You know you're old when...

sygazelle · 10-15-2021, 11:09 AM

....when your zipper is down and somebody points it out and you say, oh, thanks, but you are not embarrassed in the least.

Buug959 · 10-15-2021, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

....when your zipper is down and somebody points it out and you say, oh, thanks, but you are not embarrassed in the least.

Recent experience???

3.0L · 10-15-2021, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

....when your zipper is down and somebody points it out and you say, oh, thanks, but you are not embarrassed in the least.

As my dad used to say:

"It sure is nice out."

"I think I'll leave it out."

sygazelle · 10-16-2021, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

Recent experience???

Caught me. I think it was last night, or was it the night before.

Buug959 · 10-16-2021, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

Caught me. I think it was last night, or was it the night before.

Yup! You're on the right thread.

sygazelle · 10-16-2021, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

Yup! You're on the right thread.

Back in my day, thread was used for sewing. All these new-fangled computer terms. It's just too much for me to understand. I think I'll go have some hot tea.

sygazelle · 10-17-2021, 01:43 AM

....when you quit using hair color and become happy and content with Geezer Gray.

sygazelle · 10-17-2021, 01:48 AM

...when girls at your high school were named Susie, Linda, Vicki, Janet, Sally, Patty, Gail, Margaret Anne, Carol, Cheryl, Pam, and Diane.

Buug959 · 10-17-2021, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when girls at your high school were named Susie, Linda, Vicki, Janet, Sally, Patty, Gail, Margaret Anne, Carol, Cheryl, Pam, and Diane.

And Heather. You forgot Heather. I had five Heathers in my class in high school including two Heather MacDonalds that were not related to each other.

iminhell1 · 10-17-2021, 03:27 PM

So I'm doing pizza delivery.
I go to a house today. Husband remarks how they had to order pizza because the local walmart didn't have enough staff to fill their $200+ grocery order in a timely manner. Something about by Wednesday or something, I tuned out.
In the driveway where 4 cars. Him, his wife, a son mowing lawn and a young child (4-5 maybe). The walmart is 6 minutes away. I don't see any damaged appendages. They seem to not be drooling or convulsing. They are mobile, so not dead, heart seems to function.

This isn't uncommon from what I'm seeing.
Now granted I'm seeing a very small portion of even the local population. But holy fucking shit are people becoming absolute morons, lazy, weak, naïve, societal and economic drains. It's really hard for me to see any upside based on what I see daily.
And there is no age, economic status or any other metric I can say stands out. They are all just lost causes.
This includes half or better of the staff I work with.

Buug959 · 10-17-2021, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by iminhell1

So I'm doing pizza delivery.
I go to a house today. Husband remarks how they had to order pizza because the local walmart didn't have enough staff to fill their $200+ grocery order in a timely manner. Something about by Wednesday or something, I tuned out.
In the driveway where 4 cars. Him, his wife, a son mowing lawn and a young child (4-5 maybe). The walmart is 6 minutes away. I don't see any damaged appendages. They seem to not be drooling or convulsing. They are mobile, so not dead, heart seems to function.

This isn't uncommon from what I'm seeing.
Now granted I'm seeing a very small portion of even the local population. But holy fucking shit are people becoming absolute morons, lazy, weak, naïve, societal and economic drains. It's really hard for me to see any upside based on what I see daily.
And there is no age, economic status or any other metric I can say stands out. They are all just lost causes.
This includes half or better of the staff I work with.

Darwin, MN huh? There's your problem.

Joy15779 · 10-17-2021, 04:17 PM

When you prefer the downers (oxycodone) instead of uppers ritalin (methylphenidate)

vreihen16 · 10-17-2021, 04:38 PM

...if you went to school before Ritalin replaced the teacher's paddle.....

Esteban · 10-23-2021, 04:58 PM

You burned the hell out of your arm on one of these on a hot summer day...

M_Six · 10-23-2021, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

You burned the hell out of your arm on one of these on a hot summer day...

Or if you remember them or used them in an airplane.

3.0L · 10-23-2021, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

You burned the hell out of your arm on one of these on a hot summer day...

My dad had a well-healed friend who claimed he traded in his cars when the ashtrays became full.

3.0L · 10-26-2021, 03:34 PM

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Turkish Pickle · 10-26-2021, 08:54 PM

I know I'm too young when I see someone I know here's post in a Youtube video made about a trojan virus from back when I was 4.

TXSTYLE

Esteban · 10-26-2021, 09:31 PM

You heard this image...

3.0L · 10-26-2021, 09:33 PM

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dscabra · 10-26-2021, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

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Or better yet, you remember laying on the package tray while cruising down the highway.

M_Six · 10-26-2021, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

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I remember. Seatbelts were those things you stuffed down between the seat cushion and the backrest cushion. Thank God my folks were good drivers. My Dad started driving in his early teens while working as a yard jockey for a trucking company. Then he drove trucks for decades. When he died at 79, he had one ticket on his record, and that was for parking facing the wrong way on a street.

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iminhell1 C2H5OH 4045 Rep 2,150 Posts Drives: 2010 SG 135i auto Join Date: May 2015 Location: Darwin, MN iTrader: (1)	So I'm doing pizza delivery. I go to a house today. Husband remarks how they had to order pizza because the local walmart didn't have enough staff to fill their $200+ grocery order in a timely manner. Something about by Wednesday or something, I tuned out. In the driveway where 4 cars. Him, his wife, a son mowing lawn and a young child (4-5 maybe). The walmart is 6 minutes away. I don't see any damaged appendages. They seem to not be drooling or convulsing. They are mobile, so not dead, heart seems to function. This isn't uncommon from what I'm seeing. Now granted I'm seeing a very small portion of even the local population. But holy fucking shit are people becoming absolute morons, lazy, weak, naïve, societal and economic drains. It's really hard for me to see any upside based on what I see daily. And there is no age, economic status or any other metric I can say stands out. They are all just lost causes. This includes half or better of the staff I work with.
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