You Know you're getting older when... - Page 2

DrDln · 12-27-2011, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

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

I remember when VCR came in 2 pieces and cost over $800.

DrDln · 12-27-2011, 03:12 PM

Banks gave free clock to open an account.

DrDln · 12-27-2011, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhadin

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

Or when you prefer to sleep in separate beds/rooms because snoring is interrupting your sleep.

Solitaire1 · 12-27-2011, 04:40 PM

You know you're getting older when you remember when...

- Scooby Doo was a brand new show.

- Your cable converter box came with a corded remote control and a maximum of 36 channels.

- MTv ran nothing but music videos.

- Music only came in the following formats: LP, 45, cassette, and 8-track tapes.

- Portable music meant a pocket AM radio.

- Star Wars was only one movie and Darth Vader was just a villain.

- Comic books used to cost 25 cents.

- You had to watch a show when it was first broadcast, or wait months to see it...if you were lucky.

pholy · 12-27-2011, 07:42 PM

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- Comic books used to cost 10 cents.

Fixed that for ya'.

And Coke came in a 6-oz. bottle and cost a nickel.

And a McDonald's burger cost 16 cents.

DrDln · 12-28-2011, 12:42 AM

General motors dominated the auto industry.

Roger Parkinson · 12-28-2011, 02:24 AM

The person you are talking to wasn't alive for the moon landings (and neither were their parents)
'The War' was the one we had with Japan and Germany
(bonus points if it was with Turkey and Germany!)
You remember when phones all had cords, every single one. And the phone line was shared with half a dozen other households.
Cameras had film.
The Daleks were really, really scary. Oh, wait...

xg4bx · 12-28-2011, 06:08 AM

you wear teenage mutant ninja turtles, ALF or atari t-shirts not to be trendy or ironic but because you fondly remember when they were new releases.

when you start turning the music down or in my case when heavy metal started getting "too heavy"

when you watch the news and start pontificating like archie bunker

the first time you say something was better when you were a kid

xg4bx · 12-28-2011, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by MJK2111

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

this happened to me the other day when i was flipping through the digital music cable channels and realized that nirvana and alice in chains were on the "retro rock" channel. ugh.

Sweetpea · 12-28-2011, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by xg4bx

when you start turning the music down or in my case when heavy metal started getting "too heavy"

That I already did when I was a kid. And heavy metal I've always hated, even when I was younger...

Hamlet53 · 12-28-2011, 09:06 AM

So the last surviving major cast member of the old (Johnny Weissmuller) Tarzan movies has died.

Cheetah Dead: Chimpanzee Sidekick From 1930s Tarzan Flicks Dies At 80

You know that you are getting old when you recall Saturday mornings being given over to watching those old (1930s) Tarzan films on a black&white television.

Cheetah was preceded in death by Tarzan, Jane, and boy. So anyway Cheetah apparently had a long contented life with his main hobbies being finger painting and throwing feces when people pissed him off. Wish I could get away with that. Maybe when the dementia sets in? Of course I could start faking that right now when it suits me.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 12-28-2011, 12:28 PM

When the only time people don't give you blank looks when you mention the shows and cartoons you grew up with as a kid... is when they've been remade by computer animation studios.

(My wife completely perplexed her office-mates when she mentioned The Banana Splits... they looked it up on YouTube, and were worthless hyenas for the rest of the day.)

issybird · 12-28-2011, 12:32 PM

You know you've gotten old when people post about how they know they're getting older, and their reasons prove that they're mere children.

Nyssa · 12-28-2011, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

You know you've gotten old when people post about how they know they're getting older, and their reasons prove that they're mere children.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 12-28-2011, 12:40 PM

When you mention doing something you've done for years, or wanted to do for years, and hear, "Don't you think you're a little too old for that?" (Happened to me last year)

When you're dancing at a party, and someone looks at you and says, "I haven't seen that step in ages!" (Happened to me this year)

12-28-2011, 02:24 AM	#22
Roger Parkinson Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 108036 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy S	The person you are talking to wasn't alive for the moon landings (and neither were their parents) 'The War' was the one we had with Japan and Germany (bonus points if it was with Turkey and Germany!) You remember when phones all had cords, every single one. And the phone line was shared with half a dozen other households. Cameras had film. The Daleks were really, really scary. Oh, wait... Last edited by Roger Parkinson; 12-28-2011 at 02:30 AM.

12-28-2011, 09:06 AM	#26
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	So the last surviving major cast member of the old (Johnny Weissmuller) Tarzan movies has died. Cheetah Dead: Chimpanzee Sidekick From 1930s Tarzan Flicks Dies At 80 You know that you are getting old when you recall Saturday mornings being given over to watching those old (1930s) Tarzan films on a black&white television. Cheetah was preceded in death by Tarzan, Jane, and boy. So anyway Cheetah apparently had a long contented life with his main hobbies being finger painting and throwing feces when people pissed him off. Wish I could get away with that. Maybe when the dementia sets in? Of course I could start faking that right now when it suits me. Last edited by Hamlet53; 12-28-2011 at 10:47 AM.

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12-27-2011, 03:12 PM	#17
DrDln Banned Posts: 1,527 Karma: 2349214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mountain House, CA Device: kindle	Banks gave free clock to open an account.

12-27-2011, 04:40 PM	#19
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 15,014 Karma: 70029956 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	You know you're getting older when you remember when... - Scooby Doo was a brand new show. - Your cable converter box came with a corded remote control and a maximum of 36 channels. - MTv ran nothing but music videos. - Music only came in the following formats: LP, 45, cassette, and 8-track tapes. - Portable music meant a pocket AM radio. - Star Wars was only one movie and Darth Vader was just a villain. - Comic books used to cost 25 cents. - You had to watch a show when it was first broadcast, or wait months to see it...if you were lucky.

12-28-2011, 12:42 AM	#21
DrDln Banned Posts: 1,527 Karma: 2349214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mountain House, CA Device: kindle	General motors dominated the auto industry.

12-28-2011, 06:08 AM	#23
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	you wear teenage mutant ninja turtles, ALF or atari t-shirts not to be trendy or ironic but because you fondly remember when they were new releases. when you start turning the music down or in my case when heavy metal started getting "too heavy" when you watch the news and start pontificating like archie bunker the first time you say something was better when you were a kid

12-28-2011, 12:28 PM	#27
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	When the only time people don't give you blank looks when you mention the shows and cartoons you grew up with as a kid... is when they've been remade by computer animation studios. (My wife completely perplexed her office-mates when she mentioned The Banana Splits... they looked it up on YouTube, and were worthless hyenas for the rest of the day.)

12-28-2011, 12:32 PM	#28
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,517 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	You know you've gotten old when people post about how they know they're getting older, and their reasons prove that they're mere children.

12-28-2011, 12:40 PM	#30
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	When you mention doing something you've done for years, or wanted to do for years, and hear, "Don't you think you're a little too old for that?" (Happened to me last year) When you're dancing at a party, and someone looks at you and says, "I haven't seen that step in ages!" (Happened to me this year)