How to tell if you are old.......

deadman

@ShawnOL said:
I just walked by a mirror and it confirmed that I'm old. "Mirror, mirror on the wall.... Go **** yourself."

No mirror needed, I have teenagers that are more than happy to tell how old I am at regular intervals throughout the day.

First_Warrior

You are old when you realize that in other cultures you would be considered an elder.

Brokegunner

Calling my family collect when I got home so they would know I made it home OK. We used a fake name and they did not accept the call on purpose.

I used to change long distance carriers like every 3 months because the competition would have some great promotion going.

Getting a girl's number in Jr High and having to ask the parents to speak with them.

peter4jc

"I asked an elderly man once what it was like to be old and to know the majority of his life was behind him. He told me that he has been the same age his entire life. He said the voice inside of his head had never aged. He has always just been the same boy. His mother's son. He had always wondered when he would grow up and be an old man. He said he watched his body age and his faculties dull but the person he is inside never got tired. Never aged. Never changed.
Our spirits are eternal. Our souls are forever. The next time you encounter an elderly person, look at them and know they are still a child, just as you are still a child and children will always need love, attention and purpose." ~ Author Unknown

CtheHam

This was our first computer:

The programs were stored on a cassette tape and you had to fast forward to the correct time on the counter and hit play to load the program.

Yakster

I wanted one of these Rockwell AIM 65 computers first, my school had one.

deadman

@Yakster said:
I wanted one of these Rockwell AIM 65 computers first, my school had one.

Looks like you took an adding machine apart

Rhamlin

When your dingles hang lower than your dangle

Rhamlin

When you can remember when Madonna was young and hot!

Rhamlin

When the first time you saw Janet Jackson was on Good Times

Rhamlin

When your dangle looks like a turtle head peeking out of its shell

Rhamlin

When your nose and ear hair can get as long as your back hair

Trykflyr_1

@deadman said:

Looks like you took an adding machine apart

When you know the difference between an adding machine and a calculator.

First_Warrior

When you can remember when tattoos and beards were uncommon.

0patience

When you wake up at 5:00 am, but it takes you until 5:30 am to make it all the way out of bed.

deadman

@0patience said:
When you wake up at 5:00 am, but it takes you until 5:30 am to make it all the way out of bed.

Only at 23 minutes, guess I’m still good

Rhamlin

When you want to add some hot sauce but you know you’ll end up on the john all day.

Yakster

You know you're old when you recognize this. You know you're a geek when you can read this.

Amos_Umwhat

If you ever identified Steve Canyon as your favorite comic strip character, you're old.

Amos_Umwhat

If you can remember when people used to say:

"I may not agree with what he's saying, but I'll fight to the death to preserve his right to say it."

That used to be a "thing".

Really, no foolin'.

You have to be old to remember those days.

First_Warrior

You are old if you can remember that you had to crank the windows up and down in your auto.

silvermouse

I remember when I didn't have to buy an ashtray that fit in a cup holder.

deadman

@First_Warrior said:
You are old if you can remember that you had to crank the windows up and down in your auto.

My 08 is the work class model, still comes with manual windows.
I was had a couple 18 yo tell me a few weeks back that they had heard of manual transmissions but never actually seen one.

Jrflickster

2018 chevy e3500

Rdp77

School buses don’t count @Jrflickster

0patience

@First_Warrior said:
You are old if you can remember that you had to crank the windows up and down in your auto.

Up until last year, my service truck still had hand crank windows and it was a 2004.
My new Peterbilt has electric windows though.

Boss lady's vehicles always had electric windows, but my old pickups had hand crank until I got my old Silverado SS.

Yakster

You know your old when your kid says Kirby during the scene in The Nightmare Before Christmas when Oogie Boogie is trying to inhale Sandy Claws and Sally and you're thinking the vacuum cleaner and they're thinking the video game character.

Amos_Umwhat

You're really old if you read the above post and thought:
Huh?

CharlieHeis

I know I'm old because my body tells me. Also I can't remember if I posted this response already.

First_Warrior

I know I'm old when I browse the Camel Toe of the Day thread but I don't stop and stare.