You know you're old when...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Bandit made it on the fourth one at least,three T A's were totalled on his trip East.

All that for Coors beer. Yuck.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by M_Six

All that for Coors beer. Yuck.

On our way north to visit my mom's side of the family, we always stopped at Safeway in Yreka, CA. Last place we could buy Uncle Larry a couple of cases of Coors. Even then (14?), I couldn't stand the stuff. But Uncle Larry was always ecstatic, and took us fishing, so . . .

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

On our way north to visit my mom's side of the family, we always stopped at Safeway in Yreka, CA. Last place we could buy Uncle Larry a couple of cases of Coors. Even then (14?), I couldn't stand the stuff. But Uncle Larry was always ecstatic, and took us fishing, so . . .

Back in the late 70's I got stationed at Ft. Campbell on the KY/TN border. First time I'd ever seen Coors in a store. I bought a 6-pack thinking I was finally going to get to enjoy this special beer I'd heard so much about. What a disappointment.

[Kowalski2011]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Remember the ones with the eagle on the hood? Late '70s?

Yep! I sure do. Had one when I was 21. Got a speeding ticket first day about 30 minutes after I drove it off the lot.

[Kowalski2011]

Originally Posted by M_Six

All that for Coors beer. Yuck.

That would have been a different story had it been 'Leinenkugel's'

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Remember the ones with the eagle on the hood? Late '70s?

Not an eagle, but a Phoenix. Reborn from fire, ergo a Firebird.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

Not an eagle, but a Phoenix. Reborn from fire, ergo a Firebird.

We always called it a thunder chicken.

[3798j]

"Lost to time is the name of the man that first referred to the graphic as a “Screaming Chicken.” The nickname came quickly. By the late 1970s, even Car and Driver was using the label. No doubt derogatory, over time the epithet has become one of endearment, although the brand’s hardest purists still hate it."

https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-pr...icken-history/

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

We always called it a thunder chicken.

So did we. In fact I still do to this day.

[aguywalksintoabar]

cmyx6go brain freeze?!

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by aguywalksintoabar

cmyx6go brain freeze?!

Yup. The struggle is real. It drives me crazy when I know the answer is up there somewhere, it's so close but I can't grasp it. I need to wait until the needle in my brain hits that spot on the record. Sometimes it takes longer than others.

[Dpc2u]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Yup. The struggle is real. It drives me crazy when I know the answer is up there somewhere, it's so close but I can't grasp it. I need to wait until the needle in my brain hits that spot on the record. Sometimes it takes longer than others.

The struggle is definitely real. The older I get the more fragmented my hard drive becomes.

💽

[DrFerry]

You know you're old when you realize a well edited, feel good, tribute montage to 80s is forty year old material !! To put that time period into perspective; the second world war was 'only' forty years before the 80s.
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[Esteban]

Originally Posted by DrFerry

You know you're old when you realize a well edited, feel good, tribute montage to 80s is forty year old material !! To put that time period into perspective; the second world war was 'only' forty years before the 80s.

My kids were born in the 80s so that is a very important and sentimental time for me. I'm nostalgic for 80s music and watch the MTV Classic channel a lot and it always take me back to that time when my kids were little. I think the best thing in my life is being a father.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by TSII

Very easy to understand. For me, growing up in the 80s makes me sometimes long for the music from that generation along with the 90s (early adult life). I just simply feel that music is shit today compared to that era. I know that cmyx6go is gonna chime in on how Led Zep is the greatest band of all time and no other band nor era can be held in the same breath.

She's not wrong.

PS - some of the 80s stuff is totally corny. It's where it takes me that counts.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by TSII

Very easy to understand. For me, growing up in the 80s makes me sometimes long for the music from that generation along with the 90s (early adult life). I just simply feel that music is shit today compared to that era. I know that cmyx6go is gonna chime in on how Led Zep is the greatest band of all time and no other band nor era can be held in the same breath.

I like all different types of music. I listen to the '60's, Blues, Motown, Disco, Soul, 70s rock, 80s, 90s grunge. I haven't heard anything newer than the 90s grunge that I would consider music.

Yes, I do think Zep is the greatest of all times.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I like all different types of music. I listen to the '60's, Blues, Motown, Disco, Soul, 70s rock, 80s, 90s grunge. I haven't heard anything newer than the 90s grunge that I would consider music.

Yes, I do think Zep is the greatest of all times.

I'm with you on all of the above (only some disco).

Variety is the spice of life when it comes to music.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by DrFerry

You know you're old when you realize a well edited, feel good, tribute montage to 80s is forty year old material !!

Seeing the new Top Gun movie coming out 35 years after the original is a shock. Even more shocking is remembering that I was in the TV studio at work in 1987 when Top Gun was first released on VHS tape, and did some graphic overlays using the opening dog fight scene to demonstrate what by today's standards was very primitive digital frame-editing hardware.....

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by TSII

Thanks. Now I have that Kenny Loggins song in my head.

Loose, footloose, kick off your Sunday shoes.....

[rwheels]

Originally Posted by TSII

Wrong song but same effect nonetheless. Thanks again.

Highway to the Danger Zone
Ride into the Danger Zone
Headin' into twilight
Spreadin' out her wings tonight
She got you jumpin' off the deck
Shovin' into overdrive

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by TSII

There it is. Lol.
Might as well throw in Berlin's "Take My Breath Away"

Watchin' every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean, finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watchin' in slow motion as you turn around and say
Take my breath away
Take my breath away

....

"Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire!"

[cmyx6go]

I immediately think of You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling.