The series is based on them, all of them are, they are the hardy boys, which one is better, which one has all the cool stuff. And also which brother is the coolest.
Example (This is not my opinion):
Frank Hardy
Coolest, cause he gets all the girls
And knows about computers
Joe:
Coolest, because he has more action.
BTW, what is your opinion, then?
Big surprise that JoeHardyRocks likes Joe better. ;)
Frank! ;D
Depends...I think I liked Joe when I was younger, but now I like Frank. However, the way they write them in all the series differs too, so.
I'm almost getting into the territory of liking them equally, but I don't think that's possible (or at least, it's difficult).
So everyone, if Frank and Joe were in a burning building...;)
I like Frank...but hate what $&$ did to him in the UB! Poor Frank.
Quote from: SDLagent on September 29, 2008, 11:25:57 PM
I like Frank...but hate what $&$ did to him in the UB! Poor Frank.
Same here. I was just rereading
Training For Trouble (Digest #161) the other day and I found the Frank Hardy in TFT was more mature and could at least defend himself better than the Frank Hardy in
Deprivation House.
Joe: He flirts more
And he knows how to talk when trouble comes.
Though I like Frank's computing skills!
Quote from: bozonessinc on September 30, 2008, 10:56:16 AM
Joe: He flirts more
And he knows how to talk when trouble comes.
Though I like Frank's computing skills!
I like Joe for that reason, too. But you think Frank is cool because he can mess with the computer? ;D
Frank!
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on September 30, 2008, 07:59:52 PM
Joe's a dimwit! He has an earpiece so Frank can tell him what to say!
;)
Oh...I actually insulted a Hardy, that's a first. Sorry, Joe...even though you're a ficitonal character...it wasn't aimed at you necessarily...
They're a team. Enough said.
Ahh.. I just want to say before I start this. This is post number 100 for me.... I am getting closer to the 1000.....
First, and formost I like the computer, and I like Franks computer skills. We all have computer skills, I think most of us are typing are posts. I like Frank cause he can do more than that on a computer.
So, are you just posting for the sake of your post count?
I don't post for the sake of posting though.. No, I dont I DONT, I do like how frank has computer skills!
Quote from: bozonessinc on October 02, 2008, 11:14:14 AM
I don't post for the sake of posting though.. No, I dont I DONT, I do like how frank has computer skills!
Yeah. He's a postcountaholic, but don't worry, I beat it. I can show you the way. *Light beams down from heaven onto bozonessinc. He looks up to see Negative Zone dangling from the ceiling shining flashlight down on him. Negative Zone is pulled up by Spider-Man and they escape.*
OK YOUR CRAZY
Why are you yelling? :-[
Quote from: bozonessinc on October 02, 2008, 11:14:14 AM
I do post for the sake of posting... I do I DO, I do like posting posting random stuff!
How can a wack-job have a sane or logical opinion of someone else? Uh, never mind :-X
Quote from: Bigfootman on October 06, 2008, 06:18:54 PM
I have huge feet and can't walk, and I will shut up now!!!
THANKS
Okay...back on topic. Look what i found.
http://fan.misteryosa.com/frank/index.php
Wow. At first I thought it would either be limited to the GNs Frank or the UBs Frank, but it's for him across every series.
Yeah and then there's this on the about page:
QuoteIn the continuity series, he's a member of the association founded by his father, American Teens Against Crime. Callie isn't his girlfriend, and he's completely out of character when compared to the Frank fans have known and loved, as he's revealed to be nervous around girls.
So strange choice of a header.
You mean the picture of Frank from the GN?
Yeah...although it's nicely done. And the GN Frank is a bit closer to the original Frank, come to think of it.
I agree. He's closer to all the "Franks".
The UB Frank is the odd one out so to speak.
So now instead of having debates over ATAC versus the casefiles series (by the way, I am in the middle of reading a good casefiles book) (even though I am an atac fan), we are now we Frank Vs. Joe.
Is that all we can do argue? Yes, of course. Would anyone be suprised if after I read the Casefiles my whole point of view changes.
Well...I don't see this as a debate. It's just people's preferences or favourite characters in this case.
But we're also discussing how characters change or how they're portrayed. So stereotypes do come up. Okay, not stereotypes but exaggerated characteristics. Because if I stay "stereotypes", then I'm calling Frank and Joe a stereotype. They sort of are in a way though because of the organization of the series...
