Stuff That Makes You Feel Old

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by flamesfever

I tend to feel old(er):

- when getting together with friends, the main topic of interest seems to center on aches and pains.

- when it won't be long before the grandkids start thinking about which University they hope to attend.

- when you look forward to an afternoon nap.

- when the police look like teenagers.

- when everyone you meet addresses you as "Sir".

- when you look in the mirror, and the image doesn't jive with how you think of yourself.

- when you don't leave the paper without checking the obits.

- when you think of your youth, and you can remember things like Foster Hewitt doing the NHL ply-by-play, Syl Apps as the Captain of the Maple Leafs, and George Armstrong the captain of the Marlies.

- when you can also remember watching Joe Louis fight Jersey Joe Walcott, looking through a store window at a the latest new device called a television.

- when you can remember listening on the radio to Lux Family Theater, Boston Blacky and the Inner Sanctum.

you could have just said "when you check the paper". only old people read newspapers anymore

[Itse]

To be fair, I remember feeling terribly old at 22.

Of course I was divorced with a receding hair line, so I still think I sort of had a point.
Ten years later I'm a student with a mohawk and I feel much younger, go figure

[flamesfever]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

you could have just said "when you check the paper". only old people read newspapers anymore

I don't doubt you're right. However, as a retiree, and more than one person reading it...it's not a bad way to catch up at a reasonable cost.

[ThisYear]

When I pulled out my NES and Sega and the kids over at my house went "what's that, it looks wierd!".

[Sr. Mints]

I'm having a urodynamics test done on Friday. I don't know what what that entails, but it sounds like a test old people should be having.

[GoFlamesGo89]

I feel old when adults don't know what I'm talking about when talking about a leased rotary phone from AGT... always hated it when there were too many big numbers to ring up, took forever.

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Some of kids at work didn't believe that $2 wasn't always a coin.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Super Nintendo Chalmers

Some of kids at work didn't believe that $2 wasn't always a coin.

The Loonie is going to be 25 years-old next summer...and I was in high school when the dollar bill was removed from circulation. Ugh.

[SeeBass]

Originally Posted by getbak

The Loonie is going to be 25 years-old next summer...and I was in high school when the dollar bill was removed from circulation. Ugh.

I was bartending when that happened I made way more in tips because of the changeover.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by Super Nintendo Chalmers

Some of kids at work didn't believe that $2 wasn't always a coin.

I had the first one in Calgary in my hand. A friend of mine was part of the big twonie campaign when it first came out.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by habernac

I had the one in Calgary in my hand. A friend of mine was part of the big twonie campaign when it first came out.

I still miss the two dollar bill, the back with the two robins is still one of my favorite Canadian bills.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

I still miss the two dollar bill, the back with the two robins is still one of my favorite Canadian bills.

No more fifty cent pieces in circulation anymore either. I'd like them to dump the penny and bring back the fifty cent piece.

[Cheese]

Having to wear these %$@%$& darned reading glasses!

[Knut]

Originally Posted by Cheese

Having to wear these %$@%$& darned reading glasses!

Get Progressives you old Stubborn Coot.

[darklord700]

This will make anyone feel old. And I get the guy will get a lot of chicks, they have all seen him naked anyway.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/09/27...anas-nevermind

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by habernac

I had the first one in Calgary in my hand. A friend of mine was part of the big twonie campaign when it first came out.

Remember how you could easily pop the centre out of the first batch of toonies?

Spoiler!

[mrbanffgirl]

Going to my daughter school, seeing their smartboards, a rack full of computers, and trying to explain to her that when i was her age the most advanced thing in my school was the phone in the office!

[Sunnysidenewfie]

Cops that look younger than my kids.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by fotze

People aren't embarrassed of their ridiculous phobias. To be afraid of needles was a thing you hid and was embarrassed of, now no one feels embarrassed of it.

That's kind of a weird thing to feel old about...

[Gundo]

Using this and getting asked where my straight blade was...