How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.

https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/

I got:
You scored 49 out of 60
YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
Great job! That score is amazing.

On 30.12.2023 18:19, Recliner wrote:
> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>
> I got:
> You scored 49 out of 60
> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
> Great job! That score is amazing.

51, thanks for posting this bit of fun. Happy New Year to all.

According to Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com>:
>How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
>https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/

I got 57, never having seen a heckler.

A more interesting question would be how many of these things we still have and use.

I have a crank coffee grinder I use every day, a pencil sharpener just
like the one in the picture (with the missing cover to catch the
shavings), still have a cassette player in the clock radio on my bed,
and we get milk in glass bottles from a local store. We finally
replaced the canister vacuum last year.

--
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:19:32 +0000, Recliner wrote:

> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may
> still own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-
items-quiz-most-cant/
>
> I got:
> You scored 49 out of 60 YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
> Great job! That score is amazing.

57/60 here, same comment!

nib

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>
> I got:
> You scored 49 out of 60
> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
> Great job! That score is amazing.
>

56/60

In message <EiYjN.114016$c68d.7595@fx15.ams1>, at 17:19:32 on Sat, 30
Dec 2023, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:
>How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
>https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-it
>ems-quiz-most-cant/
>
>I got:
>You scored 49 out of 60
>YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>Great job! That score is amazing.

I got 60/60, most without seeing the multiple choices, some having to
ignore somewhat USA-ian terminology, and only had to guess one (the
Nintendo) but picked the most well known of the four.

How many do I or have I, owned: about 50% & 80% perhaps (although I
wasn't keeping score). Some like the dumb waiter aren't really domestic
products, you'd need to live in a particular sort of house.
--
Roland Perry

On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:19:32 GMT, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com>
wrote:

>How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
>https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>
>I got:
>You scored 49 out of 60
>YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>Great job! That score is amazing.

56/60... what the heck is a heckler! Carpetbeaters weren't in vogue
by my time; Ma's vacuum cleaner looked like the test sample though,
being an Electrolux -- she did the *luxing* every Monday. And that
fax machine wuz a kookie version...

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>
> I got:
> You scored 49 out of 60
> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
> Great job! That score is amazing.
>

55 , should have noted which ones I got wrong. Heckler was one, another I
chose pepper grinder instead of Coffee.

GH

On 30/12/2023 17:19, Recliner wrote:
> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>
> I got:
> You scored 49 out of 60
> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
> Great job! That score is amazing.

59/60

I've got five of those things here - two within sight.

In message <7tp0pidg6shbl2r068ub2gga0ch7cno3a2@4ax.com>, at 11:01:22 on
Sat, 30 Dec 2023, Nobody <jock@soccer.com> remarked:

>>How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>>typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>>own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>
>>https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>>
>>I got:
>>You scored 49 out of 60
>>YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>>Great job! That score is amazing.
>
>56/60... what the heck is a heckler!

A red herring, because that one was a hay straightener.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
> In message <7tp0pidg6shbl2r068ub2gga0ch7cno3a2@4ax.com>, at 11:01:22 on
> Sat, 30 Dec 2023, Nobody <jock@soccer.com> remarked:
>
>>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>>
>>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>>>
>>> I got:
>>> You scored 49 out of 60
>>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>>
>> 56/60... what the heck is a heckler!
>
> A red herring, because that one was a hay straightener.

No it wasn’t. The correct answer was Heckling.

“This is called heckling. It is the last step in dressing flax or prepping
fibers to be spun. In this step, the flax is run through combs that
straighten it and remove any impurities. After heckling, the flax is ready
to be spun!”

60/60??

On 2023-12-30 19:19, Recliner wrote:
> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>
> I got:
> You scored 49 out of 60
> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
> Great job! That score is amazing.

54 out of 60, which depresses me more than you can imagine.

I was reminded that it's been ages since I ate fondue... Or its cousin
that I prefer, raclette; I have a raclette grill somewhere in the back
of the kitchen...

I was also reminded that the world's largest collection of clothes irons
belongs to a somewhat eccentric Romanian entrepreneur by the name of Ion
Chirescu, who has built a gallery to permanently exhibit them (and his
collection of corkscrews and trivets, both also world records), complete
with a theatre to watch videos on the history of irons (and indeed
corkscrews and trivets.)

Oddly enough, they're actually beautifully presented, and really quite
fascinating.

<https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/115603-largest-collection-of-irons>

<https://museumofromanianrecords.com>

On 2023-12-30 20:50, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <EiYjN.114016$c68d.7595@fx15.ams1>, at 17:19:32 on Sat, 30
> Dec 2023, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:
>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify?  If you're in the
>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may
>> still
>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>
>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-it
>> ems-quiz-most-cant/
>>
>> I got:
>> You scored 49 out of 60
>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>
> I got 60/60, most without seeing the multiple choices, some having to
> ignore somewhat USA-ian terminology, and only had to guess one (the
> Nintendo) but picked the most well known of the four.

