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[quote=Anonymous]Early 90s were tough. I remember a lot of my friends' dads got laid off because they had jobs in defense contracting - tons of engineers and computer programmers losing their jobs. We would spend the daytime during the summer at my babysitter's house - she was friends with my mom and had kids the same age as us. I remember the dad and his computer programmer buddies hanging out, drinking beers, and building computers because they were all laid off. I was maybe 10 years old and they'd let me play with their HAM radio (had a 70' tall antenna in their suburban backyard!) or show us how to get online - this was back in '92. I remember a few of them moving to the Midwest from California to chase work.

Late 90s I was in HS. It was amazing. Gas was like $1.29/gallon in California. My mom inherited a 1971 Chevy Nova in mint condition from her great aunt who recently died. I got that when I turned 16, drove my friends everywhere. Growing up in SoCal and tons of friends had classic cars from the 60s and early 70s as their daily drivers - Mustangs, Chevelles, El Caminos, Camaros, classic pickup trucks, etc. It was literally just like American Graffiti. We'd go to punk shows or raves spread via phone number - you'd call, get directions or an address, then look up the route in the Thomas Guide.

It was bananas. [/quote]

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