Am I the oldest one here?

[ShadowHM]

I remember
Carrying around a slide rule for physics class.
The best music was on AM radio.
Having a large collection of 45 RPM records.
My mom's records were 78 RPM.
Color television did not exist.
They showed double features at the movies--all the time.
A candy bar costed 5 cents.
A slice of pizza costed as little as 15 cents, except at Johnny's Pizzeria where you could buy a square slice for a dime.
Big fins on cars were cool.
I Like Ike.
They had a computer on the Art Linkletter show which was huge--the size of an entire wall.
Playing Pong in black and white at an arcade.
Not becoming a computer programmer because I hated punch cards.
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Additional reminiscences:

Getting fillings from a dentist who didn't have high speed drills, and who didn't pre-freeze your gums before shoving that needle in.

The excitement of getting that first television and having two channels to choose from - English or French. And televisions were built like furniture - huge wood structures around them.

Girls had to wear skirts or dresses to school - and did they ever bunch up awkwardly under a snow suit. <_<

Cod liver oil - in the bottle (adminstered by the tablespoonful), then in capsules, and then, finally, halibut liver oil in tiny capsules was available.

Dief (The Chief) and the way his jowels always shook when he gave an impassioned speech.

Automatic line-ups in school for polio vaccinations.

And, I hear you on that punch card issue. Drop the stack and if you didn't get them back into exactly the right order - nothing would happen.