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LeftInTX

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68. Elvis was becoming a thing, the year I was born.

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:35 AM

Oct 2020

I wanted to see John Glenn's spacecraft fly over our house! (Thanks mom for teasing me with that...dad says it will be too small to see)

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Without using numbers, how old are you? [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2020 OP

Ozzie and Harriet ( the college years) old... samnsara Oct 2020 #1

Youngster! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2020 #3

We wore corduroy pants in the late 70's, JenniferJuniper Oct 2020 #2

Fifties corduroy pants ruined me for corduroy forever. I can still hear the sound they made when I Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2020 #5

Bell bottoms and long hair aside, I got a kick ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #4

Hippie! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2020 #9

6.5 oz nickel bottle Coke machine old soothsayer Oct 2020 #6

Nehru jackets Just_Vote_Dem Oct 2020 #7

Older than my teeth, younger than my hair. Lars39 Oct 2020 #8

Great answer!! You win MichaelSoE Oct 2020 #15

Can't claim credit....read it here loooong ago. Lars39 Oct 2020 #43

good one!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2020 #102

Saturday Night Massacre old The Genealogist Oct 2020 #10

7 person party line old Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #11

Pumped gas at 19.9 cents per gallon. gibraltar72 Oct 2020 #12

The first phone number I can remember had less digits than a person has on their left hand MichaelSoE Oct 2020 #13

100 years younger than Canada Laelth Oct 2020 #14

This was the hi tech phone of the day when I got my first cell phone in high school DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2020 #16

I remember Ike as president beachbumbob Oct 2020 #17

Me, too - but he was not president when I was born. nt csziggy Oct 2020 #74

Dwight Eisenhower old. n/t ChazII Oct 2020 #18

I'm Jimmy Dean, Arthur Godfrey and Sing Along with Mitch old. nt Kahuna Oct 2020 #19

Doing the garden, digging the weeds... redwitch Oct 2020 #20

My first president of memory is Carter. My biggest concert GreenPartyVoter Oct 2020 #21

I'm your age stopwastingmymoney Oct 2020 #32

Remember Pearl Harbor northoftheborder Oct 2020 #22

black and white tv with 3 networks old rurallib Oct 2020 #23

Listening to the radio in the evening. Chipper Chat Oct 2020 #24

As old as the State of Israel... agingdem Oct 2020 #25

Vaguely remember Truman as president unc70 Oct 2020 #26

30 cents a gallon, hang 10 feet, black & white TV with 3 channels, Indian fringe leather jacket. Dustlawyer Oct 2020 #27

I'm Kate Smith, Kookla, Fran and Ollie old. Plunk your magic twanger Froggy. nt Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #28

Haha - every day I "push the magic button, Froggie" on the Mr. Coffee. Backseat Driver Oct 2020 #30

I could never tell a lie while hooked up to this wretched machine, Backseat Driver Oct 2020 #29

I'm, 'John John' saluting his daddy's casket, old... WePurrsevere Oct 2020 #31

Same age as Johnny Rotten and Exene Cervenka DBoon Oct 2020 #33

Vaguely remember Winky Dink and You on tv Wicked Blue Oct 2020 #34

The Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee the year I was born. vsrazdem Oct 2020 #35

Moses and I were in Elementary school Chainfire Oct 2020 #36

Hehe! Wawannabe Oct 2020 #61

Went to grade school when Christ was a Lance Corporal... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #37

I'm old enough to remember the Brooklyn Dodgers moving to Los Angeles! mnhtnbb Oct 2020 #38

My mother grew up on the same block/area whistler162 Oct 2020 #106

Grounded! You are NOT going to Woodstock. Clearly fogged in Oct 2020 #39

I remember when my dad got back from the Korean War. panader0 Oct 2020 #40

Coal shoot in House old. Fla Dem Oct 2020 #41

Do you know what time it is? wnylib Oct 2020 #82

Gosh, should not have left her off the list. Fla Dem Oct 2020 #86

We had one of the first TV's wnylib Oct 2020 #88

Great memories for sure!!! Fla Dem Oct 2020 #89

Yes, early TV memories remind me wnylib Oct 2020 #90

I saw the opening of Disneyland. It was broadcast on TV. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #42

