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When I volunteered to work at the library book sale:You know you're ancient when you count back change to customers the old-fashioned way.
In the process of moving so I'm finding a lot of nostalgic items... like the VHS tape that I've never been able to force myself to throw away (after paying over $70 for it when it was first released)
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You know you're ancient when you count back change to customers the old-fashioned way."
Or you're thinking £SD instead of decimal.
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One is curious about its title ;-)
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You know you're ancient when you recall having a collection that included one of these
Never had as complete a set as my neighbor but I did have this Gemini VIII patch
Bill wrote: "(in response to my aversion to throwing away a VHS tape that I paid over $70 for) ...One is curious about its title"Unfortunately it was Running Brave (1983)
I had a thing for Robby Benson once upon a time.
Was reminded that I was ancient when discussing the US elections with a German guy that I chat with on the Steam Gaming chat occasionally. I mentioned that my first Presidential vote was cast for Richard Nixon and that I'd never voted for anyone that I was really excited about.
His reply... "...OMG you're Ancient!"
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I was rather young, but I did like Ike, a real Republican, not one of today's crazies.
You know how you're really young...when you were alive for only one of the elections y'all were talking about lol xD xD xD
In my twenties I decided that I would be old the moment I moved printed material further away from my face in order to be able to focus on it. My dad used to do that all the time. I caught myself doing that for the first time a couple of years ago. I'm now 47.
When people around me don't get my reference to Trainspotting.
You know you're OLD when you understand most of the references in We Didn't Start the Fire https://youtu.be/6POmPgeLW2UYou KNOW you're ANCIENT when you understand most of the references in I'm Still Here https://youtu.be/sd3UtltqLgA
Some of the people attending gay pride don't look old enough to take part in the over-21 activities.
When tic talk toe turns into pound signs and then evolves again into hashtags lol.
Ryan wrote: "When tic talk toe turns into pound signs and then evolves again into hashtags lol." You mean the octothorpe?
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You know you're ancient when you use the expression "not to sound like a broken record" and you've actually seen a record that's been broken. The old 78's were a LOT more breakable than 33 1/3 albums but the big hole made 45s kinda breakable.
I remember when freddo bars where 10p, and dial up internet, my niece will never know the struggle - and there is only 5 years between us!
Katie.dorny wrote: "I remember when freddo bars where 10p"They've gone up?
The people whom you knew in high school fill Facebook with pictures of their grandchildren.The music to which you listened to feel young again is now on the oldies stations.
You see a car just like the car that you bought when you were starting out in your career. It has antique registration.
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Ain't it the truth!
I tell people of working full time career job living in a bedsit sans window and earning like 570 a month....great british dream :@)lolwhen people complain of not being able to buy a house when they have a 45000 income between them and say they're skint..
out comes the i remember when...:@)
or meeting people to find they were born as i went to uni!!
or in a supermarket when i mutter...bagels? 1.60? i remember when they were 80p!!
Bill wrote: "Kevin wrote: "You actually know why YouTube has the word tube in it rather than flat screen or plasma."And you know how to use the horizontal hold and a tube checker."
I came here to post about the term "rabbit ears"!
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And you know how to use the horizontal hold and a tube checker."
I came here t..."
I can remember standing in the corner holding the rabbit ears, while my parents watched Lawrence Welk - Yuk!
… you’re giving a presentation to college film students on the movie My Own Private Idaho and you mention the late River Phoenix and someone asks “River who?” And then someone else pipes up with “Why’s he late?”
… when you’re talking with a coworker’s queer kid and you mention Matthew Shepard and they give you a blank look and ask “Who was that?”
John wrote: "I came here to post about the term "rabbit ears"!"😹😹😹 I actually still have some hooked up to a TV that hardly ever gets used, I have my PlayStation (the original, before they started numbering them) hooked up to it. 😹😹😹
Rick wrote: "… when you’re talking with a coworker’s queer kid and you mention Matthew Shepard and they give you a blank look and ask “Who was that?”"Definitely.
Latest Old Fart moment...I've been watching Love Victor and at one point he says "It's been a minute" meaning it's been a long time.
Maybe it's time to break out the Jiffy pop before watching the next episode. ;-)
If you missed the reference... a jiffy: historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds
You know you're old when your friends talk more about the orthopedists who did their knee and hip replacements than they talk about the hottest young actors or athletes.
Who says an orthopedist can’t be hot and young? Just saying …
Rick wrote: "Who says an orthopedist can’t be hot and young? Just saying …"You're absolutely right, and sometimes that's a part of conversations, but it still focuses on knee and hip replacements. And most of us want someone who's done a lot of them!
Loren wrote: "… And most of us want someone who's done a lot of them!"And that ones just too easy. 😼
When you know every book Rita Mae Brown has written, LoL :)
idk if I should call myself ancient. I haven't even hit 30 yet XD
Tristan wrote: "idk if I should call myself ancient. I haven't even hit 30 yet XD"Trust me, you’re not ancient.
You know you're ancient when...When my eyes start to get tired from reading so much.
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Ditto for ReplayTV! It was one of the first DVR's. It had auto-commercial skip, a better guide than Tivo, the ability to stream shows to another ReplayTV user's machine anywhere in the world, keyword or phrase subscriptions for titles, descriptions, actors, or directors. The upcoming programming guide is still better than anything Tivo has! And the company's been outta business for more than five years!