I'm so old I Remember when:

[jxp]

Having worked too many customer service jobs, including managing a gas station/convenience store, I beg to differ.

^^ also this ^^

 

[jxp]

I'm so old I remember when I ground coffee beans every Friday night and Saturday for the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company.

I didn't know A & P was that big a company. I thought it was just regional. Were you in Alabama back then?

 

[jxp]

I'm remembering people talking on phones as large as half a shoe box with an antenna sticking out one end.

Reminds me of our Radio Shack walkie-talkies my brother, sister and I had. The frustrating thing was there were only 2 in the set.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Well that’s some serious self control.

Try not to hold it against me too much.
That was in my youth. I spent most of my twenties trying to correct bad behaviors. Having self control hardly happens nowadays.

 

[jxp]

Wrapped in plastic no less

I remember them like this

 

[Rick589]

Try not to hold it against me too much.
That was in my youth. I spent most of my twenties trying to correct bad behaviors. Having self control hardly happens nowadays.

The old you get the less self control matters, IMO.

 

[jxp]

Same here. I never use ‘sissy sticks’ to drink. However, playing with them is A-OK!

I'll use a straw in the vehicle. Other than that I drink like an adult and don't need a sippy cup.

 

[jxp]

Could anyone really ever eat a partial can?

I suppose potatoes are one of my favorite foods as I enjoy them in so many different ways. Then there's Pringles. Don't love 'em. Don't hate 'em. Don't buy 'em.

 

[jxp]

I'm so old, I remember using my imagination and creativity to make my own toys.

A willow branch made me a stagecoach driver, or maybe a cowboy rounding up a herd of cattle.

A crochet hook and some solder for bits made decorative halters and bridles for my model horses. (My mother gave me some crocheted squares for saddle blankets. I was a tomboy, and couldn't bo bothered with learning more than a chain stitch!)

Sounds like we could been great besties if we grew up near each other.

 

[Rick589]

I didn't know A & P was that big a company. I thought it was just regional. Were you in Alabama back then?

Yeah, they were up here in the mid-Atlantic back then.