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Grey Muzzle Meme
10 years ago
A meme about us grey-muzzle types. It has some stuff most of you out there likely don't know about. (or care) Stolen from 
This is all just for fun, of course.
1. How many jobs have you had, and which was your favorite?
More than I care to admit. Favorite.. No job is a favorite, but the two I can think of, one was being a theme park character (which got me here) and the one where I designed radio control airplanes.
2. When did you first connect to other people via computers?
In the mid to late 90's, when the internet really started to catch on.
3. We're/are you on AOL? Compuserve? LJ? Dreamwidth? A Listserv? Other?
I was on EarthLink. My home page was Yahoo.
4. If you went to college, does your major match your career/current job?
Yup.
5. Have you had a mammogram? Colonoscopy?
Nope.. Just had my first prostrate exam..
6. When did you get your first cell phone? What was it like? (Did it have a screen? Could you text? Was it a brick or flip?)
1995. It was a brick. Made by Motorola and holy cow, was it rugged.
7. When did your family first acquire a color TV?
1970 when I lived in England.
8. When did your family acquire a second TV?
My parents always had one TV. I didn't get a second one until I got married to Donna. Now I have one in every room. And I hardly ever watch them..
9. Did you ever own "designer jeans"?
I think I had a pair back in the late 70's.
10. Have you ever been to a disco?
Never been to a proper Disco, just clubs that played disco music..
11. How many places (towns, states, countries) have you lived in?
9.. Ohio, France (twice), Italy, Germany (twice), Belgium, England, and South Carolina.
12. Have any of you contemporary friends died? (I.e., people more or less you age.)
Yes, including my wife from Cancer.
13. Are you parents still living?
Yes, although my Dad is slipping fast thanks to ALS.
14. Do you have any gray hairs?
Yeah.. I blame it on the job I just had...
15. Did you or your family own a Betamax?
Yes, I still have it, and it was still working last time I used it. Also have a Betacam that doesn't work.
16. How did you spend New Year's Eve 1999/2000?
Running to Walmart to get candles for my wedding the next day.
17. What's the oldest article of clothing you still wear?
I have several pairs of bell bottoms, and a Canadian Air force great coat.
I have a down jacket my mom made for me when we lived in England, but it doesn't fit me anymore.
18. Name one or two historic events you've seen. (directly or on media)
Apollo 11 Landing on the moon, Nixon resigning, Challenger explosion, Berlin wall coming down, 9/11.
19. Do you eat your vegetables?
When I cook them. Mostly I eat a salad.
20. Are the privileges of adulthood worth the responsibilities?
Privileges?? What's so privileged about being an adult? I have more responsibilities.. >_<
21. Do you feel like an adult?
I hang out with younger people. I visit with people "my own age". See the difference?
22. Is youth wasted on the young?
It depends what is done with that youth..
I'm always full of helpful advice for the younger generations.. Its a nostalgic way of digging up the past, dusting it off, and passing it off as something shiny.
This is all just for fun, of course.
1. How many jobs have you had, and which was your favorite?
More than I care to admit. Favorite.. No job is a favorite, but the two I can think of, one was being a theme park character (which got me here) and the one where I designed radio control airplanes.
2. When did you first connect to other people via computers?
In the mid to late 90's, when the internet really started to catch on.
3. We're/are you on AOL? Compuserve? LJ? Dreamwidth? A Listserv? Other?
I was on EarthLink. My home page was Yahoo.
4. If you went to college, does your major match your career/current job?
Yup.
5. Have you had a mammogram? Colonoscopy?
Nope.. Just had my first prostrate exam..
6. When did you get your first cell phone? What was it like? (Did it have a screen? Could you text? Was it a brick or flip?)
1995. It was a brick. Made by Motorola and holy cow, was it rugged.
7. When did your family first acquire a color TV?
1970 when I lived in England.
8. When did your family acquire a second TV?
My parents always had one TV. I didn't get a second one until I got married to Donna. Now I have one in every room. And I hardly ever watch them..
9. Did you ever own "designer jeans"?
I think I had a pair back in the late 70's.
10. Have you ever been to a disco?
Never been to a proper Disco, just clubs that played disco music..
11. How many places (towns, states, countries) have you lived in?
9.. Ohio, France (twice), Italy, Germany (twice), Belgium, England, and South Carolina.
12. Have any of you contemporary friends died? (I.e., people more or less you age.)
Yes, including my wife from Cancer.
13. Are you parents still living?
Yes, although my Dad is slipping fast thanks to ALS.
14. Do you have any gray hairs?
Yeah.. I blame it on the job I just had...
15. Did you or your family own a Betamax?
Yes, I still have it, and it was still working last time I used it. Also have a Betacam that doesn't work.
16. How did you spend New Year's Eve 1999/2000?
Running to Walmart to get candles for my wedding the next day.
17. What's the oldest article of clothing you still wear?
I have several pairs of bell bottoms, and a Canadian Air force great coat.
I have a down jacket my mom made for me when we lived in England, but it doesn't fit me anymore.
18. Name one or two historic events you've seen. (directly or on media)
Apollo 11 Landing on the moon, Nixon resigning, Challenger explosion, Berlin wall coming down, 9/11.
19. Do you eat your vegetables?
When I cook them. Mostly I eat a salad.
20. Are the privileges of adulthood worth the responsibilities?
Privileges?? What's so privileged about being an adult? I have more responsibilities.. >_<
21. Do you feel like an adult?
I hang out with younger people. I visit with people "my own age". See the difference?
22. Is youth wasted on the young?
It depends what is done with that youth..
I'm always full of helpful advice for the younger generations.. Its a nostalgic way of digging up the past, dusting it off, and passing it off as something shiny.
I've met some really interesting furs in the fandom.
It's interesting to note looking at these memes, what people remember from the past.
Last year I wandered (read that as sleep walked) in at the end of the GM breakfast, noticed that everyone was leaving, grabbed a cup of coffee and wandered out front to take care of my bad habit.. I'm not social until I've had a cancer stick and I'm on my third cup.