Pinch Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 You think, maybe I'll buy a Les Paul, and then realize you can afford to. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Your grandfather was born in 1883 and you realize no one else that you know has a grandfather born in the 19th centrury. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tman said: Your grandfather was born in 1883 and you realize no one else that you know has a grandfather born in the 19th centrury. My dad was born in 1905 and died in 1977. His father was born in the 19th C and had died by the time I came along in 1954. Edited January 12, 2023 by jdgm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 hour ago, jdgm said: My dad was born in 1905 and died in 1977. His father was born in the 19th C and had died by the time I came along in 1954. Then we both are getting old. 🙂 My Dad was born in 1916 so yours could have been his older brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 When I used to pick up my mom's meds at the pharmacy, they would ask my her date of birth. My answer was March 21st, sometime during the Jurassic Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 when everything annoys you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 You know you're getting old when the examples of getting old start getting old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 In the movie MR. PEABODY AND THE MERMAID William Powell makes the comment: "50 years old. The old age of youth. The youth of old age." And of course the threshold of being "old" is "middle aged". And there's been a lot of speculation as to how someone knows they reached middle age. And I've said for years................ You know you've reached middle age when you wake up in the morning, and it's your BACK that's stiff! Whitefang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 You know you ARE old when you remember reciting The Pledge Of Allegiance before they added the words "Under God" after Indivisible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Or maybe if you remember saying ANY version of The Pledge Of allegiance in school. I remember my daughters telling me they never said it when they were in elementary school. And there's another "getting old" thing.... Remembering when we called elementary school "grade school". And "middle school" was "junior high". And it was called "Script", not "cursive" which I understand isn't being taught anymore. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Poster shops. Arg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) When Cracker Jack popcorn candy came with hazardous suprizes. The real fun stuff. Stuff you actually liked! Edited January 14, 2023 by CROWB8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 "Turn on, tune in, drop out" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Keyboard, Guitar Player, Electronic Musician, magazines on paper that arrived in your mailbox. When it was common for a married woman to identify herself as a "housewife". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 21 hours ago, CROWB8 said: Poster shops. Arg. Head shops too. But, if you can remember head shops you probably didn't patronize them much anyway. Whitefang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Whitefang said: Head shops too. But, if you can remember head shops you probably didn't patronize them much anyway. Whitefang I member em. Only place to get water pipes and such. Couldnt mention pot or they'd have to kick you out. Eventually, in Seattle, they got raided and shut down. Then they'd win a court case., be back, get raided again when mayor wrote another law. Now they are "smoke" shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Notes_Norton said: When it was common for a married woman to identify herself as a "housewife". Or Mrs. "John Doe". Edited January 15, 2023 by CROWB8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) Head shops??? Boy are you guys ever young. Sounds like I have underwear older than most of you........and I'm wearing it. How about atomic bomb tests broadcast live on black and white T.V. in the early 1950's. Free air for filling tires at service stations (which is what we called "gas stations" back then). A rubber hose that crossed the ground in front of the pumps, and caused a bell to ring when a car crossed it, so the attendant would come out and gas up your car, as well as wipe the windows, check the oil and replenish fluids under the hood....all unasked. RBSinTo Edited January 15, 2023 by RBSinTo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, RBSinTo said: Head shops??? Boy are you guys ever young. How about atomic bomb tests broadcast live on black and white T.V. in the early 1950's. Free air for filling tires at service stations (which is what we called "gas stations" back then). A rubber hose that crossed the ground in front of the pumps, and caused a bell to ring when a car crossed it, so the attendant would come out and gas up your car, as well as wipe the windows, check the oil and replenish fluids under the hood....all unasked. RBSinTo I member all that. But for me, was mayb 5 yrs your junior. '55 here. Edited January 15, 2023 by CROWB8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, CROWB8 said: I member all that. But for me, was mayb 5 yrs your junior. '55 here. CROWB8, I'm 74, turning 75 in April. RBSinTo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, RBSinTo said: CROWB8, I'm 74, turning 75 in April. RBSinTo March b 68. Nice to meacha sir. 🙃 Er, I'm 67 and 3/4. Grade school speak. You know...... Edited January 15, 2023 by CROWB8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 22 hours ago, RBSinTo said: Head shops??? Boy are you guys ever young. Sounds like I have underwear older than most of you........and I'm wearing it. How about atomic bomb tests broadcast live on black and white T.V. in the early 1950's. Free air for filling tires at service stations (which is what we called "gas stations" back then). A rubber hose that crossed the ground in front of the pumps, and caused a bell to ring when a car crossed it, so the attendant would come out and gas up your car, as well as wipe the windows, check the oil and replenish fluids under the hood....all unasked. RBSinTo I remember all that, and I also remember the A-Bomb drills, getting under our desk -- as if that would help. And every gas station had a mechanic there who could fix your car. And before recreational drugs hit the youth market, if the cops raided your party, they would confiscate the alcohol, and threaten to call your parents next time. I got caught once at a big beach party they raided. I hid in a tree everyone split, and started walking, met a girl who also hid, and the cops picked us up, drove us to the police station, and called our parents to come get us. We didn't get put in a cell, the police didn't have an attitude, they were more like uncles telling us we were disobeying than the attitude the police have now. Nobody got upset, excited, or even nervous. Back then, the policeman was your friend. Notes ♫ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Notes_Norton said: ......We didn't get put in a cell, the police didn't have an attitude, they were more like uncles telling us we were disobeying than the attitude the police have now. Nobody got upset, excited, or even nervous. Back then, the policeman was your friend. Notes ♫ They tossed me in a holding cell with whom they thought was a hard case to teach me a lesson. Appearently, they didnt search him well. He whipped out a joint and lit up. Had a good time. I was 16. Edited January 16, 2023 by CROWB8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 23 hours ago, RBSinTo said: .....Boy are you guys ever young. RBSinTo Forgot to say ty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROWB8 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) On 1/12/2023 at 12:53 PM, Pinch said: You think, maybe I'll buy a Les Paul, and then realize you can afford to. Remember buying my 1974 LPCBB 20th aniv for $700 USD w case. Talked the guy into giving me a strap, pick, and cord too. We both smiled as I walked out. Not sure he knew it was a 20th. I never brought it up. Edited January 16, 2023 by CROWB8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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