I watched Tobar as a kid when the TV station started their day in the afternoon. LiberalArkie Oct 2020 #44

I'm rotary phone years old. Aristus Oct 2020 #45

Old enough to know better Ron Obvious Oct 2020 #46

JFK died when I was in diapers old jmowreader Oct 2020 #47

jfk died when i was in 3rd grade old. ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 #63

You, me, and Obama. Iggo Oct 2020 #78

I'm Obama old. BainsBane Oct 2020 #48

I started going to sea cloudbase Oct 2020 #49

Beatles Song From Sgt. Pepper ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #50

Actual icebox in my aunt's house old. Tracer Oct 2020 #51

Four score minus twenty-seven years ago. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #52

pay toilets IcyPeas Oct 2020 #53

I sound a lot younger in hexadecimal Ron Obvious Oct 2020 #54

That's easy: when I was born, the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. n/t malthaussen Oct 2020 #55

Dad trying to build a fallout shelter, JFK assassination & funeral, Bull Conner JustFiveMoreMinutes Oct 2020 #56

I'm lots of official-looking-but-not-official-government junkmail old nuxvomica Oct 2020 #57

I'm test pattern old..... Brother Buzz Oct 2020 #58

Born the same year the KC Chiefs Wawannabe Oct 2020 #59

Not as old as the rest of you old farts Major Nikon Oct 2020 #60

My first memory is the moon landing Mad_Dem_X Oct 2020 #62

I remember when roller skates had keys to tighten them onto shoes. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2020 #64

First memory North Korea invaded South Korea. marie999 Oct 2020 #65

As old as the Marshall Plan. sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #66

I was on Romper Room the day JFK was killed ironflange Oct 2020 #67

Elvis was becoming a thing, the year I was born. LeftInTX Oct 2020 #68

I'm this old vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #69

I'm $0.03 First Class postage old. Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #70

Cost a nickel table top jukebox old. Solly Mack Oct 2020 #71

I'll play Piasladic Oct 2020 #72

I am E.T. old deepthought42 Oct 2020 #73

I'm old enough to know better👼 Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2020 #75

First Edition Barbie old. ploppy Oct 2020 #76

I'm orange van with Cragars and big ol' meats old. Iggo Oct 2020 #77

I'm Sputnik old n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2020 #79

I'm snack pack pudding in a can old... Phentex Oct 2020 #80

Old enough to retire Wolf Frankula Oct 2020 #81

Two. My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #83

Truman was president when I was born, wnylib Oct 2020 #84

LVII n/t Shrek Oct 2020 #85

Every Sunday morning, I'd read sarge43 Oct 2020 #87

Silly Putty + Sunday funnies old! nt mentalsolstice Oct 2020 #91

I remember Hoot Gibson, B&W Philco TV (With no remote) packman Oct 2020 #92

I was in diapers when Elvis died. Niagara Oct 2020 #93

Same age as Opie Ohiya Oct 2020 #94

I was on the Bozo the Clown show. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #95

You were in the audience? Niagara Oct 2020 #107

No, I was actually on the show. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #109

Yes, that's too young to remember. Niagara Oct 2020 #111

WW II old...FDR was President. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2020 #96

I still used slide rules for some years after hand-held calculators became common struggle4progress Oct 2020 #97

In geological terms DFW Oct 2020 #98

Born the same year as McDonalds OxQQme Oct 2020 #99

Bicentennial baby old krispos42 Oct 2020 #100

Disney World (Florida) opening old. (same age as me) marmar Oct 2020 #101

I'm New Episodes of Gilligan's Island in Black and White old. Iggo Oct 2020 #103

Dirt. 😁 Duppers Oct 2020 #104

I like IKE whistler162 Oct 2020 #105

I am as old as the film "Full Metal Jacket" sakabatou Oct 2020 #108

Teachers could beat the shit out of schoolchildren old. Kaleva Oct 2020 #110

Sparkle Plenty doll old, but frogmarch Oct 2020 #112