Quote from: bozonessinc on October 08, 2008, 10:52:59 AM
So now instead of having debates over ATAC versus the casefiles series (by the way, I am in the middle of reading a good casefiles book) (even though I am an atac fan), we are now we Frank Vs. Joe.
Is that all we can do argue? Yes, of course. Would anyone be suprised if after I read the Casefiles my whole point of view changes.
Okaaay. Ah, I don't really see any Frank vs. Joe fights lately, but whatever...
Preferences Vs. Preferences..
WAR STARTS HERE..
Ex My preference is for the _____ because they ________________________________________
Here I go:
My preference is for the UB's because they are contiually the same and follow the same story line.
YOUR ALL NEXT
My preference is for the UBs because they are written well and are good books for kids.
Oh, I thought we were doing preferences for Frank or Joe?
My preference is for the Casefiles because the boys go up against a number of gangs with four, five or more people in them; the boys solve crimes that actually make sense and deal with more crimes than murder plus the criminals are a lot smarter than the criminals in the Undercover Brothers.
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on October 11, 2008, 09:51:15 PM
My preference is for the UBs because they are written well and are good books for kids.
For kids?
Teens read them too...
And enjoy them mind you...
So there good for all ages.
I think an adult could enjoy them to..
Quote from: bones on October 12, 2008, 12:07:20 PM
For kids?
Teens read them too...
And do not enjoy them mind you...
So they are not good for all ages.
I think an adult could never enjoy them to..
What was the target age for the books? Obviously anyone can read them, just wondering. And I'm well out of the range anyways.
I think it was 8-12 for UBs, and ... ? ? ? for Casefiles?
Casefiles were targeted at Pre-Teens and Teenagers. Grades 7-11.
Well, UBs are good for anyone, but I was implying that they are targeted for pre-teens, or kids.
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on October 12, 2008, 06:19:29 PM
Well, UBs are good for anyone, but I was implying that they are targeted for pre-teens, or kids.
UB's are not good for anyone.
Seriously, some people who are 14-19 still read em..
I'm past the target age and I still read them. :-\
Like I said before, "obviously anyone can read them"...
I'm in the target range and I read them, and FJATAC is out and she still reads them.
I am outta target range and I still read the UB's, have so for a couple o' years. And I know people within the age range who enjoy them.
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on October 13, 2008, 06:08:11 PM
I'm in the target range and I read them, and FJATAC is out and she still reads them.
I'm not that far out of range, though.
Yeah, nearly 2 years.
Well, you can still enjoy them out of range, and enjoy other books though. Like CSI: Miami books, I get maybe more outta then UBs
Well I'm only in my early 20's, and I find that the Frank and Joe of the UB's act nothing like the kids did in high school when I went a few years ago, or any of the high school kids that I see today.
For me, I identify more with the Frank and Joe Hardy from the Casefiles and Original/Digest continuities.
Of course, I also read lots of books from the Star Trek line as well (doesn't matter what series, although I'm not that much into the Original series line, but I still collect the Original series line).
I most identify with...just kidding. I'm a female ::)
Hey, are there any quizzes regarding the characters? I want to see if I'm an Iola, Callie, Nancy, Belinda - and is there anyone else besides Aunt Gertrude/Trudy and Mrs. Hardy? Oh yeah. George and Bess, but I don't know how far we'd stretch the HBs universe.
I'm guessing I'm not an Iola, believe it or not.
i like frank better
One look at your avatar will point that out.
You should change it, though. That's Tom's.
I kept mistaking him for tom, but then I think, Tom wouldn't make that many spelling mistakes! :D
As usual, I like Frank, because he's a great Planner is some missions, get the girls and great smarts and computer skills ;D
I feel that Frank can be a bit slow at times... but on the overall both guys are great detectives. :)
By the way, does anyone know who are the boys on the latest covers of the books (killer mystery trilogy, galaxy X trilogy etc)? Never seen them before on any of the covers of the previous books... and there's nothing on the internet about them too. It'd be really interesting if anyone can actually find out who they really are... lol.
Well, I've got nothing else to say, so... Merry Christmas? :-)
Cheers!
I don't know who the models are on the new covers. I've wondered, too.
And your the first person I've heard that says Frank is slow. Isn't he supposed to be the quick-witted thinker?
