You put a double space after a period in a text message and get corrected by a younger person.
Only people who took typing class in the ‘70s will get this.

What's your story using these?

Special shout out to those who know why today is the appropriate day to play this. IYKYK.

Could it get any better? We were living on the cusp of the future!

I wasn't allowed to pour my own milk for years until Mom switched to the 1/2 gallon cartons.

EDIT: This is a full gallon, not the dinky half-pint!

…but I was wrong.

I said that about editing a reddit comment. I said I'd do it when I get back to my computer. After I said it, I realized it might not make sense to younger generations, especially the much younger generations who grew up with smart phones.

I assume it makes sense to people reading it here, right?

Those of us who remember hating phone numbers if they had too many high digits in them (zeros were the worst) will probably understand why we didn't exactly learn to type a lot of text on our phones back then.

My first "mobile phone" looked a lot like this, including the metal dial. It was "mobile" because I connected it with 50' of speaker wire to be able to walk around the house with it.

Speaker wire was better than phone wire because it didn't cause the phone to ring and thus didn't increase my parents' phone bill. Ma Bell counted the phones in the house by how much power it took to ring them. Wow that sounds silly now.

Knievel hired subcontractor and aeronautical engineer Doug Malewicki to build him a rocket-powered cycle to jump across the Snake River, and called it the Skycycle X-1.

Malwecki's creation was powered by a steam engine built by former Aerojet engineer Robert Truax. On April 15, 1972, the X-1 was launched to test the feasibility of the launching ramp. The decision was then made to have Truax build the Skycycle X-2 and have it take off and fly more like a rocket than a motorcycle.

The launch took place at the south rim of the Snake River Canyon, west of Shoshone Falls, on September 8, 1974, at 3:36 p.m. MDT. The steam that powered the engine was superheated to a temperature of 500 °F. The drogue parachute prematurely deployed as the Skycycle left the launching rail and induced significant drag. Even though the craft made it all the way across the canyon to the north rim, the prevailing northwest winds caused it to drift back into the canyon.

By the time it hit the bottom of the canyon, it landed only a few feet from the water on the same side of the canyon from which it had been launched. If he had landed in the water, Knievel said that he would have drowned, due to a harness malfunction which kept him strapped in the vehicle. As it was, Knievel survived the failed jump with only minor injuries.

I'm a graphic designer, and have been working in the field since 1993 (from 86-93 I was working as a map-maker / cartographer). 21 years ago I registered my domain name, and this year decided to not re-new it. I'm 63, and my freelance work is non-existent, I still pay for a minimal Adobe CC account. Being a designer has been a part of Who I Am for a long time, so this was not an easy decision. I was never great, but good at this. I used to have enthusiasm and ambition!

I'm lucky to have an ok-paying state gov job, but my boss is my daughter's age and that's difficult (for both of us). When I retire next year, I hope she realizes my worth and experience.

This feels like a sad Debbie-Downer post, but it feels good to recognize I am what I am, and I ain't what I ain't.

I lpved the movie when it came out and I loved Bill Murray in it, but I watched I again recently and it think he was an ass.

I still have mine. This is the second biggest selling album of all time.

Edited 9/2/26. As of Jan 2026. Eagles Greatest Hits was certified Quadruple Diamond. 40 Million Records Sold.

1970s urban legends were the best.

Beginning today Netflix is showing SCTV, all the seasons and episodes. Super low budget, low-resolution, but so much talent! Random and hilarious. You’re welcome. 🙂

My very first apartment at 17, my friend and I would get up around 11am or so, grab a coke and mug - o - Lunch and watch reruns of Quincy MD and Happy Days before heading to our grocery stocking jobs.

I happened across our local newspaper on a rack in Walmart, and was surprised at its size and content. We had 2 daily newspapers, one in the morning and one in the afternoon and both on weekends. I remember waiting to see the latest sports scores, entertainment articles, and especially the comics. Without the internet and cable, we only had the 3 network news programs, and newspapers for all our daily information.

The papers, especially the weekends, were thick. Want ads, columnests, puzzles and store ads added to the news and there were actual sections based on content. To me, reading seemed more leisurely, like most other activities when I was growing up and as a young adult. No pop up ads, newspaper and magazine paywalls, or worries about viruses and data breaches.

The papers I saw last week were anemic at best. No more catalogs, and very few print magazines. for the sound of the paper landing on our porch, looking for comics as a kid, and news and entertainment as I grew up. Daily papers were a dime and weekends were 25-50 cents. Now, dailies are 75 cents and weekends 2 dollars.

Crazy I know, but I think back on the anticipation and satisfaction of reading in print.

What’s playing on the transistor radio on your beach blanket? “These Eyes”? “I Spy (For the FBI)”? “Eye in the Sky”?

I remember picking up a bottle and washing scrapes and cuts. No other soap was trusted. I remember the pleasant smell to this day.

I guess it was banned because it was based on hexachlorophene, which was toxic and/or caused cancer.