Heard an interesting tidbit on Fox from herman cain today, for those millenials, 18 year old included, they have never known an economy where they could find good full time paying jobs, and if dismissed, have a decent prospect at finding another good paying job in a reasonable amount of time.

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Originally posted by Old Seadog:
Register for the draft.

What?

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Walk to school. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways.

With barbed wire wrapped around your bare feet for traction on the ice.

At least you had feet.

-Rob

Learn how to just sit quietly.

Learn how to deal with boredom.

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Originally posted by Holger Danske:

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Originally posted by Old Seadog:
Register for the draft.

Well, to be fair, 18-year-old males are required to register with Selective Service.

Yeah, that.

And depending on where you go to high school, teachers either beat the patriot's drum or rail om about conscription, Vietnam, and capitalist hypocrisy.

Pay for their own car which would likely be a jalopy just about ready for the junk heap.

Having their mom say, "be home for dinner" or "be home by dark".


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When taking photos, waiting to have them developed, and then finding that over half of the 36 images are blurry, incorrect exposure, etc.

Calling your friend's house and most likely speaking to a parent first.

Having to sit near a phone to make a call.

To watch an X movie in a theater

Hide magazines in their room.

Walking to the front door and asking for your daughter before a date, taking the time to introduce himself to the father. Opening the car door for daughter.

I was not allowed to show my displeasure to this young fella.

Actually roll up a car window.

Getting permission to quickly call your friend five miles up the road because it was long distance.

Raid dad's porn stash.

Try to spot a boob through the fuzz on the blocked cable nudie channel.

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Originally posted by Holger Danske:

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Originally posted by Old Seadog:
Register for the draft.

Well, to be fair, 18-year-old males are required to register with Selective Service.

They still do???

Do math without a calculator.

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Originally posted by PeteF:
Get up to change the channel on the Tv.

Get up to answer the phone.

Place a collect call.

Use a pay phone.

Points and condenser

Read a book
Push mow a lawn
Fight with their sister about not tying up the phone because you're waiting on a call.

1) Write a check, and balance a checkbook.

2a) Invite a buddy over because he's really good at this video game, and you've tried everything but can't figure out how to beat this one part. (Or...)

2b) Ask your mom for a ride to the bookstore or video game store so you can look it up in the strategy guide.

3) Dial eleventy-hundred digits to use a prepaid calling card to make a phone call from a pay phone.

4) Wait until you get back to the library so you can look at an encyclopedia to answer that question that's been nagging you. (After you've tried asking Mom and Dad, and they didn't know the answer.)

Go to the store to buy something

Wait for something to come on TV.. not cable.. TV

Near my house is a real old school arcade, not just some games, but a real arcade. Black lights, noise, jukebox blasting, pinball, smoke, a shitty bathroom, just games jammed in rows. They have all the old good stuff and some new. You just pay $10 to get in and can stay and play all you want. Took my son to show him what an arcade was. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Star Wars, etc.

Get kicked off the 14.4 AOL connection because your Mom wanted to use the phone.

Use a floppy disk (any size)

Know that although you were loved, you were definitely the low man on the totem pole in the household.

Be able to experience non-supervised play time for hours on end. As long as your didn't get maimed and made it home for dinner on time, all was good.

Get disciplined (spanked) by a friend's parents.

- Load a program off a floppy disk
- Load a program off a cassette tape
- Play Pong and Breakout on the TV
- Listen to the sound chalk makes when you angle it just right on the chalkboard. Everything is now whiteboards and pens.