Maybe they meant athletically? It does seem that Joe tends to be a bit more active sometimes- but both of them have played football and track in the books. And they've both done fencing and I'm pretty sure they play basketball too. (I know they play in Slam Dunk Sabotage but I can't remember if it's both of them or just Joe that's mentioned. But either way, both Frank and Joe are mentioned as being pretty athletic and it seems they can both are pretty strong and can run pretty fast when they need to.
I am now in my *ahem* later 20s...but don't worry...I don't act like it. At all. LOL
So I don't feel like I'm in the target age range, but I don't care. HBs are classics. I giggle when older people than even me say they loved the Hardys "when I was a kid". I STILL love them. I don't even care who knows it!
I am definitely more fond of the Casefiles series but I am getting more and more into the other series. UBs are trying to gear towards what you were calling the "target age range" but I think they should stick to being classics. Classics don't need to conform.
It's understandable that they are trying though. I think the best reach to the younger target age range is the GNs. Those are really big right now.
I love Frank and Joe, but I do say I like Frank a tad more...if I had to choose. He is definitely not slow at times or EVER. If you are referring to instances in the UBs, please redirect your attention to the Originals, Casefiles, or even the Digests. Both boys are always smart, funny, and athletic in those stories. To what degree is depending on the boy and the circumstance.
UBs, I will admit, paint a somewhat different picture in some of them. They definitely try to make them seem younger.
I, too, find the Casefiles to be easier to relate.
I think the UB's are easier for me to relate to. :) 8)
Because you're a kid of the 2000s...
Technically we're kids of the 90's ;D
Where are the kids of the '80s? :D 8)
Kids of the 80's are like REALLY old, like 30!!!!! :o :o :o
Not quite- that depends on when you were born. Technically, a kid born in 1989 would still be a kid of the '80s and only be 21 or 22.
But of course, what was I thinking? 30? That's, like, ancient!!!!
What is this- Logan's Run? Don't trust anyone over 30.
lol ;D
Yeah. :) I so don't get the caseflies with the lack of technology. How hard was it not to let them have cell phones, laptops, GPS and other stuff? ???
In The Hardy Boys Casefiles series, the books were first published in 1987. They kept publishing them all the way through 1998.
At that time, cell phones were certainly around "all the way back" in the 1980s. However, they were fairly expensive and pretty bulky and it was just not very common for a lot of people to have them other than Zack Morris. ;)
(http://www.clevescene.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295279046-zack-morris-phone.jpg)
Laptops may well have been around in the late '80s and into the '90s- but again, they were not very common for a lot of people and they were also quite expensive. Thus, not many people had them. The GPS was not available for the public market nearly as readily as it is now (though the technology did exist all the way back to the '70s - but that's how a lot of things got started. The government had top secret technology projects being worked on and eventually they filtered down to the general public market), but The Hardy Boys certainly knew how to use a compass. As the books progressed, Frank and Joe did use technology a bit more as that became more common. Even back in 1987's Evil, Inc. Frank gets a modem from The Network and has to go to a computer store to get the right part to hook it up to his computer. That was pretty cutting edge at the time.
And that's another factor to remember. For the most part in the Casefiles, The Hardy Boys are employing up to date technology, but when looking back on it, it of course looks out of date because it is from our current perspective. Of course, if you think that's a stretch, try reading the Original Text version of The Hardy Boys books and notice the differences from late 1920s and early 1930s culture and technology to today. I think it's kind of fun to read these books set in earlier times when so much technology was not as readily available. I think it makes things a bit more challenging when the Hardy Boys have to find a landline phone to make a call because they don't just have a cell phone at the ready or even a car phone (which was fairly popular in the 1980s and early '90s). Some of this technology can become an easy crutch for writers to use instead of creating a bit more challenging situation and creative solution.
It sometimes makes one wonder how people ever survived back in the 1700s when they didn't have cars and telephones and computers and all the stuff we have today. They did have books though and people were a lot more excited for them at that time I think. Sometimes I think it would be rather nice to have a time machine like in the Back to the Future movies and be able to try living life in another earlier time period. I think remembering history makes you all the more grateful for what is available today.
Quote from: MacGyver on February 03, 2011, 05:21:47 PM
In The Hardy Boys Casefiles series, the books were first published in 1987. They kept publishing them all the way through 1998.
