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galenkp in Galenkp's Stuff • 7 months ago

It's a good theme song right? Man I loved that show. You know, not too long ago I had a chance to buy that car (one like it) but decided against it and got an F Truck instead. I'd not have painted it the same (although there's one identical to the show car driving around my city) but was super keen on it. I guess sense prevailed and I got something that was more multi-purpose.

My nephew is awesome at BMX so the training on how to go fast has begun; as for getting away from the cops...well, he wants to be one so I don't think teaching him to run away from them is a good thing. Having said that, he'll probably change his mind in time, all kids do.

Tetris counts, something that takes you back to your youth. I never had computer games as a kid, zero households had computers, but got to play the Atari 2600 at a friends place sometimes and played Frogger at expert level. Good times.

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coloneljethro 7 months ago

Hard to argue with Waylon. I did too, it and Smokey and the Bandit are what really got me interested in cars as a kid. One of the old 69 Chargers? Or a newer version? Either would have been fun as hell.

Ha, watching Roscoe in action might help change his mind.

Ah, I just heard stories of the Atari as a kid. Got the Nintendo when I was 5 and I'm always amazed when it turns on again after all these years. Computers were still a novelty when I was growing up, can remember trying to explain the internet to the adults and they just acted as if it was as incomprehensible as crypto.

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galenkp 7 months ago

Yep, I was only talking to my brother (@mrbonkers dad) about Smokey and the Bandit. He said it's on his list for the lad. My brother is working to give the kid the same sort of upbringing to the one we had and it's paying dividends with the lad.

One of the old 69 Chargers? Or a newer version?

A 1969 Dodge Charger, same as the General Lee man, such an iconic and beautiful car. I really wish I'd bought it although I loved my F Truck as well.

I'm pretty sure the Atari 2600 was the first gaming console and it went nuts from there. My first computer was an Amiga 500 (512 KB of of ram). Bonkers huh? It's incredible how far things have come and I think some of it is well in the wrong direction. Just my opinion.

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coloneljethro 7 months ago

Ha, nice! Spent a summer driving a '78 Firebird (unfortunately not a Trans Am) and everybody wanted to talk about either that movie or their brother/cousin/uncle that had one like it.

I love those old pony cars, there's just something about that combination of simplicity, elegance, and raw horsepower. Lol, on the flip side, you are conspicuous driving one these days.

Ah, the good old days of booting from a floppy disk. It's wild to think how far both cars and computers have come since then. I'm with you on that though, not all change has been for the better. Remember when you could actually buy software?

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galenkp 7 months ago

We're showing our ages (although I'm more advanced in that regard than you) but I think they were better times, less complicated more connected (with those around us who mattered) and I think happier. I miss the old days.

A Firebird huh? I've never driven one but there's a few here, mostly in collections and they come out at shows and for car runs. It's amazing what we have here but they're not daily drivers these days. The roads are full of passionless, ugly, electronic devices with wheels. Clearly I'm not a fan.

The old floppy disc, not words I've said or thought for a long time! And yeah, there used to be walls of software and now... subscriptions. We're such dumbasses to pay for something that's not even ours. But...it's the future and it's going to glorious (for some) and don't argue, just keep paying.

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