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You May be a baby boomer if ....
...you remember rotary phones
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/98542959_012637c833.jpg
...you changed the channel on your television without a remote, and the shows were in black and white.
... you had an eight track tape with Steppenwolf and Guess Who, and you played it until it wore out.
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http://www.broadwayworld.com/columnpic/8track1.jpg
... When mom talked about the dishwasher not working, she meant YOU.
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... you had a hula hoop, a slinky (made of metal), Lincoln logs (made of wood), a Davy Crocket Coonskin Hat, and you knew how to use all of them.
... nobody had a computer in the house
... Long distance meant somebody had died or was dying
... you had a party line and your phone number started with "Sunset"
... you can't remember Woodstock, even though your family and friends all say you were there.
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... you had a black light in your room, burned incense (because it smelled good), knew about the Greatful Dead and had this poster:
http://dbangkero.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/rcrumb-3.jpg
... you wore love beads, peace signs, smiley faces, flowers in your hair, tie dye shirts, elephant bell bottoms and a head band, all at the same time.
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... Somebody you loved died in Vietnam. Rip Uncle Dwayne.
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Less of a funnism, more of truism.
I would have also accepted...
"I remember when... damn kids these days"
"I remember when... reference the front porch"
"Those meddling kids and their internets"
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1.If you remember the name of the girl/boy you were sleeping with when you heard Neil Armstrong speaking from the Moon...
2.If you remember the Tet Offensive, and LBJ complaining that he'd lost the war cuz he'd lost Cronkite.
3.If you enlisted to avoid the draft, or know what it means to have a 'deferrment'.
4.If you had sex with someone, in the shower, washing off the tear gas residue from being gassed by the pigs for demonstrating against the invasion of Cambodia.
5.If you remember your draft number (hint: 1-365), or when Ram Das was still Richard Alpert.
6.If you remember the the name of the judge who tried the Chicago Seven, and still know the name of Howdy Doody's cow...
7. If you cast your first presidential ballot for Nixon cuz you didn't trust Humphrey.
8.If you watched the Watergate hearings and cheered for Sam Ervin and his Constitution.
9.if the first presidential election you actually remember involved Adlai Stevenson.
10. If you remember air raid sirens and hiding under your school desk to prepare for the inevitable nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.
11.If you remember being scared s--tless every time a car engine backfired during the Cuban Missile crisis.
12.If you remember clearly where you were and what you were doing in elementary/middle/high school at the very the moment you first heard the news that JFK had been assassinated.
13.you watched Ed Sullivan on the three consecutive weekends that the Beatles first appeared on American TV.
14.If you remember the day Sam Cooke was shot to death in LA.
15.If you remember listening to the radio broadcast from Miami the night Sonny Liston refused to leave his corner for the 8th round of his first fight against "Cassius Clay".
16. If you remember the assassination of Malcolm X, even if you weren't sure who he was at the time.
17. If yo
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What about mechanical typewriters from Underwood and there was a "cents" symbol on the keyboard?
How about where there was no question as to what language you spoke in the United States?
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> you remember "Mr. Softee" ice cream trucks.
> you remember that the girls wore their hair in a "bee hive" style.
> you remember wearing "pony cleets" on your shoes.
> you remember the first "color" t.v. set that was in your house.
> you used a "rotary dial" telephone.
> you wanted information, you went to a library.
> you remember the fun of going to the local movie theater.
> you paid $.25 cents admission to a movie theater.
> you remember there were no swear words in movies.
> you had respect for your elders.
> you remember the Ed Sullivan Show.
> you remember when you first heard The Beatles.
> you remember where you were when JFK was killed.
> you had morning prayer in class; and it was considered a good thing.
> you remember that someone being caught smoking on school grounds was really a BIG thing.
> you remember that: we had no computers, no cell phones, no videos or dvd's, nor any other electronic gadgets. And, we were not bored!
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You remember milk and butter being delivered to the back door
You used to wait for the Helms Bakery truck to come down the street with bread, doughnuts, cupcakes, and other sweets
You used to collect for UNICEF on Halloween
You wanted to be just like Hayley Mills...or surf like Gidget
You popped wheelies on your groovy Schwinn Stingray bicycle with the banana seat and the sissy bar dreaming of "Easy Rider"
You distressed you blue jeans yourself in your mother's tub with a little bleach and then you ripped up the knees a little
You and your best friend tie-dyed your own t-shirts in your mother's wash basin with Rit
You wore at least one peace symbol at all times
You may have even worn an ankh!
