Dread Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 28 minutes ago, Kscriv said: This thread is over 10 years old. Hahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Kscriv said: This thread is over 10 years old. Post of the Day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 An attempt to one-up Kellen: I was still in middle school when this thread was started, and I'm currently in the process of getting things sorted out so I can graduate college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted September 28, 2018 Report Share Posted September 28, 2018 Was talking to a co-worker a few weeks ago and asked if they watch the Venture Bros as I'd been doing a re-watch. They said they always wanted to, but their mom wouldn't allow them to because it was on too late and not meant for kids. That stunned me. The show first dropped when I was in high school. Only then did it hit me that it's been around for fifteen years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted September 28, 2018 Report Share Posted September 28, 2018 I was involved in a couple student groups in college, and wrote the constitution for one of them. They are still using basically the same constitution that I wrote when I was an undergrad. Some of the current members of that club were born after I wrote it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 On 9/27/2018 at 12:26 PM, Kscriv said: This thread is over 10 years old. How very meta of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Next year my two oldest great nephews will be 20 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 It occurs to me that the woman working at the ice cream shop today was probably born in 1999 or 2000. Yes. People born then are legal adults now. (Which I referenced earlier with my oldest great nephew being 20. But still. I am old.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Being several years older than college students is too weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Donomark said: Being several years older than college students is too weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 To be honest, anything Dan posts in here is going to get that reaction. Such as wax discs and the electric grammaphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 On 4/16/2019 at 4:17 PM, slothian said: To be honest, anything Dan posts in here is going to get that reaction. Such as wax discs and the electric grammaphones. Well, vinyl has made a comeback in recent years, so hey, Dan's people have re-found him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 On 4/14/2019 at 4:57 PM, Dan said: I think Dan and I are the same age. My kids are 5 and 7, but I am at the point where I could have children old enough to be college students. If I recall correctly from the podcast Dan and Mike did on Star Wars Episode II, @Dan's son would actually be that age now. I've had at least 4 or 5 people ask if my younger child is my grandson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 I started my first job, as a busboy for a Big Boy restaurant, thirty years ago this month. Thirty years ago this month. Thirty years. I was super excited to be making $3.85 per hour instead of the minimum wage of $3.35. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 Similar thing here. Next year will be 30 years since my first job. I was a 12-year-old stock boy at a mob-owned grocery story. (Not even kidding.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kscriv Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 I assume that's as common in Chicago as -40 and snow are in Manitoba. In reality I have so many questions...do people just not care about that sort of thing or did someone in your family know them? Have I got myself marked for death by asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 That's a good question. In truth, I'm not sure who knew and who didn't. Thinking about it, I'm not sure my mom knew (or knows now) that the place was mob-tied. The town in which I grew up is adjacent to Cicero, which was one of the most corrupt suburbs in the Chicagoland area. For historical reference, Cicero was Al Capone's base in the 1920s, and his political style lasted into the very early 21st century. Cicero's most famous Town President, Betty Loren-Maltese, stole over $10 million from the city. This type of dirty politics and mob corruption bled into the neighboring townships -- including my own. What I can say is that police definitely knew who owned the store. This was most evident in the rules that were placed upon me as an employee. Not only did I stock the shelves, clean the floors, operate the trash compactor and baler, I was also trained to run the butcher counter as well as the deli. When I cashiered, I could sell anything -- including lottery tickets and cigarettes. While this was illegal, no one batted an eye. Hell, I sold cigarettes to cops all the time. However, I was absolutely forbade from selling alcohol. If a 12-year-old was seen selling booze, the police would have no choice but to shut the place down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 My second job was as a bagger in a grocery store. I thought it was silly that anyone under 18 was technically not allowed to throw cardboard into the baler, when I was in high school. I can totally see not being allowed to operate it, but there is zero danger in tossing a box in from 3 feet away. Just dumb. It was way more dangerous to bring in carts in a thunderstorm or sub-zero weather - as I did many times - than throw a frigging box into the baler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 5 hours ago, The Master said: That's a good question. In truth, I'm not sure who knew and who didn't. Thinking about it, I'm not sure my mom knew (or knows now) that the place was mob-tied. The town in which I grew up is adjacent to Cicero, which was one of the most corrupt suburbs in the Chicagoland area. For historical reference, Cicero was Al Capone's base in the 1920s, and his political style lasted into the very early 21st century. Cicero's most famous Town President, Betty Loren-Maltese, stole over $10 million from the city. This type of dirty politics and mob corruption bled into the neighboring townships -- including my own. What I can say is that police definitely knew who owned the store. This was most evident in the rules that were placed upon me as an employee. Not only did I stock the shelves, clean the floors, operate the trash compactor and baler, I was also trained to run the butcher counter as well as the deli. When I cashiered, I could sell anything -- including lottery tickets and cigarettes. While this was illegal, no one batted an eye. Hell, I sold cigarettes to cops all the time. However, I was absolutely forbade from selling alcohol. If a 12-year-old was seen selling booze, the police would have no choice but to shut the place down. It's always wild when you look back and realize these things. The town I grew up in is about halfway between Boston and Providence, and when I was a kid the head of the Providence Mafia actually lived less than a mile from my house. As a result, there were a number of businesses in town that turned out to be mob-owned, although it was mostly kept relatively quiet (it wasn't until I was an adult that I found out a certain dry cleaner and a couple of restaurants were fronts), but it was well known that they owned what was one of the most successful strip clubs outside Boston's Combat Zone, right down the street from my high school. (Incidentally, having a club like that in your small town is a lot less awesome than you would think. Going in for the first time gets very awkward very quickly when you realize that dancer named Chantal is actually named Rachel and she was in your English class last year.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Saved by the Bell first aired 30 years ago today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 20 hours ago, James D. said: Saved by the Bell first aired 30 years ago today... And this immediately made me think of Episode 10 of the Tranquil Tirades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Talked to a high school senior who couldn't genuinely remember any presidents before Obama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 8 hours ago, Donomark said: Talked to a high school senior who couldn't genuinely remember any presidents before Obama. Meaning he has no memories of them personally, couldn't name them? If the former, I can totally see that. If you're a senior, you were born in 2001 or 2002, and would have been 6 or 7 when Obama took office. I was born when Nixon was President, but I have no memory of Nixon and Ford. I barely remember Carter. I was 9 months old when Nixon resigned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 I can't imagine anyone of teenaged years in America not knowing the names of the Bushes or Clintons. But she said the first person she was cognizant of was Obama. He was elected my first semester of college 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 10 hours ago, Donomark said: I can't imagine anyone of teenaged years in America not knowing the names of the Bushes or Clintons. You would be surprised how much people do not know. The polls on how much people know about the basic structure of government are really sad. 10 hours ago, Donomark said: But she said the first person she was cognizant of was Obama. He was elected my first semester of college 😛 That was the first year I would have been old enough to run for President. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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