There wasn't a Nintendo.

(There was an Atari.)

Like the man said - 60/60???

On 30/12/2023 20:57, Clank wrote:
> On 2023-12-30 19:19, Recliner wrote:
>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify?  If you're in the
>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may
>> still
>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>
>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>>
>> I got:
>> You scored 49 out of 60
>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>
> 54 out of 60, which depresses me more than you can imagine.
>
> I was reminded that it's been ages since I ate fondue...  Or its cousin
> that I prefer, raclette; I have a raclette grill somewhere in the back
> of the kitchen...
>
> I was also reminded that the world's largest collection of clothes irons
> belongs to a somewhat eccentric Romanian entrepreneur by the name of Ion
> Chirescu, who has built a gallery to permanently exhibit them (and his
> collection of corkscrews and trivets, both also world records), complete
> with a theatre to watch videos on the history of irons (and indeed
> corkscrews and trivets.)
>
> Oddly enough, they're actually beautifully presented, and really quite
> fascinating.
>
> <https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/115603-largest-collection-of-irons>
>
> <https://museumofromanianrecords.com>
>
A collection of something quite boring can become quite interesting.

Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
> In message <EiYjN.114016$c68d.7595@fx15.ams1>, at 17:19:32 on Sat, 30
> Dec 2023, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:
>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>
>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-it
>> ems-quiz-most-cant/
>>
>> I got:
>> You scored 49 out of 60
>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>
> I got 60/60, most without seeing the multiple choices, some having to
> ignore somewhat USA-ian terminology, and only had to guess one (the
> Nintendo) but picked the most well known of the four.
>
> How many do I or have I, owned: about 50% & 80% perhaps (although I
> wasn't keeping score). Some like the dumb waiter aren't really domestic
> products, you'd need to live in a particular sort of house.

I must admit I got that one wrong, with no excuse.

Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
> Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>
>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>>
>> I got:
>> You scored 49 out of 60
>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>>
>
> 55 , should have noted which ones I got wrong. Heckler was one, another I
> chose pepper grinder instead of Coffee.

Yes, same here.

In message <umq0di$1csi8$2@dont-email.me>, at 23:00:34 on Sat, 30 Dec
2023, Clank <clank75@googlemail.com> remarked:
>On 2023-12-30 20:50, Roland Perry wrote:
>> In message <EiYjN.114016$c68d.7595@fx15.ams1>, at 17:19:32 on Sat, 30
>>Dec 2023, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:
>>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify?  If you're in the
>>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may
>>>still
>>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>>
>>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-it
>>> ems-quiz-most-cant/
>>>
>>> I got:
>>> You scored 49 out of 60
>>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>>> Great job! That score is amazing.

>> I got 60/60, most without seeing the multiple choices, some having
>>to ignore somewhat USA-ian terminology, and only had to guess one
>>(the Nintendo) but picked the most well known of the four.
>
>There wasn't a Nintendo.
>
>(There was an Atari.)

If you say so. That many screens is difficult to remember. But
nevertheless I got 60/60.
--
Roland Perry

In message <umpsdm$1cpii$1@dont-email.me>, at 19:52:22 on Sat, 30 Dec
2023, Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> remarked:
>Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:
>> In message <7tp0pidg6shbl2r068ub2gga0ch7cno3a2@4ax.com>, at 11:01:22 on
>> Sat, 30 Dec 2023, Nobody <jock@soccer.com> remarked:
>>
>>>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>>>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>>>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage
>>>>-items-quiz-most-cant/
>>>>
>>>> I got:
>>>> You scored 49 out of 60
>>>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>>>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>>>
>>> 56/60... what the heck is a heckler!
>>
>> A red herring, because that one was a hay straightener.
>
>No it wasn’t. The correct answer was Heckling.
>
>“This is called heckling. It is the last step in dressing flax or prepping
>fibers to be spun. In this step, the flax is run through combs that
>straighten it and remove any impurities. After heckling, the flax is ready
>to be spun!”
>
>60/60??

Their system has a bug in it then, because I selected "hay straightener"
and have a screenshot of my 60/60 score.
--
Roland Perry

On 30/12/2023 21:19, Recliner wrote:
> Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
>> Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
>>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
>>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>>
>>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>>>
>>> I got:
>>> You scored 49 out of 60
>>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>>>
>>
>> 55 , should have noted which ones I got wrong. Heckler was one, another I
>> chose pepper grinder instead of Coffee.
>
> Yes, same here.

