👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust.

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:55:44 GMT

jigmedatse@social.openpsychology.net — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:55:44 GMT

@Shards@kind.social Only 19... But I'd say it's a technicality. There were no Blockbusters, it was a local video rental place... We were that cool (or that far out in the boonies, that you had to build your own video rental places, no big chains coming in to save you for the evils of 2 channels, and nothing to watch) (yes I'm being literal about the 2 channels).

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:54:52 GMT

gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:54:52 GMT

@Shards

Also, who pays for the time we waste to analyze everything, get rid of ads, etc.?

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:54:37 GMT

microblogc@neopaquita.es — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:54:37 GMT

@Shards
I missed 20 (i used cheques to draw money, but the only thing I paid with a cheque was using a special, conformed cheque) and 15 (when I finally owned an VCR, videoclubs were disappearing, no blockbusters on my neighbourhood).

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:45:36 GMT

jens@social.finkhaeuser.de — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:45:36 GMT

@Shards I managed 19/20, because we didn't have blockbuster. 20/20 for generic video rental place.

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:44:36 GMT

technozid@friendica.a-zwenkau.de — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:44:36 GMT

@Shards 19, since we did not have Blockbuster here

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:44:27 GMT

justme@climatejustice.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:44:27 GMT

@Shards 19/20 here. I never owned a paper encyclopedia, but I've used one many times. I feel this is an odd one out though. It says "used" instead of "owned" for the other items in the list.

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:39:34 GMT

sweetmonkeyjesus@mas.to — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:39:34 GMT

@Shards Bingo!

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:39:19 GMT

praetor@mstdn.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:39:19 GMT

@Shards I’ll show myself to the nursing home….

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:38:34 GMT

civilityfan@sfba.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:38:34 GMT

@mangotable @Shards
Hell, I had an arrhythmia computer in one ICU that used a platter that was 24” in diameter, iirc. Booting that bad boy up after a shutdown was a nightmare, took about five minutes and was common to have it crash on startup. Worse was the unit at another facility, it booted up from a paper tape spool, and though it never tore and always managed to boot up without a glitch, it was quite nerve wracking

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:38:30 GMT

urlyman@mastodon.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:38:30 GMT

@Shards 20/20 for me too. I used to have 20:20 vision, and a head of hair, but am enriched with knowledge I wish I’d known when younger

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:37:49 GMT

davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:37:49 GMT

@Shards

All 20!

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:36:16 GMT

vt52@ioc.exchange — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:36:16 GMT

@Shards hell, I did several of these just yesterday

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:34:20 GMT

groxx@hachyderm.io — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:34:20 GMT

@Shards ha! I've never actually faxed in either direction! only used online services to do it for me!

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:31:02 GMT

randy@gotosocial.error-404.cc — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:31:02 GMT

@Shards 12/20 does that mean i'm still young?

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:29:17 GMT

shards@kind.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:29:17 GMT

@Yuriel I’m not sure, but others have pointed it out. I hate not being sure of reality anymore.

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:29:14 GMT

slothrop@chaos.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:29:14 GMT

@Shards 20/20, though as a European, it wasn’t Blockbuster but some other video store;

and I only used cheques a handful of times during a stay in the U.S. in the mid-90s.

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:59 GMT

claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:59 GMT

@randulo @Shards Yep, I can add all those. The wire recorder I used was a Silvertone unit that also included an AM radio and a record turntable, where the turntable doubled as a wire spool. Adding your list to mine brings me up to 29 out of 20. The operator I interacted with was making connections from the WYandott exchange, and let's not leave out eavesdropping via party lines. Yep--I'm familiar. Very.

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:27:46 GMT

matoakit@beach.city — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:27:46 GMT

@Shards I've done all 20, not that rare for an old millennial

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:26:51 GMT

bobsee@hachyderm.io — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:26:51 GMT

@Shards I've actually done all those once common things. But I'm ancient...

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:26:17 GMT

yuriel@kind.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:26:17 GMT

@Shards Are you sure? it looks too normal and well done.

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:25:13 GMT

civilityfan@sfba.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:25:13 GMT

@BR549
If you're adding in extras, I’ll claim your 22 and add in another for my V-Cord II, a precursor to VHS and Betamax by Sanyo that was the first videotape player able to pause the picture. Add another for saving files from my Texas Instruments TI-99 to a cassette tape. That puts my score at 24, if you’ll allow it

@Shards @drwho

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:24:55 GMT

shards@kind.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:24:55 GMT

Apparently this is AI generated; I am so sorry for not noticing. It sucks that this is the world we are being forced into, where we have to analyse everything to such a degree.

Generative AI can eat my entire ass.

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:24:34 GMT

randulo@mastodon.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:24:34 GMT

@Shards Allow me to add some perspective.

I recorded on wire. Yes a wire recorder.

Dial phone? What about no dial "get me Aldritch 1427".

Seen a TV test pattern at midnight with a Native American on one of the three channels

C'mon some of you have more

Reply to 👻I managed 20/20 and my bones are dust. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:23:18 GMT

cotopaxi@mstdn.social — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:23:18 GMT

@innowen @Shards
Lol! I can totally see that, too!
No one should trust me with a mallet, not with my limited patience with the stupid shenanigans of our times. I better stick to that old lady's broom--although a lot of corrective measures can be meted out with a broom, come to think of it.