You Know You're Getting Old When...

[mickey328]

...when you see "celebrity news" and have no idea who any of those people are...and you really don't care

 

[sourland]

...when you see "celebrity news" and have no idea who any of those people are...and you really don't care

I'm not sure that this qualifies. More likely you're just intelligent.

Sourland who is clueless about such things, but hesitates to claim 'intelligence'.

 

[KrisH]

...when you prefer the "early bird" dinner specials so you can get home early

We prefer the early bird special so we can get home and put up our special birds early.

RobertH

 

[bluenkimchi]

when cell phones were the size of a yellow page phone book

 

[oldrooster]

Love the thong response. I offered to let my granddaughter wear my thongs and her eyes nearly fell out of her head! Explanations followed.

I read this the other day and had to share it after reading the above. note language may be offensive to young readers. http://notalwaysworking.com/longing-for-when-thongs-werent-wrong/26898

 

[OldGuy43]

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The language has evolved. I first saw them in the early 1960's, when I joined the Navy. We were issued a pair and they were called "shower shoes". Next they were called "Flip-flops" later shortened to just "flops". I guess "thongs" is the latest iteration.

Do you remember what Jimmy Buffett song they were immortalized in?

 

[oldrooster]

The language has evolved. I first saw them in the early 1960's, when I joined the Navy. We were issued a pair and they were called "shower shoes". Next they were called "Flip-flops" later shortened to just "flops". I guess "thongs" is the latest iteration.

Do you remember what Jimmy Buffett song they were immortalized in?

Margaritaville blew out a flip flop stepped on a pop top.....

 

[OldGuy43]

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[oldrooster]

And I am old enough to remember that the pop top in question had to be either a bottle cap (literally called a crown that's where royal crown (RC) cola gets it's name and the Budweiser crown is an upside down bottle top or the peel off tabs off a can of pop or beer). does anyone else remember peeling the tab off of a can of soda (in my case too young for beer)...

 

[galanie]

And I am old enough to remember that the pop top in question had to be either a bottle cap (literally called a crown that's where royal crown (RC) cola gets it's name and the Budweiser crown is an upside down bottle top or the peel off tabs off a can of pop or beer). does anyone else remember peeling the tab off of a can of soda (in my case too young for beer)...

Absolutely. But then I remember before that, when you had to use the pointed end of a bottle opener to open a can for drinking. Since it was mostly beer cans being opened that way, we used to call the thing a Church Key hehe.