Am I getting old? (A thread that has nothing to do with politics!)

[Mr.Nick]

For those playing along at home, I just hit 50 last month. Sometimes I feel I'm perhaps out of reference with the people I work with.

We do these health walks after work (our plant is right next to a forest preserve) and during the walk, one of the gals made the comment, "I think I saw a Coyote!"

To which I replied "Okay, were there a bunch of wooden ACME crates and some badly designed traps?"

and some of the younger kids just didn't get the joke... When I explained, they still didn't know who Wile E. Coyote was.

There are other examples from TV shows or songs that are part of my half-century of experience that were "before their time", but this one stuck out.

For some of our older posters. Do you have these sorts of experiences?

I'm almost 32 and this chick the other night thought I looked "19ish"

I didn't know weather to be offended or if that was a compliment

 

[Tsalagi]

Let's see . . . I'm trying to teach History to people (using the term loosely) who weren't around during the fall of the Soviet Union, think the Challenger disaster is back in antiquity, and think Ronald Reagan was President back in the time of the Roosevelts (whom they can't distinguish between).

so you are saying I should count my blessings, then?

If you have no knowledge of the past then how can you plan your future?

 

[JoeB131]

For those playing along at home, I just hit 50 last month. Sometimes I feel I'm perhaps out of reference with the people I work with.

We do these health walks after work (our plant is right next to a forest preserve) and during the walk, one of the gals made the comment, "I think I saw a Coyote!"

To which I replied "Okay, were there a bunch of wooden ACME crates and some badly designed traps?"

and some of the younger kids just didn't get the joke... When I explained, they still didn't know who Wile E. Coyote was.

There are other examples from TV shows or songs that are part of my half-century of experience that were "before their time", but this one stuck out.

For some of our older posters. Do you have these sorts of experiences?

I'm almost 32 and this chick the other night thought I looked "19ish"

I didn't know weather to be offended or if that was a compliment

Take the compliment for what it is....

 

[mudwhistle]

For those playing along at home, I just hit 50 last month. Sometimes I feel I'm perhaps out of reference with the people I work with.

We do these health walks after work (our plant is right next to a forest preserve) and during the walk, one of the gals made the comment, "I think I saw a Coyote!"

To which I replied "Okay, were there a bunch of wooden ACME crates and some badly designed traps?"

and some of the younger kids just didn't get the joke... When I explained, they still didn't know who Wile E. Coyote was.

There are other examples from TV shows or songs that are part of my half-century of experience that were "before their time", but this one stuck out.

For some of our older posters. Do you have these sorts of experiences?

Nope.....you're simply out of touch with reality.

 

[JoeB131]

Nice to see you can't check your anger at the door, Muddy...

 

[Two Thumbs]

hmm what's changed

If the remote is lost, my kids can't turn on the TV or change channels.

Did you see that new cartoon called "the Thundercats"? It's about these cat people.....

What's "spinning a record" mean?



yeah

If your listening to your parents golden oldies station and then find yourself bobbing your head to the music....

 

[JoeB131]

I'm too young for my music to be "Oldies"!!!!

 

[Two Thumbs]

I'm too young for my music to be "Oldies"!!!!

Are not.



Rush

A band we both may have listened Two, has a new lead singer.

The Crypt Keeper.

and yeah, mention that to a kid

 

[JoeB131]

I went to a Roger Waters (formerly of Pink Floyd) concert at Wrigley Feild this month.

Roger is 69 years old.

I hope he made it to the Old Country Buffet after the concert.

 

[rightwinger]

For those playing along at home, I just hit 50 last month. Sometimes I feel I'm perhaps out of reference with the people I work with.

We do these health walks after work (our plant is right next to a forest preserve) and during the walk, one of the gals made the comment, "I think I saw a Coyote!"

To which I replied "Okay, were there a bunch of wooden ACME crates and some badly designed traps?"

and some of the younger kids just didn't get the joke... When I explained, they still didn't know who Wile E. Coyote was.

There are other examples from TV shows or songs that are part of my half-century of experience that were "before their time", but this one stuck out.

For some of our older posters. Do you have these sorts of experiences?

I had a Secretary who came in on a Monday and complained that she and her husband had been painting and that her cat had rubbed up against the wet paint

I told her that paint emits phernomes which cats find irresistable and that she needed to be careful that skunks don't come along and fall in love with her cat

She looked at me and asked..."Why would skunks fall in love with a cat?"

 

[Truthmatters]

Dont fight it, embrace being the old guy.

the fact is most people you DONT consider old hear 50 and think old.

think of it in Hobbit terms.

You are finnally a real adult.


I love my peaking gray hair and wear my reading glasses as a hair fashion statement.


embrace being seen as old.

Its a much better way to enjoy the passage into a different stage in your life

 

[Tsalagi]

Amazing how technology changes. No use for a box of these anymore.

 

[Truthmatters]

I have books I collect.

beautifully bound classics.

they look awsome in book cases.

I have to admitt I want my grand kids to have them someday.

electronic books can be altered over time.

it kinda scares me.

 

[bayoubill]

For those playing along at home, I just hit 50 last month. Sometimes I feel I'm perhaps out of reference with the people I work with.

We do these health walks after work (our plant is right next to a forest preserve) and during the walk, one of the gals made the comment, "I think I saw a Coyote!"

To which I replied "Okay, were there a bunch of wooden ACME crates and some badly designed traps?"

and some of the younger kids just didn't get the joke... When I explained, they still didn't know who Wile E. Coyote was.

There are other examples from TV shows or songs that are part of my half-century of experience that were "before their time", but this one stuck out.

For some of our older posters. Do you have these sorts of experiences?

I too hit a big-0 birthday last month... mebbe you and I even have the same birthday...

in my case, the big 6-0...

but, no... I don't have experiences like the one you described...


probably because my off-the-cuff comebacks are much wittier than yours... ;-)

 

[Againsheila]

I'm too young for my music to be "Oldies"!!!!

I liked "oldies" when I was a kid...not sure what that means now...

 

[bayoubill]

Amazing how technology changes. No use for a box of these anymore.

send 'em my way...

I've still got stacks of 45's from the 60's...

 

[Againsheila]

Amazing how technology changes. No use for a box of these anymore.

send 'em my way...

I've still got stacks of 45's from the 60's...

My husband collects records, including 45s. He's got the worst song in the world. "Max" sung by Barbara Feldon.

 

[rightwinger]

Amazing how technology changes. No use for a box of these anymore.

send 'em my way...

I've still got stacks of 45's from the 60's...

My husband collects records, including 45s. He's got the worst song in the world. "Max" sung by Barbara Feldon.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lw5hhAV9cw&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL64CF5B47A5C691F1]Barbara Feldon (99) sings "Max" - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Si modo]

Another sign of age is if you sometimes find that you enjoy the music they play at the grocery store.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

I used to have an antique telephone next to the bed. It was the kind that you had to pick up in order to get a dial tone and the dial was on the bottom. My grand daughters thought that dial was the coolest thing and wanted to call everybody to tell them about it.

The funny thing was, they didn't know they had to pull the dial all the way around until the finger hit the little curved "stay".

One of my pre-teen grand daughters bought new jeans and tried to explain them to me. "They don't come all the way up to here (her waist). Oh never mind. You'll just have to see them to understand".

Cracked me up but I didn't tell her that my generation invented "hip huggers".

Its okay to get older but no way I'm getting old.