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You know you're ancient when...
Students walk into your office and asked what the typewriter is.Or how to fill out an envelope correctly.
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That was a long time ago. The punch cards.
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You are never old as long as you are in love. I believe that. Also, as a writer and creative person, I keep recreating myself—and hopefully my readers. So age is not an issue with me. I find most young people much "older" than I am: they have hang ups and anxieties that amaze me. I am not interested in the latest fashion, style, or technology. I am the latest technology, and so are they, if they know it. Perry
Well said Perry! Now if I can just find some ink for my fountain pen and a fresh scroll I'll write that down. Of course penmanship was never my forte.
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We all have those problems, at a certain point; at least all the men I know, in one way or another. I have now reached "senior citizenhood," and have rarely felt younger in my life. I hope I can continue with that feeling. In my book The Manly Art of Seduction I talk about advocating for yourself, and I think that as you get older, you do that more. Just naturally. Or, as one of my friends who's approaching 90 told me: "At this point I don't take any shit." I hear him. Perry
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Indeed, yes!
Kernos wrote: "And when pennies were money and not just piggy food" Just read Dracula and loved the bit where they gave the kid a penny and told him to buy them a sheet of paper and and envelope and he could keep the change!
You decide to listen to your cd that has the "new" music on it...and realize it's from the punk rock/new wave bands of the seventies.You go for your annual eye exam and find out you have a cataract! Seriously? Don't you have to be a senior citizin for that? (Surgery soon)
You find your smart phone every bit as confusing as your mother found voicemail to be.
I know I'm not as old as you guys but I had my first "damn I'm old" moment today...When the "kid" across the street you used to babysit in high school asks to go out to a bar and grab a beer.
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When the "kid" across the street you used to babysit in high school asks to go out to a bar and grab a beer."
Oh my! That would do it!
You Know you're ancient when...Hearing the name Francis conjures images of a talking mule before those of a mentally ill actress.
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Hearing the name Francis conjures images of a talking mule before those of a mentally ill actress."
You know you ancient when you know who Stephen's mule is, but don't have a clue about the actress.
Actually, the movie and the actress are spelled differently. Its Frances (1982) with Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer. It's a bit of a classic at this point and airs pretty frequently.
Actually Frances Farmer was a screen actress of the 40's so that'd make you older than just recognizing the Mule. Course you know that Francis the Talking Mule was one of the U.S. Army's early run-ins with Hybrid Transportation.
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Kernos wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Obsolete! They still exist they're just not common. Sorta like those yellow plastic things you put in your 45's so you can play em on your 33 turntable spindle... er strike that."..."
I have a working wind up gramophone. ;~j
When reading a user manual was easy, but now it's as hard as the appliance you're trying to learn how to use.
A few years ago my sister was in a car accident. The insurance company gave them a rental with manual windows. My niece and nephew just thought that was to coolest thing and spent the whole ride home winding the windows up and down.My first VCR was THE FIRST VCR released to the public for home use. Sony SL-7200 Betamax. Cost $1,200 and the tapes were around $20 for one hour. I had to drive 45 minutes to the "big city" to buy the tapes and they were only available in one store.
When you remember comics costing less than a dollar each (most floppys are $2.99 a $3.99 now)
you remember buying a pack of cigarettes for your mom and they cost just 50 cents.
As far as I remember, the only smoking areas in school were for the teachers. In one of my earlier jobs, the cafeteria tables were pristine white, but in the back there were six black tables with ashtrays for the smokers.
That's interesting, Don. I started smoking when I was 16 and got detention for smoking in the restroom.Lots of kids smoked outside, even pot. My parents both smoked and were totally indifferent to me smoking, as long as I didn't do drugs.
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I was at a Mall last week, left my cell phone at home and could not figure out where the pay phones were. I even had gotten change for $1 before looking... What happened to pay phones?
Remember when phones actually fit your ears. How much time have I wasted trying to find the sound with these new contraptions or trying to use them without hands, placing em between your ear and shoulder?
I was at a Mall last week, left my cell phone at home and could not figure out where the pay phones were. I even had gotten change for $1 before looking... What happened to pay phones?Kernos, pay phones are all but gone. My company owns and manages hotels. We pulled ours out years ago. Guest local and long distance used to be a revenue stream. Now, between supplying dial tone, long distance, high speed internet, it's a money pit. We even stopped most pay per view in room movies because people just stream what they want now.
Well, guys, when I think of the outrageous fees that hotels used to charge that were really unconscionable I'm not sure the present situation is really a bad thing. Just my opinion I guess.I know I'm old b/c I'm so cantankerous and such a curmudgeon. ROTFLMAO
Cheers,
Brad
B.D. wrote: "...I'm so cantankerous and such a curmudgeon. ROTFLMAO "Not sure any curmudgeon worth his doddering rights would use the acronym ROTFLMAO.... should the situation just be termed SNAFU?
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Not sure any curmudgeon worth his doddering rights would use the acronym ROTFLMAO.... should the situation just be termed SNAFU?"
Quit pickin on us old codgers, Stephen (you still has some color in ur hair) /slap Stephen
Kernos slaps Stephen with a wet trout!
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So it seems. I'd still like a phone, even a cell phone that fits my ear. /grumble.
Kernos wrote: "Quit pickin on us old codgers, Stephen (you still has some color in ur hair) /slap Stephen"
Forget color, Stephen has hair? The back and front of my scalp is racing to see who gets to the middle first!
...when you remember when Chaz Bono was an adorable little blonde girl in a frilly dress.(More power to you, bro!)
One Direction blokes, Justin Bieber are younger than I. (When I was a teen I decided that old is when teenage celebrities are younger than you.)
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You actually know why YouTube has the word tube in it rather than flat screen or plasma.
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And you know how to use the horizontal hold and a tube checker.
I've used a tube checker and even replaced a few. In fact when I was in school I took a class that discussed the physics behind triodes and other multi-element tubes. But what really makes me old is that I can identify these [IMG]http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/a...
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You look in the mirror and you say "nah, it can't be..." LOL
My mom STILL has one of those, Don!!!
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Ha!Yeh. Now if I smack 'em they fly off the table.
You know you're ancient when you're reminded of the first time you felt like a bit of a perv for noticing how attractive a young actor was... by his making the cover of the AARP magazine. Happy 50th Brad Pitt!
You know you're ancient when you remember.....................wait a minute I'll think of it......
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I thought of this many times. It's a bit disturbing to watch movies a celebrity is in from their first through their last. We watched Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia and then Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage recently. I makes aging too real.
you used to read during the night using oil lamps :)
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You know what Burma Shave signs are.You remember playgrounds made out of metal.
The Shadow Knows.
You remember who was a little bit country and who was a lil bit rock and roll
Wait, wasn't Stan's (from South park) dad rock and roll and Jimbo a little bit country? :D
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Books mentioned in this topic
Dracula (other topics)The Manly Art of Seduction, How to Meet, Talk To, and Become Intimate with Anyone (other topics)
Sprout (other topics)
And when pennies were money and not just piggy food.