You know you are getting old when....

[Chip NoVaMac]

you see your first car (in my case a '72 Dodge Colt 2dr) on the road with Antique car tags. :eek:

[yellow]

LOL...

I think I have a ways to go.. 1979 Buick LeSabre.

[Blue Velvet]

When you look forward to a night in.

[Chip NoVaMac]

LOL...

I think I have a ways to go.. 1979 Buick LeSabre.

Actually in the state of Virginia IIRC, you can get Antique tags for car at least 25 years old.

[yellow]

ACK! No!

For me, I know I was getting old when the playboy playmates were mind bogglingly young.

[Chip NoVaMac]

When you look forward to a night in.

or perhaps looking forward to going to bed before 10PM. :)

[Jaffa Cake]

The defining moment came for me an my girlfriend (she's only two weeks older than me) about six months ago, when we went to the football and we realised that, out of our 30-odd strong squad, only one of them was older than us. :eek:

[crdean1]

You can't hear the Mosquito ringtone...

[Blue Velvet]

...you think that the original sounded much better than the cover... and will happily tell everyone in earshot.

[Chip NoVaMac]

when you hear your prom theme song on an oldies station...

and you remember it, like it was just yesterday.

[Jaffa Cake]

...you think that the original sounded much better than the cover... and will happily tell everyone in earshot.Not that they listen. That's the problem with today's youth, no respect for their elders... :p

[mactastic]

...you think that the original sounded much better than the cover... and will happily tell everyone in earshot.
Or when the people listening to the tune don't realize it's a cover -- but you remember when said song was originally popular...

Had that conversation with a collegue not to long ago. Their response? "You mean Rage Against the Machine didn't write **** the Police?"

[7on]

…when your girlfriend refers to you as "my dear."

[yellow]

...you think that the original sounded much better than the cover... and will happily tell everyone in earshot.

Ooooo good one.

When you realize that movie X is just a remake of movie Y (and isn't advertised as such). And/or, a movie you saw first-run in the theatre is either a "clult classic" now, or being remade.

[Diatribe]

Ooooo good one.

When you realize that movie X is just a remake of movie Y (and isn't advertised as such). And/or, a movie you saw first-run in the theatre is either a "clult classic" now, or being remade.

You mean like Ocean's Eleven had been made before??? :eek: :D

[yellow]

You mean like Ocean's Eleven had been made before???

Hehe.. A good example was, I was watching TV when an ad for The Truth About Charlie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270707/) come on (media-blitz before the movie was released). It took me about 5 seconds to realize it was just a remake of Charade (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056923/). Which was a great movie. I suspect "TTAC" wasn't so great.

[CanadaRAM]

'61 Pontiac...

<sigh>

When you yell at your kids amping up the stereo "Turn that cr@p down!" and then realize, it's YOUR cr@p they're playing.

[frankblundt]

when Time Life issues a compilation of the music you grew up with.

(my first car was already 25 years old when i got it - a '52 Morris)

[UKnjb]

When you are trying to pick up a girl and you forget just why you were trying to pick her up. *sigh*

[CanadaRAM]

when Time Life issues a compilation of the music you grew up with.
.... Covered by the Lawrence Welk Champagne Orchestra

[Applespider]

When most of the people in trendy pubs look around 14 to your eyes:rolleyes:

When policemen and doctors don't look old enough to shave

When you talk about an event that happened in your teens to someone and they think it's history! :eek: We have a girl at work who wasn't born when the Berlin Wall came down... it's scary!

[MacNut]

When you remember when MTV played music videos.

When you watch classic TV and see a show you grew up on, The Wonder Years on NickatNite comes to mind.

[yellow]

When you remember when MTV played music videos.

LOL.. I'd forgotten!

I hate it when Doctors call me "Sir".

[MacNut]

I hate it when Doctors call me "Sir".I hate when a mother tells her kid, "thank the nice man"

[mpw]

...We have a girl at work who wasn't born when the Berlin Wall came down... it's scary!
I have a piece of the Berlin wall, and we were talking about it a few weeks ago in the coffee shop when we realized the girl serving the coffee was born as the wall was being torn down.

[Boggle]

you see your first car (in my case a '72 Dodge Colt 2dr) on the road with Antique car tags. :eek:

Are there any Pintos that still run? b/c if not I need another old age indicator. :(

[frankblundt]

when you hear a modem and it reminds you of saving programs onto audio tape.

when Levi's deletes your favourite jeans. or worse, re-releases them.

