Getting Older

[Razorback]

You know you are getting old when you know more people who have died than you have friends.

You know you are getting really old (or unfortunate) when most of those people did not die in an accident.

[TLS]

That's depressing.

Ok, I'll play...

You know you're getting older when you can't remember how long it's been seen you've last had cereal or pb&j sandwiches for dinner. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

[Razorback]

You know you are getting older when your 18-year old girlfriend is now 37. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[FanGirl]

You know you are getting older when you are getting up at the time you used to come home at.

[TLS]

You know you're getting older when you stop asking for a puppy or pony for Christmas and instead ask for socks and/or underwear.

[PftLBritt]

You know you're getting old when the trends that were around when you were in grade school are now back in style.

Edited for bad grammar

[Affleckie]

...when you have to go from watching Blues Clues to watching Harry Potter with your kids.

I hate that little magical bastard.

[jjcourtright]

...when my hip and back hurt after wrestling with my two-year-old son for half an hour.

[DarthMaulRat]

...when you have to repurchase all your favorite movies and albums because some new damn format came out.

[marksiwel]

old man! I am 20 I am going to live FOREVER! FOREVER! BWA HA HA HA! Ow my back

[DarthMaulRat]

...when the guy you made fun of in high school comes to a reunion in a helicopter.

...when you buy a labeled 7-day pill box.

...when you complain about girls dressing too slutty.

...as soon as that thing that turns the toilet water blue makes perfect sense to you.

...when you enjoy prime-time sitcoms.

...when you actually consider driving to be dangerous in certain types of weather.

...when you go to Vegas primarily to see performers.

[DangerSeeker]

...when you walk around a fence insteal of hopping over it.

...when you start to watch what you eat and don't feel stupid about it.

...one of your favorite shows is revamped with "The Next Generation."

...there's a remake coming out of something you saw three times in the theater.

...you realize that if they were real, most of your old toys could now legally drink.

...you aren't so weirded out when a cashier calls you sir (or ma'am).

...nobody gives anybody in the group a hard time when they turn in early because they have to work in the morning.

...you still think of FOX as a new network.

[Omaru]

.....you you lose control of your bladder without the aid of alcohol

..you feel nostalgic that politicians were just, kids respected their elders and everything was much cheaper and better, though it's a complete lie.

[FanGirl]

...you point out what stores used to be.

...you watch a tv show for the hot guy/girl and they are playing the parent

...songs you grew up on are playing on the oldies channel.

[Dave]

</font><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr />
...you still think of FOX as a new network.


[/ QUOTE ]

arggh! that hits too close to home!

... you still think of DuMont as the 4th network
... you remember using a pair of pliers to change the channel.
... you aren't insulted when you are asked for your ID, in fact you kind of like it.

[FanGirl]

...you remember when MTV played Videos.

...more of VH1's shows appeal to you then MTVs.

[Dave]

.... you actually know what VH1 stands for.

[marksiwel]

what does it stand for?

[Dave]

VH1 = Video Hits One

[FanGirl]

...you know why the movie UHF was called UHF.

...you remember the movie UHF.

...you owned a "top loader" VHS.

[Razorback]

You remember when people cared whether or not a TV had UHF and VHF.

[DangerSeeker]

...your remote control had a wire to the device it controlled.

...TV dinners took an episode to cook, then an episode to cool and eat.

...microwave popcorn bags slowly stood up as the popcorn popped.

[Dave]

...you owned a "top loader" VHS with a "remote" that was attached to the machine by a cable.
&lt;&lt;Damn you D.S. you beat me to this 'rememberence'.&gt;&gt;

... you have ever introduced some friends as "my brother Larry and my other brother Larry."

[bwdial]

You remember being the remote control.

[Razorback]

Ummm... how did this become a "remember when" thread? This is "you know you are getting old when" thread.

PAY ATTENTION OLD MAN!

[bwdial]

</font><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr />
... you have ever introduced some friends as "my brother Larry and my other brother Larry."

[/ QUOTE ]

Oh, hell yes!

[marksiwel]

I didnt hear you, let me turn up my hearing aid

[bwdial]

"Remembering When" is the only way old people tell they're getting older. Or, at least when the next batch of pills come.
Where are my pills?!?!?

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">You know you're getting older when 21 year olds point and laugh at you for feeling old.

Muahahahaha! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif</font color>

[FanGirl]

You know you are getting older when you start remembering when things happened.

[Razorback]

You know you are getting old when you tell someone about that time a couple of years ago... that happened in 1988.

[ozchick]

You know you're getting older:

when you hear yourself saying "I just dont get kids today".

when you can list the last 10 names of a nightclub.

when you aren't a teen, or early twenties, or mid twenties anymore..AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

when your 10 year old god-daughter asks for your advice regarding her "monthly visitor"

you use terms like "monthly visitor"

[FanGirl]

...when people stop asking you what you want to be when you grow up.

...when people stop telling you to grow up.

...when you start changing demographics.

[Razorback]

When everyone you know is getting married... even your ugly cousin, Mongo.

[marksiwel]

did you tell her she was the only person to ever get those, and that she is a dirty dirty girl?

[PftLBritt]

You know you are getting old when you're closer to 50 than to 20. That one still hurts.

[ozchick]

Nope. I told her to speak to her mum because it wasn't in my Godparent Job Description.

[BAMSS04]

You know your getting old when your idea of a good weekend is going in and out of sleep on your couch.

[karmattack]

If you recognize this:
http://dtv.oit.duke.edu/hookupcable/pix/tvscrews.jpg
...you're getting old.

You're getting old when you actually spend a moment wondering why college kids look like high schoolers and high schoolers look like your friends' kids.

You're getting old if you remember a time when the only remote control in your life had Colin Quinn, Adam Sandler, Ken Ober, and Kari Wurher on it.

You're getting old when all of your date prospects have been (or are) married.

You're getting old if Alka-Seltzer is starting to taste good.


Damnit, I could come up with more but I think I'm going to go home and put on some Superman undies and a cowboy hat, make a cape out of a blanket and chill around the apartment "just because."

[TLS]

Don't forget to make a fort out of the couch cushions. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Mighty_Wingman]

We used to build them with chairs and bed sheets and put them over the floor vents. It was nice-n-comfy inside the fort, but outside , it was hot as the Sierra. And the electric bill was high !