what else is 25 in 2005? - Page 3

MikeW · 03-04-2005

About 2 years ago, I went to the store to buy a CD-Changer. Ended up getting a turntable. I asked the salesman for a pre-amp, and he didn't know what I was talking about.

**ryberg** · 03-04-2005

Of course I should have said that Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980; didn't take office until 1981, actually. But close enough for jazz!

Seems like there must be some sort of seminal event in personal computing around or close to 1980, as well, but don't know what that is. Maybe the compuer geeks out there can tell us if, for example, the Commodore 64K came out then or whatever?

Steve

**ryberg** · 03-04-2005

Actually U2's recording career, if not the band itself, is 25 this year. Boy was released in 1980.

Steve

**SunKneeMarie** · 03-04-2005

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Originally Posted by ryberg

Of course I should have said that Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980; didn't take office until 1981, actually. But close enough for jazz!

Seems like there must be some sort of seminal event in personal computing around or close to 1980, as well, but don't know what that is. Maybe the compuer geeks out there can tell us if, for example, the Commodore 64K came out then or whatever?

Steve

Hewlett Packard released their first personal computer in 1980.... Saddam Hussein was selected president of Iraq.... Chelsea Clinton was born....

How about the 25th anniversary of certain movies (this might make you feel even older than the records did):

Empire Strikes Back
Raging Bull
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ordinary People
Caddyshack
The Blues Brothers

Lil G · 03-04-2005

Okay, now that is kinda' creepy....never seen Ordinary People, or Raging Bull....is it worth the rental? I know it is boxing or something but, Raging Bull sounds like a Tarantino movie.

Lil G · 03-04-2005

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Originally Posted by ryberg

Actually U2's recording career, if not the band itself, is 25 this year. Boy was released in 1980.

Steve

I will follow? That was way cool...great drum riff.....

Beachnutt719 · 03-04-2005

My oldest son will be 25 in 2005. He was born the day John Lennon was shot.

cuffedlinks · 03-04-2005

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Originally Posted by Beachnutt719

My oldest son will be 25 in 2005. He was born the day John Lennon was shot.

...That was my 20th birthday.

Donna · 03-04-2005

Didn't Studio 54 get busted and shut down in 1980?

Big Kahuna · 03-04-2005

Average cost of a gallon of gas...$1.35 (Iran-Iraq War).

Beachnutt719 · 03-04-2005

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Originally Posted by Big Kahuna

Average cost of a gallon of gas...$1.35 (Iran-Iraq War).

Was that the year of the shortage with the mile long lines.

**ryberg** · 03-04-2005

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Originally Posted by cuffedlinks

...That was my 20th birthday.

So now doing some quick math to determine your age... let's see... carry the 4... quotient something or other... square root of... numerator divisible by...

Ah forget it.

Steve

**ryberg** · 03-04-2005

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Originally Posted by Big Kahuna

Average cost of a gallon of gas...$1.35 (Iran-Iraq War).

This is off the topic of what's 25 years old a bit, but I tell you what, I can vividly remember my father going on a rant one weekend when he came to pick me up and stopped at the same old local gas station and was outraged by the fact that gas had skyrocketed from 35 to 47 cents a gallon. No joke. I remember those figures exactly.

That's a fair stretch older than 1980, I'll tell ya!

Steve

cuffedlinks · 03-04-2005

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Originally Posted by ryberg

So now doing some quick math to determine your age... let's see... carry the 4... quotient something or other... square root of... numerator divisible by...

Ah forget it.

Steve

Ha...!!
You should quit thinking so much and get your arse to the BP....!!
Gotta make a webcam appearance!
...see some peeps...hand out a few brochures on this great beach lodging spot...take a copy of your reservations calendar with you...maybe even collect a few down payments on stays people won't remember making...

**ryberg** · 03-04-2005

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Originally Posted by cuffedlinks

Ha...!!
You should quit thinking so much and get your arse to the BP....!!
Gotta make a webcam appearance!
...see some peeps...hand out a few brochures on this great beach lodging spot...take a copy of your reservations calendar with you...maybe even collect a few down payments on stays people won't remember making...

I'll try to scrounge up some sort of wireless credit card machine or something. (They have those now, you know.)

And on that note, I'm off!

Oh, I'll be the one wearing my avatar on my back, btw...

Steve

03-04-2005	#31 (permalink)
MikeW añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 9,748	About 2 years ago, I went to the store to buy a CD-Changer. Ended up getting a turntable. I asked the salesman for a pre-amp, and he didn't know what I was talking about.

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ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: real America Posts: 11,980	Of course I should have said that Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980; didn't take office until 1981, actually. But close enough for jazz! Seems like there must be some sort of seminal event in personal computing around or close to 1980, as well, but don't know what that is. Maybe the compuer geeks out there can tell us if, for example, the Commodore 64K came out then or whatever? Steve

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ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: real America Posts: 11,980	Actually U2's recording career, if not the band itself, is 25 this year. *Boy* was released in 1980. Steve

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Lil G añejo Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,415	Okay, now that is kinda' creepy....never seen Ordinary People, or Raging Bull....is it worth the rental? I know it is boxing or something but, Raging Bull sounds like a Tarantino movie.

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Beachnutt719 añejo Join Date: May 2004 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,972	My oldest son will be 25 in 2005. He was born the day John Lennon was shot.

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Donna añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin,Tx. Posts: 3,335	Didn't Studio 54 get busted and shut down in 1980?

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Big Kahuna añejo Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In a land far far away Posts: 1,590	Average cost of a gallon of gas...$1.35 (Iran-Iraq War).

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