[njmac]

You know you're getting older when you notice threads (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=191980) about getting older keep popping up ;)

[macOSX-tastic]

When you look forward to a night in.


lol, im only (19 on friday) and i look forward to nights in quite often! im not really a kind of go out, get slaughtered and throw up person. i have different ideas about what a good night involves, eg. some sort of entertainment, some drinks, nice food.....all that stuff. i do like to go out occasionally,i guess its just each to his / her own. :)

am i wierd? :D

S

[njmac]

am i wierd? :D

S

I hope not, because I was the same way when I was 19. :)

[jaysmith]

i'm 19, and i'm more than happy to go to bed before 10 every now and then. of courses, social events are much more fun and celebratig for no reason makes life fun.

btw, '98 malibu, won't be dated for awhile now!

[xsedrinam]

You know you're getting older when you notice threads (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=191980) about getting older keep popping up ;)
And you stop what you're doing to post (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=2296983&postcount=78) in all of them. :p

[njmac]

And you stop what you're doing to post (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=2296983&postcount=78) in all of them. :p

:D haha, the truth hurts ;) :D

[floriflee]

You know you're getting old when you watch that guy in the Evolution of Dance (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=201644) video and all you can think about is how that's going to be killer on his knees....

[Cooknn]

My first car was a '67 Mustang. What I'd give to have that baby now :p How quickly 30 years goes by. Now my oldest is 16 and going into his Junior year. Remember Aerosmith "Rocks"? For some reason that album is definitive of that era for me. Oh, and Queen "A Night at the Opera"... and "A Day at the Races". Good times!

[njmac]

My first car was a '67 Mustang. What I'd give to have that baby now :p How quickly 30 years goes by. Now my oldest is 16 and going into his Junior year. Remember Aerosmith "Rocks"? For some reason that album is definitive of that era for me. Oh, and Queen "A Night at the Opera"... and "A Day at the Races". Good times!

My husbands first car was a '67 mustang and we still have it ... for now.

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19567&d=1103484788

[nbs2]

I've had a couple of strands of grey hair sense as long as I can remember. I used to pull them out. Now, I sometimes try to style my hair so that I can show them off.

Also, I realized that I was driving at 10 and 2 the other day. And, I was comfortable. No slouching the the drivers seat with one hand on the shifter. No one hand on the wheel and one on the window sill. It was one firmly at 10 and one firmly at 2....

[xsedrinam]

:D haha, the truth hurts ;) :D
Sorry. Couldn't pass that up. :D (It's a nice diversion ploy for those who are in denial. My first car was a '65 Ford Galaxy 500).

[63dot]

When you look forward to a night in.

...or when all nights in sound like a great idea...or if one has a night out, it's at a bookstore

[xsedrinam]

You mean like Ocean's Eleven had been made before??? :eek: :D
When my son and his friends found out there was an earlier rendition, I had them over to view the original "Walking Tall".

[Cinch]

5 things to do to fight old age

1. avoid shopping at Josesph A. Banks or Norstrom, instead shop at the Bannana Republic or J. Crew

2. exercise so that you can have a lively walking gate.

3. get into the latest music. you can't coast on what you listened to in college..it is just lame

4. dye your hair and pay attention to grooming (much cheaper than plastic surgery)

5. think positive and opportunistic of the future


5 things to avoid because people know that you are desparately trying and failing spectacularly

1. getting that sport/convertable/antique car
2. don't ride a Harley/Davidson
3. your jean waistline should not touch your belly button
4. for god sake avoid talking about getting the Led out...yeah you know what I mean (in case you don't, Led Zeppelin)
5. don't get into wine unless you drink to get drunk

my little tunnel vision view of the world:D


Cinch

[CanadaRAM]

Sorry. Couldn't pass that up. :D (It's a nice diversion ploy for those who are in denial. My first car was a '65 Ford Galaxy 500).
That was a nice car. My father had a 65 Galaxy 500, blue, and completely restored it; new upholstery, rechromed bumpers, new paint... then the brakes failed on it while he was backing the boat and trailer down the boat ramp.

