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In my day ...

olbriar said:
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Not really a guy thing but I grabbed the meme because of the avocado green appliances. This picture could have been taken in my kitchen. It gives me chills!
Do women still wear hosiery? My wife hasn't in years.
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My sister used to do, because I remember picking up the plastic egg haha, I think she does sometimes but not all the time.
 
Our family phonograph and radio piece of furniture did not have a 45rpm speed.
I took classes in data processing. Everything was on punch cards and the machines designed to sort and process the data written by the holes were huge and noisy.
Color TV's became somewhat affordable in my youth.
My first job that was on the tax roll had my wages set at the minimum $1.25 an hour.
Yep... the list of changes in our life time is endless.
 
olbriar said:
My first job that was on the tax roll had my wages set at the minimum $1.25 an hour.
Yep... the list of changes in our life time is endless.
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The funny part (looking back) is I was a cash and carry employee at a dollar an hour before they decided to put me on their books. They could write off my wages instead of paying taxes on income that I was making. They benefited from the change. I, on the other hand, though I got a twenty five cent raise, made less by being taxed with zero means to protect the income. In the long run, I started contributing to my retirement at age 14. Now my social security benefit is deemed a gift from the government. Let me see... 1966 to 2021... I think I paid my way. Especially considering over fifty of those years I had no employer matching my withholdings.
 
olbriar said:
The funny part (looking back) is I was a cash and carry employee at a dollar an hour before they decided to put me on their books. They could write off my wages instead of paying taxes on income that I was making. They benefited from the change. I, on the other hand, though I got a twenty five cent raise, made less by being taxed with zero means to protect the income. In the long run, I started contributing to my retirement at age 14. Now my social security benefit is deemed a gift from the government. Let me see... 1966 to 2021... I think I paid my way. Especially considering over fifty of those years I had no employer matching my withholdings.
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Government claiming your contributions to your own retirement is now a gift to you by the Government is just plain theft.
Remember: don't steal ... Uncle Sam Hates competition.
 
We still have an early Brother typewriter. It hasn't seen use in decades. It might need a new ribbon if pressed into service but I'm certain it will type.

For something to do and being somewhat of a nerd, I took a free typing class across the summer between the sixth and seventh grade. At the time, I had no idea how useful the skill would become in everyone's life. I pretty much had to reacquire the skill when I entered the home computer world.
 
olbriar said:
We still have an early Brother typewriter. It hasn't seen use in decades. It might need a new ribbon if pressed into service but I'm certain it will type.
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Growing up - my dad had a portable typewriter from the 40's, my sister had a portable from the 60's ... I invested in a used number shortly before I started learning basic programming at school in the 70's.
 
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