I also got those two wrong, plus the razor slot in the cabinet that I
thought was for ventilation, and the sugar sifter that I thought was an
egg separator. Only 56/60.

Nice one!

Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>
> I got:
> You scored 49 out of 60
> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
> Great job! That score is amazing.
>

55/60.

One foolish error, one because I didn't know the brand name.

Anna Noyd-Dryver

On 30/12/2023 17:19, Recliner wrote:
> How many of these vintage objects can you identify? If you're in the
> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may still
> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>
> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>
> I got:
> You scored 49 out of 60
> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
> Great job! That score is amazing.

55
--
Graeme Wall
This account not read.

On 30/12/2023 21:43, Alan Jones wrote:
> On 30/12/2023 21:19, Recliner wrote:
>> Marland <gemehabal@btinternet.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify?  If you're in the
>>>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may
>>>> still
>>>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-items-quiz-most-cant/
>>>>
>>>> I got:
>>>> You scored 49 out of 60
>>>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>>>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> 55 , should have noted which ones I got wrong. Heckler was one,
>>> another I
>>> chose pepper grinder instead of Coffee.
>>
>> Yes, same here.
>
> I also got those two wrong, plus the razor slot in the cabinet that I
> thought was for ventilation, and the sugar sifter that I thought was an
> egg separator. Only 56/60.
>
> Nice one!

56 here too. Same answers except I guessed the coffee grinder correctly
but failed to recognise the skate tightening key. Several answers were
educated guesses rather than actual knowledge.

On 30/12/2023 19:23, Marland wrote:
> 55 , should have noted which ones I got wrong. Heckler was one, another I
> chose pepper grinder instead of Coffee.

I got bored and did not finish. Too much of a mix of a couple of
obscure items requiring detailed knowledge of a particular subject, some
needing knowledge of US terminology but many that anyone older than a
teenager would know.

On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:00:34 +0200, Clank <clank75@googlemail.com>
wrote:

>On 2023-12-30 20:50, Roland Perry wrote:
>> In message <EiYjN.114016$c68d.7595@fx15.ams1>, at 17:19:32 on Sat, 30
>> Dec 2023, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:
>>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify?  If you're in the
>>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may
>>> still
>>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>>
>>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-it
>>> ems-quiz-most-cant/
>>>
>>> I got:
>>> You scored 49 out of 60
>>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>>
>> I got 60/60, most without seeing the multiple choices, some having to
>> ignore somewhat USA-ian terminology, and only had to guess one (the
>> Nintendo) but picked the most well known of the four.
>
>There wasn't a Nintendo.

Qué?

The four offerings were: 1) ATARI SYSTEM; 2) SEGA GENESIS; 3) NINTENDO
64; 4) SEGA DREAMCAST

The correct choice/answer is/was ATARI SYSTEM...

>
>(There was an Atari.)
>
>Like the man said - 60/60???

Roland has to roll back from 60/60... but we'll no doubt experience
the evidential fallback.

In message <u2h1pil1ags8j422plslcknnqt565u9uf3@4ax.com>, at 17:43:19 on
Sat, 30 Dec 2023, Nobody <jock@soccer.com> remarked:
>On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:00:34 +0200, Clank <clank75@googlemail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On 2023-12-30 20:50, Roland Perry wrote:
>>> In message <EiYjN.114016$c68d.7595@fx15.ams1>, at 17:19:32 on Sat, 30
>>> Dec 2023, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:
>>>> How many of these vintage objects can you identify?  If you're in the
>>>> typical demographic for this group, most should be easy, and you may
>>>> still
>>>> own some. Roland will probably ace it and score 60/60.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.exploredplanet.com/life/are-you-able-to-pass-this-vintage-it
>>>> ems-quiz-most-cant/
>>>>
>>>> I got:
>>>> You scored 49 out of 60
>>>> YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
>>>> Great job! That score is amazing.
>>>
>>> I got 60/60, most without seeing the multiple choices, some having to
>>> ignore somewhat USA-ian terminology, and only had to guess one (the
>>> Nintendo) but picked the most well known of the four.
>>
>>There wasn't a Nintendo.
>
>Qué?
>
>The four offerings were: 1) ATARI SYSTEM; 2) SEGA GENESIS; 3) NINTENDO
>64; 4) SEGA DREAMCAST
>
>The correct choice/answer is/was ATARI SYSTEM...

So there was a Nintendo after all.

>>(There was an Atari.)
>>
>>Like the man said - 60/60???
>
>Roland has to roll back from 60/60... but we'll no doubt experience
>the evidential fallback.

I don't know what's going on, but I did a screenshot of the final score.
--
Roland Perry