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shareHa! and https://preview.redd.it/3plg6c5i0h851.jpg?auto=webp&s=1d05e113323216ee290dc6e4fd5155f5fd2d7b21
shareThe cornerstone to every bar.
sharehttps://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/07/08/20/30542718-8503415-image-m-75_1594235942114.jpg
kids don't know what that means, they only know this one
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/07/08/20/30542714-8503415-image-m-80_1594235990580.jpg
Embarrassing.
shareMy very first computer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I
Yup, I actually bought one of these through an ad in The New York Times.
$4.99 seemed like a lot of money for a twelve year old in 1964.
This was when I first learned about binary numbers.
$4.99 in 1964 still sounds like cheap considering computers were not a thing.
share$4.99 in 1964 would be equivalent to $44.88 in 2022 dollars.
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
Yeah, seems pretty cheap for something like that.
shareCheck this from 1967 FAO Schwarz catalog (If a an adobe flash thing pops up, just click on the X to dismiss). I remember seeing it in some other kids homes, I never had it.
http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1967_FAO_Schwarz_Christmas_Catalog/files/assets/basic-html/page-112.html
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The lack of tattoos and weird piercings could be very disconcerting for today's kids.
Wait, are those dresses past the knees?
shareDial up modem.
https://images.app.goo.gl/MeC8f2vz5ieMQUV77
"Mom, get off the phone!"
shareAccompanied with this sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
shareIs that like a coupon book?
shareThose were called "trading stamps." Merchants would award a certain amount of these stamps to customers based on the total dollar amount of the purchase. The stamps would be affixed to pages of booklets which could be redeemed for merchandise at stores operated by the trading stamp company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_stamp
Subway sandwich shops did a similar thing before their service went downhill. A card filled with stamps was good for a free six-inch sandwich.
https://external-preview.redd.it/-MQQ8HLyp0q0WeAumeUQlQ-jtZoXkRx6KYRPkqptpXg.jpg?auto=webp&s=5cb343df083803d2e2a050fcfbb8595b170c2d1a
So it's almost like a catalogue and you use stamps to pay for stuff?
shareThe stamp companies had catalogues showing the merchandise they offered. They had their own stores where you would go to pick up what you wanted. Instead of assigning a dollar value to an item, it told the customer how many completed booklets of stamps it took to redeem it.
Here's an article with a lot of illustrations that will give you an idea of how it worked:
https://flashbak.com/livin-the-dream-with-green-stamps-a-1975-catalog-26187/
Yeah, it pretty much what I was thinking.
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Are those Kindles on paper?
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