At that time, cell phones were certainly around "all the way back" in the 1980s. However, they were fairly expensive and pretty bulky and it was just not very common for a lot of people to have them other than Zack Morris. ;)
(http://www.clevescene.com/images/blogimages/2011/01/17/1295279046-zack-morris-phone.jpg)
Laptops may well have been around in the late '80s and into the '90s- but again, they were not very common for a lot of people and they were also quite expensive. Thus, not many people had them. The GPS was not available for the public market nearly as readily as it is now (though the technology did exist all the way back to the '70s - but that's how a lot of things got started. The government had top secret technology projects being worked on and eventually they filtered down to the general public market), but The Hardy Boys certainly knew how to use a compass. As the books progressed, Frank and Joe did use technology a bit more as that became more common. Even back in 1987's Evil, Inc. Frank gets a modem from The Network and has to go to a computer store to get the right part to hook it up to his computer. That was pretty cutting edge at the time.
And that's another factor to remember. For the most part in the Casefiles, The Hardy Boys are employing up to date technology, but when looking back on it, it of course looks out of date because it is from our current perspective. Of course, if you think that's a stretch, try reading the Original Text version of The Hardy Boys books and notice the differences from late 1920s and early 1930s culture and technology to today. I think it's kind of fun to read these books set in earlier times when so much technology was not as readily available. I think it makes things a bit more challenging when the Hardy Boys have to find a landline phone to make a call because they don't just have a cell phone at the ready or even a car phone (which was fairly popular in the 1980s and early '90s). Some of this technology can become an easy crutch for writers to use instead of creating a bit more challenging situation and creative solution.
It sometimes makes one wonder how people ever survived back in the 1700s when they didn't have cars and telephones and computers and all the stuff we have today. They did have books though and people were a lot more excited for them at that time I think. Sometimes I think it would be rather nice to have a time machine like in the Back to the Future movies and be able to try living life in another earlier time period. I think remembering history makes you all the more grateful for what is available today.
How was Frank having a modem cutting edge? ???
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on February 03, 2011, 04:04:16 PM
Yeah. :) I so don't get the caseflies with the lack of technology. How hard was it not to let them have cell phones, laptops, GPS and other stuff? ???
Because it was the 80s! Cell phones and laptops weren't created by the big bang you know.
Quote from: SDLagent on February 03, 2011, 06:01:29 PM
Because it was the 80s! Cell phones and laptops weren't created by the big bang you know.
Yeah. I guess I'm so used to seeing them in everyday life that I forget that we didn't always have them around! ::)
QuoteHow was Frank having a modem cutting edge?
I doubt many people would have had them in 1987 outside of the elite electronic geeks, basically.
There was a time when certain technology could really only be used by programmers because they were the only ones who really understood how to use them. It wasn't until Internet browsers started becoming readily available to the public by about 1993 or 1994 with the advent of Mosaic and later Internet Explorer that more of the mainstream consumers started using modems and getting connected to the Internet and such.
Quote from: MacGyver on February 03, 2011, 09:04:01 PM
I doubt many people would have had them in 1987 outside of the elite electronic geeks, basically.
There was a time when certain technology could really only be used by programmers because they were the only ones who really understood how to use them. It wasn't until Internet browsers started becoming readily available to the public by about 1993 or 1994 with the advent of Mosaic and later Internet Explorer that more of the mainstream consumers started using modems and getting connected to the Internet and such.
Yeah, computers and the Internet were a lot harder to use back then.
Ahh, us dag-nabbit teenagers are so spoiled rotten with our fancy gadgets! ;D
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on February 04, 2011, 12:43:43 PM
Ahh, us dag-nabbit teenagers are so spoiled rotten with our fancy gadgets! ;D
Yeah. I think we are too! ;D 8) ;)
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on February 03, 2011, 05:35:28 PM
How was Frank having a modem cutting edge? ???
Well, back in the 1980's, modems weren't built into computers like they are today. For the most part they were an external accessory that you could buy for any computer to allow you to check BBS's, and send some electronic email. But, considering that the speed of the Internet back in the 80's was counted in "Bauds", which is much slower than the 256k modems (that you heard of up to about 6 or 7 years ago), sometimes you would spend 30 to 45 minutes dialing into one site. In the
Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperSleuths! Volume 2 book, the winter story that takes place in River Heights, you can get a sense of how "advance" the idea of communication between bank computers using the telephone line was, and how a lot of times "dialing into the internet" actually meant picking up a phone receiver and placing it into a cradle on the modem to allow for the computer and phone line to "talk" to one another (not to mention that when you were on the internet, you couldn't be on the phone at the same time).