He hit the brakes, nothing, pedal goes to the floor. He grabs the handbrake, but by now the rear wheels are floating, so that didn't help. In desperation, he guns the motor, just in time for the hood to go under, and suck about 20 gallons of salt water in through the carbouretor... Now he's about 20 feet offshore, and sinking fast, so he crawls out the window and stands on the roof. He's going to have to swim for it, but he has his father's heirloom wristwatch on, so he takes it off, shouts to the people on shore "Catch this!" and throws it. The throw's short and the watch smashes on the rocks at the tideline. He swims to shore; by now the car is on the bottom in 15 feet of saltchuck, and the boat is bobbing around nose-down where the cable from the trailer is pulling it down. He crawls out, climbing up the rocks, and finds the watch, in 100 pieces. He turns the watch over and on the back it says... "Waterproof".


They had to get a diver and a towtruck to get the car out.

[sushi]

When policemen and doctors don't look old enough to shave
When the pilot looks like a kid! ;)

HS tends to define us: music, cars, fashion, etc.

So the first time you realize that you are twice 17 as in 34.

The second time when you realize that you are three times 17 as in 51.

etc.

BTW, I have CDs that are older than some college grads that I know! :eek:

[stubeeef]

You think that band names are way too silly! And of course you don't recognize any of them.

All your old clothes have shrunk alot in the closet.

You drop everything to make an important phone call, then forget why you were calling! (I hate that part)

You appreciate $200 dinners and bargins at the dollar store.

My HP 12-c calculator is 23 yrs old!

First car? '64 Dodge Dart.

[sushi]

My HP 12-c calculator is 23 yrs old!
Nice calculator. Have one too. Although mine is a bit younger. Only about 10 years old. Love it.

How are the buttons? Still look good or a bit worn?

[SublimeProgie]

ummmmm.... how about when it is super hard to get up early even for midterms. :o

[OutThere]

.... Covered by the Lawrence Welk Champagne Orchestra

*barfs repeatedly*

[xsedrinam]

That was a nice car. My father had a 65 Galaxy 500, blue...
Hilarious. :D Thanks for the "my father" part. :p

[erickkoch]

Your faverite songs in high school are now played on "oldies" or "classic rock" stations.

Cute young girls call you "sir."

You make that "uhhhmph" sound every time you get off the couch.

You know what an 8-Track Tape player is or used to own one.

You drive at or below the speed limit.

You remember what it was like to have to get off your butt to change the TV channel manually.

[Cooknn]

My husbands first car was a '67 mustang and we still have it ... for now.
Well, considering I bought my '67 Mustang for $800 back in 1976 and today they can be worth as much as $25K (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-Mustang-coupe-1967-Ford-Mustang-restomod_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6236QQitemZ4646995691QQrdZ1) I'd say you did good to hang on to it :D

[ejb190]

...no one else remembers tan M&M's!

[sushi]

Your faverite songs in high school are now played on "oldies" or "classic rock" stations.

Cute young girls call you "sir."

You make that "uhhhmph" sound every time you get off the couch.

You know what an 8-Track Tape player is or used to own one.

You drive at or below the speed limit.

You remember what it was like to have to get off your butt to change the TV channel manually.
Dang!

All of these apply. Loved those 8-Track tapes.

BTW, I remember when the remotes first came out. Folks would leave them on the TVs. So they would get off the couch, go to the TV, pick up the remote, and then use it to change the channel.

BTW2, do you remember the remote control adapters for regular rotary knob TVs? Those where cool for their time.

[floriflee]

...no one else remembers tan M&M's!

I remember those... :D

[stubeeef]

Nice calculator. Have one too. Although mine is a bit younger. Only about 10 years old. Love it.

How are the buttons? Still look good or a bit worn?


Works like a charm, a couple of dents, and rubber feet are missing, but keeps on going!!

[sushi]

Works like a charm, a couple of dents, and rubber feet are missing, but keeps on going!!
Awesome.

Twenty three years. Guess you got your money's worth out of it! :)

HP sure made some good calculators.

[UberMac]

When most of the people in trendy pubs look around 14 to your eyes:rolleyes:


People in bars are 14, this is London (England) we're talking about!

Anyhoo, I started to feel old when I...started to drive, bought my first lottery ticket...oh wait I only did those, like, a month or so ago! I'm still all lovely and young :D :p

Uber

[yellow]

You know what an 8-Track Tape player is or used to own one.

Or that you know a butter knife was an invaluable tool in 8-track play!

