You know you're old when...

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by floridaorange

Youre excited the cost of bird seed hasn't gone up

Exactly!


....and you actually talk to the birds landing on the fence next to your bird fountain while they wait for you to refill it.

wait, there's more:

....and you get excited to see a new bird so you identify it on Merlin or Google images and add that new bird to your list of birds you can identify, only to forget and look it up again next time it comes to visit.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

The info about this being Marilyn on that site is incorrect. This is indeed Theda. The pic is a publicity promo for the movie Cleopatra which was shot in 1917. She was quite the "vamp" (anyone remember this term?) for her day. Grrr! I would certainly "come hither"...and "thither" and "yon" to boot!

Yes, I agree with you. Even thought they say on that site it is Marilyn as Theda that doesn't look like Marilyn. I would know Marilyn Monroe no matter the makeup or costume. At least I think I would.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

#whippersnappers don't get to do the highly rigorous experiment of putting one tray full of COLD water, and one of HOT, and see which one freezes solid first.

When I was a kid we used to make popsicles in the ice cube trays. Just pour orange juice or kool-aid in the tray. Cover the tray with plastic wrap so you could stick a toothpick through the wrap (so the toothpick would stand up) in the center of each section and freeze overnight. Was a nice treat in the summertime.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

you actually talk to the birds landing on the fence next to your bird fountain while they wait for you to refill it.

Oh, I talk to "chickenfren" all the time when I go out there. She jumps up on the edge of the storage as I dig into the bags. I let her eat directly from the cracked corn scoop for about 15-20 seconds, pet her a little, then toss the scoop onto the ground for others to get a scratch in as well. Then I fill up the bowls with lay crumbles, and gobble over towards turkey-lurkey.

On the way back towards the house, I usually say a few words to the avocado tree, touch some plants in the garden, then give the wife a smack on the lips (or butt, depending on which way she is looking)

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Oh, I talk to "chickenfren" all the time when I go out there. She jumps up on the edge of the storage as I dig into the bags. I let her eat directly from the cracked corn scoop for about 15-20 seconds, pet her a little, then toss the scoop onto the ground for others to get a scratch in as well. Then I fill up the bowls with lay crumbles, and gobble over towards turkey-lurkey.

On the way back towards the house, I usually say a few words to the avocado tree, touch some plants in the garden, then give the wife a smack on the lips (or butt, depending on which way she is looking)

The kids reading this post will not understand. I sure would not have believed that I would be happily talking to birds. It's a great time of life and I'm loving it.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Esteban

When I was a kid we used to make popsicles in the ice cube trays. Just pour orange juice or kool-aid in the tray. Cover the tray with plastic wrap so you could stick a toothpick through the wrap (so the toothpick would stand up) in the center of each section and freeze overnight. Was a nice treat in the summertime.

We had one of these high tech Tupperware popsicle molds when I was a kid.

[rwheels]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Yes, I agree with you. Even thought they say on that site it is Marilyn as Theda that doesn't look like Marilyn. I would know Marilyn Monroe no matter the makeup or costume. At least I think I would.

Sorry for stepping on your lawn.

[sygazelle]

...when you know what oleo is.

[sygazelle]

....when you used to churn butter....and ice cream.

[sygazelle]

...when you used to help grandma wring water out of the washed clothes using a wringer attached to the top of the washing machine.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Buug959

We had one of these high tech Tupperware popsicle molds when I was a kid.

We eventually moved up to those.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by rwheels

Sorry for stepping on your lawn.

Not a problem. You are welcome anytime.

[M_Six]

I had to move a pile of crappy 3/4"x4'x8' plywood sheets and some railroad ties that an AWOL contractor left in my yard. Maybe 12 sheets of plywood and 8 9"x9"x8' ties. My 30-something, fit-as-hell neighbor came over to help. When we were done, he went back to his yard to play with his kids in the pool. I went in to collapse in front of a fan with a cold drink. I'm beat.

[sygazelle]

....if you get this and think it's funny...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

....if you get this and think it's funny...

"Why can't I find an oven like that?"

[rwheels]

You once believed the science. Unfortunately, it aged like stale milk.

[M_Six]

Yep. Go up into the woods out back and dig a hole. Years later when I got my degree in environmental geology, I had a lot of things to atone for.

[sygazelle]

....when this is reality:

[M_Six]

Old is when you think about having a third beer and then decide it's not worth the risk of a hangover the next day.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Old is when you think about having a third beer and then decide it's not worth the risk of a hangover the next day.

Shit, glad I'm not old yet after 3 double Cadillac margaritas.

I am old enough to have forgotten to get another bottle of tequila before drinking the other 2

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Old is when you think about having a third beer and then decide it's not worth the risk of a hangover the next day.

Hangovers?

We don't need no stinkin' hangovers!

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Hangovers?

We don't need no stinkin' hangovers!

Shit faced.