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You know you are getting old when....
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yellow said:
Actually in the state of Virginia IIRC, you can get Antique tags for car at least 25 years old.
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. 
...you think that the original sounded much better than the cover... and will happily tell everyone in earshot.
when you hear your prom theme song on an oldies station...
and you remember it, like it was just yesterday.
and you remember it, like it was just yesterday.
Not that they listen. That's the problem with today's youth, no respect for their elders...Blue Velvet said:
Or when the people listening to the tune don't realize it's a cover -- but you remember when said song was originally popular...Blue Velvet said:
Had that conversation with a collegue not to long ago. Their response? "You mean Rage Against the Machine didn't write **** the Police?"
Blue Velvet said:
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 said:
Hehe.. A good example was, I was watching TV when an ad for The Truth About Charlie come on (media-blitz before the movie was released). It took me about 5 seconds to realize it was just a remake of Charade. Which was a great movie. I suspect "TTAC" wasn't so great.
'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.
<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.
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)
(my first car was already 25 years old when i got it - a '52 Morris)
When you are trying to pick up a girl and you forget just why you were trying to pick her up. *sigh*
When most of the people in trendy pubs look around 14 to your eyes
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! We have a girl at work who wasn't born when the Berlin Wall came down... it's scary!
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!
We have a girl at work who wasn't born when the Berlin Wall came down... it's scary!