You know you're old when...

[M_Six]

Or you were over on the next street playing street hockey and your Mom had to yell for you to come home for dinner.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

And if we were late for dinner, we went to bed hungry.

I got dinner cold when that happened.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Or you were over on the next street playing street hockey and your Mom had to yell for you to come home for dinner.

When the street lights came on was my cue to head for home, or else...

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I got dinner cold when that happened.

Did it sometimes first get the dreadful "blender treatment" when served cold ?

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Did it sometimes first get the dreadful "blender treatment" when served cold ?

Yikes... NO!

That would be dreadful.

[MassWholeBimmer]

...when you start believing in Santa Clause again
..

I thought it was appropriate for the day.....

[wdb]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Or you were over on the next street playing street hockey and your Mom had to yell for you to come home for dinner.

This triggered a memory. There was a kid in our neighborhood named after his dad. When his mom would shout for him to come in for dinner we heard, "Harold JUNIOR! Harold JUNIOR!" several times. Even in my single digit years I felt bad for the kid.

That was at the second house I lived in as a child. At the first place there were 3 of us who hung out after school -- two boys and one tomboy. Her mom had a bell on a post out next to the barn, and when we heard that bell we would hightail it back to the neighborhood. Good thing she had it too because at that place we could easily get out of shouting distance.

[vreihen16]

...when you asked for a puppy/kitten for Christmas and Santa brought a pet rock instead.

I named my pet rock Sandy, because he was a sandstone river rock. He looked lonely and depressed just laying there in his box for weeks. When the ice melted, I took him down to the neighborhood creek and let him free so that he could swim with the other sandstone river rocks. I wonder if Sandy ever met a girl rock and had pebbles?????

[M_Six]

How does one tell if a rock is a he or a she?

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by M_Six

How does one tell if a rock is a he or a she?

Would likely go by they/them these days...

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

How does one tell if a rock is a he or a she?

It was listed on the papers included in the package by whoever came up with that viral product in the 1970's, sort of like Cabbage Patch Dolls coming with adoption papers.

I also had an invisible dog on a leash back then, which may only have been an Atlantic City thing protesting their no dogs on the boardwalk law.....




.

[King_Leonard]

You think of an awesome idea to post on this thread and then forget as soon as you open the browser.

edit: or maybe this was the original idea I wanted to post.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by M_Six

How does one tell if a rock is a he or a she?

Yes, it can be confusing:

A rock in French is a feminine noun: La roche.

A rock in German is a masculine noun: Der stein.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by King_Leonard

You think of an awesome idea to post on this thread and then forget as soon as you open the browser.

edit: or maybe this was the original idea I wanted to post.

Or maybe it's the rum...

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

A rock in French is a feminine noun: La roche.

A rock in German is a masculine noun: Der stein.
]

I'm way too old to waste my few remaining brain cells wondering how those languages with masculine and feminine nouns are being changed in the 2020's.....

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I'm way too old to waste my few remaining brain cells wondering how those languages with masculine and feminine nouns are being changed in the 2020's.....

Try conjugating a verb with gender-fluid nouns.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I'm way too old to waste my few remaining brain cells wondering how those languages with masculine and feminine nouns...

Well the German got one better, Masculine, Feminine and Neuter nouns as in;

German nouns—for humans and objects—are all in one of three noun categories: masculine, feminine, or neuter. These categories are unrelated to human gender, sexuality, or identity and are purely grammatical.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by wdb

This triggered a memory. There was a kid in our neighborhood named after his dad. When his mom would shout for him to come in for dinner we heard, "Harold JUNIOR! Harold JUNIOR!" several times. Even in my single digit years I felt bad for the kid...

How about when your parents used ALL THREE of your names! You knew you were in heap big trouble when mom (or dad; but usually mom) broke out your middle & last names!

[garyfried]

Its really lucky us old people have this much time otherwise no one would tackle these earth shattering topics which are introduced here.

[Buug959]

You see an ad for this and you find yourself going " Hmmm".

https://www.asseenontvlive.com/product/sock-slider/

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Buug959

I see an ad for this and you find yourself going " Hmmm".

https://www.asseenontvlive.com/product/sock-slider/

I hope I never need help putting my socks on. If I do then it might be time to end it all.

[vreihen16]

...or BUY IT NOW!!!

Added to my Amazon wish list...before I forget because I'm old.....

Originally Posted by Buug959

You see an ad for this and you find yourself going " Hmmm".

https://www.asseenontvlive.com/product/sock-slider/