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Arvada, CO
Quoted from jhanley:When you were a kid a candy bar was a dime and gas was 35 cents a gallon.
Try nickel candy bars and 17 cents per gallon.
Quoted from mikat11:You think the Beatles are still cool.
When you start wondering how many of your Rock/Musical Heroes still living instead of who who has passed on.
And when all of your Rock/Musical Heroes death announcement is at the bottom of page 6 instead of the headline.
Page 1
Elvis
John Lennon
George Harrison
Glen Frey
David Bowie
Tom Petty
Hendrix
Roy Orbison
Page 6
Doug Sahm
Jack Bruce
Leslie Gore
Johnny Winter
Freddy Fender
Few years ago I went to see my Syracuse Orange play the dastardly evil Florida State Seminoles and of course get the crap beat out of them. Its fair to say the Orange got crushed. But the chicks! I mean the young coeds....what are ya goon do?...If you talk to one of them they are just gonna laugh.
I hate getting old. Mentally you dont fel old but you arent nailing shingles or lifting cinder blocks ever again.
When you read a bunch of posts by an old guy named Odin, imagine him to be Clint Easwood's character in Gran Torino, then meet him only to find out you're older than he is. And then read this thread and find out that you were already getting hi when Buzz was born. Thank God I only remember 7 cent candy bars. But maybe that's because I was already getting hi when Buzz was born.
My husband says “You know you’re getting old when the thought of staying up all night is not only no longer exhilarating, but feels actually life-threatening.” 
I felt old when I was speaking to a graduate level college class (25-35 year olds) and I shared some of the creative projects I was involved with in my previous career (animation). Afterwards one of the kids came up to me and genuinely thanked me for “being a part of so much of his childhood”. 
I was so horrified at realizing how long I’d been out of the industry, it took me an uncomfortably long moment to actually thank him for the kind words! 
Oldster 1: My problem? When I get up at 6am, it takes me 20 minutes to pee.
Oldster 2: My problem? When I get up at 7am, it takes me 30 minutes to poop.
Oldster 3: At 8am, I pee like a racehorse, and shit like a goose... my problem? I don't get up until 9 am
Quoted from jhanley:When you are coming up on your second colonoscopy.
Had my second about a year ago.
Grimsby, ON
You go to Best Buy to grab a new printer/ scanner. And you tell the tech guy on the floor you don't need one that has fax capabilities.
He says, " what's fax?". So I had to explain what a fax was. At least he learned something new that day.
This happened to me and my wife yesterday. 
Quoted from Jackontherocks:You have syactic nerve pain down your league for no reason but back pain that comes out of nowhere
I am so confused by this statement. Is it because I am old? I have the pain and play on a league but never knew they are related.
Quoted from Rabbit:“You know what, Mrs. Howe doesn’t look too shabby!”
When you can't remember the actual last name of an old sitcom character. 
You hear the phrase, "it was a bit before my time" in conversation more often.
EG:
Gen X: The Challenger space shuttle blowing up shortly after liftoff was tragic.
Gen Z: It was a bit before my time. Was that to do with the moon landing?
How about when you have two pair of reading glasses in every room - one pair for the regular stuff and the second higher power pair for "fine print" like they are using these days in the newspaper!
Which brings up two more - having to put on a pair of reading glasses so you can see to shave - just had to do that again this morning.
Remembering getting a newspaper every day and sitting down to read it to get the news!
I remember the last time I had to update a security badge, the 20-something year old girl behind the counter took the liberty of changing my hair color from brown to gray on the new badge. That's when I knew...
Quoted from mikat11:You think the Beatles are still cool.
Beatles are still cool, damn whippersnappers think they know everything.
Quoted from too-many-pins:How about when you have two pair of reading glasses in every room - one pair for the regular stuff and the second higher power pair for "fine print" like they are using these days in the newspaper!
Which brings up two more - having to put on a pair of reading glasses so you can see to shave - just had to do that again this morning.
Remembering getting a newspaper every day and sitting down to read it to get the news!
maxresdefault.jpg.cf (resized).jpgQuoted from RWH:Beatles are still cool, damn whippersnappers think they know everything.
Ya, they could actually write great songs with multiple chord changes and diverse instrumentation!
This video explains the problem with modern pop music really well! Worth the time to watch. Warning, it's depressing! And has nothing to do with sex. 
When you get tired of someone half your age or more complaining about "injustices" that affect them, that we use to call mistakes.
Quoted from Electrocute:Music so bad they gotta take their clothes off.
That won't even fix it!
Quoted from DennisDodel:When you can't remember the actual last name of an old sitcom character.
Ha ha!
You got me.
Your old when close is good enough!
Quoted from Taxman:I am so confused by this statement. Is it because I am old? I have the pain and play on a league but never knew they are related.
Sorry meant to say leg but it came out league too funny when typed it without checking
Kaiserslautern
Realising people nowadays have no idea what an VHS or even cassette tapes are, while i still have piles of them.
Quoted from too-many-pins:How about when you are still talking about answering machines or land line phones?
Hey, I still have a Charter land phone and answering machine! LOL! 
Quoted from StylesBitchly:Hey, I still have a Charter land phone and answering machine! LOL!
I didn't even know you could still buy answering machines!
Quoted from too-many-pins:I didn't even know you could still buy answering machines!
I think they are next to erak fax machines
When you post a comment or pic on pinside and then think "wait did I already post that previously?" or "did I see that in a different thread?"
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