You know your getting older when.......

[smitdavi]

you buy a vacuum and your excited about it.


Thought this thread would be fun. When ever you do something that makes you realize your getting older post it here. Also the older inmates, please post the warning sings that you realized when you were in your 20's

[Whee]

When my daughter's former pre teen babysitter now has her own child and is a teacher in my younger daughter's school.

Time flies....

You know your getting older when your shoulders hurt and shopping for vacuums excite you..:r

But you already knew that...:D

[Kreth]

When you make a golf shot and your back sounds like firecrackers.

[TripleF]

in a conversation you say........"I guess it was about 25 or 30 years ago"


sheeeeeesh

[markem]

You think of "colonoscopy" as a verb.

[cricky101]

I got a good deal on paper towels last weekend and it made my day.

[gettysburgfreak]

when your right knee starts to hurt for no reason

[TripleF]

I got a good deal on paper towels last weekend and it made my day.


that's some funny ship!!! LOL :r

[smitdavi]

what about when you no long listen to top 40 on the radio and you now listen to talk radio

[smitdavi]

lol here's a good one that I've used lately. The other night I told Katie is was going to rain the next day because the joints in my body hurt.

[SilverFox]

When your 8 year old comes up from the basement with one of your old record albums and says hey Papa, what is this?

[TripleF]

When your 8 year old comes up from the basement with one of your old record albums and says hey Papa, what is this?



:r :r

Just be glad it wasn't an eight track. Did I say that out loud?

there's another getting older saying.......

[Sailkat]

....you try to explain to a 20 something co-worker that the letters on the telephone were there because telephone numbers used to have letters in them......not for text messaging.

[GTsetGO]

you are correct about the vacuum.

sad thing is is that my wife wanted one for xmas two years ago. and yes, she got one. :D

[Ubergopher]

...Sooo... What are you doing with your old vacuum?

[TheJ]

When I don't ride the motorcycle I drive the Odyssey and I'm not embarrassed. I even get all excited when I push the keyless entry on the remote and the doors slide open like I can control the force.

[Whee]

....you try to explain to a 20 something co-worker that the letters on the telephone were there because telephone numbers used to have letters in them......not for text messaging.


BR5-49:r

Simpler times...

For the damn youngin's loitering on my lawn...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeDX6ESys10

[Sailkat]

BR5-49:r

Simpler times...

TU4-37..:r

The thing that was even funnier.....was that she acted like it was the most incredible thing she had ever heard

[markem]

When you see a cute coed and wonder what her mom looks like

[smitdavi]

...Sooo... What are you doing with your old vacuum?

trash it...it's a Target special that was worthless. You want it, I'll give you a good deal :ss

you are correct about the vacuum.

sad thing is is that my wife wanted one for xmas two years ago. and yes, she got one. :D

I asked Katie if she wanted one for her bday and I got "the look". Then we bought the one tonight with here bday money lol...go figure

[Sailchaser]

When you start fighting for Handicap Parking Spots:bx:bx:bx

[TripleF]

When you start fighting for Handicap Parking Spots:bx:bx:bx


:r

cant tipe i'm laffing to lowd......

[smitdavi]

When you start fighting for Handicap Parking Spots:bx:bx:bx

"Fried Green Tomatoes" style? :r

[TheJ]

You no longer dance at the club/bar because you know you'll be "that guy"

[Sailchaser]

:r

cant tipe i'm laffing to lowd......

I was going to put

When you hand over the fishing pole to a young wipper snapper to real in your huge catch then take full credit for it

[tobii3]

When your Barber says ""I remember when my Dad used to cut hair in here".....and his Dad WAS your Barber....:(

On the Army side of things....


Meeting the new recruits.....who are the kids of your former bosses....

[chippewastud79]

When you wake up every morning in pain and you have been for 4 years :bh

When stairs become an obstacle, and the walking on flat ground to find an elevator sounds like a better idea than climbing one flight.

When you are in the middle of a conversation and then forget whatever the hell you are talking about.

When you stare off into space and your fiance asks you what you are doing.

[TheJ]

When you get home and the significant other gives you a list of chores you say "I've had a day. Can I please just soak my feet for a few minutes?"

