Sh*t that makes you feel old

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crandc said:
My first LP was Meet the Beatles

Had such a moment yesterday. I was at a memorial for a good friend who died just before July 4 weekend. I met a woman there and we decided to exchange phone numbers (business, not social). I had pen & notebook in my bag but it was in another room. She had her bag with her but no pen. A young woman nearby said "don't you have phones"? Duh! My phone was in the next room with the rest of her stuff, but my new friend had her phone, called me, left message, voila! we now have each other's phone numbers. No pen and paper needed.
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What's with the longhair guy in your signature? I can't read the type on the right of him. Looks interesting, though!
 
Jane Fonda Barberella, American Graffiti Ron Howard, Dirty Harry and Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee movies, Cheech and Chong movies, Ramblin Rod, Hobo Kelly and watching anything on antenna tv. Who remembers Festival seating at concerts?
 
You know you're old when you hear the Everly Brothers or Buddy Holly and know all the lyrics. You know you're old when you still think of Metallica as a band your kids tried to get you to listen to
 
Yes, sadly, the message in the sig is too small to see. I'll have to get a new sig. Meanwhile:

You were hungry and thirsty so I eliminated Meals on Wheels and food banks. You were a stranger so I vilified you and demanded that you be deported. You were naked so I called you an evil liberal who hates conservative family values. You were sick so I repealed your only hope for health care. You were in prison so I tortured you.
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Mathew 25-31 in the Conservative Bible
 

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I am old, so for me it should be titled "Sh*t that makes you feel your age".
 
I'm young, only 31... But I remember racing home to watch Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' first episode.

I saw Forrest Gump on Thanksgiving Day, when it came out. Ditto for Jurassic Park.

Hell, I saw real movies. The shit they make now isn't movies. There's hardly anything real in them.

I played pogs.

I remember a time before the internet, and I'm only 31. I played Incredible Machines on a DOS. It took up a MB on the computer... we couldn't get many more games because we barely had room for it.
 
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Strenuus said:
I'm young, only 31... But I remember racing home to watch Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' first episode.

I saw Forrest Gump on Thanksgiving Day, when it came out. Ditto for Jurassic Park.

Hell, I saw real movies. The shit they make now isn't movies. There's hardly anything real in them.

I played pogs.

I remember a time before the internet, and I'm only 31. I played Incredible Machines on a DOS. It took up a MB on the computer... we couldn't get many more games because we barely had room for it.
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Okay, your post about what makes you feel old makes me feel REALLY old. Thanks a lot...
 
maxiep said:
Okay, your post about what makes you feel old makes me feel REALLY old. Thanks a lot...
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I knew that was going to happen, but I was really posting to show the perspective of what feels "old"... We actually share some of the same "big moments" at different times (ages) in life.

Ahh crap, this is going to turn into a Kumbaya love-fest in a moment.
 
I remember being thrilled with my Apple Mac and its 400k memory, no color screen. That little fucker was indestructible..you could get the optional 800k extension memory and I did midi work with Mastertracks..all those little black rectangles representing notes.
 
I remembered I had to walk to school in 3 miles of snow uphill both ways
 
If you know what song this is from, then you are at least as old as I am...

People let me tell you 'bout my best friend,
He's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end.
People let me tell you bout my best friend,
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy.

People let me tell you 'bout him he's so much fun
Whether we're talkin' man to man or whether we're talking son to son.
Cause he's my best friend.
Yes he's my best friend.
(scat finish).
 
magnifier661 said:
I remembered I had to walk to school in 3 miles of snow uphill both ways
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These guy feel old thinking of the TV they watched.

Hell, I remember watching a ball handling lesson by Bob Cousy. Not on TV, there was no TV,
the coach was showing us a movie.

Now the real kicker is, one of the things Cousy demonstrated was the air dribble. Ha! I tried it the next game, got called for travelling. I told the ref, that was an air dribble! He thought I was smart ass, got a T too. Never could find out anymore about the air dribble.
 
riverman said:
I remember being thrilled with my Apple Mac and its 400k memory, no color screen. That little fucker was indestructible..you could get the optional 800k extension memory and I did midi work with Mastertracks..all those little black rectangles representing notes.
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I had a Vic20 with a cassette player
 
crandc said:
Yes, even though I lived in Southern California, we struggled getting to school in 8 foot snowdrifts...
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I think my father's generation used to tell me that. I thought it was always funny.

The funny thing was my dad lived in South Dakota. I think there is actually some truth to his statement.
 
magnifier661 said:
If you know what song this is from, then you are at least as old as I am...

People let me tell you 'bout my best friend,
He's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end.
People let me tell you bout my best friend,
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy.

People let me tell you 'bout him he's so much fun
Whether we're talkin' man to man or whether we're talking son to son.
Cause he's my best friend.
Yes he's my best friend.
(scat finish).
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This makes me want to go frolic every time I hear it.
 
magnifier661 said:
I think my father's generation used to tell me that. I thought it was always funny.

The funny thing was my dad lived in South Dakota. I think there is actually some truth to his statement.
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I think he'd be lying to you if he said he didn't walk 3 miles in snow each way living in South Dakota.
 
MarAzul said:
These guy feel old thinking of the TV they watched.

Hell, I remember watching a ball handling lesson by Bob Cousy. Not on TV, there was no TV,
the coach was showing us a movie.

Now the real kicker is, one of the things Cousy demonstrated was the air dribble. Ha! I tried it the next game, got called for travelling. I told the ref, that was an air dribble! He thought I was smart ass, got a T too. Never could find out anymore about the air dribble.
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Ha ! Hey! Doesn't anyone remember the air dribble?
 
I'm so old that I listened to radio before FM was invented, before music had genres or segregation according to type...you'd hear Frank Sinatra, the Beatles and Hank Williams back to back...a good song was just a good song and the backseat of cars was the size of a single bed
 
When the things you remember, nobody remembers.
Like, when the home town hero's were Portland Beavers who had the best players on the planet; Joe Brovia, Harvey Storey... It was easy to get to where they played, Vaughn Street! You could run there from the Street Car. Or watch the opposing teams come in at the train station from far away, like the San Diego Padres. Why were they Padres?
 
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