Kids these days eh?

CCIP · 01-08-12, 02:04 PM

When I was in high school, a LAN party meant a bunch of PCs and Quake, not Wii.

Kids these days indeed

Sledgehammer427 · 01-08-12, 03:29 PM

we had lan parties with our pcs and Call of Duty UO. and that was something we did on summer nights. for birthdays we went lazer tagging or something like that. either way , wii parties aren't my bag.

Sailor Steve · 01-08-12, 03:33 PM

When I was a kid we didn't have PCs, so we had LAWN parties instead!

kranz · 01-08-12, 04:48 PM

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When I was a kid...

...you were throwing stones at the dinosaurs

Blacklight · 01-08-12, 05:38 PM

When I was a kid, we had no PC's but I DID have LOTS of board games. We used to play board games like crazy when we were kids. My birthday parties always consisted of board games all day. Then, later on in life, when we discovered Dungeons & Dragons, it turned into D&D or some other role playing game all day and night.

Sailor Steve · 01-08-12, 06:46 PM

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...you were throwing stones at the dinosaurs

You were there? You saw this? Your word is not sufficient evidence to convict me of being "older than the hills and twice as dusty". Beware, you are in danger of being called "old" yourself.

Sledgehammer427 · 01-08-12, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kranz

...you were throwing stones at the dinosaurs

Sailor Steve · 01-08-12, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

Think it's funny, eh? Let me remind you that I'm not too old to throw things at you, ya whippersnapper! Now where's my cane?

AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!

Reece · 01-09-12, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Think it's funny, eh? Let me remind you that I'm not too old to throw things at you, ya whippersnapper! Now where's my cane?

AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!

STUFF THE CANE!!

Jimbuna · 01-09-12, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Think it's funny, eh? Let me remind you that I'm not too old to throw things at you, ya whippersnapper! Now where's my cane?

AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!

Which one?

Kongo Otto · 01-08-12, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

When I was a kid we didn't have PCs, so we had LAWN parties instead!

Exactly!

01-08-12, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

When I was a kid we didn't have PCs, so we had LAWN parties instead!

Lawn? You were lucky to have a lawn! We got evicted from our lawn and had to go play in a landfill! But it was a garden to us!!!

Osmium Steele · 01-09-12, 09:51 AM

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When I was a kid we didn't have PCs, so we had LAWN parties instead!

With real Lawn Darts and everything. 1 lb. pointy, brass darts thrown high into the sky to land just inches away from your cousin!

Sailor Steve · 01-09-12, 09:54 AM

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With real Lawn Darts and everything. 1 lb. pointy, brass darts thrown high into the sky to land just inches away from your cousin!

Close. I remember playing 'Cowboys and Indians' with the kid next door. I was the Indian, rubber-sucker-tipped arrow and all. I told him I'd shoot at him, he would duck and then shoot me dead with his six-gun. Unfortunately he forgot to duck. Nailed him in the forehead. Went home crying. Me in trouble.

Funny thing is, I still remember his highly improbable name: Harold Shotwell.

USS Drum · 01-09-12, 09:55 AM

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Shotwell.

Was he good with the gun?

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