[JaKaacH]

When you go to the dentist office and the waiting room music is what you use to listen to in high school....

[markem]

You were overheard mumbling, "Only an idiot would use Preparation H when he could be using Tucks"

[Sailkat]

When you go to the dentist office and the waiting room music is what you use to listen to in high school....


You can still hear the music?????


.....when there are reading glasses all over the house.....and you still can find a pair

[Whee]

When you go to the dentist office and the waiting room music is what you use to listen to in high school....


So true....:(

[Commander Quan]

You bend down to pick something up, and look around to see if there is anything else that needs picked up while your down there.

[Skywalker]

When your posting on CA and the wife is in bed!!!:bh

[TheJ]

You bend down to pick something up, and look around to see if there is anything else that needs picked up while your down there.

:r
I just noticed I do that two days ago when picking up candy my son likes to drop on the floor.

[Jbailey]

you buy a vacuum and your excited about it.


So true, I get excited just going into bed bath and beyond. Last year got some great cookware and now looking at some knives.

*sigh*

[markem]

So true, I get excited just going into bed bath and beyond. Last year got some great cookware and now looking at some knives.

*sigh*

Dude. There are plenty of restaurant kitchens around the US that will let me in to "do my thing", partially based on my 30 year plus infatuation with knives and cookery. That's not a sign of age, just of being a foody.

[markem]

When your posting on CA and the wife is in bed!!!:bh

That merely means that you are married, not that you are older. :D

[Jbailey]

Dude. There are plenty of restaurant kitchens around the US that will let me in to "do my thing", partially based on my 30 year plus infatuation with knives and cookery. That's not a sign of age, just of being a foody.

That's pretty cool Mark!

[ahc4353]

....., Old Sailor doesn't look that old.

[SilverFox]

When your posting on CA and the wife is in bed!!!:bh

And she is not waiting for you :fl

[Seanohue]

What are these problems you speak of? Watching weight? Being tired? Having pains? Sounds like bullocks :D

[markem]

What are these problems you speak of? Watching weight? Being tired? Having pains? Sounds like bullocks :D

Wait until you get older, Sean. For now, think about the "wrist fatigue" you frequently have and then extrapolate. :r

[Seanohue]

Wait until you get older, Sean. For now, think about the "wrist fatigue" you frequently have and then extrapolate. :r

Ah yea, there is that. Sitting at a computer for 8+ hrs a day will do it.

[Genetic Defect]

25 is old???

[JaKaacH]

You start typing and then you forget whhaat . . . yooouuu . . . . were ....


Never mind..

[mi2az]

When your kids can't figure out how to use a dial phone. I went to greenfield Village Musem, they had an old black dial phone. They just poked there fingers in the hole thinking thats how you dial it.

[doctorcue]

You go to the mall with the list only being socks & underwear.

[CasaDooley]

You tell people there was only 48 stars on the flag when you were born

You rethink your cigar aging strategies because you think to yourself hey, I don't know if I'll be around THAT long to enjoy em

You used to make fun of hair dye commercials for men and now you go shopping to find just that right shade you need

and

You tell every one I remember having to work on my computer with DOS:ss

[Nick]

When you see a cute coed and wonder what her mom looks like

HAha, definitely the best one.

[Old Sailor]

....., Old Sailor doesn't look that old.

Not now that 3/4's of my beard is gone!:r:r

[smitdavi]

You go to the mall with the list only being socks & underwear.

lol, or you start asking for these items for Christmas :hn

[taltos]

....., Old Sailor doesn't look that old.

Guess that I am not getting older yet.:r:r:r

[Blueface]

.....when you go to the bathroom to urinate and you think you are done. However, the stains left on your pants show a different opinion.:r

[ucla695]

When your kids point out features on your new phone, computer, etc that you didn't even know it had.

[floydp]

When you have 12 grand kids and your youngest daughter is well past 25. When your acne has relocated south(Buttocks). When you use the word buttocks instead of ass or tookus. When you spend 10 minutes looking for your glasses and realize your wearing them. Or looking like a mad man for your car keys that are in your hand. When your talking to one of the kids and you go thru every name in the family before you get their actual name.

[Pete]

When a sweet young thing opens the door for YOU.

