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

[BantyChooks]

THAT'S the spirit BantyChooks!

Of course, if there were no fights scheduled at the coliseum, we'd go to the forum and watch a stand-up philosopher.

Mum never let me go and watch. She said they were a bad influence.

Bah ... you gotta learn to get the GOOD branch ... to stout one at the crook of the tree, don't break, kinda comfy.

I got the good branch. He didn't.

 

[BantyChooks]

THAT'S the spirit BantyChooks!

Of course, if there were no fights scheduled at the coliseum, we'd go to the forum and watch a stand-up philosopher.

Mum never let me go and watch. She said they were a bad influence.

Bah ... you gotta learn to get the GOOD branch ... to stout one at the crook of the tree, don't break, kinda comfy.

I got the good branch. He didn't.

 

[Mace Gill]

Mum never let me go and watch. She said they were a bad influence.


I got the good branch. He didn't.

Man ... I loved getting the good branch! These folks and fancy 'chairs' that they got now ... they don't know what living was like!

 

[BantyChooks]

So how about your favorite song from when you were a kid? I LOVED Barracuda by Heart

Anything by Mozart. Yes, I was rather the rebel, eh... I had a startling taste for new music that nobody in my family shared.

 

[Mace Gill]

Anything by Mozart. Yes, I was rather the rebel, eh... I had a startling taste for new music that nobody in my family shared.

Yeah, I remember when he came around ... everyone was all "Haydn this and Haydn that ... " And I was all "Nah, G ... you gotta check out Mozart!"

 

[Mace Gill]

I remember seeking chicken advice WAAAYYY back before we all had these 'typewriter-TV' contraptions ... heck, even before that Guttenberg kid came up with his weird 'moveable type' concept! We had to take the time to stitch our inquiries on tapestries ... BY HAND!

 

[Mace Gill]

Okay, this is a completely real and true story ...

I've played music on and off for all of my adult life and most of my kid life as well. When I was a YOUNG man and had less responsibilities and more disposable income, I bought several guitar BRAND NEW (still have my Les Paul, they'll have to bury me with it) ...

Now, I'm older and have long since given up the solid life of a musician to chase my dreams of working in an office. So, last month I hit a bit of a financial crunch (nothing serious, no worries!) and decided to sell my Gibson ES-135 and my Dobro. Wanting to get it over with, went to the music store (chain) rather than trying to sell privately.

I walked in, declared my intent, and the young man behind the counter said "Oh wow, I can't make you an offer until I check with the 'vintage' department!

Apparently, I'm VINTAGE! lol!

 

[CapricornFarm]

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I have those in my truck.

 

[User395221]

until I check with the 'vintage' department!

I shouldn't have laughed quite as much, but it's true.... I browse the classifieds a lot, and "vintage" clothes are in my wardrobe. Young people's "vintage" and old/er people's "vintage" are not the same thing.

I remember asking one of the girls (young women-that's another sign of being old, everyone young seems like a kid) at work once what her plans were for the weekend, and I asked wheter she was off to a disco, and she went "what's a disco? Do you mean a nightclub?" At the time, she wasn't even 10 years younger than I am. "What's a disco?" Indeed.

 

[N F C]

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means!

Say what?