But, I remember that in #74.
Road Pirates, Frank and Joe actual discover that you are able to send a fax via a computer with a fax modem (that looks like an ordinary modem) without having an actual fax machine.
QuoteBut, I remember that in #74. Road Pirates, Frank and Joe actual discover that you are able to send a fax via a computer with a fax modem (that looks like an ordinary modem) without having an actual fax machine.
Right- and that book was released in 1993!
QuoteWell, back in the 1980's, modems weren't built into computers like they are today. For the most part they were an external accessory that you could buy for any computer to allow you to check BBS's, and send some electronic email. But, considering that the speed of the Internet back in the 80's was counted in "Bauds", which is much slower than the 256k modems (that you heard of up to about 6 or 7 years ago), sometimes you would spend 30 to 45 minutes dialing into one site. In the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperSleuths! Volume 2 book, the winter story that takes place in River Heights, you can get a sense of how "advance" the idea of communication between bank computers using the telephone line was, and how a lot of times "dialing into the internet" actually meant picking up a phone receiver and placing it into a cradle on the modem to allow for the computer and phone line to "talk" to one another (not to mention that when you were on the internet, you couldn't be on the phone at the same time).
I always thought it was pretty neat when they connected to the Internet with the phone receiver and a modem on 1980s shows. I seem to recall an episode or two of
MacGyver doing this.
Quote from: MacGyver on February 06, 2011, 04:39:23 PM
Right- and that book was released in 1993! I always thought it was pretty neat when they connected to the Internet with the phone receiver and a modem on 1980s shows. I seem to recall an episode or two of MacGyver doing this.
What? I have no idea what you're on about. ???
http://www.hdtvtalk.com/showthread.php?t=15433
This link might help explain. The history of modems actually goes back quite a ways.
Quote from: MacGyver on February 06, 2011, 11:46:22 PM
http://www.hdtvtalk.com/showthread.php?t=15433 (http://www.hdtvtalk.com/showthread.php?t=15433)
This link might help explain. The history of modems actually goes back quite a ways.
I never knew that. :)
Quote from: tomswift2002 on February 06, 2011, 02:35:58 PM
Well, back in the 1980's, modems weren't built into computers like they are today. For the most part they were an external accessory that you could buy for any computer to allow you to check BBS's, and send some electronic email. But, considering that the speed of the Internet back in the 80's was counted in "Bauds", which is much slower than the 256k modems (that you heard of up to about 6 or 7 years ago), sometimes you would spend 30 to 45 minutes dialing into one site. In the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperSleuths! Volume 2 book, the winter story that takes place in River Heights, you can get a sense of how "advance" the idea of communication between bank computers using the telephone line was, and how a lot of times "dialing into the internet" actually meant picking up a phone receiver and placing it into a cradle on the modem to allow for the computer and phone line to "talk" to one another (not to mention that when you were on the internet, you couldn't be on the phone at the same time).
But, I remember that in #74. Road Pirates, Frank and Joe actual discover that you are able to send a fax via a computer with a fax modem (that looks like an ordinary modem) without having an actual fax machine.
30 to 45 minutes dialing into one site? That's weird. As well as sending a fax via a computer without having a fax machine. That's
really weird! ???
LOL I remember when I was really little, that I wasn't allowed to use the phone when my parents were on the computer! :D
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on February 07, 2011, 03:09:51 PM
LOL I remember when I was really little, that I wasn't allowed to use the phone when my parents were on the computer! :D
So do I! :) It was so weird, wasn't it?
I didn't understand it! Haha and I think we also couldn't use the microwave at the same time as the phone or computer for some reason.... :-\ :D
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on February 07, 2011, 03:20:48 PM
I didn't understand it! Haha and I think we also couldn't use the microwave at the same time as the phone or computer for some reason.... :-\ :D
Wonder why? ??? ::)
Also, in the 80s the Internet was a much smaller and friendlier place. Most people on the net were all computer geeks so they all had something in common and helped each other out.
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on February 07, 2011, 03:09:51 PM
LOL I remember when I was really little, that I wasn't allowed to use the phone when my parents were on the computer! :D
I remember that, too. That's the way it still is for many people who still. have dial-up.
Quote from: SDLagent on February 07, 2011, 04:41:18 PM
Also, in the 80s the Internet was a much smaller and friendlier place. Most people on the net were all computer geeks so they all had something in common and helped each other out.