[Sailchaser]

When you have more replacement parts in your body than your orginal parts

[pnoon]

Some of your cigar buddies are younger than your kids.

[taltos]

You go into another room and when you get there, you forgot why you went to that other room.

[elderboy02]

what about when you no long listen to top 40 on the radio and you now listen to talk radio

I do this as well.

[rizzle]

BR5-49:r

Simpler times...

For the damn youngin's loitering on my lawn...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeDX6ESys10

Awesome. I haven't seen that in....I guess that means I'm getting old!;)

[Lucky_Hippo]

When staying out late means 9:30.

When driving to the outlet mall, the conversation starts off with "I remeber when this used to be...."

When the beat up car you drove to high school is now considered a classic.

When a movie you remember from a few years ago turns out to be over 20 years old. (i.e. Top Gun, Major League, Back to the Future)

[Skywalker]

Some of your cigar buddies are younger than your kids.

Or you find out that one of them is your kid!!!!;)

[Parshooter]

When your wife gets AARP notices in the mail.

[karmaz00]

when i use the term "back in the day"...

[Seanohue]

Some of your cigar buddies are younger than your kids.

Sorry Uncle Pnoon :D

[ActionAndy]

Last night I stopped drinking at 10 pm. Because I had work in the morning.

[Kreth]

Last night I stopped drinking at 10 pm. Because I had work in the morning.

Up partying all hours of the night? What do you think, you're in college?

:r

[MajorCaptSilly]

Headbanging brings on severe neck pain the next day.



MCS

That doesn't mean I'm ready to stop yet!

[Cyanide]

When you try to remember what you had for supper last night, and find out the meal you are remembering was from 3 months ago.

When you write the date on a peice of paperwork, and realize you are still dating things January 2008.

When you write on your schedule when you think you will need to change you transmission fluid, even though its not until July 2009.

The first time you ask your wife to "darn my socks, please"

When you hesitate to try new foods in a restaurant because don't know what they will do to your colon.

When you actually find that satisfaction Capt Kirk was talking about regarding the benefits of fibre; discovering that he is actually quite an effective spokesperson for "whatever that cereal was"

Cheers

Cyanide

[poker]

When you automatically get mail from AARP (weekly)

[pnoon]

Sorry Uncle Pnoon :D

You are by no means the only one, Sean. :)

[JaKaacH]

...you look at your hair, and you don't care if it turns gray or white, as long as it don't turn loose...

[Don Fernando]

....you try to explain to a 20 something co-worker that the letters on the telephone were there because telephone numbers used to have letters in them......not for text messaging.

wow, appearantly I am not old :r never knew that.

[Genetic Defect]

.....when you go to the bathroom to urinate and you think you are done. However, the stains left on your pants show a different opinion.:r

:r I am old :bh

[bonjing]

when the gf says, "baby, your hair is getting thin." :bx:bh

[piperman]

You bend down to pick something up, and look around to see if there is anything else that needs picked up while your down there.

Actually we you buy the gopher to pick up things so you don't have to bend down, I have two in case I forget where one is.

[smitdavi]

good stuff guys....keep it coming :tu

[groogs]

TU4-37..:r

The thing that was even funnier.....was that she acted like it was the most incredible thing she had ever heard

I have to say that is incredible.:r:r I guess I am not old yet.:D

[acarr]

what about when you no long listen to top 40 on the radio and you now listen to talk radio

I started that when I was 18.:dance:

[Genetic Defect]

I started that when I was 18.:dance:

you were old before your time.:r

[Demented]

You know your getting old when you need two pair of glasses. One to read the TV Guide and one to see the TV.

[kzm007]

TU4-37..:r

The thing that was even funnier.....was that she acted like it was the most incredible thing she had ever heard

Inside joke or am I just missing something? lol

[kzm007]

When your kids can't figure out how to use a dial phone. I went to greenfield Village Musem, they had an old black dial phone. They just poked there fingers in the hole thinking thats how you dial it.

I'm 19 and love the old rotary phones :tu

[kzm007]

when the gf says, "baby, your hair is getting thin." :bx:bh

Don't feel too bad, Bon; I'm only 19 and it's getting there.

Hats are either my friend or the reason for it :ss

[ronhoffman2]

little kids from the neighborhood when you were growing up, are now drinking with you at the bar.

