You Know You're Old When......
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When the AARP stuff ISN'T junk mail. I say to the Jehovah's Witnesses, "Sorry, I'm Moldavian Orthodox".
that reminds me about getting so drunk & waking up in the middle of the front yard, had a bottle of brut33 in my hand, my head felt like crap but at least my breath smelled good, 2 Jehovah Witnesses were walking by and told me they didn't have time to talk!2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge
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Gee, there were only 3 channels on TV when I grew up, and there was only one phone and one bathroom in the house. TV was supplied by an outside antenna on a pole on the side the house. We had to adjust it ourselves to get one channel clear, almost every time we changed the channel. When people got up out of the chair to change the channel, the new "wired" remotes were really cool. When advancement in technology was neat and weird, and didn't make people lazy at the same time...Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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Gee, there were only 3 channels on TV when I grew up, and there was only one phone and one bathroom in the house. TV was supplied by an outside antenna on a pole on the side the house. We had to adjust it ourselves to get one channel clear, almost every time we changed the channel. When people got up out of the chair to change the channel, the new "wired" remotes were really cool. When advancement in technology was neat and weird, and didn't make people lazy at the same time...
When I was a really little kid we only had 2 channels, and when we got the third (BBC2) people thought it was absolutely amazing. Same deal with the antenna as you. We never had a wired remote - went straight from manual to a sonic one. Now my TV is smarter than me. -
Lol, that's what we call a shart. Happens more and more as you get older.boston1450 wrote: »When you **** & it wasnt a ****
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You know you're old when...
You moan when you get up AND when you sit down. -
When you can hardly stay up after 9:00pm but you wake up before 4:00am2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge
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I felt old a couple of weeks ago when shopping for a new car for my wife. Is is just me or is just about every new sedan come with way more buttons and screens than there needs to be. I liked it when a car loaded with options just had leather, sunroof, and a good stereo. Not anymore the salesman pushing me onto things I could care less about, like bluetooth, back up camera's, touch screens and other whoop de do features. Not to mention the styling of most of the cars was just way over the top. Guess I'm am getting old but the look of many of the new cars is just ugly, too many body lines, curves, and crazy headlight/taillight shapes.Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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^You know you're old when you say "whoop de do"^.
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I am just 43, but the other day I sneezed and farted at the same time. I thought damn I am getting old.--Gary--
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You know you are getting old when, ummm wait dont tell me i will remember.
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jeremymarcinko wrote: »I felt old a couple of weeks ago when shopping for a new car for my wife. Is is just me or is just about every new sedan come with way more buttons and screens than there needs to be. I liked it when a car loaded with options just had leather, sunroof, and a good stereo. Not anymore the salesman pushing me onto things I could care less about, like bluetooth, back up camera's, touch screens and other whoop de do features. Not to mention the styling of most of the cars was just way over the top. Guess I'm am getting old but the look of many of the new cars is just ugly, too many body lines, curves, and crazy headlight/taillight shapes.
LOL....not to worry pal. Somewhere there's a minty Buick deuce and a quarter with your name on it.
Check out the new Camry sedan, not bad.HT SYSTEM-
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My body continually tells me I'm getting old, my mind won't believe it! But, it's still clear in my mind when my dad 1st plugged in our monster size COLOR console TV. We got 4 channels on a good day.
OleBoot, I remember when getting that 4th channel in England was a big deal...think it was ITV?Yep, my name really is Bob.
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We ended up getting a new Volkswagen Passat Wolfsburg ed. Which is just one step up from the base model. Had almost everything we wanted and nothing more. It has aluminum wheels and leather but not near as many silly gizmos. If I ever need my car to park itself or alert me if I am tired, than I shouldn't be driving.LOL....not to worry pal. Somewhere there's a minty Buick deuce and a quarter with your name on it.
Check out the new Camry sedan, not bad.Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant -
You know your old when you pass the bar & go to the Bingo hall to pick up woman..
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My body continually tells me I'm getting old, my mind won't believe it! But, it's still clear in my mind when my dad 1st plugged in our monster size COLOR console TV. We got 4 channels on a good day.
OleBoot, I remember when getting that 4th channel in England was a big deal...think it was ITV?
First it was BBC & ITV, then BBC2, then ITV came up with a channel called......"Channel Four". Cable (Sky) had only just been launched when I moved here in 1990. -
jeremymarcinko wrote: »We ended up getting a new Volkswagen Passat Wolfsburg ed. Which is just one step up from the base model. Had almost everything we wanted and nothing more. It has aluminum wheels and leather but not near as many silly gizmos. If I ever need my car to park itself or alert me if I am tired, than I shouldn't be driving.
We nearly got a VW when we shopped for a car for my wife a couple years back - I thought it had the highest quality interior of anything we looked at in the price range. We ended up with a Nissan Juke, as we apparently like people pointing at as we drive past and falling about laughing. Actually, it's a really good driver's car and fit our needs for a small hatchback. It does, however, have too many gizmos - an astonishing range of bells, lights, buzzers and beeps to alert you to - I don't know. I got hold of a service manual and turned as many of them off as possible. Remember when I bought a motorcycle and was offended by the "idiot light" that told me it was in gear. -
You know you're old when:
1. You have more teeth in the glass by your bedside than you do in your head.
2. Your favorite breakfast drink is milk of magnesia.
3. You have a broad waist and a narrow mind instead of a broad mind and a narrow waist.
4. Your notice for your high school reunion is written on a stone tablet.
5. Finding fault and jumping to conclusions is the most exercise that you get.
6. When you go out to eat, they no longer ask you if you're eligible for the senior citizen discount .Paradigm 11seMkIII mains, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
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You know you're getting old when:
6. The smoke from the candles on you birthday cake sets off the smoke alarm.Paradigm 11seMkIII mains, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
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How do you know when you're getting old?? When you really don't give a damn anymore!
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LOL, at least you didn't shart!I am just 43, but the other day I sneezed and farted at the same time. I thought damn I am getting old. -
txcoastal1 wrote: »You know your old when Saturday afternoon nap is the best part of the week
Saturday and Sunday naps cannot be compared to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday naps. All the worker bees are home on Saturday and Sunday, and their presence can be disruptive. I prefer them out at work adding to the quiet and the coffers around here. -
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When Chicken Skin is not just on chickens.
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You know you are getting old when you worry about your buddies accusing you of "robbing the cradle"
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txcoastal1 wrote: »And you have long hairs "Where no hairs have been before".....and your wife wants to just yank them out
That's exactly what my marriage bliss has been reduced to.My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself. -
I remember going with my Dad to the five and dime store to test a couple of tubes from the TV when it quit working. Used the free tester and bought replacements right there.
Am I old when my usual night-cap is an Alka Seltzer? -
When you have trouble navigating new fangled web sites....like this one.HT SYSTEM-
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I spent many years managing high value IT projects, and if we'd have come up with a UI like this, I would have been fired a lot sooner than when I took the golden handshake package. Old now or not, I think I can recognize a good design, whether it appeals to 20 year olds, older folks or both, and this isn't it.tonyb said:When you have trouble navigating new fangled web sites....like this one.
