You know you're old when...

Esteban · 06-03-2022, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when your first calculator was a slide rule.

Or an abacus.

Speaking of, that's how I taught my daughter arithmetic when she was a toddler.

Edit: oops, looks like someone beat me to it.

vreihen16 · 06-03-2022, 03:26 PM

...or fingers, for those wondering where base-10 math came from.....

Esteban · 06-03-2022, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

...or fingers, for those wondering where base-10 math came from.....

I still use my fingers.

3.0L · 06-04-2022, 08:52 PM

You didn't crap your pants.

So I'm sitting behind a Jeep at a stop light yesterday when I spotted a small sticker on the back. All I could read was, "Honk if...", the rest was in fine print. So, I pulled up a little closer and saw:

Honk if
you shit your pants

Driver had grey hair.

3798j · 06-05-2022, 07:44 AM

...you were around when Princess Elizabeth took the throne to become Queen Elizabeth II.

Bonk! · 06-05-2022, 08:09 AM

when you shout at stupid people on Wheel of Fortune.

Boomer 2019 · 06-05-2022, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 3798j

...you were around when Princess Elizabeth took the throne to become Queen Elizabeth II.

Yes I was, and I still have my First Day of Issue Royal Cover Coronation Postage Stamps (2 1/2d 4d 1s3d 1s6d). Mounted together on a special envelope, and in pristine condition. And yet today, 70 years later worth approximately jack squat. Still cool though.

M_Six · 06-05-2022, 11:56 PM

HS graduation was 45 years ago yesterday. Eek.

Esteban · 06-06-2022, 12:06 AM

^^ Couple of old guys up there.

sygazelle · 06-06-2022, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonk!

when you shout at stupid people on Wheel of Fortune.

I did that just tonight! Damn, I'm old.

By the way, you're also old if you think Vanna looks young and hot!

sygazelle · 06-06-2022, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by 3798j

...you were around when Princess Elizabeth took the throne to become Queen Elizabeth II.

I was around but too young to remember. I do, however remember the I like Ike buttons from the '52 presidential campaign. That was the same time frame.

floridaorange · 06-06-2022, 07:33 AM

Your favorite sound is the wind in the trees & birds singing

M_Six · 06-06-2022, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

I did that just tonight! Damn, I'm old.

By the way, you're also old if you think Vanna looks young and hot!

If she's hot these days, it's due to hot flashes.

sygazelle · 06-06-2022, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

If she's hot these days, it's due to hot flashes.

As I get older, my eyesight gets, for a lack of a better word, fuzzier. The cool thing about "fuzzier" eyesight is that everything looks a little bit better. Think of it as sort of like beer googles from back in the day. Through that lens, Vanna looks hot to me, but then again, so does Pat Sajak!

sygazelle · 06-06-2022, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by floridaorange

Your favorite sound is the wind in the trees & birds singing

Those are my favorite sounds. I can even hear them when I have my hearing aids on.

Golddots · 06-06-2022, 11:00 AM

You still say”turn on the radio”.
You sit down to eat and everyone else around you is staring at their phone.
The kids shooting next to you are barely older than some guns you bought brand new.
The young kids no longer like a cool sounding planet destroying car in rear wheel drive and stick.

Golddots · 06-06-2022, 11:02 AM

You don’t know what all the letters in lgbtq+ mean and you don’t care enough to look it up.
If you did care, your initial urge is to ask a real person instead of “google it” or asking Siri.

garyfried · 06-06-2022, 11:04 AM

the high point of the week is to get rid of a catheter and diapers !

sygazelle · 06-06-2022, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by garyfried

the high point of the week is to get rid of a catheter and diapers !

This is the #1 and #2 best post of the day on this thread!

zgood4u · 06-06-2022, 03:55 PM

This week I get the catheter for a BCG bladder treatment. At least it doesn't stay in any longer than it has to.

Esteban · 06-06-2022, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by zgood4u

This week I get the catheter for a BCG bladder treatment. At least it doesn't stay in any longer than it has to.

Does that mean what I think? If so, I hope for a speedy recovery.

SpeedBuggy · 06-06-2022, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

HS graduation was 45 years ago yesterday. Eek.

48 years for me, damn..........

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