Really? ???
Well, it's not hard to believe considering the internet wasn't very user-friendly and not easy for the average person to use or even access.
Quote from: SDLagent on February 07, 2011, 05:18:27 PM
Well, it's not hard to believe considering the internet wasn't very user-friendly and not easy for the average person to use or even access.
It wasn't? ??? I live for it today! :)
Yeah- back in the BBS days in the '80s, you just about had to have a computer science degree to access it and use it effectively.
Quote from: MacGyver on February 07, 2011, 11:28:24 PM
Yeah- back in the BBS days in the '80s, you just about had to have a computer science degree to access it and use it effectively.
What's the BBS days? I was reading the Hardy Boys Digest 102.
Terminal Shock and it mentions using the BBS -- a lot. ??? Is that what you're talking about?
Yep.
This might help explain. http://www.powershow.com/view/af45-NWMyN/A_Brief_History_of_Bulletin_Board_Systems_BBS
Quote from: MacGyver on February 08, 2011, 12:27:59 PM
Yep.
This might help explain. http://www.powershow.com/view/af45-NWMyN/A_Brief_History_of_Bulletin_Board_Systems_BBS
Wow. What a lot to take in! Sure is different from today, isn't it?
Yes, things change. It's amazing. I was one a foot tall and now I'm six feet tall!
Hey- so does Canada not use the metric system then?
Quote from: MacGyver on February 08, 2011, 05:52:29 PM
Hey- so does Canada not use the metric system then?
Yeah. I've been wondering the same thing.
We use the metric system, but we still use/know imperial too. I don't think we're just going to be like "I'm a metre and a half tall".
BTW, I'm a child of the '80's (23 years old).
I vaguely remember my dad's first computer in the early '90's. It took 8 minutes just to turn on and boot up! I also remember discovering the Internet for the first time in...grade 3? And I saw the adjustment from cassettes to CDs to MP3s, etc.
P.S. Ah yes, MacGyver. The Zack Morris phone.
Quote from: Olivia on February 08, 2011, 06:11:51 PM
We use the metric system, but we still use/know imperial too. I don't think we're just going to be like "I'm a metre and a half tall".
BTW, I'm a child of the '80's (23 years old).
I vaguely remember my dad's first computer in the early '90's. It took 8 minutes just to turn on and boot up! I also remember discovering the Internet for the first time in...grade 3? And I saw the adjustment from cassettes to CDs to MP3s, etc.
P.S. Ah yes, MacGyver. The Zack Morris phone.
I didn't. Wonder why? ???
You didn't...what? You mean you don't remember a computer when you were young?
I was like five or six.
Quote from: Olivia on February 08, 2011, 06:36:00 PM
You didn't...what? You mean you don't remember a computer when you were young?
I was like five or six.
Not very well, no. You remember dial-up internet? I sure don't.
Yup. I learned to use it when I was in grade 4 (ish). But then my dad always had a computer in the house, and my schools were teaching computers (though not Internet).
Quote from: Olivia on February 08, 2011, 06:46:28 PM
Yup. I learned to use it when I was in grade 4 (ish). But then my dad always had a computer in the house, and my schools were teaching computers (though not Internet).
Cool! :)
Okay, I'm like facepalming on some of this because I'm a slight bit older than Olivia- but also a child of the '80s. Hahaha- it's all good though. It's just funny how you can remember being a kid and gasping at how your parents had to get up and cross the room to change the channel on the TV and all these kind of typical "back in my day" type scenarios- and then you realize that you're seeing the same thing with younger kids gasping at how you used to have to dial up to get on the Internet and everything. And let's not even talk about floppy disks back when they actually were floppy! ;D
Quote from: MacGyver on February 08, 2011, 08:19:33 PM
Okay, I'm like facepalming on some of this because I'm a slight bit older than Olivia- but also a child of the '80s. Hahaha- it's all good though. It's just funny how you can remember being a kid and gasping at how your parents had to get up and cross the room to change the channel on the TV and all these kind of typical "back in my day" type scenarios- and then you realize that you're seeing the same thing with younger kids gasping at how you used to have to dial up to get on the Internet and everything. And let's not even talk about floppy disks back when they actually were floppy! ;D
Floppy Disks were actually floppy? :o
See? I knew that was just opening a can of worms. ;D
Quote from: MacGyver on February 08, 2011, 08:31:31 PM
See? I knew that was just opening a can of worms. ;D
What were they?
