One of the first times I felt "old" today...

[lavamat_jon]

Well, as some of you may know I started attending college this September and there are people of varying ages who are on the courses I am taking. Anyway, we were in Art today, and were talking about children's television when a friend who's about 20 and I mentioned Edd the Duck and the broom cupboard era of CBBC. It shocked me in that other people on our table who are both 2 years younger than me, didn't remember Edd the Duck or the broom cupboard era of CBBC at all... nor a lot of the programmes I used to watch as a kid!

A very strange experience I have to say, and have noticed more and more as I'm growing older.

Jon

 

[maytagbear]

Just wait.....

until a shop assistant calls you "sir," or hands back your ATM/credit card with a "Thank you, Mr. _______." (instead of a plain "thank you for shopping at _________.")

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[toggleswitch]

Miss Clairol here we come.........

oh child. You just wait, it gets better.

My sister and her girlfriend were discussing the records in their collecion, when the 9 y.o. son of the friend said "Mommy what's a record?" CD's came out around 1980-1981.

My nieces (13 and younger) have no clue how we lived without computers, cash machines and various other electronic "helpers"

I think if they realized that their great grandmothers only had washing machines in the later portion of their lives and never owned a dryer or a dishwasher they would freak-out.

There was ONE black & white television; one telephone [mostly to receive calls since there was no additional charge for that] and one radio per household.

If you want to feel REALLY old, ask anyone who finds grey below the neck. It ain't fun.

 

[polkanut]

Hey Toggle,

Not only grey below the neck, but on the chin, and various other places (WINK WINK).

 

[nurdlinger]

Salesclerks and others...

give you Senior Discounts without even asking whether you qualify.

 

[jaxsunst]

It may seem weird...

The first time it was struck home for me, a woman was pointing out a trash can in the mall for her kid. She said "See next to that man over there", not guy, or young man, but just plain man.

I have only recently found my first gray "below the neck" hair.

where do you plan to use the Miss Clarol?

 

[DADoES]

It's not *that* long ago that I heard someone still refer to me as "boy." (Heyyy, watch it Toggles!)

I got the gray marching. Bring it on.

 

[seamusuk]

Am I the only Uk person here....

That remembers Noel Edmonds in Multi Coloured Swop Shop???

Oh Actually Mike should do- better than me

lol

Seamus

 

[seamusuk]

Ducks and runs..........

Quickly!!!!!!

 

[frigilux]

Ways in which I feel old at 47 (soon to be 48):

1) College kids consider the 1980's retro.

2) I have no interest in watching 'Made' on MTV.

3) Every new rock band sounds like the pale retread of a band from my past.

4) Prostate exams, Lipitor, and bi-focals.

5) Three-fourths of the Ramones have passed on.

 

[aquarius1984]

edd the duck

was my high school era. Im of the generation GOING LIVE with Gordon the Gopher on a saturday morning. Rivalled with Wackaday. Ok lets play, its WACKADAY! La la la ! Good ol timmy mallet and magic the bird. Wait til you hit 22 and start remembering stuff. Hehe Nick.

 

[arrrooohhh]

When people born in 1988 start feeling old. How do you think that makes me feel? HA HA!

I was in High School in 1988.

Maybe I should get in line for the pension now.

 

[DADoES]

Nope. You're a youngster!

 

[zipdang]

My rude awakening was when I was with a group of people in a restaurant, and when we ordered drinks the server asked to see the ID of someone sitting next to me. I asked if she needed to see my ID, too, and she said no.

That night our server learned a valuable lesson about how to earn her tips.

 

[perc-o-prince]

OH GAWD!!!!

Jon,

I just looked at your profile to see your age...and....well.....I have shoes older than YOU!!!

Now who feels old?

Rich

 

[toggleswitch]

ROARING HERE.
*LOL*

Where on the Miss Clairol you say?

Well honey, mix twice the batch and do the ***tch and they will never know what color you realy are.

ducks and runs

***WHOOSH***

 

[Kenmore62]

TURNED 50 TODAY

HII was telling some teenagers when I was a kid our phone line had several other family,s on the same line. You wasn,t allowed to talk too long on the phone as somebody else on your line might want to make a call. Also if you picked up the phone and somebody else was talking you had to hang it up and wait till they were through. They couldn,t imagine sharing a phone line with other people.ONE B+W TV WITH THREE STATIONS!!! ONE PHONE!!! ONE RADIO AMSTATIONS

 

[frigilux]

Speaking of telephone memories, does anyone besides me remember when phone numbers began with a word? Our phone number in South Dakota, when I was very young, was Turner6-5958. The first two numbers of the prefix were the first two letters of the word (886-5958).

 

[kenmore58]

Talk about feeling old -- 30-year class reunion from high school this year!! Yuck!! But age is still only a number.

Life has been good to me so far and I can't complain. Sure, I'd like the eyes to work a little better and I wish I had a little more energy. But I still wake up every day and say thank God for my family, my soon to be 11-year relationship, the friends I have, my somewhat successful career, my beautiful home, etc., etc.

