You KNOW you are getting old when.....

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Permalink Reply by Pat Van Dyne on March 8, 2009 at 9:38am

When you realize after reading all these replies that you can identify with 99% of them!!

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Permalink Reply by Radical Yellow Duck on March 10, 2009 at 2:56pm

You know you are getting older when…

… you consider plucking out a grey hair, but think, well at least it is one that has stayed.

… you hear an ad on the radio, say “men, are you urinating more.” And you wonder, more than what? More than a hummingbird beats it’s wings in a minute?

… you realize they are teaching history that you REMEMBER. And the kids just don’t care about something that happened THAT long ago.

… you voted for/against the person who was president when your co-workers were born.

…you have been divorced for longer than you were married.

… you can recognize and know how to change a typewriter ribbon.

… you remember that an album used to be a book that held 78’s.

… you know what a 78 is.

… you remember red led watches, that you had to press a button to tell the time.

… you remember that the Sylvania TV’s had “the works in a drawer”, and why you needed that.

…you remember your first microwave.

…you remember when not all tv’s were in color.

… you can remember more losing vice presidential candidates, than your co workers can name, not remember, wining presidents.

… you say you are going to google something, it still sounds like baby talk to you.

… you remember thinking, but that computer has 16 K of memory. there is no way I will use that much.

… you realize they stopped making Polaroid film for your favorite camera.

… you realize they stopped making Polaroid film at all.

… you know that a Kodak brownie is not a delicious sweat treat nor a bear from Alaska.

… you can do imitations of some one that no one else recognizes. “And that’s the way it is…” (Walter Cronkite for those of you too young to remember.)

… your first car now qualifies for a special antique license plate.

… you remember shampoo came in glass bottles that you didn’t dare drop in the tub.

… you remember need a bottle opener, to pop the top off a bottle.

…you got excited to learn that 18 year olds would soon be allowed to drink… and vote.

… you remember not having to press 1 for English.

… you remember when dialing a phone number actually involved a dial.

… you think that an electronic device flashing 12:00 is right twice a day.

… you were more worried about the cold war than global warming.

… you still sometimes call the Russians the Soviets.

… you remember Barney as someone who worked for Opies dad.

… you remember Arnold as being a pig.

… you remember when an airbag in a car was someone who wouldn’t stop talking.

… you paid more for your first house than for your latest car.

… you remember playing solitaire without having to use a computer.

… a visit to the emergency room is considered your going out on a date, or meeting up with some old friends.

… you are on a first name basis with the ambulance attendants.

… the 911 call on the scanner says, “Bill fell down again” and you know it is for you. (Actually happened to the husband of a dear friend of mine)

… you can name all the Monkeys, and which instrument they played.

… you think the Jonas brothers must have something to do with a big fish.

… the history channel has a program about something you remember actually doing.

… When the only sugar free drinks you could get were coffee and tea.

… you remember Laurence Welk as being a pretty hep cat.

… you wondered where Mitch Miller got all his sweaters.

… you had to watch the Charlie Brown Christmas special, because it was only on once a year, and you wouldn’t see it again until next year.

… you remember Ice T, as a cool, refreshing drink.

…you think Snoop Doggy Dogg is a cartoon character.

… you still call him John Cougar Mellencamp.

… you remember that drinking the kool-aid didn’t used to be associated with politics.

… you remember when the government spending a million dollars on something was a lot of money.

… you remember people wearing ties to get on airplanes, instead of having to take off their shoes.

… you remember when pay phones had doors.

… you remember only having to pay a dime to use a pay phone.

…you remember using a pay phone.

…you know who John Cammeron Swazey is.

… you remember one of the big things about Banachek was that he had a phone in his car.

… you remember the phrase, “If they can put a man on the moon, why can’t they…”

…you remember being excited the first time you tried “TANG” because the astronaughts drank it.

… you remember having to get to the bank during your lunch, because otherwise you wouldn’t have any money for that night.

… you remember having to go to the gas station on either odd or even days depending on your license number.

… you remember when things made in Japan were cheap knock offs.

…you remember things were made in America and not china

… you remember when things made in china came from Taiwan and not the mainland.

… you remember it was only the Russians we had to worry about going crazy and destroying the world.

… you could buy a bottle of Tylenol with out having to break through three seals to get at the pills.

… you remember when ac/dc referred to electricity.

… you remember when heavy metal referred to lead or iron.

… you remember when music had a melody you could whistle.

Shall I go on?

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Permalink Reply by Sylvia on March 10, 2009 at 4:10pm

Holy smokes! you really thought about this. LOL

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Permalink Reply by Andreina Davila on March 10, 2009 at 3:33pm

You know when you are getting old when you worry about the people you love all the time. :S

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Permalink Reply by Scott on March 10, 2009 at 10:58pm

ain't that the truth

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Permalink Reply by Joanne on July 4, 2009 at 8:51pm

you know ur getting old cuz you need help getting out of the hammock,lol.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on July 4, 2009 at 9:54pm

or how 'bout one of those reclining chaise lounge lawn chairs? (I cannot even get into one)

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Permalink Reply by Teena on July 4, 2009 at 11:20pm

...when you have stopped growing at both ends, and have begun to grow in the middle.

...when the girls at the office start confiding in you.

...when you don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.


LOL!

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Permalink Reply by Josephine on July 4, 2009 at 11:55pm

When people stop asking you for ID into nightclubs, this was a while ago, still very upsetting, now I'm upset all over again. Where are those tissues ?

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Permalink Reply by Andreina Davila on July 5, 2009 at 1:04am

even worse... you know you are getting old when you are not going into nightclubs anymore :P

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Permalink Reply by Josephine on July 5, 2009 at 1:16am

Anderina, we should go to nightclubs till we drop, good exercise.

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Permalink Reply by Andreina Davila on July 5, 2009 at 1:21am

you are totally right... I need to convince my husband to leave the computer behind... ohh, wait, babysitters.. way too expensive. There should be nightclubs with playground-daycare included. That will be a great hit. Just like Ikea

Really, I been dreaming of dancing salsa in a club for years now. Dancing anything... everytime my sister comes to visit we just dance together in our livingroom until we drop. You are right, I should do that.

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