There's a picture right here. http://www.floppydisks.com/ (http://www.floppydisks.com/)
Quote from: MacGyver on February 08, 2011, 08:53:58 PM
There's a picture right here. http://www.floppydisks.com/ (http://www.floppydisks.com/)
Wow and they're still around? :o
Yeah- they are not much in use anymore- but you can still use floppy disks for file storage. I still have many 3 1/2 inch disks around. The 5 3/4 inch ones fell out of use somewhere in the early '90s - but I do still have a Ninja Gaiden PC video game that came with both a 3 1/2 inch and 5 3/4 inch floppy disk for installation. Copyright 1990 - awesome! :)
Quote from: MacGyver on February 08, 2011, 05:52:29 PM
Hey- so does Canada not use the metric system then?
We do but my parents learned the imperial system so it rubs off on you.
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on February 08, 2011, 06:42:45 PM
Not very well, no. You remember dial-up internet? I sure don't.
I remember dail-up and I'm not even 18.
Quote from: SDLagent on February 09, 2011, 12:26:01 AM
We do but my parents learned the imperial system so it rubs off on you.
I remember dial-up and I'm not even 18.
Now that you mention it, I do sort of remember having it.
I have dial-up. ::)
Quote from: SDLagent on February 09, 2011, 12:26:01 AM
I remember dail-up and I'm not even 18.
I do too, and I'm not even 15. :o
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on February 09, 2011, 12:22:57 PM
I have dial-up. ::)
How can you be on here? ???
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on February 09, 2011, 01:40:25 PM
I do too, and I'm not even 15. :o
I'm so glad that most of us don't have to use it anymore! ;D The sound of it dialing in creeps me out! :o Think of the phone bills our family would be getting! :o I wouldn't be able to spend hours on here that's for sure. And using YouTube? Forget it! ;D
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on February 13, 2011, 03:35:10 PM
What do you mean?
You said you have dial up. I guess I thought it might tie-up your phone line.
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on February 13, 2011, 03:38:43 PM
You said you have dial up. I guess I thought it might tie-up your phone line.
It does. But the phone doesn't really matter to me or my parents. ::)
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on February 13, 2011, 03:42:59 PM
It does. But the phone doesn't really matter to me or my parents. ::)
I know mine would be a more concerned--if we still had dial up, that is. Can you not get anything faster?
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on February 13, 2011, 03:45:37 PM
I know mine would be a more concerned--if we still had dial up, that is. Can you not get anything faster?
We could, but my dad doesn't want to spend the money. We sort of live out in the country, so it's harder to get high-speed. It's just waiting for my dad to get tired of not getting to see the news. ;) ::)
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on February 13, 2011, 03:56:40 PM
We could, but my dad doesn't want to spend the money. We sort of live out in the country, so it's harder to get high-speed. It's just waiting for my dad to get tired of not getting to see the news. ;) ::)
Ah, yeah. Being out in the country I can see your point. I'm glad to live where we can have high-speed--if you can call 7mb/s high speed, that is. ;D 8)
We're pretty good at getting off topic here, aren't we? ::) :) 8)
I JUST MADE MY 300th POST!
(Sorry. I'm just excited.) ;D
Well, congratulations Hardy Boys UB Fan! :) 8)
And to AlwaysAJoeFan- awesome signature! John 14:6 is one of my favorite Bible verses because it states so clearly that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. :) Amen.
Quote from: MacGyver on February 15, 2011, 12:33:08 AM
Well, congratulations Hardy Boys UB Fan! :) 8)
Thank you. ;)
Quote from: MacGyver on February 15, 2011, 12:33:08 AM
And to AlwaysAJoeFan- awesome signature! John 14:6 is one of my favorite Bible verses because it states so clearly that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. :) Amen.
Thanks. I had just read it in my daily devotion and I though it might make a good sig. ;)
i guess both are nyc....buh i like frank better cuz he gets gurl,iz da responsiblw one and but he couldnt make it fun if joe wasnt there!!
just lyk in top ten ways to die....playback and frank:joe loves vee-sharp :P :D
Both are New York City?
I assume "lyk" is "Like, you know", but I'm still wondering about this other phrase...
I don't remember what that vee-sharp thing is. Though I don't remember a lot of the UBs - just the ones that were either really bad, or the occasional good one. If we had the book, I guess we could better distinguish.