Doramafan113 wrote:

That is old! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. You made me almost fall out of my chair.

Don't laugh too hard, you'll be my age someday too........and still posting on Jdorama like me.

Take Care and have fun watching KTSF this weekend.

g.f.

Was driving near Cisco HQ in SJ and spotted what is perhaps the last remaining orange grove in SJ, which had me remembering days in Southern California.


You know you're old when...

You can remember when there were orange groves in Orange County!
-PCM

you know you're old when....

you remember food prices to be MUCH, MUCH lower than they are now.

(i just bought a bento from soon's. man, i remember when that thing was $3.25. now, it's $6!! and it shrunk too!)

you cannot take excitement.
you cannot take coffee.
you get more and more the feeling of laziness when you are not lazy in the first place.

when you remember old electronics were at a much higher price than they are today.

like the VCR/VHS was $500 when it first came out and nowadays it is only selling for $70.

sodesuka wrote:

like the VCR/VHS was $500 when it first came out and nowadays it is only selling for $70.

Actually when VCRs first came out, they were near or over $1000... And the VHS tapes were $20 a pop...

bmwracer wrote:

Actually when VCRs first came out, they were near or over $1000... And the VHS tapes were $20 a pop...

sheez, i believe the first cd burners were also like that much, and blank media wasn't even available.

jholic wrote:

sheez, i believe the first cd burners were also like that much, and blank media wasn't even available.

I don't remember how much they were. I bought mine for $200. Now stores are giving them away it seems. Don't get me started about the cost of computers. I found some old ads in magazines while I was cleaning up. The first "portable" notebooks were around $3000-4000. (Note the quotations. They were still bricks)

speaking of 'bricks', you remember the first cellphones?? you needed a handtruck to tug the battery along.

This wasn't the Doogie Howser phone (where it was in the bag) was it? Or was it this one?

bmwracer wrote:

Actually when VCRs first came out, they were near or over $1000... And the VHS tapes were $20 a pop...

WA!!! $1,000!!!! ??????????

sodesuka wrote:

WA!!! $1,000!!!! ??????????

Yup.

2 and 4 hour speeds, 1 day programmable, top-loading, no remote, no search function, and it weighed around 25-30 pounds...

I think my dad had one of those VCRs. It actually worked up until a couple of years ago. Solid piece of equipment by Panasonic. You had to exert some force to push the play button.

dochira wrote:

I think my dad had one of those VCRs. It actually worked up until a couple of years ago. Solid piece of equipment by Panasonic. You had to exert some force to push the play button.

Yeah, all/most of the controls were mechanical, piano-keys...

My dad still has one of those early VCR Camcorders where it is a Giant video camera and you have to haul around the entire VCR with a great big battery attached. Must weigh 60 lbs.
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sodesuka wrote:

when you remember old electronics were at a much higher price than they are today. like the VCR/VHS was $500 when it first came out and nowadays it is only selling for $70.

VCRs cost $70 USD????? Wow, that's pretty steep--because you can get DVD/VCRs for just a few more 10s! I could get a VCR for $20 USD easy. Or less, if it didn't look snazzy, I'm sure!!!

yume wrote:

VCRs cost $70 USD????? Wow, that's pretty steep--because you can get DVD/VCRs for just a few more 10s! I could get a VCR for $20 USD easy. Or less, if it didn't look snazzy, I'm sure!!!

well, the more popular option is the vcr/dvd combos. they sell at about $100-150 in hawaii.

i know my dad's old cuz i found a camera of his, and i didn't even know how to work it! it just looked like a big brown box. i didn't know if you were supposed to crank it or what.

jholic wrote:

i know my dad's old cuz i found a camera of his, and i didn't even know how to work it! it just looked like a big brown box. i didn't know if you were supposed to crank it or what.

Wow, you're talking about a Kodak Brownie camera, right? That's probably a collector's item... $$$$$

You know your getting old when the oldest person on the forum is 10 years younger than you.
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206 wrote:

You know your getting old when the oldest person on the forum is 10 years younger than you.

You must be about 55-60 years old then.
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