You know you're old when...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dscabra

I'm always early. I call it being on Army time (10-15 minutes before the advertised time of a meeting is "on-time"). I'd rather be 30 minutes early than 1 minute late!

Hurry up and wait!

[vreihen16]

<---- Used to be that guy...only my camera was heavier and wired to a 30-pound VTR.....

Originally Posted by Esteban

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[Esteban]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

<—— Used to be that guy...only my camera was heavier and wired to a 30-pound VTR.....

Prove it. Show us your cat (or dog) videos.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Prove it. Show us your cat (or dog) videos.

I'm sure that all of those old reel-to-reel B&W video tapes have rusted away to dust by now. I produced a weekly cable TV show about happenings in our town for three years when I was in high school, and really wished that I had a few of those tapes to watch nostalgically.

On the smellivision topic, I remember the smell like it was yesterday from unboxing a brand new Panasonic color camera and portable VHS deck with a shoulder strap when the school obtained one in my senior year. Keep in mind that blank VHS tapes cost $49.00 each at the time!



This is the portable color VCR. It still needed a wired TV camera and battery charger that was almost the same size to do much less than an old iPhone can video today.....

[M_Six]

Last month we had a spell of very dry weather where it hadn't rained for well over a week. We have new hedges planted, so I set up some sprinklers. I turned them on as we headed out for a walk. When we got back, I thought I'd let the sprinklers run for another 30 minutes or so and then shut them off.

When I was getting ready for bed later that evening, I looked at my camera feeds and noticed something moving out in the side yard where the hedges are. It suddenly hit me that I had never turned off the sprinklers and they were still running.

We got our water bill yesterday. That little senior moment used up 2000 gallons of water over our normal monthly usage. D'oh!!

Luckily water is relatively cheap here, so it was just an extra $15 on the bill.

My short term memory sucks, though.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

My short term memory sucks, though.

They say that the memory is the second thing to go.....

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

They say that the memory is the second thing to go.....

Remind me again what the first is... I forget.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Buug959

Remind me again what the first is... I forget.

You'll have to ask UncleWede.....

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

You'll have to ask UncleWede.....

Why ask me???

I can’t remember

[Buug959]

Maybe it's written down somewhere???

[3798j]

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[3.0L]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Last month we had a spell of very dry weather where it hadn't rained for well over a week. We have new hedges planted, so I set up some sprinklers. I turned them on as we headed out for a walk. When we got back, I thought I'd let the sprinklers run for another 30 minutes or so and then shut them off.

When I was getting ready for bed later that evening, I looked at my camera feeds and noticed something moving out in the side yard where the hedges are. It suddenly hit me that I had never turned off the sprinklers and they were still running.

We got our water bill yesterday. That little senior moment used up 2000 gallons of water over our normal monthly usage. D'oh!!

Luckily water is relatively cheap here, so it was just an extra $15 on the bill.

My short term memory sucks, though.

Count yourself lucky. Our combined water/sewer bill peaks at about $750.00
per month during the summer months. The city implemented a brutal tiered
billing system after a pro-longed drought season a few years ago. During the
6 year drought the city set limited irrigation days, plus asked everyone to
conserve water including, “If its yellow, let it mellow.” And we did. City
residents came through. I saw a lot of lawns ripped out and replaced with
drought resistant plants. Even artificial turf. Good for us.

But wait! The city saw their water revenues decline, so they raised the rates!
When the drought ended, the high rates remained! What s cash cow. This is
what happens when there is no competition.

[Esteban]

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[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Count yourself lucky. Our combined water/sewer bill peaks at about $750.00
per month during the summer months. The city implemented a brutal tiered
billing system after a pro-longed drought season a few years ago. During the
6 year drought the city set limited irrigation days, plus asked everyone to
conserve water including, “If its yellow, let it mellow.” And we did. City
residents came through. I saw a lot of lawns ripped out and replaced with
drought resistant plants. Even artificial turf. Good for us.

But wait! The city saw their water revenues decline, so they raised the rates!
When the drought ended, the high rates remained! What s cash cow. This is
what happens when there is no competition.

Our water company did the same thing. They preached conserve, conserve, conserve. I told my wife to use water like it's going out of style. She said no, we need to conserve. I told her that once they they end the "restrictions" they will use the conserved usage as our new baseline. Se disagreed and cut back (I didn't); sure enough, when they realigned the baselines, ours was lower. I told her I worked for the gummit pretty much my whole life and knows how the system works.

[vreihen16]

<---- Gets all of his water from a hole in the ground for free (not counting electricity to run the pump).....

[Buug959]

MI

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Buug959

MI

I sneezed.

[Buug959]

I once threw my back out while shaving.

[Esteban]

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[vreihen16]

It just might be! How else could you heat up those old "TV dinners" packaged in aluminum trays?????

[Car-Addicted]

Doing some clean up of boxes from my parents house. Many old things to come. We will start with a tag I found with this guy on it. Feeling old now?

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

It just might be! How else could you heat up those old "TV dinners" packaged in aluminum trays?????

Definitely not in your microwave.