#thericker

I never watched Silver Spoons growing up - guess I was too young (although I did appreciate the cuteness of Ricky Schroeder). It's randomly being shown on cable and I caught a few episodes - mostly just to enjoy the uber 80-ness of it. (There's a character who dresses like Boy George!)


But an episode yesterday caught my eye - it was from 1985 and Ricky was chatting with people on his computer - even met a girl that way. Holy early-stage internet dating, Batman. They called it "grocking," which makes no sense, but I had no idea that kind of technology existed back then. (Granted, I was 8 at the time, so had little knowledge of anything computer-y except maybe Atari.) Learn something new every day. Thanks, reruns.