You Know You are Old When

[Pisces24]

Thought this might be an interesting fun topic.

1) When youy first thought with buying clothing is: how much trouble or expense is it going to be to take care of it.

2) When you have to explain to your coworkers what buckshot and a rain barrel is.  I threatened to stand at the groundhog's hole with a load of buckshot so no way was he gonna stick his head out and see a shadow! LOL

3) When you have to explain vinyle records and record players.

Anyone have more to add???     

[gold55]

1.  When the people I work with believe that my photo can be found on the original Woodstock
     album.
2.  When the youth I work with ask me "what is an album......and what the heck is Woodstock"?!
3.  When I tell the medical students I graduated from college in 1977 and they weren't even born
     until the 80's! 
4.  When you don't have to shave your legs or armpits anymore but you have to occasionally pluck
     out that black hair on your chin (this should be under "you know when you're post-menopausal")
5.  When you worry about not having enough time to get everything done and accomplished in
     your life....you feel like time is moving way too fast!

[Madison Granny]

When you can remember that TV shows use all be in black and white.

[WildThing]

1.  When you want to go on the change you are so sick of periods

2.  When sarcastic tenagers all you Mummy

3.  When you realise it was nearly 20 years since you left school

4.  When you fall down and everything hurts for weeks

5.  When you're totally incontinent

[MissyLouWho?]

1. When you can't remember what you did last night and you didn't even have a drink,

2. You have clothing you used to wear that came back into style again,

3. You see the new tv heartthrob and realize he/she was born after you graduated high school,

4. A crazy Saturday night is staying up to watch a whole movie after the kids go to bed and eating a whole bag of candy while doing it.

Here's a personal one: I was working with the new guy at work about a year ago and he said "have a good weekend Ma".  I counted back and realized I really was old enough to be his mother...

[Madison Granny]

When you son tells you that he found his first grey hair and that his hair line is receding like his father's.

[Poochie]

When you hear you are about to become a GREAT grandmom for the 12th time. 

Or when you mention that blue jeans were only $2.98 a pair when you were growing up and your grandson says "Gee Nana, they had jeans back then?"

You get all kinds of Geez, Wow and Holy Cow when you mention you have been married for 56 yrs.

I am still trying to come to terms with this disease and realize I have had it for over 45 yrs.  Even though I am in remission, all it's gifts are still working. 

Take care all there be better days a comin".

Huggles, Pooh

[Carolina]

I was born in the first half of the last century of the last Millennium.


SOO,  50 seems young

heck, 60 seems young!

Hugs

Elaine

[Patze]

When you have to preface certain comments with "before you were born"....that has been the hardest thing! 

Whew, where have all the years gone by?  Hey, if you find my years roaming around, please give them a snack and send them back my way!


Patze

[lynnmarie219]

1.Talking about TV shows, music, and musical groups and the people around are looking at you and saying "Who's that??" or "What??" and really don't have a clue what I am talking about. 

2. When the year on the sign in stores for buying alcohol and cigarettes gets further and further away from my birth year....don't know why I notice this all the time but I do...lol. You know the one..."You must be born before this date in such and such year to purchase alcohol/cigarettes"...its displayed behind almost every counter and cash register where these items are sold it seems.

3. When my co-workers parents are younger than me!

[Cheryl]

When you have to pause in the middle of telling a story to explain what a phone booth is.

[eye2dry]

Explain to my kids what "near beer" is that they use to sell to 18 year olds in the early 70's

what the "draft" is

My kids/grandkids have never heard of "Tarzan".

And the kicker is when my grandson was 7 years old asking me if I KNEW GEORGE WAHINGTON


eye2dry

[A66eyroad]

Middle age is when everybody you meet reminds you of someone you already know.

[irish]

Old age is: Telling your kids that you remember going with your dad on "rounds" during a "black out" during WWII. Dad had to check that everyone had their windows covered and all lights out. It was very, very dark driving in the dark with no car lights and a very small flashlight.

Remebering what you were doing the day Queen Elizaabeth was corinated.

Can tell everyone exactly where you were and what you were doing the day JFK was assassinated.

Having fond memories of riding on street cars in Minneapolis while visiting relatives. If they has kept the street cars we wouldn't be having such high fuel prices!!

Having the ability to understand so much about WWII because we studied it a lot in school. Knowing that it took place all over the globe and more men died than people realize.

Oh, and the best of all---walking to the corner gas station at age 4 and buying a bottle of pop for 5 cents. It was safer on the streets back then and more Moms were home to help keep track of everyones kids---and everyone did help keep track of and discipline everyones kids. Just part of life in those days. Irish

[Scottietottie]

You know you're old when you realise that you got married before your work colleagues were born - oh and when you baby is suddenly a quarter of a century old!