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Re: Back in my day...

Back in MY day...
  • Gas was 99cents/gallon!
  • I programmed robots in PBasic
  • Holy cripes drivetrains were hard (there was no kitbot!)
  • Drill motors rocked! (or smoked!)
  • The Placebo was our favorite Robot
  • Tigerbolt was the best robot in town
  • Chief Delphi was the biggest cheese
  • Matches were 3 robots - no alliances!
  • I wrote papers in Wordperfect with no Spellcheck!
  • Pen up Pen down Forward 3 Right 5 Pen up was how we learned to program!
  • The Championship Tournament bracket fit on one 11x17 sheet of paper
  • Slap bracelets rocked
  • Hexagons and Torroids and Ladders were FIRST Games!
  • Pinning was legal!
  • Parts falling off robots didn't cause a penalty!
  • Kids with a Sony Playstation or Nintendo GameBoy were the BOMB!
  • No one I knew owned a cell phone
  • Walkmen were the best source of portable music!
  • Epcot was all ours!!
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