What are you as old as..

Espresso · 02/01/13 - 20:17

I'm as old as Swaziland.

No, I did not actually know that, I looked it up on Wiki.

d0lphin · 02/01/13 - 20:17

The first pocket calculator!

http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/timeline/eps/1960/docs/67-handheld_calc_invented.htm

CBFreak · 02/01/13 - 20:20

I'm as old as Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
I'm as old as CNN
I'm as old as Robert Mugabe's reign as Prime minister.
I'm as old as Iron Maiden's Debut album
I'm as old as Pacman
I'm as old as John Lennon has been dead

fizzycat · 02/01/13 - 20:21

Power steering, superglue and Tippex (but it was called White Out then, apparently)

James Frederick · 02/01/13 - 20:23

fizzycat wrote: »

Tippex (but it was called White Out then, apparently)

Did you know that was invented by Michael Nesmith's (The one in the hat from The Monkees) Mum

CBFreak · 02/01/13 - 20:24

Oh I was born around the time of Betamix and VHS being first released
Eduit: And the Walkman

MrQuike · 02/01/13 - 20:24

The introduction of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.

alan29 · 02/01/13 - 20:27

East Germany ..... I have outlived an entire nation.

Hogzilla · 02/01/13 - 20:30

My favourite film maker, Peter Jackson.

CBFreak · 02/01/13 - 20:31

Some TV shows that debuted in the year I was born.

Button Moon
Hi-De-Hi
Newsnight
Family Fortunes
Play your Cards right
Magnum PI
Galactica 1980
Tundarr the Barbarian
The Little Bits
Take the High Road

JoLuc · 02/01/13 - 20:32

On the evening of my birth. - The Beatles— John, Paul, George and Stu (Stuart Sutcliffe)— began the first of nearly 300 regular performances at The Cavern Club.

CBFreak · 02/01/13 - 20:35

Suicide is Painless (MASH theme) Was UK number one the day I was born.
And in the USA it was Funkytown by Lipps Inc.

Mrscee · 02/01/13 - 20:39

the Christmas number one 5 days after I was born was ernie the fastest milkman in the west by benny hill..classic

[Deleted User] · 02/01/13 - 20:40

Re-unified Germany, and also the World Wide Web (name was coined, proposal was published and functional web browser was written).

Penfolds_place · 02/01/13 - 20:41

Back to the future and police academy 2

And windows 1.0

linnylou · 02/01/13 - 20:42

As old as the day Jane Fonda got arrested for drug smuggling :eek:

CBFreak · 02/01/13 - 20:43

Mrscee wrote: »

the Christmas number one 5 days after I was born was ernie the fastest milkman in the west by benny hill..classic

I beat you the Christmas number 1 the year I was born was There is no-One Quite Like Grandma.
It beat out John Lennon with (Just Like)Starting over.

Phoenix Lazarus · 02/01/13 - 20:43

Nearly as old as abolition of death penalty and legalisation of gay sex-and exactly as old as Thunderclap Newman's Something In The Air.

ppaupy · 02/01/13 - 20:45

I am as old as Dr Who.

James Frederick · 02/01/13 - 20:45

ppaupy wrote: »

I am as old as Dr Who.

1200+ years old?

Mrs de Winter · 02/01/13 - 20:46

As old as Dirty Dancing, a film that I plan on never watching!

SeasideLady · 02/01/13 - 20:47

I'm as old as my tongue and a bit older than my teeth.

d0lphin · 02/01/13 - 20:50

alan29 wrote: »

East Germany ..... I have outlived an entire nation.

I like that!

PorkSausage · 02/01/13 - 20:52

Top of the Pops (eek)
Computer mouse
Skateboards
Cassius Clay became World Champion Boxer, and changed his name to (Muhammed Ali) that year.

...apparently. Had fun researching that.

Edit: Some good films also.

A Hard Days Night
Goldfinger
Mary Poppins
The Pink Panther

Aarghawasp! · 02/01/13 - 20:55

The Godfather, Deliverance and Deep Throat.

Alice Cooper's School's Out and Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. M*A*S*H, The Waltons and John Craven's Newsround. The Ford Granada and Bloody Sunday.

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