I'm so old I Remember when:

[MROO]

Oddly enough, I remember my parents' phone number form the home I grew up in - because you had to actually dial each and every number to connect - but could not tell you anyone's cell number - not relatives, not friends, not work. Just a name on a screen that fits in the palm of my hand.

Imagine trying to explain that to someone from the 70's or earlier ... I have a device that lets me talk talk to anyone in the world whenever I want, lets me play video games, read any book or watch movies 24/7 ... and it fits in the palm of my hand.

 

[MROO]

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When I was little, my Mom told my father that she'd rather have a lot of little Christmas presents than one big one. So he bought her a camera ... and wrapped all of the flash cubes individually!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Thank you for this. You have no idea how needed this at this very moment. My brother and his wife are both fighting terminal cancer and my 92-year-old stepfather was hospitalized today with a very bad case of the flu.
We're going to be okay. Even if the healing doesn't come.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

big vaccination scar

I read this "big vacation scar" and was thinking, wow, what do you do on vacation?

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I count and claim every year! I worked hard to earn every one of these "Arctic Blonde" hairs. I PROUD of 'em!

Amen! My ash blonde hair gets more ashy every year but I quite like it. I think it's pretty and it suits me.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I have never heard of this!

We always stay up though and watch other people’s fireworks and eat Christmas cookies if there’s any. We used to go to church for a service but our current one doesn’t do that.

We go to church every New Year's Day.

 

[Love Donkeys]

I remember wing windows and round side mirrors.

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We have vent windows in our 1995 F350. The vent windows were the easiest window to open when you locked your keys inside!

 

[Love Donkeys]

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Our 29 y/o Grandson doesn't understand quarter-past or quarter-of. I drive him crazy!

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Decades ago I read about a country in SE Asia where, when a Lunar Eclipse occurred, the locals thought a dragon was devouring the Moon. The whole village turned out to bang pots, shoot firecrackers and fire automatic weapons at it. I heard there were fatalities, but overall it was successful. After about an hour the dragon had fled and the Moon was safe.

They do this in Thailand. I believe they thought a frog was the culprit. Being we had a place in town we got the full experience.

 

[Evadig]

We go to church every New Year's Day.

Us too! I was supposed to play organ this year but the cantor was sick. I will attend a later mass and sing in the choir instead.