Random Thought Thread

[MattFancy]

I hated that day at gym. Meant no sports for the day.

Agreed. Give me a day of basketball, soccer, softball, football, floor hockey, etc over sitting under a parachute.

[ixcuincle]

I was talking about how we didn't have that until high school. In elementary school you got the slideshows with the beeps at the end to indicate the next slide. BEEP.

Either that, or the old filmstrip machine. And this was about 1993 / 1994.

[renaissance]

Did anyone else watch these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Sleuths????

We watched them in middle school, on laserdiscs of all things.

[ixcuincle]

No. I watched so much garbage in elementary school. Bobby's World, Batman, Spiderman, and

[HOF44]

I was talking about how we didn't have that until high school. In elementary school you got the slideshows with the beeps at the end to indicate the next slide. BEEP.

Either that, or the old filmstrip machine. And this was about 1993 / 1994.

We got excited when we saw one of these!

[ixcuincle]

Yeah, that's what we got excited about. And again, this was in the 90's

In the 90's...still using 70's technology. Hilarious

[Warhead36]

Projectors and TV meant nap time for me.

[Jumbo]

If there was any doubt, Odd Todd Palin's inclusion on the latest brain-dead "reality" show Stars Earn Stripes (NBC) officially certifies the Palins as "America's Ultimate Opportunistic/Attention Whore Family."

[visionary]

I wonder how a toad ended up in my bathroom today. Weird.

[Warhead36]

If there was any doubt, Odd Todd Palin's inclusion on the latest brain-dead "reality" show Stars Earn Stripes (NBC) officially certifies the Palins as "America's Ultimate Opportunistic/Attention Whore Family."

I was watching some of that show(flipping between that and the Cowboys/Raiders game). What an abomination that show is. Completely disrespectful to those who served or are serving in the armed forces right now.

[ixcuincle]

I was watching some of that show(flipping between that and the Cowboys/Raiders game). What an abomination that show is. Completely disrespectful to those who served or are serving in the armed forces right now.

Someone posted a very insightful comment about that show on FB

Not sure if appropriate

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Yeah, that's what we got excited about. And again, this was in the 90's

In the 90's...still using 70's technology. Hilarious

Yup, we had one of those also. So lame.

[MattFancy]

So is anyone else watching The 'Lights on NBC Sports Network in the mornings? All they do is show highlights of all the games that happened the night before. No fluff pieces like ESPN and no Tebow talk!!

[Warhead36]

Google car is in Reston.

[renaissance]

We got excited when we saw one of these!

http://preview.turbosquid.com/Previe...1bebLarger.jpg

I don't think we ever used those, but we did have plenty of these



I think above are what ix is thinking of with the beeping to change slides. The nerdy kids always volunteered to push the button.