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2009-06-03 12:46 PM
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gearboy - 2009-06-03 12:55 PM And who "tapes" shows?  We use a DVR, so there are no actual tapes anymore, old-timer.  (Actually, I am now so addicted to the DVR that I refuse to watch anything when it is actually on.  At a minimum, I wait until the show is 10 minutes in so I can fast forward through the commercials.  And that's if I even know when the show is actually on the air).
I was telling them about running home after school to watch Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp on it's second go 'round. The first time it was on was Saturday mornings. We didn't have tape or DVRs then


Oh, back then!  I loved Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp!  They should remake that as a movie.  It can't be dumber than the Brady Bunch conceptually.


2009-06-03 12:57 PM
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I used to think it was when your high school music became classic rock, now I know it's when the classic rock stations stop playing your high school music regularly.
2009-06-03 1:07 PM
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(This really happened)
Your kids complain about how they have to walk 2 blocks just to visit their friends. And you tell them how you had to walk 2 miles to get to school... "In twelve in high snow".

2009-06-03 1:38 PM
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You shake your fists and yell "Stupid Kids." after almost running them over when they run across the street.
2009-06-03 3:00 PM
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I was on travel in the Bay Area trying to find a radio station, and I found this great one that played three or four favorites in a row. I was getting pumped, until the DJ came on and said, "WXYX, Oldies Rock from the 80's". I felt deflated.

2009-06-03 3:05 PM
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eberulf - 2009-06-03 4:00 PM I was on travel in the Bay Area trying to find a radio station, and I found this great one that played three or four favorites in a row. I was getting pumped, until the DJ came on and said, "WXYX, Oldies Rock from the 80's". I felt deflated.



I'm just old enough to remember when the DJ would introduce a new song from Zepplin.


2009-06-03 3:07 PM
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When you graduated college before the Internet even existed...

2009-06-03 3:36 PM
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you can remember names like;

Pro Keds
Beemans
sixlets

slogans like;
"Have it your way"
(although it's not that old)
"Have a coke and a smile

 jingles like;
"I'd like to buy the world a Coke"...
"Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce"...

 t.v. shows like;
The six million dollar man
The Waltons
Johny Quest

2009-06-03 3:54 PM
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AdaBug - 2009-06-02 3:43 PM

People start dying.

The threshold has been crossed when I look at the 25 yr old and think, "he's just a kid"...and I'm in early 30s. 

Graying men are distinguished, right? I can't wait to have some real grays---it's a badge of honor!



If thats true, then I'm about as distinguished as they get!!!  LOL!!!
2009-06-04 1:39 AM
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kiwi4j - 2009-06-03 1:36 PM

you can remember names like;

Pro Keds
Beemans
sixlets

slogans like;
"Have it your way"
(although it's not that old)
"Have a coke and a smile

 jingles like;
"I'd like to buy the world a Coke"...
"Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce"... special orders don't upset us!

 t.v. shows like;
The six million dollar man
The Waltons
Johny Quest - You know, it never occured to me to wonder where his MOM was...
Speed Racer
Josie and the Pussycats



2009-06-04 10:10 PM
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JustTriDave - 2009-06-02 4:03 PM When the words coming out of your mouth....are the same ones that came out of your parents mouths....


Ditto!!!  You stutter it and you feel bad if you say it wrong! 


2009-06-04 11:02 PM
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My 'baby' graduated high school last week, turns 18 next week, and heads to college in August(on a full scholarship, thank god!)

I swear last week I was picking up diapers.

Yep, I feel old.
2009-06-05 6:40 AM
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LittleCat - 2009-06-05 12:02 AM My 'baby' graduated high school last week, turns 18 next week, and heads to college in August(on a full scholarship, thank god!)

 I swear last week I was picking up diapers. Yep, I feel old.



My babies are where near ready to graduate. But I do have and 11yr old girl who's going on 20. And a 9yr old boy who is oblivious to anything you say to him half the time.

 We were watching old videos when the kids were babies. My wife bawled, "I really miss those days." 

In the other room all you can hear is "thats mine"! "No it isn't!" I'm telling mom!" "MOM"!
2009-06-06 11:35 PM
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2009-06-07 1:05 AM
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Sharkie - 2009-06-06 11:35 PM

You only recognize ONE band headlining The Warped Tour...


When you don't know what The Warped Tour is...
2009-06-07 1:25 AM
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2009-06-07 6:17 AM
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When the people that you care for after their heart attacks are mostly your age or younger!!!

2009-06-07 8:16 AM
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When I read a thread like this I realize that I am older than 99% of the people who posted.

I was driving before seatbelts were the norm.
Black and white TV's with 3 or 4 channels.
Cars with AM (ONLY) radios
I can even remember when there were no Interstate's to speak of

It REALLY makes me feel old when people who have kids just graduating from high school call themselves old. 



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2009-06-08 10:40 AM
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Sharkie - 2009-06-07 12:35 AM You only recognize ONE band headlining The Warped Tour...


Uh??? What's The Warped Tour???
2009-06-08 11:08 AM
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when your most recent concert t-shirt is from NIN - Downward Spiral Tour!

 

2009-06-09 9:01 AM
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kiwi4j - 2009-06-02 2:34 PM

Your daughter says, " Gee Daddy you got as much grey hair as that guy"!
"That guy is in his 80s'"!.


When you coming out of the lake, thinking you look smoking hot in your bikini... and some 20 year old kid asks, "Is that your kid over there?"... pointing to the 11 year old boy out in the lake on a floating trampolin.

Mind you, there are like 10 other girls around who all look like they have had a kid (aka: baby belly- but probably just a beer gut hanging over) but yet ... YOU get asked if you are the Mom. Great.

And here's what I look like... yes, I totally look like I had a kid. I guess it's because I'm so freaking old I MUST be the kid's Mom. Right?









2009-06-09 10:15 AM
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Since I can't edit my other post... this is what I was wearing and how I looked when he asked me if the teenager was my son....


2009-06-09 11:19 AM
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When after seeing the recent BigMac tv commercial just once, your 12-year old daughter is extremely impressed that you can immediately recite: "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun"!

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2009-06-09 12:16 PM
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"That guy is in his 80s'"!.
When you coming out of the lake, thinking you look smoking hot in your bikini... and some 20 year old kid asks, "Is that your kid over there?"... pointing to the 11 year old boy out in the lake on a floating trampolin.

"I'm with you"!
We were at the store (my daughter was 1 at the time). The cashier asked "Is that your Grand Daughter"? "I was 32 at the time"!!!Yell

"By the way"! "Be proud of those pics"! "You've done a great job sculpting your body to look the way it does"!  "Awesome job"!
2009-06-09 12:21 PM
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kiwi4j - 2009-06-09 12:16 PM


"That guy is in his 80s'"!.
When you coming out of the lake, thinking you look smoking hot in your bikini... and some 20 year old kid asks, "Is that your kid over there?"... pointing to the 11 year old boy out in the lake on a floating trampolin.

"I'm with you"!
We were at the store (my daughter was 1 at the time). The cashier asked "Is that your Grand Daughter"? "I was 32 at the time"!!!Yell

"By the way"! "Be proud of those pics"! "You've done a great job sculpting your body to look the way it does"!  "Awesome job"!


OMG! You were 32 and they asked if it was your Grand daughter? WOW!
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