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Munchman347
I'm 48 states old...
lurker1989
And the flip film projectors - it was always exciting to the one picked to flip the film each time the record went “ding”
irrational1618
Oh, I didn't realize until now that I was this old too. I was in elementary school in the late 70s/early 80s and these maps were the closest things to technology we had. We didn't even have those projector things.
friendswithfire
I always wanted these in my room growing up. Idk where I’d even find them but I’d definitely buy some
FelixTheAnimator
Saw some at Barnes & Noble yesterday.
MBTerrorKitten
I'm black and white tv, and hand held computer we call a phone old.
Junkman9096
But are you "film strip projector/narration on a record album with a 'ding' to change to the next image" old?
Trojan1109
That's 48 states old
RoyDMercer
I'm globe-old. That's before the GQP discovered that the world is flat.
wazeewa
Pull down maps, overhead projectors, the good old days. I also remember when it was our turn to vacuum out the chalk board erasers as well. You and your buddy would sit there smashing the erasers together creating a huge cloud of chalk dust then spend the next 10 minutes hacking out a lung because that crap LINGERED.
JackTorranceAtTheBall
Came here to say this.
Comboverman
Four browser windows open there.
trigonman3
This is from before we got those islands off the coast of California.
prosper020
I literally just thought “yeah, how else do you get a big ass map?” Then “oh yeah, google and a projector.” Let’s ignore that my classroom had google and a projector that I used fairly often.
MrHappySmiles
They’re still there in the skills lab at my junior college. I had a look, super useful. No one uses them because they are not an iPad.
SteveTheEgg
My back hurts enough without this post, thank you.
TheOriginalAmberRose
I must be old too - because it's much, much easier to read and study a large map than it is to view it on a screen.
Leonon
Touchscreen maps may be a pain but a zoomable map on a desktop PC is great, especially if it has a search function.
arewenotkingsandqueenstogether
Right, but kids don't have those
daugbret
Satellite view kills it for me at my job, being able to know more about someones property before pulling a trailer up their driveway.
JadeMcLeod
Is this even old?? I had it all when I was in school - big CRT tv on the wheelie cart, slide projectors, roll out maps.... I'm 25.
anonymkonto
Sometimes I think people in faster evolving places forget that's not the case everywhere
CeruleanK
"Remember 'school', guys? I lived during standardized tests and juice boxes. And countertops were like twice as tall as they are now. Today's kids don't know."
MSL2321
I member
TooSoonOldTooLateSmart
I have heard that school maps of the early 60s (after the Castro revolution) had empty ocean where Cuba really is. Can anyone confirm?
woozle
Jonesso
and the maps where probably older than you
AlcoholicAtaxia
Sure, but how many countries have changed their names, disappeared, or have had their borders redrawn since you've been alive?
DangerouslyMusicalCanadianLama
I'm not old! Stop it!!
J3lek
I'm pull down maps with USSR, chalkboards, and "computer lab" old.
InTheBeginningWasTheNerd
I remember my primary school vice-headmaster taking our computer club (that he ran) to his office to show us his computer that just had this new thing called "The Internet" connected. It was, for a time, the only PC in the whole school with outside connection.
J3lek
"Computer lab" was pre internet. All the computers in the school were in a single room. Apple 2e with 5.5 inch floppy drive and No operating system.
InTheBeginningWasTheNerd
Ours was DOS and Windows 3.11.
Okay, it was mostly Transport Tycoon and Vlak ("Train", a Czech variant of Snake).
sadurdaynight
(teachers) Remember to wait for the red light on the disk drive to stop before flipping the lever open or YOU'LL DESTROY THE ENTIRE FUCKING WORLD! (me and my friends using the Apple ][e
IamtheAIyoushouldfear
With only 49 states!
youreathing
I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!
WalksWithNoFear
As was the style at the time
Picdump2508
Those are still in classrooms, boss.
handsoffhandson
“Old”? I was in kindergarten when good old Ike added “under god” to the pledge (damn!). We thought nothing of it at the time, ‘cause - “duck and cover” (best exemplified by South Park) was the new thing. Of course we did get the new polio vaccine, so there’s that.
drhobotron
The absolute worst thing about these maps was the completely inaccurate topological gradient information. The Rockies should make the Appalachians look like speed bumps.
GuitarBobMonterey
Not sure I see the problem. The lowlands are green here, higher areas are yellow.
magila
All the topographical information is vastly exaggerated. If North America was the size of a billiard table it would be smoother than a sheet of glass.
LarvaLamp
Yeah, I once heard that the Earth is actually smother than a marble, and I still can't quite get my brain to accept it. I'm not denying it, it's just so counterintuitive.
magila
Well Colorado is 380 miles wide, but it's only 2 inches wide on a map. That's a ratio of 12 million to one. The tallest mountain in the state is only about 2 miles above the surrounding plains. At that ratio it would be 0.01 inches high.
TheVoicesinMyHeadSingShowtunes
Yep, plus the big-ass CRT TV on a cart, projectors with the clear plastic sheets, the monochrome monitors, Apple IIs and a whole bunch of other things from the late 80s and early 90s.
NappaTheFriendlyGhost
When you get the dry erase marker and have to write on the clear plastic sheet over the projector... those were tense moments.
b0stark
You guys had computers!? Such a modern facility! IIRC, only the headmaster and his secretary had a computer.
Roqinn
The college I worked for three years ago still had all those items in regular use.
TheFashionGuy1
Apple!?!? My high school had TRS-80s.
lpooptoomuch
or when they bust out the chalkboard cleaner
bikemaje
I am projector in the classroom old. Hard to thread that thing. The overhead projector was the wave of the future.
NotSomoneElse68
I think you missed. We're taking reel to reel filmstrips before VCRs didn't exist. Computers didn't exist in schools. Hell, the Atari 2600 didn't exist at all. Copies were made on a mimeograph. My 7th grade math teacher smoked in class. Most people had B&W TVs. My record player had 16 and 72 RPM. And I'm still middle aged. The Boomers were halfway to Stone Aged.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
Lol. My HS bio teacher used an overhead projector with the clear plastic sheets until 2015
LarvaLamp
It's simple and it works. There's really no need to replace it for the most part.
omgzwtfs
What did they switch to? Having been out of school since 2008 I can't imagine what a better option is. Little sister graduated college in 2021 and they did everything on whiteboards or giant pieces of paper, seemed like a step backwards
AmazingA
My bet? PowerPoint. Most classrooms have decent sized digital displays these days.
chicharrone
The last 3 large school districts I've worked in use interactive "smart" board technology that projects on the board and can be digitally "written on" (& synchs to a laptop). Another helpful item is a document camera.