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niyad

(119,890 posts) Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:01 AM Oct 21

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The Daily Bi**ch*: "I so enjoy the look on the young folk's faces when I tell

them that I was born in the 1900's."

*Both a noun, and a verb, depending on usage.

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The Daily Bi**ch*: "I so enjoy the look on the young folk's faces when I tell (Original Post) niyad Oct 21 OP

I go with the ...."first half of the last century." NoMoreRepugs Oct 21 #1

Well, I am at the half-way mark. niyad Oct 21 #2

"Last millenium" works too ;) TommyT139 Oct 21 #3

Oh, I do like that! niyad Oct 21 #5

i could steal that! Phentex Oct 21 #6

I'm sharing, so it isn't stealing. :) TommyT139 Oct 21 #7

LOL. So do I. LoisB Oct 21 #4

I like to tell people on Teams calls that I've been at the same company since the 1900s. Probatim Oct 21 #8

I go with "I was born when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn." malthaussen Oct 22 #9

I Iike to mention historical events that I remember. wnylib Oct 22 #10

I like telling them my grandpa was born in 1887. Emile Oct 22 #11

NoMoreRepugs

(10,513 posts)

1. I go with the ...."first half of the last century."

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:03 AM

Oct 21

niyad

(119,890 posts)

2. Well, I am at the half-way mark.

Reply to NoMoreRepugs (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:09 AM

Oct 21

TommyT139

(697 posts)

3. "Last millenium" works too ;)

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:29 AM

Oct 21

niyad

(119,890 posts)

5. Oh, I do like that!

Reply to TommyT139 (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:31 AM

Oct 21

Phentex

(16,500 posts)

6. i could steal that!

Reply to TommyT139 (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 05:11 PM

Oct 21

TommyT139

(697 posts)

7. I'm sharing, so it isn't stealing. :)

Reply to Phentex (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 06:19 PM

Oct 21

LoisB

(8,643 posts)

4. LOL. So do I.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:30 AM

Oct 21

Probatim

(3,014 posts)

8. I like to tell people on Teams calls that I've been at the same company since the 1900s.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 09:56 PM

Oct 21

People my age laugh a lot - people my kids' ages look at me like I'm 147 years old.

It's a great ice breaker when you've got a mix of people or just older farts like me.

malthaussen

(17,672 posts)

9. I go with "I was born when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn."

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:02 PM

Oct 22

Guaranteed to get blank looks.

-- Mal

wnylib

(24,375 posts)

10. I Iike to mention historical events that I remember.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:52 PM

Oct 22

Turns the heads of younger people and gets a gasp from some of them.

2012 example: Conversation at a debate party (Obama/Romney) turned to weather trivia about inaugurations. Someone had read that it snowed hard during Kennedy's inaugural speech. I said that I didn't remember snow during the speech, just a heavy snowfall the night before and bitter cold for the inauguration. Several heads turned and one person said, "You remember?"

ME: Well, I wasn't there.
I only watched on TV.

OTHER PERSON: Oh, you found film of the TV broadcast.

ME: No, I watched it live, real time.

SEVERAL PEOPLE: OMG!

Emile

(29,787 posts)

11. I like telling them my grandpa was born in 1887.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:56 PM

Oct 22

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