You Know You're Getting Older When ...

[Smaland]

a talk radio station uses Van Halen as bumper music. :D

Also heard Deep Purple and Aerosmith today.

[Beorn]

When all your actions come back to give you grey hairs and kidney stones.

[Rainraven]

You start reminiscing over your childhood and comparing it to the uncouth youth of today ;)

(I'm 19 going on 90 :p)

[Barreldriver]

You start reminiscing over your childhood and comparing it to the uncouth youth of today ;)

(I'm 19 going on 90 :p)

I'm in that boat there, and it's a sinkin'. lol

[Germanicus]

When you mention to young lads at work that you could buy 20 cigarettes for 18p when i was their age.

[Smaland]

... you can remember when you could buy gasoline for 19 cents/gallon (price war, South Texas, late 60's). :)

[Treffie]

When your knees start to click :D

[Barreldriver]

I can remember in Tennessee when gas was 75 cents a gallon, and at one point 50! :D Gotta love them Appalachians. :D

[HawkR]

When you're feeling more at place around those twice your age than those at your own...

[Piparskeggr]

When you remember that the B-58 was an active airplane, saw the Beatles appear on "Ed Sullivan," George Wallace could walk, a 454 V-8 was everyman's dream, the "F" word was not a part of everyday speech, little girls did not dress like whores, clean comedy poking fun at the human condition, parents (and teachers) spanked unruly children and the kids grew up just fine, Elvis the Pelvis was controversial, baseball caps were worn front ways and only to, from or on the ball field, Cokes were a nickle from the vending machine, penny candy could be bought at the corner store, doctors made house calls, a good concert cost under $10.00...

[Skandi]

You start threads like this :p

[Tolleson]

When you piss yourself laughing......no really. :D

[Barreldriver]

When you know more about your families ancestral origins than the elders in your family, at least if you believe the stereotype that obtaining genealogical knowledge is an undertaking of the elderly who #1 have nothing else better to do or are #2 attempting to reconcile with death via learning about the long dead within their own family. :P

[Brynhild]

When home is a better place to party rather than going out and getting blind rotten drunk the gods know where! :D

[Barreldriver]

When home is a better place to party rather than going out and getting blind rotten drunk the gods know where! :D

That's always been the preference lol. A nice brew in the recliner or in the woods, screw parties. :D

[Æmeric]

You know you are getting old when....

You have friends & relatives your age or younger who are grandparents.

If you have a child heading off to college in a few weeks.

If you learned to use computers when MS-DOS was the univeral operating system.

If you can remember..... what a big deal pocket calculators were. When Neal Armstrong first walked on the Moon. When virtually no one had cable TV. And no one had a computer at home. When air conditioning was not a standard feature in most homes. When you saw your first Mexican. Or Oriental (that's what we called them then). Or when Negro wasn't a politically incorrect word. And "politically incorrect" hadn't been coined. Segregation was still the social norm if not the law. There were more Negroes then Mexicans in Los Angeles. When it was assumed that we would never see a 'Black president'(:rolleyes2:) in our lifetimes.







... you can remember when you could buy gasoline for 19 cents/gallon (price war, South Texas, late 60's). :)

Remember when full service stations were the norm?:lightbul:

[Allenson]

When one drinks only four beers, is in bed by 11:30 and yet still has a mild hangover the next morning.

:icon1:

[Vargtand]

You know you are old when... hey wait no I'm not.Though my hair is starting to grey here and there, and not just on my head :P

[SwordoftheVistula]

a talk radio station uses Van Halen as bumper music. :D

Also heard Deep Purple and Aerosmith today.

Ah yes, when you hear the music your parents hated played on the 'classic' station :D. I've also heard RATM and Rammstein played as bumper music on talk radio.

[Treffie]

What's bumper music?:confused:

[Tabiti]

When they stop asking me for ID card for buying a beer in bars. That won't be soon, but I prefer to look like under 18 than over 30;)

[Rainraven]

When they stop asking me for ID card for buying a beer in bars. That won't be soon, but I prefer to look like under 18 than over 30;)

They've stopped asking me, but I think it's just because I go to that liquor store so much they know who I am ;)

[Lulletje Rozewater]

When you use your middle finger to pee.

[Treffie]

When you use your middle finger to pee.

You kill me, Boerseun!:D

[Smaland]

What's bumper music?:confused:

Per Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_music :)

[Birka]

When you were a kid, there were only 3 TV stations on the black and white TV set. You had to move the rabbit ears to different positions to get each station.

You paid $.23 for a gallon of gas.

Minimum wage was $1.50 per hour for your first job.

People of African descent were called "colored".

The nuns warned you about the evils of listening to rock and roll music, especially the Rolling Stones.

If you dared talk back to your mom and dad, you got your mouth washed out with soap.

Your mom made every meal from scratch, there were no prepared meals, no microwaves.

[Lulletje Rozewater]

When you asked your girlfriend's mother to take her daughter out,according to my father that is.

[Phlegethon]

Minimum wage was $1.50 per hour for your first job.

We are almost back at that point again.

[Diërker]

Your penis gets smaller.. :cry:

[Svipdag]

... you can remember when you could buy gasoline for 19 cents/gallon (price war, South Texas, late 60's). :)

Also price war in Connecticut somewhat earlier. In fact, it seems to me that that was MERIT gasoline's usual price.

[Slycooper]

When you get called Sir by strangers.

[Comte Arnau]

when your memories of fighting Galba's Romans at Barcino are gradually fading away.

[Svipdag]

When they stop asking me for ID card for buying a beer in bars. That won't be soon, but I prefer to look like under 18 than over 30;)

The only place that I've been carded in the past 20 years was the Hartford Civic center, and they card EVERYBODY. Still, I told the bartender "Hey, you just made my day !"

"IN VINO VERITAS" - ALKAIOS of Mytilene

[Svipdag]

when your memories of fighting Galba's Romans at Barcino are gradually fading away.

ROFLMAO !

[barnumandbailey]

. . . you no longer recognize any of the artists or songs on the "top 40".



Seriously, I feel as if I've developed more of a personality as I've gotten older. No longer care about fitting in with the crowd/young, hip people. I'm 21.

[Fraisod]

When I'm pleased that my silver hairs are still but few,
Though my receding hairline will nevermore adorn my brow;
And, each day, I shave off my bristly white beard anew,
But the white crop now blooms where barber's blade I won't allow.

[Kivan]

When you meet again your childhood/teenagehood friends and they are very different, married, with kids, etc.

[JosephK]

...all your friends are dead.

[Daco Celtic]

If you ever owned a pager/beeper instead of a cell phone