[vniow]

When your eyes are going bad at 21. :(

*needs contacts*

[Jaffa Cake]

When your eyes are going bad at 21. :(

*needs contacts*Mine started going bad when I was nine. :o

You're just a whippersnapper in comparison. ;)

[yellow]

My eyes are still awesome at 29 (for the 7th time).

[skunk]

You know you're getting old when your children start getting grey hair.

[Dont Hurt Me]

You know you're getting old when your children start getting grey hair.Ouch! thats sick, I was going to say you know your old when you have grey hair growing out of places you didnt know could grow hair:confused:

[mactastic]

HP sure made some good calculators.
I've got two. An 11c, circa 1988; and a 48g, circa 1998. Both still going strong, I use the 11c at home and the 48g at work.

As a side benefit, no one ever borrows them from my workstation. :D

[sushi]

You know you're getting old when your children start getting grey hair.
Ouch! That is getting old! :p :D

[63dot]

I've got two. An 11c, circa 1988; and a 48g, circa 1998. Both still going strong, I use the 11c at home and the 48g at work.

As a side benefit, no one ever borrows them from my workstation. :D

Isn't the fashion of entering numbers on those things very different than most calculators?

[w_parietti22]

...the guy at the Apple store thinks that your buying a MBP for college when your only a freshman in HS.

[.Andy]

For me I know I knew I was getting old when I started deciding on whether to play sport (football, tennis etc) based on what I was doing that evening or the next day. It used to be that I could play back to back games of football in a day and then back up for a party that night and a BBQ/bushwalk the next day. Now after a single game I need a long soak in a warm bath and an early night to bed. A low activity next day is required for a full recovery :o.

[beatle888]

when the cute 20 year old girls dont look at you anymore. :o

[jaysmith]

Nice calculator. Have one too. Although mine is a bit younger. Only about 10 years old. Love it.

How are the buttons? Still look good or a bit worn?
"...when you spend time on forums discussing you 10+year old calculator..."

[sushi]

"...when you spend time on forums discussing you 10+year old calculator..."
Ouch. That's cold! :mad: :D :D

[xsedrinam]

Originally Posted by jaysmith
"...when you spend time on forums discussing you 10+year old calculator..."
Ouch. That's cold! :mad: :D :D
Or when you read discussions in here about 10+ year old calculators, go to look for yours to see just how old it is, and can't find it. :o

[treblah]

CompuServe, Prodigy, NetCom and America OnLine were cool and the only thing available. And it used to take 3 hours to download the newest beta of Netscape 2.0.

Yes, I was 9-12 years old at the time. Yes, I was/am a huge nerd. :)

[OutThere]

I think you guys are getting too old to make a getting old thread. Too many of these things apply to me, and I'm 18. :p

[MongoTheGeek]

CompuServe, Prodigy, NetCom and America OnLine were cool and the only thing available. And it used to take 3 hours to download the newest beta of Netscape 2.0.

Yes, I was 9-12 years old at the time. Yes, I was/am a huge nerd. :)

When Netscape Beta 0.98 was a big deal because it introduced flashing text and allowed display of JPEG images. :)

How about this. When you read this thread and feel old because of the things people posting seem so new...

[sushi]

Or when you read discussions in here about 10+ year old calculators, go to look for yours to see just how old it is, and can't find it. :o
Now I'm thinking that we should get Dr. Q involved to determine the age distribution of MR member's ages compared to the age of Stubeef's HP-12C that is 23 years old.

I wonder how many members are younger than his calculator? ;)

[MACDRIVE]

...when looking at an attractive girl in the grocery store and feeling guilty about it after suddenly realizing she is young enough to be your daughter.

[pilotError]

CompuServe, Prodigy, NetCom and America OnLine were cool and the only thing available.

I guess Planet BBS and 300 Baud Acoustic Modems would certainly date me then :eek:

I feel old when I look at the "Photo Booth" thread...

[njmac]

CompuServe, Prodigy, NetCom and America OnLine were cool and the only thing available. And it used to take 3 hours to download the newest beta of Netscape 2.0.

Yes, I was 9-12 years old at the time. Yes, I was/am a huge nerd. :)

I had prodigy in '92 or '93. It cost something crazy like $3.00 a minute and there wasn't a whole lotta content. National Geographic had a site... and ... that's all I can remember. Man, I should've registered some domains back then :p

[Sesshi]

... when you get white hairs growing there.