[JaKaacH]

.... Cale Yarborough use to be your favorite stock car driver.

[BigFrank]

When your path from the bed to the bathroom in the morning not only sounds painful but actually is.

and for the first time I used the phase " about 10 years ago " .scary

[JaKaacH]

...the first NHL game you attended was a Kansas City Scouts game. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/jkach/125px-KansasCityScouts.png

[bonjing]

when you ask the gf is she's not busy, would you mind plucking the gray hairs

keep the grays or go bald :(

[kaisersozei]

When your birth year falls inside the range of those cheesy funeral-insurance infomercials ("If you were born between 1923 and 1963, then you need to call ...") Dude, that's a big freakin' spread!

When you meet a coworker from your same alma mater--but who wasn't even born yet when you graduated.

When you can't finish watching a DVD movie without falling asleep.

When your wife greets you with an icepack and a beer in the evening, and you're not sure which you are happier to see.

When you're flipping channels and pause for more than 15 seconds on Wheel of Fortune. Just to see if you can solve the puzzle. And then you get sucked in for half an hour...

And you can remember when contestants actually went "shopping" with their winnings on that show.

[Rockestone]

When I don't ride the motorcycle I drive the Odyssey and I'm not embarrassed. I even get all excited when I push the keyless entry on the remote and the doors slide open like I can control the force.

:r

I know this feeling...only with a Sienna!!:D

[Pete]

little kids from the neighborhood when you were growing up, are now drinking with you at the bar.

It's pretty cool when a kid you coached in Little League or Pop Warner football buys you a beer.

[HK3-]

Loud music pisses you off.

[Sailchaser]

When you buy slip on shoes with velcro so you don't have to bend down and tie your shoes

[CBI_2]

When you have to finally give in and buy your 1st pair of reading glasses. :mad:

When they use music you grew up with in TV ads.

You remember when a 9600 baud modem was blazing fast.

You tell someone you remember when a 10 MB hard disk was as big as an LP and you even know what an LP is.

[TripleF]

Loud music pisses you off.

Yeah I hear that from my daughter all the time......."If it's too loud, you're too old." :mad:

[macpappy]

When you consider ZZ Top, Moody Blues and the Rolling Stones to be classical music.

[Sailchaser]

when a memory chip for a computer was a stack of punch cards 8 inches high to spell your name:D

[Junior]

When I looked at the prices of 69 at Camero SS that was $3000 when I was 16, but they are now $30,000.

I am an Insurance agent, and it hit me when I started quoting people that were born when I graduated high school.

When I look in the mirror, and my hairline is not what I used to be.

When I got my first real job selling computers they were 386's, and a 256mb hard drive was huge.

When I started driving gas was $.89 a gallon.

Baseball players weren't all juiced up, and the good golf players were a little chubby.

People held doors open for other people, and said please and thank you.

Our telepone when I was a kid was a party line.

[Pete]

when a memory chip for a computer was a stack of punch cards 8 inches high to spell your name:D


That's funny. I took a computer class a 'while' ago that dealt with the basic science of punchcards and how the computer read them. A hard drive at that time was the size of a washing machine. Two or three megabytes of storage. Incredible.

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/new_hard_drive.jpg

[acarr]

That's funny. I took a computer class a 'while' ago that dealt with the basic science of punchcards and how the computer read them. A hard drive at that time was the size of a washing machine. Two or three megabytes of storage. Incredible.

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/new_hard_drive.jpg

and I was just going to mention the 5.25 floppy disk with no hard drive:r

[CBI_2]

When I looked at the prices of 69 at Camero SS that was $3000 when I was 16, but they are now $30,000.

I am an Insurance agent, and it hit me when I started quoting people that were born when I graduated high school.

When I look in the mirror, and my hairline is not what I used to be.

When I got my first real job selling computers they were 386's, and a 256mb hard drive was huge.

When I started driving gas was $.89 a gallon.

Baseball players weren't all juiced up, and the good golf players were a little chubby.

People held doors open for other people, and said please and thank you.

Our telepone when I was a kid was a party line.
:r:r:r I remember when we got an IBM PC with an 8088 processor in the engineering department I was working in when they came out.

