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That's what I get for being out.
I missed all the funnies.
All I know is that at 12 I wouldn't have been left to my own devices on a computer.
Wheels
I was at a Best Buy store the other day and saw a 5yr old with his own Blackberry!!! I could see me at 6 yr, telling my dad, "I want the keys to the car!"
In spirit if nothing else...are we brothers?
He started giving the keys to me when I was 7.... sort of.
We lived out in the country and I would go out and start the truck every morning during the winter months.
Tell a kid to go out and start a vehicle so it can warm up for their Dad when it's below freezing these days.
Kids were a utilitarian item then.
No TV remote: Have the kid turn on the TV and change the channel
Left something upstairs: Send the kid to get it, or the dog.
Phone is Ringing: Have the kid go get it for you and stretch the cord all the way across the room to you.
Wheels
Had a B/W 15" all my early life until I was in my 20s and out of the house.
ahhhhh, the 500 ft curly phone cord. The TV channel DIAL. Rabbit ears (wait - I still have them!). No microwave oven. TV dinners had foil on them. CDs were rather large and made of vinyl.......