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In reply to the discussion: Without using numbers, how old are you? [View all]OxQQme
(2,550 posts)99. Born the same year as McDonalds
Bell Laboratories' physicists invented the transistor. Smaller, cheaper, and faster than a vacuum tube, it revolutionized the field of electronics. Edwin Land invented the Polaroid Land® camera. It was the first camera to produce finished prints instantly in this case, 60 seconds.
Same age as Ringo and John Lennon.
Average Price for a new car $850.00.
Nylon stockings.
Older than Rosie the riveter.
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Fifties corduroy pants ruined me for corduroy forever. I can still hear the sound they made when I
Floyd R. Turbo
Oct 2020
#5
The first phone number I can remember had less digits than a person has on their left hand
MichaelSoE
Oct 2020
#13
This was the hi tech phone of the day when I got my first cell phone in high school
DetroitLegalBeagle
Oct 2020
#16
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
I watched Tobar as a kid when the TV station started their day in the afternoon.
LiberalArkie
Oct 2020
#44
Dad trying to build a fallout shelter, JFK assassination & funeral, Bull Conner
JustFiveMoreMinutes
Oct 2020
#56
I still used slide rules for some years after hand-held calculators became common
struggle4progress
Oct 2020
#97