[Sailchaser]

When popcorn called "JIFFY POP" had to be made on the stove no microwaves:fl

[CBI_2]

when a memory chip for a computer was a stack of punch cards 8 inches high to spell your name:D
:r:r:r I used to repair punch card readers.

[ca21455]

Your favorite TV program is Antiques Roadshow.

You go to the workshop to get a tool and have to return to figure out what tool you were going to get.

You were married before the new employees at work were born.

[Cigary]

You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

You sing along with the elevator music.


"Getting a little action" means you don't need to take a laxative.

[Whee]

That's funny. I took a computer class a 'while' ago that dealt with the basic science of punchcards and how the computer read them. A hard drive at that time was the size of a washing machine. Two or three megabytes of storage. Incredible.

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/new_hard_drive.jpg

Why do I suddenly have the urge to eat an Everlasting Gobstoppper?:D

[AD720]

TU4-37..:r

The thing that was even funnier.....was that she acted like it was the most incredible thing she had ever heard

That is pretty cool. :r

[macpappy]

My first part time job was working at a small independent gas station. We would take the tire off the rim, and patch the tube or inside of the tubeless tire for $2. A gallon of gas was normally 32 cents. During a "gas war" we had gas for 23 cents a gallon.

That's not a typo.

[CBI_2]

Your back goes out more than you do.

When you don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

Your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service. I've had this ability since dislocating my ankle 22 years ago. :fl

and for Scott (TripleF) : You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

[acarr]

When popcorn called "JIFFY POP" had to be made on the stove no microwaves:fl

I must be old because that was great popcorn!

[smokeyandthebandit05]

Im only 20 and cant imagine bein this old :D but Im on my way




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[totallytentative]

....when you:

a) Discover you have to take your glasses off to see details up close.

b) Grey hairs.

ENJOY LIFE IN YOUR 20'S! IT'S OVER FASTER THAN YOU THINK! :eek:

[Skywalker]

:r:r:r I used to repair punch card readers.

Very similar to your vaporators in most respects...:r
http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/stevecla01/WindowsLiveWriter/AnnouncingC3POTheCloudComputingConferenc_3B0/c3po_2.jpg

[CBI_2]

Very similar to your vaporators in most respects...:r
http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/stevecla01/WindowsLiveWriter/AnnouncingC3POTheCloudComputingConferenc_3B0/c3po_2.jpg
:r:r I had this dream I heard "I am your father" from some tall dark scary guy with a breathing problem,

[smitdavi]

lol, this is quickly becoming one of my favorite threads. I guess I have something to look forward to in my older years :r :r

[MarkMc]

You know whose phone number this is.......

867-5309

And don't say you never dailed it!

[Kreth]

b) Grey hairs.
What's worse is when they're not on your head...

[Whee]

You know whose phone number this is.......

867-5309

And don't say you never dailed it!

You can't read that number, you MUST sing it...

[lightning9191]

b) Grey hairs.

ENJOY LIFE IN YOUR 20'S! IT'S OVER FASTER THAN YOU THINK! :eek:

I've been following this thread and I don't think we can count grey hairs. I started getting those (well they look white to me really) in highschool.

[markem]

when the phrase :getting old ain't for sissies" takes on new meaning

[Junior]

What's worse is when they're not on your head...

I heard a rumor that it happened to a girl when she was only 27. Not that I would know anything about that:ss

[smitdavi]

ENJOY LIFE IN YOUR 20'S! IT'S OVER FASTER THAN YOU THINK! :eek:

lol, thanks for the advice. I think my live is over already lol ie buying a house and getting married, etc

[theycallmedan'lboone]

you know you're getting older when you run as fast as you can and some 17 year old is jogging next to you having a conversation with you.

.. when you walk around a week after soccer practice with every joint in your body creaks,cracks,pops.

[BC-Axeman]

I saw a girl working the register at a store and thought "She looks familiar, I wonder if I know her mother/grandmother."
I still have a working Atari 800 computer that I even know how to program, and I have a '70s TV with the rotary knob tuner to hook it up to and hundreds of games and other programs for it. There is even software on the web for using it as a browser. Moonbuggy, Defender, Joust, Zaxxon, Pac-Man, Qix, Asteroids, Centipede, etc., etc....