I'm so old I Remember when:

[Rick589]

but I don't consume much of anything that requires a straw.

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

 

[Rick589]

Plastic straws became popular in the 1960s. I remember when paper straws were the norm but I grew up outside the US so we probably were later to adopt plastic.
Now in NJ single-use plastic is no longer allowed so paper straws are back but I don't consume much of anything that requires a straw.

Never actually got the disconnect between drinking directly from a glass at home and using a straw in a restaurant. I suppose the straw is to give a layer of removal from touching your mouth to a glass that a stranger also had their mouth on….but, there are dishwashers I believe. One of my first jobs was as a dishwasher.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old I remember that there were no more than a dozen what we call "Fat Kids" in the whole school. Only one in my grade.... She was skinny at the 50th class reunion too.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old I remember when PTA was social media.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old I remember listening to the old folks talk about things and how long ago it happened and it was 40-50 years before. I remember wanting to be old and being able to remember that many years back. Well I lived to get my wish... It could have waited another 40 years though.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old I can remember when the first transistor radios were made.

 

[Evadig]

I remember when the owner’s manual to a car was inside a book and not on the dash screen.

 

[R2elk]

I remember when the owner’s manual to a car was inside a book and not on the dash screen.

That's where my truck manual is. My truck does not have a dash screen.

 

[Evadig]

That's where my truck manual is. My truck does not have a dash screen.

Mine is in a book, too, but I was just in a truck today where the owner’s manual could only be accessed on screen.

 

[RoyalChick]

I'm so old I can remember when the first transistor radios were made.

I still have my Dad’s homemade transistor radio. It is about 2’ tall with a lovely wood cabinet. It still works but I have a box of spare parts just in case!