Life is what you make it!!!

Ron

 

[blackstone]

5-digit telephone numbers

I remember the two-letter word abbreviations before the five-digit telephone numbers; when my father started in business, it was just the five digits. This telephone number is still active, and I am trying to find out if this is some sort of continuity record.

 

[gadgetgary]

Mix twice the batch and do the ***tch and they will never kn

Nice deorating tip.....

The curtains match the carpet!

TYVM

 

[aquarius1984]

the day going live died

and replaced with LIVE AND KICKING was good. A bit more excitement as opposed to having a mumsy sarah green entertaining you. Emma forbes and andy parker were just what the doctor ordered. Christ im even old enough to remember the original grange hill theme tune! Oi thats my sausage! Swipe! Ha ha ha-

 

[perc-o-prince]

But age is still only a number.

And I wish mine were unlisted!!

Rich

 

[brettsomers]

...earlier this year i was standing in front of a club and a guy looked at me and called me *daddy*. daddy?!? sure, he looked to be about 18 or 20, but daddy?

 

[polkanut]

I too remember when phone nos. started with a word. In fact part of our exchange still uses this system. Here it was VIking2-5555, VIking5-5555, or VIking8-5555

 

[aquarius1984]

Check this site out!!!! lol

Sorry ive not put a link to a particular website since i was at college 6 years ago,
ive forgotten how to do so.

but here is a great website for all you children of the 80s!!

www.brillianttv.co.uk/wacaday

BLEUGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Nick

 

[chestermikeuk]

Remember!!!

Jon, Now imagine how I feel, I more than old enough to be your dad, AND, gracious enough to be a GRANDAD....Your only a nipper yet...and with a Miele, so you`ve already aspired to one of life BIG goals...LOL

Seamus...nothing but a "Scouse Kiss" for your cheek...you are old when you remember, Crossroads, The Big Valley and Franny Craddock....

A few friends went out in the summer for drinks in town after the races and went to a local club, hadnt been for a while so was asked to sign up for membership....A young gum chewing, no eye contact, Goth took our details...Date of Birth....13/7/59, one said...DOB she muttered again...13/7/59...FIFTY NINE she shouted...FIFTY NINE..GOD YOURE DEAD OLD YOU LOT ARNT YOU!!!!!

The other extreme was when we where on a fantastic cruise around the Caribbean isles, the ship had stopped at Domenica and after spending a few hours on land we where all getting back on board, up the steps went a fiesty mature lady, it was very windy and we where all holding on to the guide ropes, she held on to only one rope and her hat with the other hand...the gangplank was rocking and everyone was shouting for her to "Use Both Hands" on the ropes...a big gust of wind came and her dress ended up around her shoulders and covering her face at one point...Shrieks and Gasps from the quayside....The Lady managed to compose herself and shouted to the purser...."Honey, Everything you can see its Eighty Years Old...BUT THE HATS BRAN NU.......priceless!!!

Mike, going for his Horlicks!!!

 

[Cybrvanr]

Only at 32, here's some things that really make me feel old:

I took pictures of my 6 year old niece with my 35mm camera. She asked to see the pictures, and was totally puzzled that she couldn't see them yet & I had to send film in for developing.

I showed my niece, familiar with I-pods, the walkman I had as a teenager. She says, "That's HUGE!" "How do you know what song is playing" " You hafta have a tape???? what's that?"

That same niece asked me "Where do black & white TV's come from?"

A Commodore 64 computer is considered collectible. The company that made them...not even in business anymore.

Listening to some 80's music, I mentioned to some teenagers that I remembered a particular AM radio station in town playing the song very often. "There was music on AM radio?"

I watched an episode on "CHiPs" on TV. I noticed all the cool cars that would be highly collectible today, that people were just driving around as everyday transportation (or being crashed!)

Telephones with real bells do not exist anymore

 

[washerboy]

phone number exchange

I loved the old phone exchange..ours was SKyline3-7119, we also had LOcust,MOhawk. My grandmothers was SUnset...what were we thinking back then?..It was smart in away...I had a heck of a time teaching my child his phone number..it would have been much easier if we'd had a word association...I ended up making up a song with our phone number and address..I used the tune to "Jesus Loves Me". At almost 18 he mention that the other day...he still remembers the song and tune.

 

[gansky1]

When I was going to St. Louis in June for the VCCC convention, I was waiting in the airport for Terry to arrive and chatting with a family that had just returned from Disney World. The two kids were bouncing off the walls with excitement but soon were distracted by other things so I went back to reading. A few minutes later, I heard the little girl, about 5, say "Old Man...Old Man..." Much to my horror, she was talking to ME!

My sister and her family were over one night for dinner and the phone rang. My nephew came flying down the hall to his mother - white as a sheet. He thought the Western Electric Trimline phone ringing was a fire alarm like they have at school. We had to explain why the phone made that sound instead of the electronic tones we've become too accustomed to...