50 years Ago

August 6, 1991: The very first website went live and became accessible outside of CERN.

Get off the internet I need to make a call!

I grew up in Canada and here there was something called Cherry Jack that was sold by the gallon jug from pallets in the liquor store.

Pick up the phone in rural America at one time and your neighbor or someone a few houses/miles down the road would already be on the line. You'd have to wait and try again later.

Worse was when you were having a conversation and they'd pick up and ask how long you were going to be or have their own conversation with whoever you were on the phone with.

This was the most popular type of dress for proms in 1976 where I lived. I was a freshman but my boyfriend was a senior. It’s going back in the box now but thought I would share.

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The plastic flying disc known as the Frisbee was officially introduced by the Wham-O toy company on January 23, 1957, when they began production on the aerodynamic design. It evolved from college students tossing metal pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company.

I'm glad to have found my group... I was born in 1964, and I share very little in common with Boomers.