You had a blacklight to show off your blacklight posters of Jimi Henrix and the burning of the Bank America (which you didn't mention when Bank of America hired you and then promoted you to management decades later)
After you came out as a lesbian you DATED one of the UCSB students who helped burn the Bank of America branch in the poster
You made peace signs on a lanyard and sent it to your family's friend who was in Vietnam...but he was really in Laos because our government lied to us
Your friend finally came back from Vietnam and Laos with a middle-class drug habit and post-traumatic whatever...and gave you his army jacket which you wore every day at school over your girl's school uniform with a black arm band to protest the war
Wherever you are Bob White, formerly of the US Army's 1st Cavalry: we've tried to locate you via the Internet and still remember you with love! We'd love to connect with you again!
Source(s):
http://www.emusic.com/album/Studio-Group-Helms-Old-Fashioned-Bread-Commerci...,
http://www.helmsbakerydistrict.com/recipies.html,
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You remember where you were when you first heard the Beatles sing "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iim6s8Ea_bE
And played with Pet Rocks
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| September 02, 2009 07:32 PM |
...you remember rotary phones
...you changed the channel on your television without a remote, and the shows were in black and white.
... you had an eight track tape with Steppenwolf and Guess Who, and you played it until it wore out.
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... When mom talked about the dishwasher not working, she meant YOU.
... you had a hula hoop, a slinky (made of metal), Lincoln logs (made of wood), a Davy Crocket Coonskin Hat, and you knew how to use all of them.
... nobody had a computer in the house
... Long distance meant somebody had died or was dying
... you had a party line and your phone number started with "Sunset"
... you can't remember Woodstock, even though your family and friends all say you were there.
... you had a black light in your room, burned incense (because it smelled good), knew about the Greatful Dead and had this poster:
... you wore love beads, peace signs, smiley faces, flowers in your hair, tie dye shirts, elephant bell bottoms and a head band, all at the same time.
... Somebody you loved died in Vietnam. Rip Uncle Dwayne.
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September 02, 2009 07:41 PM
My kids laugh at me all the time about this one. You should have seen the look on their faces the first time I asked if anyone had seen my other thong! "booties" are just about as bad.
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September 02, 2009 08:15 PM
Hey... I still have 'booties'.
(I better not keep them too close to my thongs!)
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(I better not keep them too close to my thongs!)
September 02, 2009 10:32 PM
You were planning on retiring at age 65, but now have bumped that to 70 with a PT job to keep health insurance active. Less of a funnism, more of truism.
I would have also accepted...
"I remember when... damn kids these days"
"I remember when... reference the front porch"
"Those meddling kids and their internets"
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September 02, 2009 10:47 PM
You may be a "real" baby boomer if...... 1.If you remember the name of the girl/boy you were sleeping with when you heard Neil Armstrong speaking from the Moon...
2.If you remember the Tet Offensive, and LBJ complaining that he'd lost the war cuz he'd lost Cronkite.
3.If you enlisted to avoid the draft, or know what it means to have a 'deferrment'.
4.If you had sex with someone, in the shower, washing off the tear gas residue from being gassed by the pigs for demonstrating against the invasion of Cambodia.
5.If you remember your draft number (hint: 1-365), or when Ram Das was still Richard Alpert.
6.If you remember the the name of the judge who tried the Chicago Seven, and still know the name of Howdy Doody's cow...
7. If you cast your first presidential ballot for Nixon cuz you didn't trust Humphrey.
8.If you watched the Watergate hearings and cheered for Sam Ervin and his Constitution.
9.if the first presidential election you actually remember involved Adlai Stevenson.
10. If you remember air raid sirens and hiding under your school desk to prepare for the inevitable nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.
11.If you remember being scared s--tless every time a car engine backfired during the Cuban Missile crisis.
12.If you remember clearly where you were and what you were doing in elementary/middle/high school at the very the moment you first heard the news that JFK had been assassinated.
13.you watched Ed Sullivan on the three consecutive weekends that the Beatles first appeared on American TV.
14.If you remember the day Sam Cooke was shot to death in LA.
15.If you remember listening to the radio broadcast from Miami the night Sonny Liston refused to leave his corner for the 8th round of his first fight against "Cassius Clay".
16. If you remember the assassination of Malcolm X, even if you weren't sure who he was at the time.
17. If yo
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September 03, 2009 03:06 AM
Source not cited. This answer was copied and pasted from:
http://thewell-armedlamb.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-might-be-real-baby-boomer-if.html
Respectfully,
Shin
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http://thewell-armedlamb.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-might-be-real-baby-boomer-if.html
Respectfully,
Shin
September 03, 2009 12:02 AM
The word "entitlements" takes on new meaning, because you think this younger generation feels "entitled" to things while not realizing the actual "entitlements" are the social security benefits that your historically unprecedented population will use up, leaving your kids without these "entitlements."
