When you take some friends to an old haunt. You are driving, and turn up the street you remember. It is now a One Way and with traffic coming towards you.

In the 1980's a friend of the family invited her parents for brunch with us. The parents were in their late 80's, they were 40 minutes late. Her mother let the cat out of the bag, that the husband "awoke with a stiffy, so just had to make use of it". No embarrassment what so ever with the parents, but the daughter did blush.

Well.... That was a little disturbing. But some how, I just had to watch it.

You are in a bar with your buddies, then a couple of Cougars come by and strike up a conversation. You then realise they are in their late 90's.

My Junior High School is now a War Museum. The Gym and stage are still intact, everything else was changed. Exterior doors were moved, interior walls were taken out, they must of spent millions of dollars on it. The full scale dioramas are fantastic.

'T Minus 17!'

Great Hunting Joke.

Hunter goes out to the forest with his new hand gun. While waiting for a passing deer, a Grizzly spots the hunter. The Grizzly sneaks around behind the hunter, smacks the gun out of the hunters hand, then the bear has his way with the hunter. Next day the hunter returns to forest with his old trusty rifle, still trying to get a deer. The Grizzly spots the hunter again, the bear sneaks up on the hunter, smacks the rifle out of the hands of the hunter, and proceeds to have his way with the hunter. The 3rd day the Hunter has bought new camouflage and a flame thrower. The grizzly sneaks up on the hunter again, and before knocking down the hunter, the grizzly taps the hunter on the shoulder and asks, 'Ah Bud, I'm Guessing, You don't come out here just for the Hunting?'

Hey, hey, I resemble that remark, there @o-din.

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Went to a Rona (Canadian Big box hardware). During a week day, not on a weekend. They only had the self check out open. I looked around for a check out teller, walked back to the self check out area, and a store employee asked if I needed help. Told her, "If there are no tellers working I was just going to drop these 5 items on the counter and leave". She then grabbed my purchases, scanned them and asked for payment.

The local Walmart is installing 12 self check outs.

Also your Mom, would not let you go to school with ripped pants or shirt.

While levelling a couple of games, that were noticeably not level. I discovered that the method I have used since 1982, is not the easiest to do any more. Use to scoot under the game, with my back into it, and wrench in hand, lift the offending corner of the game to adjust it. Getting back up off of the floor took longer than I remember.

Going to have to get another way, possibly a small hydraulic jack with a 4x4 block. I do not really need a pinball lift cart, as the games rarely get moved, and the room that the games are in only exits at stairways.

Gabbing with people you know, discussion turns to how old some actors are. I'll step up with Olivia de Havilland she just turned 104.
Some responses are, "Who?"

Edit. July 26 2020. Sadly, Olivia passed away today.

You guys need to raise the level of your beds. Higher bed is much easier to get out of.

You know you are getting old. When 6 hours ago a new JJP game was released, and you check on it after dinner, at home.

'Ancient Aliens' or a 'UFO' show did 7 minutes on this. Nixon was with Jackie most of the day, at one of Jackie's Celebrity Golf Tournaments. Later that night Nixon shows up were Jackie was staying, and asks to come with him. Just the 2 of them drive off with Nixon at the wheel. When they show up at the gate on the base, the gaurds were set aback, but still let them onto the base. After returning home Jackie's wife states he was upset, and could hardly eat for a week.

"Just the facts".
Pete is 79, he was born Nov 1941, he finally received Beatles royalties with the release of Anthology 1. His drumming is on several tracks, and he can be seen on the cover art. The amount was in the 7 figure range.

When you try to explain a Simulcast. Involving a FM Stereo and a TV. Usually a PBS show with a popular band.
Friday nights in Vancouver there was Miami Vice and C-FOX. Thinking that was the late 80's or early 90's.

"Wait...What!.. where are the donuts?"

Walking in the mall, slurping coffee (and missing your mouth), will become your destiny. But when we were kids we were kicked out of the malls for just hanging out in them.

There were likely writing down the Zip Code, trying to find out the area of their customer base. You were right in not participating in their ID gathering. They could have asked for your info, but you should be able to decline this.

I will say, "I do not have Email". They sometimes look at me funny, then they realize I am old.

Now that your address has been included in your post, can we send you Christmas Cards?

What happened to Bartle & James? Those wine coolers from California, sold during the 1980s.

I can remember ZIMA, but never drank it.

The original multi-tool.

When you take time to think through this photo.

This happened this morning in Edmonton, the car left the roadway approaching the bridge. That is a walkway in the fore ground. The car should not of been on that. If the car bounced differently, the occupants would have been in the river, most likely to be missing for awhile. With the car ending up parked like that, had the police questioning, how it happened?
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..... One of my employees showed up at work with black running pants, (loose fitting sweat pants), it had "Guess" printed on the front thigh. In front of him and another worker, I guessed, out loud, that he got dressed in the dark. Jumped into those pants and rushed off to work, in his lady friends pants.

Or Slacks.

Will just drop this here...

What is the difference between a Hippo and a Zippo? One is a little heavier, one is a little lighter.

You know you are old.... When you are singing a song you know. Then the singing ends up in your grand kids You Tube video, and they are not warned over copyright issues.

When it is 3 minutes after midnight on New Years day, a friend phones... you were already in bed.

You know your are old....

Last month I had cataract surgery. It makes a very big improvement in your vision. To anyone considering this procedure, it will vastly change you vision to like when you were a kid.

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Good Luck Today.

Here is a sign that you may be old.

Your mother yelled at you, to get out of the coal pile in the basement. When she caught you drawing on the floor, or wall with the coal.

What the hell! No Hot & Sour Soup. For Shame.

I think you are posting something with another meaning.

July 27th. Norman Lears Birthday, he is 101.

I still have a Red one.

My Grandfather was in WW1. An uncle died in WW2. My Dad served in Korea, Egypt, and Cypress. A nephew did 2 tours of Afghanistan. My dad would take me to Nov 11 services every year. Went to the Ottawa service a couple of times. 'Lest We Forget'.

Most British Commonwealth nations has a ceremonial day on the 11th as well. The signing of the WW1 Armistice on Nov 11, the 11 hour, in the year 1919.

Also on Nov 11th. After the ceremony, The Royal Canadian Legion serves free draught beer to Veterans, at their Branches.

Asbestos, lead paint fumes, and any fuels, or solvents. Those old dried up timbers would burn fairly easily. Sad to loose historic buildings, especially if arson is involved.

On your cell phone, if you put the 'ICE or I.C.E.' after some ones name, the emergency service will read that as, 'In Case of Emergency'. They call that number first.

With a previous experience's do not pressure wash the engine bay. Unless you remove the air cleaner, take to a safe place, like, indoors away from water.

For around 5 years in a row dad would take me to the CNE. Usually on the last day of the event. Between 1969 to 1974. Those photos brought back those memories.

I must be old. Tim Arnold sent me a friend request on FaceBook! (most likely a generated request), had a chuckle, that Tim thought of me.

We had green glass ones. Banged up our wrists many times. Then noticed the bottoms of the balls had chipped glass.

You know you are old... Sat up in bed Monday morning, just to get out of bed, strained my back some how? Still aches today.

A friend that passed away in the 1980's. Was detailing his Mustangs engine bay, he would of been in his late 70's. While he as bent over, his back locked up, called the ambulance, he was very sore for many days after that.