I used to get dozens of those AOL CD's every year advertising free 100 hours of internet and then the low low price of 20 bucks per month. Used most as coasters, but I did give it a go and stuck with em for a few years. The very first thing I printed out was a picture of titanic. I frequented Yahoo chat a lot, and generally spent the bulk of my time playing text based games and surfing aimlessly.
I used to get dozens of those AOL CD's every year advertising free 100 hours of internet and then the low low price of 20 bucks per month. Used most as coasters,
Same here. We always used local ISP's,some of which were better than others.
I don't recall when I got a microwave,but I do remember pet sitting once in a families house who did not have one..It was shocking!
My favorite (as a less wise, younger me) was turning the lights out at night, putting a CD in the microwave... set it for 10 seconds, but you really only need 1 or 2. Watch the fun effects in the microwave and the after effects on the CD. (Not recommending this, though. It never seemed to damage the microwave and no one ever got hurt, but that's not guarantee of either).
I once left a metal spoon in my cup of hot chocolate. I was afraid to use the microwave for weeks after that incident as I legitimately believed that I turned it off a split second before a catastrophic explosion would level the block :D
Heh yeah, I didn't grow up with such fancy technology as a kid, my first encounter with a microwave was when I was 9 and it was like alien technology to me!
I honestly don't remember when we got a microwave. Though, I know my great-aunt and great-grandmother (who lived together) had one, so I guess I knew about them for my whole life. I do remember being very proud to be able to afford, from my own earnings, to replace my parents' microwave as a Christmas present my senior year of high school, though.
I used to get dozens of those AOL CD's every year advertising free 100 hours of internet and then the low low price of 20 bucks per month. Used most as coasters, but I did give it a go and stuck with em for a few years. The very first thing I printed out was a picture of titanic. I frequented Yahoo chat a lot, and generally spent the bulk of my time playing text based games and surfing aimlessly.
Same here. We always used local ISP's,some of which were better than others.
I don't recall when I got a microwave,but I do remember pet sitting once in a families house who did not have one..It was shocking!
People have come out with a lot of creative ways to use those old CDs but I think my favorite has to be this one.
My favorite (as a less wise, younger me) was turning the lights out at night, putting a CD in the microwave... set it for 10 seconds, but you really only need 1 or 2. Watch the fun effects in the microwave and the after effects on the CD. (Not recommending this, though. It never seemed to damage the microwave and no one ever got hurt, but that's not guarantee of either).
I once left a metal spoon in my cup of hot chocolate. I was afraid to use the microwave for weeks after that incident as I legitimately believed that I turned it off a split second before a catastrophic explosion would level the block :D
Man, you gave microwaves a lot of credit :)
Heh yeah, I didn't grow up with such fancy technology as a kid, my first encounter with a microwave was when I was 9 and it was like alien technology to me!
I honestly don't remember when we got a microwave. Though, I know my great-aunt and great-grandmother (who lived together) had one, so I guess I knew about them for my whole life. I do remember being very proud to be able to afford, from my own earnings, to replace my parents' microwave as a Christmas present my senior year of high school, though.