I'm so old I Remember when:

[Alibreit]

I was in Germany (my dad was stationed over there) when the Berlin Wall came down and I remember all of the celebrations that happened with it coming down.

 

[Buckeye Amy]

I was in Germany (my dad was stationed over there) when the Berlin Wall came down and I remember all of the celebrations that happened with it coming down.

I was stationed in Stuttgart and watched the Berliners climbing up on the wall as they were hitting it with sledge hammers! Very exciting!

 

[Buckeye Amy]

I remember when this was a "smartwatch".
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I remember when these came out, only the "rich kids" had them. Math teachers made them leave them out of the classroom during tests!

 

[LaurenRitz]

I think I was in high school before I saw a calculator, and even then it was considered cheating to use it in school. You had a brain for a reason!

 

[Canadian Wind]

I think I was in high school before I saw a calculator, and even then it was considered cheating to use it in school. You had a brain for a reason!

In grade school, we learned to use an abacus!

My dad was an accountant so there were always calculators around the house, but we were never allowed one in school either.

I think my jaw hit the floor when I went to my son's play (in high school) and the girl collecting the entry fee had to use one to figure out the change for $14 out of a $20!!!

 

[LaurenRitz]

In grade school, we learned to use an abacus!

My dad was an accountant so there were always calculators around the house, but we were never allowed one in school either.

I think my jaw hit the floor when I went to my son's play (in high school) and the girl collecting the entry fee had to use one to figure out the change for $14 out of a $20!!!

I was going to do a shocked face, but I'm actually not surprised. One thing that gets me is that no one uses the "cents" symbol. It's not even an option.

 

[Canadian Wind]

I was going to do a shocked face, but I'm actually not surprised. One thing that gets me is that no one uses the "cents" symbol. It's not even an option.

Yeah whatever happened to it??

 

[LaurenRitz]

Yeah whatever happened to it??

I think somebody fed the symbols table to a chicken. It's been so long ago I don't even remember when I realized it was gone.

 

[Sally PB]

My step-dad told me that in the early 60s (I think), one of his coworkers had bought a calculator that did the four arithmetic functions. It was the size of a paperback book and cost $100. A fortune at the time.

 

[Nomadicus]

I was going to do a shocked face, but I'm actually not surprised. One thing that gets me is that no one uses the "cents" symbol. It's not even an option.

I still use the ¢ symbol.... rather than $.29 as it will always be 29¢ to me.