turbo_nick some guy... Member 277 Member For: 22y 6m 23d Posted 06/02/03 09:14 AM Share Posted 06/02/03 09:14 AM I pitty the kids of today... *beep*, I was born in 1980 and my childhood consisted of riding around on my BMX, or whatever other bike I had, playing in sand, or with toy cars in dirt, watching Smurfs, Fraggle Rock the ORIGINAL Transformers! Bah! Kids don't know how to play anymore! All they do is watch bloody TV! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniken I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it Donating Members 4,316 Member For: 22y 4m 17d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, south west Posted 06/02/03 10:14 AM Author Share Posted 06/02/03 10:14 AM XR8Chic said: have you actually seen some of the crappy cartoons kids get these days?I mean "funky cops" - what the *beep* is that?!?!dragonballz ? give me smurfs anyday!! Go Smurfs Go Smurfs.And whatever happened to Marty the Monster, or even The Harry and Ralph Show? Where do kids go today to get that sort of quality - Dorothy the F'ing Dinosaur?? I think not!All hail Papa Smurf!!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge Member 90 Member For: 22y 5m 2d Location: Brisbane Posted 06/02/03 10:44 AM Share Posted 06/02/03 10:44 AM No VCR's, No DVD and if you wanted petrol (only super) or smokes after 6pm there where only one or two places to go..Seat belts only existed in some cars, cops could only pull you over for drink driving for another reason (like lights out etc), 3 speed auto and 4 speed manual the norm.But no wars, no Iraq issues, the world was a lot more at peace. No aids, happy people, a carefree lifestyle.For all the improvements in todays society, I wish my kids could have grown up when I did. It wasn't as comfortable as life today but it sure was free and easy.......... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saleen Big Gun Donating Members 4,170 Member For: 22y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 06/02/03 12:00 PM Share Posted 06/02/03 12:00 PM Lol, my first computer was a Tandy TRS-80 with a whopping 16k RAM and a tape drive. I think my mouse pad has more power than that bloody thing. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 06/02/03 12:23 PM Share Posted 06/02/03 12:23 PM saleen1 said: Lol, my first computer was a Tandy TRS-80 with a whopping 16k RAM and a tape drive. I think my mouse pad has more power than that bloody thing. Man you had the FANCY one...mine only had 4K. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 06/02/03 12:27 PM Share Posted 06/02/03 12:27 PM aniken said: You kids today have got it too easy You're spoiled, I swear to God! You guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984! 1984.....I remember that.I was a 3rd year apprentice, working 7:30 - 4:00 for a measly $131 per week. Catching a bus and a train, then walking 1km to work....hanging out for my 18th birthday so I could get my licence.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Member 397 Member For: 22y 3m 7d Location: Brisbane Posted 06/02/03 09:22 PM Share Posted 06/02/03 09:22 PM Well when I was a kid....My first computer was an Atari Compumate that had 16K of memory - at leat that is what the box said. It actually had 2K of RAM and 14K ROM (in case someone doesnt understand the different - the RAM is the bit used by user programs, ROM is not normally mentioned in specs).It was an ordinary Atari games console (the original one) with a "computer" add on we bought later.The add on had a keyboard that went over the top of the atari (remember it had a larege front) and it had an interface that plugged into the games carteridge slot and two cables with jpystick connections to plug into the joystick ports.Man that thing made the Turbo look slow I outgrew the RAM in about 2 weeks so we bought a Sinclair Spectrum Z80 with 16Kb RAM and a tape drive.I outgrew the RAM on that in a few weeks/months so we upgraded to a massive 48Kb RAM (now were talking!!!)[by out grew the RAM I mean the BASIC programs I was writing would no longer load into memory] Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJF077 The Noble Leader Administrator 4,786 Member For: 22y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Australia Posted 06/02/03 09:30 PM Share Posted 06/02/03 09:30 PM haha .. remember the brick mobile phones too? I remember when i was doing a business management diploma this guy in our class had a phillips brick phone. Damn it was big.. and i think his dad paid like $3500 for it or something. I also remember when i was younger my uncle had one of the first car phones. This massive thing on a cable. And i recall the phone calls were like $1.50 for 30 seconds or something. Something ridiculous. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 4m 20d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 06/02/03 10:14 PM Share Posted 06/02/03 10:14 PM CJF077 said: And I recall the phone calls were like $1.50 for 30 seconds or something. Something ridiculous. I think that's what Vodfone chrge me on my current mobile... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Member 66 Member For: 22y 6m 26d Posted 06/02/03 11:28 PM Share Posted 06/02/03 11:28 PM 1984......................in 1984 I was earning my own wage and had moved out of mum & dad place a few years ago. None of this living at home doing SFA well into your 20's or 30's.Now when I was .................... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/841-when-i-was-your-age/page/2/#findComment-8919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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