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Back in the mid 1980s, I shared an office with a newly graduated young engineer. She had just stated on this her first job. Being an engineer who grew-up using a slide rule for calculations, I needed to do some calculation and not wanting to go the the office electronic calculator, I pulled out my slide rule and was working away. After a minute or two I was aware of someone leaning over my desk. It was the newly hired engineer. She looked at me and said. "I've never see a slide rule, let alone any one who knew how to use one."
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Several years ago I was at a Burger King when the electricity went out. The register was open, the employee asked the manager how was she going to figure the change, the reply was: do it the old fashion way and handed her a calculator, no joke.
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My twin sisters are16 years younger than me. I was at the folk's house once and an old black and white movie was on TV and one of them was over turning knobs and when I asked what was wrong she said "there is no color". I said "its a black and white movie". She says "Duh, its a color TV." I said "good luck" and left LOL
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At the gym young female desk employee asked me if I had a movie her and her boyfriend could watch!They were bored & had little $$$ to spend.I said sure & gave her To catch a thief....(Cary Grant & Grace Kelly)for the weekend.Mon.she returns the tape & said....who are those people!!THAT movie was AWESOME!!You have anymore! I said Cary Grant & Grace Kelly!
They must be new...don't know who they are.She is beautiful.SIGH....she is...& HE IS AWESOME! LOL!
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My twin sisters are16 years younger than me. I was at the folk's house once and an old black and white movie was on TV and one of them was over turning knobs and when I asked what was wrong she said "there is no color". I said "its a black and white movie". She says "Duh, its a color TV." I said "good luck" and left LOL
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When I go somewhere and order at the counter and they ask for a name I always say "Frank Zappa" and never get a raised eye brow. Once as I turned away another customer said "Right over her head"
I would bet Keith Richards, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jim Morrison wouldn't get a blink for many of the younger set either. Sometimes I even wonder if they would even respond to Elvis Presley
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I go by Jose Jimenez...I am an Astronaut...
I get the same reaction...the blank stare. If I said Bill Dana, they would really be stumped.
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I remember Jose Jimenez. On one show he told about attending an
American baseball game. He said we were all so friendly. Before the
game started we all stood up and sang Jose can you see?
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I remember Jose Jimenez. On one show he told about attending an
American baseball game. He said we were all so friendly. Before the
game started we all stood up and sang Jose can you see?
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Yep, used to catch him Sundays on the Ed Sullivan show. Just like the show “You asked for it” and so many others, the last few generations’ll never now what they’re missing. 
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There is also a lack of fundamental literacy and historical knowledge. I sometimes use relatively simple euphemisms for rather vile commentaries on the lack of worth of others* and the number of people who need to have them diagramed is truly sad.
*I grew up in upstate NY. I thought "mother" was a prefix until I was 18.
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I wonder who has the rights to "You are My Candy Girl". Some restaurant chain is gobbling it up. Never thought Bubble Gum music would make a come back.
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I go by Jose Jimenez...I am an Astronaut...
I get the same reaction...the blank stare. If I said Bill Dana, they would really be stumped.
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It's probably a lot from what you were constantly exposed to in your formative years. I'm sure the kids who grew up with a computer in their cribs think I just crawled out of a cave when I ask them to slowly walk me through setting up a virtual account or something like that.
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I also like Bing Crosby and David Bowie singing Little Drummer Boy.
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That was 1972. We always had Bing’s Christmas special on in our house. I was a big fan of Bowie back then and I still am. I was pleasantly shocked when I saw him knock on the door to that old English manor and walk in and chat and then start singing with Bing. .
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You may not be a Will Farrel fan, but he and John C. Reilly did a remarkable video cover line for line. They were serious up until about 4:40
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Back in the mid 1980s, I shared an office with a newly graduated young engineer. She had just stated on this her first job. Being an engineer who grew-up using a slide rule for calculations, I needed to do some calculation and not wanting to go the the office electronic calculator, I pulled out my slide rule and was working away. After a minute or two I was aware of someone leaning over my desk. It was the newly hired engineer. She looked at me and said. "I've never see a slide rule, let alone any one who knew how to use one."
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My dad is an engineer, retired of course. We used to tease him about having a water cooled slide rule.
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My dad was so fast with a slip stick that he could start fires with it.
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I enlisted in the Air Force in Feb. 1952. They sent us to Ft. Douglas in
Salt Lake City for physicals & to get sworn in. On some free time we
were walking down the street and I saw TV for the first time, in a
Department Store window. Black and White of course. From age 17 to
24 I never had much interest in television. Too busy chasing girls. At
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A girl or a TV?
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My dad is an engineer, retired of course. We used to tease him about having a water cooled slide rule.
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NO ! It was a Emerson
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An RCA or a Zenith? Sorry, could not resist. You are lucky.
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The old saying
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But they cannot beat the originals.
My thanks to CW3Mike for reminding me of this show(there are lots of things in the attic of my mind. Where, sometimes I fear, I will/have lost my marbles  ). 
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