03-01-2021, 12:25 PM
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#181
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by krynski
The thing that I wished I had the most was current clothes.
I was a product of my Mom's second marriage (or litter of children), which were considerably spaced apart. When I was 7, my dad took off and moved to Europe. It was only my sister and I in the second litter, and my sister got new things because there were no girls in the first litter. I wound up with hand-me-downs from my brothers that were from the 70's and was wearing them in the 90's. I remember wearing a pair of cordoroys in the early 2000's.
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At least they were boy's clothes.
Try wearing girls jeans to school, in a ####ty part of town.
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03-01-2021, 12:32 PM
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#182
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
At least they were boy's clothes.
Try wearing girls jeans to school, in a ####ty part of town.
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Did you at least make some extra pocket money?
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03-01-2021, 12:33 PM
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#183
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by Locke
Did you at least make some extra pocket money?
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it's hard to make money when you spend all recess punching people
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Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Just ignore me...I'm in a mood today.
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03-01-2021, 12:34 PM
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#184
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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I was always jealous of peter12 because he was always best dressed and continuously gaslighted me saying that donald trump was more intelligent than anyone in my class
edit - gt snowracer.. had to live with cheap plastic and / or suicidal wood toboggan
Last edited by calumniate; 03-01-2021 at 12:46 PM.
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03-01-2021, 12:35 PM
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#185
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
it's hard to make money when you spend all recess punching people
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You could take bets? A Child Violence ring?
I'd bet that could pull in more than dog fights.
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03-01-2021, 01:50 PM
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#186
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by krynski
The thing that I wished I had the most was current clothes.
I was a product of my Mom's second marriage (or litter of children), which were considerably spaced apart. When I was 7, my dad took off and moved to Europe. It was only my sister and I in the second litter, and my sister got new things because there were no girls in the first litter. I wound up with hand-me-downs from my brothers that were from the 70's and was wearing them in the 90's. I remember wearing a pair of cordoroys in the early 2000's.
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For me and my brother, it was brand names. My parents couldn't afford to buy us brand name clothing. Club Monaco and Doc Martens were like all the rage during junior high. My mom used to buy us fake Club Monaco and Guess shirts and hoodies from the 16th Ave Flee market, and I had to convince my mom to sew that stupid red thread on the shoulder of the Guess t-shirts to make it look "authentic".
OT, but thinking back, that Flea Market was a treasure trove of good stuff, which I totally didn't appreciate as a kid.
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03-01-2021, 03:17 PM
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#187
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
An Atari
We had Colecovision - which had about a tenth of the game selection.
And then we double downed and bought the Adam Computer.
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Colecovision had all the best arcade games. Atari graphics were junk. I was jealous of the friend who had the Coleco for sure.
Also, a VCR. I think we were the last family on the planet to get one.
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03-01-2021, 03:21 PM
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#188
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Ya, Calecovision were better for sure. I even have an old one around here, but the graphics chip needs replacing. The stock controllers were ass, though. I've got some of the sweet ones with the huge grip.
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03-01-2021, 03:23 PM
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#189
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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What was that service that SEGA had where you could play any of their games?
A friend had that and it was pretty sweet.
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03-01-2021, 03:34 PM
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#190
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
An Atari
We had Colecovision - which had about a tenth of the game selection.
And then we double downed and bought the Adam Computer.
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Coleco had an Atari adapter, I know because I had games for both. Who wouldn't want to switch between Zaxxon and E.T...or Smurfs Rescue and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
imagine something like that being sold today. PS5, with an Xbox SX adapter. just the lawsuits alone...
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03-01-2021, 03:41 PM
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#191
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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The other kids getting their onion belts from the town market, and me having to grow my own.
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03-01-2021, 03:42 PM
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#192
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Behind Enemy Lines
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Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
Colecovision had all the best arcade games. Atari graphics were junk. I was jealous of the friend who had the Coleco for sure.
Also, a VCR. I think we were the last family on the planet to get one.
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What year did you get one? My family was gifted one in 2000.
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03-01-2021, 04:09 PM
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#193
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Coleco games were better, but as the years wore on became impossible to find games for. Zellers had some, and from time to time Canadian Tier.
I was jealous of that wall of selection Atari had.
And sourcing "Adam" games was impossible.
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03-01-2021, 04:19 PM
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#194
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
What was that service that SEGA had where you could play any of their games?
A friend had that and it was pretty sweet.
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Sega Channel! I remember seeing display models in the store; didn't know anyone who actually had it. I don't remember the cost exactly, other than it seemed to be an obscene (at the time) amount; $20 a month or so?
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03-02-2021, 11:24 AM
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#195
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by krynski
What year did you get one? My family was gifted one in 2000.
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I think I had graduated high school already. Pretty sad. I remember moving out and it was one of the first things I bought. That beautiful Sony VCR from the Brick. And my Trinitron.
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03-02-2021, 11:50 AM
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#196
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
I think I had graduated high school already. Pretty sad. I remember moving out and it was one of the first things I bought. That beautiful Sony VCR from the Brick. And my Trinitron.
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My God you're old....
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03-02-2021, 11:58 AM
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#197
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
I think I had graduated high school already. Pretty sad. I remember moving out and it was one of the first things I bought. That beautiful Sony VCR from the Brick. And my Trinitron.
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DO you remember going to the video store and renting a VCR, came in a big suitcase to take home
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Just ignore me...I'm in a mood today.
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03-02-2021, 12:50 PM
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#198
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
DO you remember going to the video store and renting a VCR, came in a big suitcase to take home
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Did you then get in your Flintstone's car and pedal it uphill?
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The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a Fire Exit. - Mitch Hedberg
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03-02-2021, 01:07 PM
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#199
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
DO you remember going to the video store and renting a VCR, came in a big suitcase to take home
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I didn't do it myself, but my parents used to. I think the tapes were even Beta. Big metal suitcase.
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03-02-2021, 01:12 PM
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#200
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
My God you're old....
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In age? Maybe. Your mentality has you at at least a decade older than me, pops. 
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