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SCantiGOP

(14,338 posts) Tue Jan 2, 2018, 10:09 AM Jan 2018

My son lost his cable TV [View all]

During the end of the double overtime OK-GA game. He texted me that “it’s like being trapped in the 20th Century.”
Funny till I realized how long ago the 20th Century was. Someone in their mid-40s has lived half their conscious life after the 20th Century.

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My son lost his cable TV [View all] SCantiGOP Jan 2018 OP

Yeah back when you didn't have to pay for cable to watch live sporting events. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2018 #1

My equivalent of the had to walk to school in the snow story SCantiGOP Jan 2018 #2

And you had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #3

My story/joke is not longer funny becasue only oldsters understand it. SharonAnn Jan 2018 #4

I know SCantiGOP Jan 2018 #6

And you had to read fiction Bob Loblaw Jan 2018 #5

+1000 trof Feb 2018 #7

Tweaking the 'rabbit ears'. trof Feb 2018 #8