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In reply to the discussion: Funny And Relatable Posts By People Who Just Realized That They're Old Now [View all]Prairie_Seagull
(3,800 posts)70. Every freekin one.
This trip down memory lane may not even come with a seat belt.
Hold on, it may leave a mark. Thanks Bayard.
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Funny And Relatable Posts By People Who Just Realized That They're Old Now [View all]
Bayard
Sep 18
OP
You're old when the rebellious songs of your youth are played in the elevator - on the pan flute.
oldfart73
Sep 18
#13
Remember all of them and both my cars still have wind down windows and 5 on the floor transmissions.
sinkingfeeling
Sep 18
#15
I remember all of these things. Especially the window crank. Well...all of them...n/t
PatrickforB
Sep 18
#27
Try two kittens playing on a waterbed mattress during the seconds it's uncovered while you're
highplainsdem
Sep 19
#68
Oops. Forgot to mention: The road with the 3000 foot cliff had no guardrail. nt
hvn_nbr_2
Sep 18
#41
Yup- On a twisty mountain California road last summer, I was downshifting into first on coastal hairpin turns. You'd be
NBachers
Sep 19
#61
I remember, and used most of these. Never did a "will not talk in class" type punishment...
electric_blue68
Sep 18
#44
To get ice cubes, there was actually this chrome crowbar-type thing that was used to dig & pry the ice trays out of the
NBachers
Sep 19
#63
I had an Osborne for my first computer, was using it when I first ran on online forum on politics and tech in
highplainsdem
Sep 19
#69
We flipped through casette tapes in the big plastic cases, not records, and I only recognize two
petronius
Nov 17
#73
A local live theater has converted the cigarette machine into an art dispenser
yellowdogintexas
Nov 18
#76