You Know You're Getting Older When...

[Ceicei]

I remember when no one questioned if you chose to go target shooting in your backyard.

 

[Ceicei]

Carrying a rifle never caused alarm and could be brought to school on a window rack in the truck.

 

[shesulsa]

ITEM (My daughter's comment)


BetaMax (it's not like VHS is old enough already)

Rocky I (why is there a movie about two old guys boxing?)

45's and 78's (it ... only played ... ONE song ???)

Cabbage Patch Kids (a doll ... covered by a stocking ... niiiiiiice)

The Jackson Five (The whosey whatsit?)

My Pet Rock (ooooooooooooooookaaaaaaaaaay)

The Who (who?) - note: I know it's corny, but it's what she said

Jimmy Durante (who the hell is that?)

Johnny Carson (You mean the guy with the chin hasn't always had that show?) no dear, and the jokes were better then, too.

Instamatic Cameras (How bulky and ... unretouchable)

Cocaine (I heard meth is better) :erg:

Sexual ignorance at the age of 10 (wow - where'd you live? in a cave?)

 

[Drac]

ALL great memories, well to me anyway...

 

[TKDmel]

The huge "porkchop" sideburns

 

[Ceicei]

I remember when milk was sold in glass containers and delivered to houses. I also remember my grandmother getting "fresh" milk with cream on top in metal containers.

 

[morph4me]

Mom & pop grocery stores where they would just write the costs of each item on the paper bag, add up the figures , get it right,and be able to give change without the register telling how much it was.

 

[Arizona Angel]

Sexual ignorance at the age of 10 (wow - where'd you live? in a cave?)

I vote we bring this one back if it means I need to move to a cave!

 

[Drac]

I remember when milk was sold in glass containers and delivered to houses

Up here BACK in the day there was also a bakery man that delivered to residents....

 

[Kacey]

I spent summers splitting my time between the local pool and the local library (they were on opposite sides of the same parking lot) - and I got there (4 miles from home) on my bicycle, and thought nothing of it; everyone my age (11-14) got around on a bicycle, and no one even thought to ask parents for a ride.

 

[Jonathan Randall]

I spent summers splitting my time between the local pool and the local library (they were on opposite sides of the same parking lot) - and I got there (4 miles from home) on my bicycle, and thought nothing of it; everyone my age (11-14) got around on a bicycle, and no one even thought to ask parents for a ride.

Same exact thing for myself. Heck, I rode my bike miles at age 11 (semi-rural area back then). Not only that, but I didn't think twice about walking to places and distances that it now wouldn't even occur to me not to drive.

 

[bydand]

I spent summers splitting my time between the local pool and the local library (they were on opposite sides of the same parking lot) - and I got there (4 miles from home) on my bicycle, and thought nothing of it; everyone my age (11-14) got around on a bicycle, and no one even thought to ask parents for a ride.

Same exact thing for myself. Heck, I rode my bike miles at age 11 (semi-rural area back then). Not only that, but I didn't think twice about walking to places and distances that it now wouldn't even occur to me not to drive.

Man I know this feeling very well. When I was 8 or 9 I used to ride my bike down to the corner on Saturday morning early to pick strawberries in the summer for some afternoon spending money. Then head into town and buy 2 boxes of .22 shells, a Pepsi, and an ice cream bar. Then head home for my rifle and ride away for an afternoon spent shooting at the dump. Round trip - 25 miles.

Several things that are unbelivable to my kids. 1: I would ride that far every Saturday. 2: I would go pick strawberries without telling Mom or Dad. 3: I could buy .22 shells myself (only because the sport store I went to is the same one my father went to from the time he was a kid, and the same lady owned it still.) 4: I could go out all day and only have to be in by Suppertime.

 

[Jade Tigress]

The huge "porkchop" sideburns

Hey, those are coming back. :shrug:

 

[donna]

No electricity, and a Pan Dunny up the back yard.

 

[Xue Sheng]

You took Fortran, and Basic in College

You have a certificate in DOS, Windows 3.11 and AutoCAD 10

You use to make WebPages by programming in HTML.

When you have a leather jacket that could be considered old enough to drink in any state in America

 

[Drac]

Some refuse to believe that a postage stamp was 5 cents...

 

[Drac]

Try explaining "Bedtime for Bonzo" starring the late Ronald Regan..

 

[Jonathan Randall]

Some refuse to believe that a postage stamp was 5 cents...

Even I rember that one. It had either the Liberty Bell or Thomas Jefferson on it, IIRC.

Remember when the brand of toothpaste used was a major source of debate? Seriously, around the early 70's the "wrong" toothpaste brand was gonna ruin your teeth...

 

[Drac]

Collecting empty pop bottles could get you enough money to buy more pop..

 

[Drac]

Even I rember that one. It had either the Liberty Bell or Thomas Jefferson on it, IIRC.

You are corect...

Remember when the brand of toothpaste used was a major source of debate? Seriously, around the early 70's the "wrong" toothpaste brand was gonna ruin your teeth...

While the Right one would give you Sex Appeal and white teeth..The latter being more important in the 70's...