You Know you're getting older when...

DrDln · 12-25-2011, 02:11 PM

Get back in memory lane and have fun. Life was simple then without much technical stuff.

We remember when there was no internet and even personal computers.

- When there were only four channels.

- You had the phone number of everyone you knew memorized because you had to dial on a rotary phone.

Happy holiday season everyone...It's a season to be jolly..

Nyssa · 12-25-2011, 02:23 PM

You know you're getting old when your pre-teen asks "Whats VHS?"

red_phoenix · 12-25-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

You know you're getting old when your pre-teen asks "Whats VHS?"

You know you are getting old when you remember having a Beta machine

carld · 12-25-2011, 02:59 PM

When you realize the person you're talking to doesn't remember Mount St. Helens, or the Space Shuttle Challenger blowing up, or the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Mount St. Helens thing actually happened. I gave a clerk my birth date and she said it was the same as her boyfriend's, and I mentioned that it was also the day Mount St. Helens erupted. She clearly had no idea what I was talking about. I told her it was probably before her time.

howyoudoin · 12-25-2011, 03:26 PM

You know you're old when your memories don't consist of references to electronic items.

DrDln · 12-26-2011, 08:32 PM

..you bought gas under 30 cents a gallon.

"No one grows old by living; only by losing interest in living."

FizzyWater · 12-26-2011, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DrDln

..you bought gas under 30 cents a gallon.

Gas stations used to give premiums (like Cleveland Browns' glasses) for fill-ups of 8 gallons or more.

I remember my mother used to put $3.00 worth of gas in our car and then complain it didn't count for the 8 gallons to get the free glass (or whatever) because it wasn't a fill-up.

I remember the first VCR I owned had a CORDED remote control.

I remember when soda pop came in bottles that you returned to the store (and wouldn't a stack of unwashed sugary soda bottles sitting at the grocery just be a big roach motel?!)

RainingLemur · 12-26-2011, 10:04 PM

When you hear someone talk about a Batman movie, and the first thing that pops in your head is "Adam West."

GA Russell · 12-27-2011, 02:02 AM

When you remember old men going downtown to the department store to spend the October afternoon watching the World Series on a color TV.

Graham · 12-27-2011, 03:11 AM

... when you put the phone in the fridge.

Sweetpea · 12-27-2011, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrDln

..you bought gas under 30 cents a gallon.

"No one grows old by living; only by losing interest in living."

Wow, that must have been in my grandparent's time... The earliest price I could find, it was about 1 euro per liter in the early '70s...

You know you're getting older when everybody at work is getting younger than you are...

Laine · 12-27-2011, 05:00 AM

When you remember every word of a song you learned in Kindergarten in 1952 ..... but can't remember where you put your keys 30 minutes ago.

MJK2111 · 12-27-2011, 11:13 AM

...when songs you grew up listening to are now on the "oldies" channel...

rhadin · 12-27-2011, 11:40 AM

when you prefer to read or watch tv rather than have sex

CyGuy · 12-27-2011, 11:58 AM

You know you are getting old when you don't remember how old you are on your birthday.

12-25-2011, 02:11 PM	#1
DrDln Banned Posts: 1,527 Karma: 2349214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mountain House, CA Device: kindle	You Know you're getting older when... Get back in memory lane and have fun. Life was simple then without much technical stuff. We remember when there was no internet and even personal computers. - When there were only four channels. - You had the phone number of everyone you knew memorized because you had to dial on a rotary phone. Happy holiday season everyone...It's a season to be jolly..

12-25-2011, 02:59 PM	#4
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	When you realize the person you're talking to doesn't remember Mount St. Helens, or the Space Shuttle Challenger blowing up, or the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Mount St. Helens thing actually happened. I gave a clerk my birth date and she said it was the same as her boyfriend's, and I mentioned that it was also the day Mount St. Helens erupted. She clearly had no idea what I was talking about. I told her it was probably before her time. Last edited by carld; 12-25-2011 at 03:27 PM.

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DrDln Banned Posts: 1,527 Karma: 2349214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mountain House, CA Device: kindle	..you bought gas under 30 cents a gallon. "No one grows old by living; only by losing interest in living."

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