Trends and Fads that you remember (just for fun)
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There may or may not be another CC'er who grew up playing intellivision games. And who may or may not have been excited to find the minotaur game for free in a downloadable emulator online. And who played it so much as a kid she still remembers all the controls and doesn't even need a cheat sheet. That's all I have to say about that.
Bell bottoms/elephant pants.
(Got this explanation as well.)
(Got this explanation as well.)
Q:Why do sailors wear bell bottom pants?
A:QUICK ANSWER
Bell bottom pants are often worn by sailors because their form makes sailors' work easier and safer. Although the style has long been synonymous with sailors, the look has been chosen more for its functionality than its appearance.
Bell bottom pants are often worn by sailors because their form makes sailors' work easier and safer. Although the style has long been synonymous with sailors, the look has been chosen more for its functionality than its appearance.
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Something like my first car. $750. Dad bought it for me in 1974. Sold it out from under me in 1977 for $250. I kept telling him it's a classic, but he didn't get that until the college student buying it kept asking, "Only $250? For real? No, really? Only $250?"
It had minor little problems. I could go from 0-60 in 60 minutes. It couldn't go up big hills. The only thing between me and the road was the carpet. (The undercarriage was rusted away, so I called it the Flintstonemobile.) It didn't like being cold, so any temperatures under 20 degrees, and it was just easier to assume I should walk. Oh, and it had a tendency to conk out, anywhere, any time, including the fast lane.
But all my college adventures happened because of that car. Trips to the shore just to buy saltwater taffy or peanuts. Trips down to my family in VA, (where I learned it didn't do big hills the hard way), and my first speeding ticket, where I learned the speedometer was off by 12 mph. I was "only" going 80. The cop clocked me at 92. The speed limit was 55.
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I'd contribute to your YouTube channel just for a video (go ahead and create one! 
) of the Infamous Willie-T... hula hooping.
(Actually, it's just because I'm jealous. No matter how long you hula hoop, it'll be longer than I ever did because I could never get it to even stay in place!)
) of the Infamous Willie-T... hula hooping. (Actually, it's just because I'm jealous. No matter how long you hula hoop, it'll be longer than I ever did because I could never get it to even stay in place!)
Gameboys were a step in the right direction, though. Those Tiger LCD games were awful : p
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Ive also read that they werent even all that cheap, like they could be around 20$ per game. So besides like the initial 99$ to get the Gameboy, youd be better off getting Gameboy games than you would these things, haha.
[VIDEO=youtube;7HQAFlGD10k]https://youtu.be/7HQAFlGD10k[/VIDEO]
Ive also read that they werent even all that cheap, like they could be around 20$ per game. So besides like the initial 99$ to get the Gameboy, youd be better off getting Gameboy games than you would these things, haha.
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Pong came out when I was in college, so didn't grow up on it. We got an Atari with the money we received at our wedding. Although I wasn't a teenager, I set the county record. (Could have kept going, but it was four hours into it, and they didn't have pause buttons for bathroom breaks. lol)
Never got another game console after Intellivision. It seems hubby missed me when I spent the whole night playing, and, since it was hooked up to the TV, he also missed primetime TV.
I'm a bit obsessive.
Never got another game console after Intellivision. It seems hubby missed me when I spent the whole night playing, and, since it was hooked up to the TV, he also missed primetime TV.
I'm a bit obsessive.
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It was. The first-gen Mercury Cougar was built on the same chassis as the Ford Mustang. It could be ordered (if you knew how to use the build list to your advantage), with all manner of go-fast parts. It had the benefit of lower insurance rates because it WASN'T a Ford Mustang, and it was kind of a "sleeper" because nobody expected much from a Mercury Cougar, until you opened the throttle on the 428CJ under the hood and blew the doors off your rivals.
