I don't have a microwave, either. We still pop popcorn on our stove.

I would rather not have a tv or cable, but my husband is a sports fan, so we do. Besides, I do like to watch movies, and a vcr or dvd player is no good w/ out a tv.

I bought a cell phone last year for the free ling distance, and also because I travel alone by car a lot and like the security in case of an emergency.

The advantage of being "older" when all this stuff is going on is that you can remember when it wasn't around, which puts it all in perspective. For instance, I can't imagine living without a toilet, but in the old days, some people thought it was gross and unsanitary to have a toilet INSIDE THE HOUSE!

[Lizra]

Yeah, the older I get, the less techno stuff I want. I want to have no bills, so my husband can stay home and piddle with antique tractors and his Martin all day! I find many of the new gadgets to be a distracting hassle. I wish we didn't have cable, but my husband likes tv! Blea! But that's how I'm able to spend so much time socializing with you all on the moot. I sit in our computer room, away from the annoying TV's. To bad it's polluting my son's brain, oh well...he'll survive! The first "step up" we took (away from the standard boomer household color tv and a hifi) was buying a big old microwave, and a VCR, back in 82. The microwave has basically turned out to be an expensive popcorn popper/cheese melter, the vcr...ancient crud! Actually, my first taste of "exciting new technology" was my transistor radio that I put under my pillow at night! Now that was modern living! I have a mobile phone, but I don't have it "on" to recieve calls. I just use it for emergency, or to call home and see if we need tomato paste! A lot of this tech stuff just clutters up my brain, keeping me from focusing in on what I REALLY want to do with my life. So yes, for me, a sure sign I'm getting older is my lack of desire for electronic gizmos, and I welcome it! It's a relief! If I find that if I'm bored, a nap will do just fine!

[LutraMage]

Originally posted by Lizra
Yeah, the older I get, the less techno stuff I want. I want to have no bills, so my husband can stay home and piddle with antique tractors and his Martin all day!

Liz, what's a 'Martin' and why does it need fiddling with?

[Lizra]

It's a lovely brand of acoustic guitar! Rings like a bell!

[LutraMage]

A guitar that rings like a bell? Why not just get a bell?

[Lizra]

Wise guy! The tone is beautiful and bell like!

[LutraMage]

Never doubted it for a moment The tone that is, not me being a wise guy !

[Coney]

*holds head in hands and weeps*

You folks are talkin' about fond memories of the C64 and my first computer was the sinclair zx81 ! (what a computer that was.....1k of memory, black and white screen, no sound and you could spend all day programming the damn thing in BASIC and someone would knock the table, the screen would flash and you'd lose the lot..........what a terrible machine it was, hell trapped in a microchip). The C64 was a revolutionary revelation, that was a cool computer (recalls fond memories of endless hours wasted playing Way of the Exploding Fist)........especially when yer upgraded from the cassette to the floppy disk drive...... anyone else recall those endless hours listening to the tape held software whirring and screeching as the game "loaded"? (and I will admit to being one of the dozen people who bought the Commodore Vic 20 before the C64 )

I remember when my parents upgraded from a black and white TV (no wonder so many of my generation wear glasses) to their first colour telly (and even that was a "keep-fit" set, yer had to get off yer backside to change channels). The telly I've got here only has 5 channels..........I only ever turn the thing on to get the news, although it is remote control!

I have a microwave, I'm a single man, I'd starve to death without it.

I do have a mobile phone but if I want to take it with me I usually have to phone it from my landline to locate where in the house it is (I only really carry it if I've got my friends kids with me or I'm travelling over a lot of countryside, if I'm socialising or shopping, I don't wanna be disturbed by the phone).

I don't own a Palm Pilot, file o fax or even a diary ........... I don't live the kinda life that has a plan My calender is still on Feb 2003

I still don't know how to operate all the functions on my digital watch (I still remember the first digi watch I saw, my uncle bought it.......you had to press a button and the time flashed up in bright red LED display, to the then 5 yr old kid......this technology was right up their with the lightsaber)

Some technology I love.......I couldn't go back to clunking away at a manual typewriter after discovering the wonders of the word processor ...........and the cd is a minor mirrored miracle compared to the old audio tape (although vinyl had a certain charm)..........and the radio is an absolute must.

So no, I don't suppose I do use a lot of gadgets..........I tend to buy a lot, but if they don't become very usufull almost immediatly they get either shut in a drawer or locked in a cupboard never to be seen again

I do use a lot of gadgets that are fun tho'..............My doorbell is attached to my stereo......so I can play pretty much wotever I like as a tune (good for scaring the postman that one) and of course I have the obligatory toilet roll holder that also has a radio, teasmaid and ashtray built in

So.......does technology make me feel old? Not really, if I ever figure out how to program the VCR or discover exactly why my vacuum cleaner actually needs 23 different attachements, then I'll feel old

[HOBBIT]

How can anyone argue about microwaves? They come in handy all the time.

I couldn't live without the internet or digital cable (over 400 channels ). I also love music and movies (going to see T3 tonight).

I have tons of little gadgets and gizzmos - tecnhology is great.