Old is realizing . . .

[HughBeaumont]

. . . most of the screaming fans on Cheap Trick's Budokan version of "I Want You To Want Me" are in their late 40s-early 50s this year. :-(

[Doc_Technical]

1. Old is remembering

when the NFL season was only 12 games and the
penalty for offensive holding was 15 yards.

[HERVEPA]

7. And that a defender didn't do a dance because made a tackle or broke up a pass. And the goalposts..

were on the goal line.

And we liked it that way. :-)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Old is not recognizing the people on the covers of magazines and

not caring that you don't.

[elleng]

3. GOOD one!

:thumbsup:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. who are all those CHILDREN? Babies, really. all of them.

;)

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. I was actually thinking that about some of the doctors...

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"Does your mother know you're out here doing this?
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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[redwitch]

28. They are just gonna keep getting younger too!

Had a procedure done last month. Doctor looked about 12. I was nervous. :-)

[HughBeaumont]

6. I remember when they weren't so interchangeable and glib.

There used to be a difference between entertainers. Not so much anymore.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. I know what you mean. My daughter offered me her current issue of

People magazine not too long ago, but I turned her down because I didn't have the slightest idea who those people were on the cover and I wasn't curious enough to find out.

[Mad_Dem_X]

35. +1

[Iggo]

8. Wait a minute. I'm in my late 40's!!!!!

:o

[HughBeaumont]

13. I'm now in the early 40s! When the hell did THAT happen?

:)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. Old is being amazed at how badly all your friends have aged. nt

[Xipe Totec]

10. There's a treatment for memory loss,

but you just can't remember what it is...

[Xipe Totec]

11. ... realizing that, finally, there are people smarter than you. nt

[Urban Prairie]

14. That the phrase"please hang up the phone and try dialing again"

is just a figure of speech and not an actual physical activity.

[elocs]

15. Old is remembering when you had to get off the couch to change the tv channel.

Even older is when you used to watch the radio.

[HughBeaumont]

16. Old is remembering your VCR had a wired remote.

"What's a VCR?" :rofl:

[elocs]

17. Actually some 40+ years ago I used the cable tv box as a wired remote.

Instead of having it on top of the tv I kept it on the back of the couch so I wouldn't have to get up to change the channels. I even had a long cord so I could turn off the tv without having to get up in case I had fallen asleep and woke up to the test pattern.

Test pattern? Now there's another one.

[HughBeaumont]

19. It's probably more effective.

Our remote would always break . . . or the buttons would sink in and the contact destroyed.

I never saw the geometric test patterns. Ours were always the color pattern and the sine wave.

Oh, and speaking of which, that's another thing you never see anymore - a station that actually signs off. Even local stations go 24-7 now.

[elocs]

21. Actually my local CBS station has a 2nd channel that does go off the air for awhile.

Alas, no test pattern, but a live picture of the local radar.

Back in 1971 I had a small b&w tv that had a shutoff timer on it. It would confuse me because I would fall asleep watching tv and then wake up in the middle of the night and the room would be all dark. The last thing I would remember is the tv being on and then it was dark and it would take a few moments to clear the cobwebs from my head.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

18. "Frampton Comes Alive"...with the help of Metamucil.

That's why teenagers are so funny...because they think it's going to fucking last forever.

:toast:

:rofl:

[HughBeaumont]

27. Wayne's World:

"Frampton Comes Alive"? Everybody in the world has Frampton Comes Alive. If you lived in the suburbs you were issued it. It came in the mail with samples of "Tide".

:rofl: My uncles had that album. The parents didn't have it, though.

[Curmudgeoness]

20. Old is realizing...

that you are no longer the target audience for anything but commercials for incontinence and erectile disfunction. Even the wrinkle cream commercials are no longer aimed at you.

[alphafemale]

24. When those late night compilation music collections start to sound good...?

...it's over.

:hi:

:hide:

[Curmudgeoness]

39. Oh no! That puts me in the same category as my father...

back when those music collections were Lawrence Welk. Ahhhhhhhh!

I need an old lady with a cane gif right now.

[alphafemale]

42. And it's not like you are going to turn 50 and start liking "Welk"

I can see metal bands touring the "old folks homes." in the not that distant future.

Picture a ninety year old in an electric wheel chair, colostomy bag hanging on the side...shouting "FREEIRD!"

You really don't think people change just because ...they have some years on them...do you?

[SoxFan]

22. LOL

I had the exact same thought while listening to that album recently!

[alphafemale]

23. thinking..."when did they start letting 12yr olds drive cars?"

:rofl:

[Lost4words]

31. old is being given the senior discount automatically

old is trying to find the distributor in a 10 year year old car!

[zanana1]

25. Old is when 30 somethings...

Rush to open doors for you. KILL ME NOW!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

26. Old is knowing how to make popcorn

by heating oil and popcorn in a pan, and shaking the pan when it starts to pop.
:popcorn:

What is Cheap Trick? Are they famous?

:hi:

[redwitch]

29. I have taught this skill to my 20 year old.

:-) He says it is the best way. Jiffy Pop was very cool when I was a kid but the popcorn that resulted was never as good. Wish I invented Jiffy Pop though.

[liberaltrucker]

30. Old is the President being younger than you.

x(

[Roon]

36. I had a doctor younger than me years ago

damn those whippersnappers!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

32. Old is when

you can say, 'I remember 50 years ago.....' :) I just hit the big 60 and yep, I remember being ten and all that stuff.

[sarge43]

33. Old is realizing that the new major appliance is the last one you'll ever buy. n/t

[Curmudgeoness]

34. If you are lucky. They don't make them like they used to---

you remember that, they lasted forever. I still have old applicances that would make it through a nuclear blast.

[Roon]

37. My grandfather said his '95 explorer will be the last car he ever buys

I hope he gets himself a fun car one day, a convertible or something.

[hippywife]

38. Old is realizing

while you once thought the adults held on the answers, that now that you are the adult there really are no answers. Sigh. Very deep sigh.

[frogmarch]

40. Old is

realizing that of those from your high school graduation class who are still living, over a third are in nursing homes.

[Curmudgeoness]

41. Old is realizing

you have no enemies...you outlived them all.