My first car was a 73 Datsun 610, about the same color as this new one. It did not look this good, no sir.

No charge for CompuServe would have been awesome, it was painfully slow at 300 baud in the 80s but we didn’t know better back then :D

The BBS days were glorious! Never dialed into any long-distance, but our Physics teacher in high school let us set one up there in his class on TRS-80 Model III. Good times.

I was an Atari 800XL guy, and was jealous that Shatner shilled for Commodore :D

Ya got that right! They weren’t too thrilled when the bill came and cut it off after awhile. MegaWars was amazing, haha.

I’ve been online since 1985, paying CompuServe $6/hour for 300 baud. You don’t know the paaaaain.

Ah, yes. At least their debates are on during the week and when can people are, you know, actually watching and paying attention. Why are all the Dem debates between holidays and football? Cowardly.

You really consider the RNC debates a circus? In what way? And why is the DNC backing Hillary and trying to hide her?

Oh, that’s rich. Translation: “Nobody’s watching, that’s why.” The Republican debates have brought the highest ratings in history, son.

You know, I didn’t even notice the original date you posted that! LH re-ran this article for the new year and that’s how I found it, haha. Thank you for the update and tips! Sounds like you have a great system working and I will be trying your suggestions as I also live alone and have similar snacking tendencies :D…

Somehow I managed to convince my parents to take me and a buddy to go see An American Werewolf in London in 1981. We were 11 and 12. There was much cringing indeed.

That’s what gets me as well, not planning ahead and then regretting it later. Usually ends with a fast-food stop on the way home or something, not good.

Exactly. With all of the Apple products he was eager to mention.

Great story! I also remember using the computer systems back then, amazing how far things have come.

Well said!

Mine are the same, just crammed with people and details and backstory. You’re right about the memory aspect, it does often feel like someone loaded my brain Matrix-style with someone else’s life or something to that effect. Very cool, there’s just so much to them and I often remember more details days later.

Yeah! He was definitely too stupid and blindsided by being on a science fiction show set. #youdumbass

They’re not so well-liked for the most part here in AZ :|

I have a subscription to newspapers.com for that very reason. I’ve found tons of articles as well as mentions of family members for genealogical research, plus you can create and save PDF clips from the scanned pages.

Agreed! Always loved the work that went into the packaging of the games back then. Hands down my favorite were the Ultima games, which included a cloth map, spell books with original art, and a metal trinket. Good times.