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September 03, 2009 01:07 AM
You may be a baby boomer if you remember full service gas stations where people would come out and wash your windows, check your tires and oil, replace wipers, all for gas @ .25 a gallon. What about mechanical typewriters from Underwood and there was a "cents" symbol on the keyboard?
How about where there was no question as to what language you spoke in the United States?
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September 03, 2009 04:33 AM
Regarding what language you speak, nothing has changed except the languages. Our grandparents came here knowing only (pick one) German, Polish, Italian, Gaelic, Danish, Dutch . . .
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September 04, 2009 10:59 PM
But they all learned to speak English rather than expecting us to learn their language. I live near our southern border and it amazes me how incensed people get when I don't speak Spanish.
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September 03, 2009 07:18 AM
You may be a baby boomer if....... > you remember "Mr. Softee" ice cream trucks.
> you remember that the girls wore their hair in a "bee hive" style.
> you remember wearing "pony cleets" on your shoes.
> you remember the first "color" t.v. set that was in your house.
> you used a "rotary dial" telephone.
> you wanted information, you went to a library.
> you remember the fun of going to the local movie theater.
> you paid $.25 cents admission to a movie theater.
> you remember there were no swear words in movies.
> you had respect for your elders.
> you remember the Ed Sullivan Show.
> you remember when you first heard The Beatles.
> you remember where you were when JFK was killed.
> you had morning prayer in class; and it was considered a good thing.
> you remember that someone being caught smoking on school grounds was really a BIG thing.
> you remember that: we had no computers, no cell phones, no videos or dvd's, nor any other electronic gadgets. And, we were not bored!
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September 03, 2009 08:10 AM
You remember hiding under your desk when the school bell rang during "nuclear war" tests You remember milk and butter being delivered to the back door
You used to wait for the Helms Bakery truck to come down the street with bread, doughnuts, cupcakes, and other sweets
You used to collect for UNICEF on Halloween
You wanted to be just like Hayley Mills...or surf like Gidget
You popped wheelies on your groovy Schwinn Stingray bicycle with the banana seat and the sissy bar dreaming of "Easy Rider"
You distressed you blue jeans yourself in your mother's tub with a little bleach and then you ripped up the knees a little
You and your best friend tie-dyed your own t-shirts in your mother's wash basin with Rit
You wore at least one peace symbol at all times
You may have even worn an ankh!
You had a blacklight to show off your blacklight posters of Jimi Henrix and the burning of the Bank America (which you didn't mention when Bank of America hired you and then promoted you to management decades later)
After you came out as a lesbian you DATED one of the UCSB students who helped burn the Bank of America branch in the poster
You made peace signs on a lanyard and sent it to your family's friend who was in Vietnam...but he was really in Laos because our government lied to us
Your friend finally came back from Vietnam and Laos with a middle-class drug habit and post-traumatic whatever...and gave you his army jacket which you wore every day at school over your girl's school uniform with a black arm band to protest the war
Wherever you are Bob White, formerly of the US Army's 1st Cavalry: we've tried to locate you via the Internet and still remember you with love! We'd love to connect with you again!
Source(s):
http://www.emusic.com/album/Studio-Group-Helms-Old-Fashioned-Bread-Commerci...,
http://www.helmsbakerydistrict.com/recipies.html,
Tags: stingray, helms, vietnam, bakery, boomer
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September 03, 2009 01:23 PM
If you watched Ed Sullivan on the three consecutive weekends that the Beatles first appeared on American TV, then you are a real baby boomer
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September 03, 2009 03:32 PM
You may be a boomer if.... You remember where you were when you first heard the Beatles sing "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iim6s8Ea_bE
And played with Pet Rocks
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There's no way I can top your answer, but
You may be a baby boomer if . . .
call forwarding meant that your friend's mother had to tell you that your mom was hollering from the front porch.
"happy and gay" meant "happy and . . .happy."
you can state with certainty that rubbers are shoe covers.
you walked to and from school.
you have no trouble remembering the names of all 100 kids in your immediate neighborhood.
you barely survived the ordeal of running with sharp objects.
you know how to do long division with pencil and paper.
you learned how to crouch against the wall in the school hallway, and cover your head with a book, in the event of a nuclear fallout.
you don't give a damn that people are starving in China.
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I remember all that. I also remember putting my baseball glove on my handlebar and my bat over my shoulder and riding my bike 3 miles to play little league, just us kids. no moms, no dads, just us. It was simple.
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