"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
If you ever identified Steve Canyon as your favorite comic strip character, you're old.
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"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.
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@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.
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.
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You're really old if you read the above post and thought:
Huh?
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No mirror needed, I have teenagers that are more than happy to tell how old I am at regular intervals throughout the day.
You are old when you realize that in other cultures you would be considered an elder.
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.
"Not all heroes eat crepes"
"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
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.
I wanted one of these Rockwell AIM 65 computers first, my school had one.
Looks like you took an adding machine apart
When your dingles hang lower than your dangle
When you can remember when Madonna was young and hot!
When the first time you saw Janet Jackson was on Good Times
When your dangle looks like a turtle head peeking out of its shell
When your nose and ear hair can get as long as your back hair
When you know the difference between an adding machine and a calculator.
When you can remember when tattoos and beards were uncommon.
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.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Only at 23 minutes, guess I’m still good
When you want to add some hot sauce but you know you’ll end up on the john all day.
You know you're old when you recognize this. You know you're a geek when you can read this.
If you ever identified Steve Canyon as your favorite comic strip character, you're old.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
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.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
You are old if you can remember that you had to crank the windows up and down in your auto.
I remember when I didn't have to buy an ashtray that fit in a cup holder.
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.
2018 chevy e3500
School buses don’t count @Jrflickster
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.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
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.
You're really old if you read the above post and thought:
Huh?
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I know I'm old because my body tells me. Also I can't remember if I posted this response already.
I know I'm old when I browse the Camel Toe of the Day thread but I don't stop and stare.