'Remember when' or 'these kids today' nostalgia thread for old fogies like me

[CapricornFarm]

Remember texting your sweetheart all night on the telegraph machine?

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I actually have one of these that belonged to my dad!

 

[Mace Gill]

"fidget spinners" ... POPPYCOCK!

If you remember rolling a hoop down the street with a stick while sporting your brand new knickerbockers, your childhood ROCKED!

 

[Mace Gill]

And ... for those of us who are REALLY REALLY old ...

 

[Mace Gill]

I actually have one of these that belonged to my dad!

Then your dad qualifies to grumble about 'these kids today'

 

[Mace Gill]

This one is kind of serious for me ... I LOVE The Lone Ranger and Tonto (Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels!)

 

[Mace Gill]

Folks ... feel free to ADD to this random silliness

 

[CapricornFarm]

Then your dad qualifies to grumble about 'these kids today'

Only if they do that in heaven.

 

[Mace Gill]

Only if they do that in heaven.

Why not? I'm sure my dad sometimes looks down and shakes his head over my foibles

 

[CapricornFarm]

I love antiques! Don't like the way things are made of plastic these days.

 

[Mace Gill]

I love antiques! Don't like the way things are made of plastic these days.

Disposable. Everything is disposable these days.